Mechanical Plasticity of Cell Membranes Enhances Epithelial Wound Closure

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Autores principales: Ton, Andrew T., MacKeith, Arthur K., Shattuck, Mark D., O'Hern, Corey S.
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Publicado: 2023
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author Ton, Andrew T.
MacKeith, Arthur K.
Shattuck, Mark D.
O'Hern, Corey S.
author_facet Ton, Andrew T.
MacKeith, Arthur K.
Shattuck, Mark D.
O'Hern, Corey S.
contents During epithelial wound healing, cell morphology near the healed wound and the healing rate vary strongly among different developmental stages even for a single species like \textit{Drosophila}. We develop deformable particle (DP) model simulations to understand how variations in cell mechanics give rise to distinct wound closure phenotypes in the \textit{Drosophila} embryonic ectoderm and larval wing disc epithelium. We find that plastic deformation of the cell membrane can generate large changes in cell shape consistent with wound closure in the embryonic ectoderm. Our results show that the embryonic ectoderm is best described by cell membranes with an elasto-plastic response, whereas the larval wing disc is best described by cell membranes with an exclusively elastic response. By varying the mechanical response of cell membranes in DP simulations, we recapitulate the wound closure behavior of both the embryonic ectoderm and the larval wing disc.
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spellingShingle Mechanical Plasticity of Cell Membranes Enhances Epithelial Wound Closure
Ton, Andrew T.
MacKeith, Arthur K.
Shattuck, Mark D.
O'Hern, Corey S.
Biological Physics
During epithelial wound healing, cell morphology near the healed wound and the healing rate vary strongly among different developmental stages even for a single species like \textit{Drosophila}. We develop deformable particle (DP) model simulations to understand how variations in cell mechanics give rise to distinct wound closure phenotypes in the \textit{Drosophila} embryonic ectoderm and larval wing disc epithelium. We find that plastic deformation of the cell membrane can generate large changes in cell shape consistent with wound closure in the embryonic ectoderm. Our results show that the embryonic ectoderm is best described by cell membranes with an elasto-plastic response, whereas the larval wing disc is best described by cell membranes with an exclusively elastic response. By varying the mechanical response of cell membranes in DP simulations, we recapitulate the wound closure behavior of both the embryonic ectoderm and the larval wing disc.
title Mechanical Plasticity of Cell Membranes Enhances Epithelial Wound Closure
topic Biological Physics
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2305.12020