Programmable and Reversible Integrin‐Mediated Cell Adhesion Reveals Hysteresis in Actin Kinetics that Alters Subsequent Mechanotransduction

Abstract: Dynamically evolving adhesions between cells and extracellular matrix (ECM) transmit time‐varying signals that control cytoskeletal dynamics and cell fate. Dynamic cell adhesion and ECM stiffness regulate cellular mechanosensing cooperatively, but it has not previously been possible to characterize their individual effects because of challenges with controlling these factors independently. Therefore, a DNA‐driven molecular system is developed wherein the integrin‐binding ligand RGD can be reversibly presented and removed to achieve cyclic cell attachment/detachment on substrates of defined stiffness. Using this culture system, it is discovered that cyclic adhesion accelerates F‐actin kinetics and nuclear mechanosensing in human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs), with the result that hysteresis can completely change how hMSCs transduce ECM stiffness. Results are dramatically different from well‐known results for mechanotransduction on static substrates, but are consistent with a mathematical model of F‐actin fragments retaining structure following loss of integrin ligation and participating in subsequent repolymerization. These findings suggest that cyclic integrin‐mediated adhesion alters the mechanosensing of ECM stiffness by hMSCs through transient, hysteretic memory that is stored in F‐actin.

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Language
Englisch

Bibliographic citation
Programmable and Reversible Integrin‐Mediated Cell Adhesion Reveals Hysteresis in Actin Kinetics that Alters Subsequent Mechanotransduction ; day:17 ; month:10 ; year:2023 ; extent:12
Advanced science ; (17.10.2023) (gesamt 12)

Creator
Zhang, Zheng
Zhu, Hongyuan
Zhao, Guoqing
Miao, Yunyi
Zhao, Lingzhu
Feng, Jinteng
Zhang, Huan
Miao, Run
Sun, Lin
Gao, Bin
Zhang, Wencheng
Wang, Zheng
Zhang, Jianfang
Zhang, Ying
Guo, Hui
Xu, Feng
Lu, Tian Jian
Genin, Guy M.
Lin, Min

DOI
10.1002/advs.202302421
URN
urn:nbn:de:101:1-2023101815221083071952
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  • Zhang, Zheng
  • Zhu, Hongyuan
  • Zhao, Guoqing
  • Miao, Yunyi
  • Zhao, Lingzhu
  • Feng, Jinteng
  • Zhang, Huan
  • Miao, Run
  • Sun, Lin
  • Gao, Bin
  • Zhang, Wencheng
  • Wang, Zheng
  • Zhang, Jianfang
  • Zhang, Ying
  • Guo, Hui
  • Xu, Feng
  • Lu, Tian Jian
  • Genin, Guy M.
  • Lin, Min

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