Publication Date:
2014-08-30
Description:
Cells use actomyosin contractility to move through three-dimensional (3D) extracellular matrices. Contractility affects the type of protrusions cells use to migrate in 3D, but the mechanisms are unclear. In this work, we found that contractility generated high-pressure lobopodial protrusions in human cells migrating in a 3D matrix. In these cells, the nucleus physically divided the cytoplasm into forward and rear compartments. Actomyosin contractility with the nucleoskeleton-intermediate filament linker protein nesprin-3 pulled the nucleus forward and pressurized the front of the cell. Reducing expression of nesprin-3 decreased and equalized the intracellular pressure. Thus, the nucleus can act as a piston that physically compartmentalizes the cytoplasm and increases the hydrostatic pressure between the nucleus and the leading edge of the cell to drive lamellipodia-independent 3D cell migration.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Notes: 〈/span〉Petrie, Ryan J -- Koo, Hyun -- Yamada, Kenneth M -- Intramural NIH HHS/ -- New York, N.Y. -- Science. 2014 Aug 29;345(6200):1062-5. doi: 10.1126/science.1256965.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Author address: 〈/span〉Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, USA. petrier@mail.nih.gov kyamada@mail.nih.gov. ; Laboratory of Cell and Developmental Biology, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD 20892-4370, USA. Center for Oral Biology, Department of Microbiology and Immunology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY 14642, USA. Biofilm Research Labs, Levy Center for Oral Health, Department of Orthodontics, University of Pennsylvania School of Dental Medicine, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6030, USA.〈br /〉〈span class="detail_caption"〉Record origin:〈/span〉 〈a href="http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/25170155" target="_blank"〉PubMed〈/a〉
Keywords:
Actomyosin/physiology
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Cell Movement/*physiology
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Cell Nucleus/*physiology
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Cells, Cultured
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Cytoplasm/physiology
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Extracellular Matrix/*physiology/ultrastructure
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Fibroblasts/*physiology
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Humans
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Hydrostatic Pressure
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Microfilament Proteins
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Pseudopodia/*physiology
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Vimentin/metabolism
Print ISSN:
0036-8075
Electronic ISSN:
1095-9203
Topics:
Biology
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Chemistry and Pharmacology
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Computer Science
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Medicine
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Natural Sciences in General
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Physics
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