Mechanics and morphology of proliferating cell collectives with self-inhibiting growth

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Autori principali: Weady, Scott, Palmer, Bryce, Lamson, Adam, Kim, Taeyoon, Farhadifar, Reza, Shelley, Michael J.
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Pubblicazione: 2024
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author Weady, Scott
Palmer, Bryce
Lamson, Adam
Kim, Taeyoon
Farhadifar, Reza
Shelley, Michael J.
author_facet Weady, Scott
Palmer, Bryce
Lamson, Adam
Kim, Taeyoon
Farhadifar, Reza
Shelley, Michael J.
contents We study the dynamics of proliferating cell collectives whose microscopic constituents' growth is inhibited by macroscopic growth-induced stress. Discrete particle simulations of a growing collective show the emergence of concentric-ring patterns in cell size whose spatio-temporal structure is closely tied to the individual cell's stress response. Motivated by these observations, we derive a multiscale continuum theory whose parameters map directly to the discrete model. Analytical solutions of this theory show the concentric patterns arise from anisotropically accumulated resistance to growth over many cell cycles. This work shows how purely mechanical processes can affect the internal patterning and morphology of cell collectives, and provides a concise theoretical framework for connecting the micro- to macroscopic dynamics of proliferating matter.
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spellingShingle Mechanics and morphology of proliferating cell collectives with self-inhibiting growth
Weady, Scott
Palmer, Bryce
Lamson, Adam
Kim, Taeyoon
Farhadifar, Reza
Shelley, Michael J.
Biological Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
We study the dynamics of proliferating cell collectives whose microscopic constituents' growth is inhibited by macroscopic growth-induced stress. Discrete particle simulations of a growing collective show the emergence of concentric-ring patterns in cell size whose spatio-temporal structure is closely tied to the individual cell's stress response. Motivated by these observations, we derive a multiscale continuum theory whose parameters map directly to the discrete model. Analytical solutions of this theory show the concentric patterns arise from anisotropically accumulated resistance to growth over many cell cycles. This work shows how purely mechanical processes can affect the internal patterning and morphology of cell collectives, and provides a concise theoretical framework for connecting the micro- to macroscopic dynamics of proliferating matter.
title Mechanics and morphology of proliferating cell collectives with self-inhibiting growth
topic Biological Physics
Soft Condensed Matter
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2405.10158