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Spatiotemporal relationships between the cell shape and the actomyosin cortex of periodically protruding cells

Journal

CYTOSKELETON
Volume 72, Issue 6, Pages 268-281

Publisher

WILEY
DOI: 10.1002/cm.21229

Keywords

actin cortex; traveling wave; cell shape; correlation analysis; amoeboid-type migration

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  1. NIH [GM078994]
  2. National Science Foundation [DMS-1200535]
  3. NSF-Physics of Living Systems [PHY1205965]
  4. Direct For Mathematical & Physical Scien
  5. Division Of Physics [1205965] Funding Source: National Science Foundation

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We investigate the dynamics of cell shape and analyze the actin and myosin distributions of cells exhibiting cortical density traveling waves. These waves propagate by repeated cycles of cortical compression (folding) and dilation (unfolding) that lead to periodic protrusions (oscillations) of the cell boundary. The focus of our detailed analysis is the remarkable periodicity of this phenotype, in which both the overall shape transformation and distribution of actomyosin density are repeated from cycle to cycle even though the characteristics of the shape transformation vary significantly for different regions of the cell. We show, using correlation analysis, that during traveling wave propagation cortical actin and plasma membrane densities are tightly coupled at each point along the cell periphery. We also demonstrate that the major protrusion appears at the wave trailing edge just after the actin cortex density has reached a maximum. Making use of the extraordinary periodicity, we employ latrunculin to demonstrate that sequestering actin monomers can have two distinct effects: low latrunculin concentrations can trigger and enhance traveling waves but higher concentrations of this drug retard the waves. The fundamental mechanism underlying this periodically protruding phenotype, involving folding and unfolding of the cortex-membrane couple, is likely to hold important clues for diverse phenomena including cell division and amoeboid-type migration. (c) 2015 The Authors. Cytoskeleton Published by Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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