Response of an actin filament network model under cyclic stretching through a coarse grained Monte Carlo approach.
Cells are complex, dynamic systems that actively adapt to various stimuli including mechanical alterations. Central to understanding cellular response to mechanical stimulation is the organization of the cytoskeleton and its actin filament network. In this manuscript, we present a minimalistic network Monte Carlo based approach to model actin filament organization under cyclic stretching. Utilizing a coarse-grained model, a filament network is prescribed within a two-dimensional circular space through nodal connections. When cyclically stretched, the model demonstrates that a perpendicular alignment of the filaments to the direction of stretch emerges in response to nodal repositioning to minimize net nodal forces from filament stress states. In addition, the filaments in the network rearrange and redistribute themselves to reduce the overall stress by decreasing their individual stresses. In parallel, we cyclically stretch NIH 3T3 fibroblasts and find a similar cytoskeletal response. With this work, we test the hypothesis that a first-principles mechanical model of filament assembly in a confined space is by itself capable of yielding the remodeling behavior observed experimentally. Identifying minimal mechanisms sufficient to reproduce mechanical influences on cellular structure has important implications in a diversity of fields, including biology, physics, medicine, computer science, and engineering.
Lane Center for Computational Biology, Carnegie Mellon University, 5000 Forbes Ave., Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA.
John
J
Kang
Robert L
RL
Steward
YongTae
Y
Kim
Russell S
RS
Schwartz
Philip R
PR
LeDuc
Kathleen M
KM
Puskar
D008841:Actin Cytoskeleton / Q000378:metabolism*; D000818:Animals; D005347:Fibroblasts / Q000166:cytology / Q000378:metabolism; D006801:Humans; D051379:Mice; D008954:Models, Biological; D056004:Molecular Dynamics Simulation; D009010:Monte Carlo Method; D041681:NIH 3T3 Cells; D013314:Stress, Mechanical
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