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Role of cellular tone and microenvironmental conditions on cytoskeleton stiffness assessed by tensegrity model

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  15 January 2000

S. Wendling ,
E. Planus ,
V. M. Laurent ,
L. Barbe ,
A. Mary ,
C. Oddou  and
D. Isabey
S. Wendling*
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique Physique, CNRS-ESA 7052, Université Paris 12-Val de Marne, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
E. Planus
Affiliation:
INSERM, U492 Physiopathologie et Thérapeutique Respiratoires, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France
V. M. Laurent
Affiliation:
INSERM, U492 Physiopathologie et Thérapeutique Respiratoires, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France
L. Barbe
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique Physique, CNRS-ESA 7052, Université Paris 12-Val de Marne, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
A. Mary
Affiliation:
INSERM, U492 Physiopathologie et Thérapeutique Respiratoires, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France
C. Oddou
Affiliation:
Laboratoire de Mécanique Physique, CNRS-ESA 7052, Université Paris 12-Val de Marne, 61 avenue du Général de Gaulle, 94010 Créteil Cedex, France
D. Isabey
Affiliation:
INSERM, U492 Physiopathologie et Thérapeutique Respiratoires, Hôpital Henri Mondor, 94010 Créteil, France
*
wendling@univ-paris12.fr
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Abstract

We have tried to understand the role of cellular tone (or internal tension mediatedby actin filaments) and interactions with the microenvironment on cellular stiffness. Forthis purpose, we compared the apparent elasticity modulus of a 30-element tensegritystructure with cytoskeleton stiffness measured in subconfluent and confluent adherent cellsby magnetocytometry, assessing the effect of changing cellular tone by treatment with cytochalasin D. Intracellular and extracellular mechanical interactions were analyzed on the basis of the non-dimensional relationships between the apparent elasticity modulus of the tensegrity structure normalized by Young's modulus of the elastic element versus: (i)element size, (ii) internal tension, and (iii) number of spatially fixed nodes, for smalldeformation conditions. Theoretical results and rigidity measurements in adherent cellsconsistently showed that higher cellular tone and stronger interdependencies with cellularenvironment tend to increase cytoskeleton stiffness. Visualization of the actin latticebefore and after depolymerization by cytochalasin D tended to confirm the geometrical andmechanical assumptions supported by analysis of the present model.

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The European Physical Journal - Applied Physics , Volume 9 , Issue 1 , January 2000 , pp. 51 - 62
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© EDP Sciences, 2000

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