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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
1
pubmed:dateCreated
2005-12-14
pubmed:abstractText
Motile cells explore their surrounding milieu by extending thin dynamic protrusions, or filopodia. The growth of filopodia is driven by actin filament bundles that polymerize underneath the cell membrane. We compute the mechanical and dynamical features of the protrusion growth process by explicitly incorporating the flexible plasma membrane. We find that a critical number of filaments are needed to generate net filopodial growth. Without external influences, the filopodium can extend indefinitely up to the buckling length of the F-actin bundle. Dynamical calculations show that the protrusion speed is enhanced by the thermal fluctuations of the membrane; a filament bundle encased in a flexible membrane grows much faster. The protrusion speed depends directly on the number and spatial arrangement of the filaments in the bundle and whether the filaments are tethered to the membrane. Filopodia also attract each other through distortions of the membrane. Spatially close filopodia will merge to form a larger one. Force-velocity relationships mimicking micromanipulation experiments testing our predictions are computed.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jan
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
1
pubmed:volume
90
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
65-76
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-11-17
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Actin Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Actins, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Algorithms, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Animals, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Biophysics, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Cell Line, Tumor, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Cell Membrane, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Cytoskeleton, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Hot Temperature, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Membranes, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Mice, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Microfilament Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Models, Biological, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Models, Statistical, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Models, Theoretical, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Molecular Motor Proteins, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Monte Carlo Method, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Protein Binding, pubmed-meshheading:16214866-Pseudopodia
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Mechanics and dynamics of actin-driven thin membrane protrusions.
pubmed:affiliation
Department of Mechanical Engineering and the Whitaker Institute of Biomedical Engineering, Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, Maryland, USA.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't, Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural