Probing and modeling cell-cell communication in 2D biomimetic tissues
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| author | Vincent, Cécile Marie Ravindran, Sapna Prevost, Alexis Michel Pontani, Léa-Laetitia Bénichou, Olivier Wandersman, Elie |
| author_facet | Vincent, Cécile Marie Ravindran, Sapna Prevost, Alexis Michel Pontani, Léa-Laetitia Bénichou, Olivier Wandersman, Elie |
| contents | In tissues, cells in direct physical contact with each other can exchange ions or molecules via protein clusters called gap junctions that form channels across the membranes of adjacent cells. Here, we use a simplified biomimetic approach, coupled with theoretical modeling, to unravel the physical mechanisms controlling such transport. Tissues are mimicked with 2D hexagonal networks of monodisperse aqueous droplets connected by lipid membranes called Droplet Interface Bilayers (DIBs), decorated with $α$-Hemolysin ($α$HL) transmembrane proteins forming nanopores through heptamerization in the membrane. The diffusion of calcein across 2D DIB networks is thoroughly studied using epifluorescence microscopy at various $α$HL concentrations. The results are successfully confronted with a Continuous Time Random Walk model in hexagonal networks, with an average waiting time increasing nonlinearly with the concentration of pore monomers. |
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| spellingShingle | Probing and modeling cell-cell communication in 2D biomimetic tissues Vincent, Cécile Marie Ravindran, Sapna Prevost, Alexis Michel Pontani, Léa-Laetitia Bénichou, Olivier Wandersman, Elie Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics In tissues, cells in direct physical contact with each other can exchange ions or molecules via protein clusters called gap junctions that form channels across the membranes of adjacent cells. Here, we use a simplified biomimetic approach, coupled with theoretical modeling, to unravel the physical mechanisms controlling such transport. Tissues are mimicked with 2D hexagonal networks of monodisperse aqueous droplets connected by lipid membranes called Droplet Interface Bilayers (DIBs), decorated with $α$-Hemolysin ($α$HL) transmembrane proteins forming nanopores through heptamerization in the membrane. The diffusion of calcein across 2D DIB networks is thoroughly studied using epifluorescence microscopy at various $α$HL concentrations. The results are successfully confronted with a Continuous Time Random Walk model in hexagonal networks, with an average waiting time increasing nonlinearly with the concentration of pore monomers. |
| title | Probing and modeling cell-cell communication in 2D biomimetic tissues |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Biological Physics |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2510.21474 |