期刊
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICAL BEHAVIOR OF BIOMEDICAL MATERIALS
卷 110, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.jmbbm.2020.103935
关键词
Cell biomechanics; Mechanotransduction; Smooth muscle cell; Cytoskeleton; Nucleus
资金
- Ministry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan [17H02077, 19K22944]
- Naito Foundation, Japan
- Takahashi Industrial and Economic Research Foundation, Japan
- AMED-CREST from Japan Agency for Medical Research and Development, AMED [JP19gm0810005, JP20gm0810005]
- Grants-in-Aid for Scientific Research [17H02077, 19K22944] Funding Source: KAKEN
Many experimental techniques have been reported to provide knowledge of the mechanical behavior of cells from biomechanical viewpoints, however, it is unclear how the intercellular structural differences influence macroscopic and microscopic mechanical properties of cells. The aim of our study is to clarify the comprehensive mechanical properties and cell-substrate adhesion strength of cells, and the correlation with intracellular structure in different cell types. We developed an originally designed micro tensile tester, and performed a single cell tensile test to estimate whole cell tensile stiffness and adhesion strength of normal vascular smooth muscle cells (VSMCs) and cervical cancer HeLa cells: one half side of the specimen cell was lifted up by a glass microneedle, then stretched until the cell detached from the substrate, while force was simultaneously measured. The tensile stiffness and adhesion strength were 49 +/- 10 nN/% and 870 +/- 430 nN, respectively, in VSMCs (mean +/- SD, n = 8), and 19 +/- 17 nN/% and 320 +/- 160 nN, respectively, in HeLa cells (n = 9). The difference was more definite in the surface elastic modulus map obtained by atomic force microscopy, indicating that the internal tension of the actin cytoskeleton was significantly higher in VSMCs than in HeLa cells. Structural analysis with confocal microscopy revealed that VSMCs had a significant alignment of F-actin cytoskeleton with mature focal adhesion, contrary to the randomly oriented F-actin with smaller focal adhesion of HeLa cells, indicating that structural arrangement of the actin cytoskeleton and their mechanical tension generated the differences in cell mechanical properties and adhesion forces. The finding strongly suggests that the mechanical and structural differences in each cell type are deeply involved with their physiological functions.
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