Comparative dynamics of retrograde actin flow and focal adhesions: formation of nascent adhesions triggers transition from fast to slow flow.
Dynamic actin network at the leading edge of the cell is linked to the extracellular matrix through focal adhesions (FAs), and at the same time it undergoes retrograde flow with different dynamics in two distinct zones: the lamellipodium (peripheral zone of fast flow), and the lamellum (zone of slow flow located between the lamellipodium and the cell body). Cell migration involves expansion of both the lamellipodium and the lamellum, as well as formation of new FAs, but it is largely unknown how the position of the boundary between the two flow zones is defined, and how FAs and actin flow mutually influence each other. We investigated dynamic relationship between focal adhesions and the boundary between the two flow zones in spreading cells. Nascent FAs first appeared in the lamellipodium. Within seconds after the formation of new FAs, the rate of actin flow decreased locally, and the lamellipodium/lamellum boundary advanced towards the new FAs. Blocking fast actin flow with cytochalasin D resulted in rapid dissolution of nascent FAs. In the absence of FAs (spreading on poly-L-lysine-coated surfaces) retrograde flow was uniform and the velocity transition was not observed. We conclude that formation of FAs depends on actin dynamics, and in its turn, affects the dynamics of actin flow by triggering transition from fast to slow flow. Extension of the cell edge thus proceeds through a cycle of lamellipodium protrusion, formation of new FAs, advance of the lamellum, and protrusion of the lamellipodium from the new base.
Alexandrova
Antonina Y
AY
Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Laboratory of Cell Biophysics, Lausanne, Switzerland.
Arnold
Katya
K
Schaub
Sébastien
S
Vasiliev
Jury M
JM
Meister
Jean-Jacques
JJ
Bershadsky
Alexander D
AD
Verkhovsky
Alexander B
AB
D016475:3T3 Cells; D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D000199:Actins / Q000737:chemistry*; D000818:Animals; D002465:Cell Movement; D015638:Cytochalasin D / Q000737:chemistry; D003599:Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism; D005109:Extracellular Matrix / Q000378:metabolism; D022001:Focal Adhesions / Q000378:metabolism*; D008546:Melanoma, Experimental; D051379:Mice; D008853:Microscopy / Q000379:methods; D008858:Microscopy, Phase-Contrast; D011107:Polylysine / Q000737:chemistry; D051381:Rats
D000199:Actins; D015638:Cytochalasin D; D011107:Polylysine
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