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New insights into the formation and the function of lamellipodia and ruffles in mesenchymal cell migration

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CELL ADHESION & MIGRATION
Volume 12, Issue 5, Pages 401-416

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TAYLOR & FRANCIS INC
DOI: 10.1080/19336918.2018.1448352

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actin; Arp2; 3 complex; cancer; cell migration; formins; lamellipodia; ruffles

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Lamellipodia and ruffles are veil-shaped cell protrusions composed of a highly branched actin filament meshwork assembled by the Arp2/3 complex. These structures not only hallmark the leading edge of cells adopting the adhesion-based mesenchymal mode of migration but are also thought to drive cell movement.Although regarded as textbook knowledge, the mechanism of formation of lamellipodia and ruffles has been revisited in the last years leveraging new technologies. Furthermore, recent observations have also challenged our current view of the function of lamellipodia and ruffles in mesenchymal cell migration.Here, I review this literature and compare it with older studies to highlight the controversies and the outstanding open issues in the field. Moreover, I outline simple and plausible explanations to reconcile conflicting results and conclusions. Finally, I integrate the mechanisms regulating actin-based protrusion in a unifying model that accounts for random and ballistic mesenchymal cell migration.

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