Active Regulation of Pressure and Volume Defines an Energetic Constraint on the Size of Cell Aggregates

We explore the relationship between the nonequilibrium generation of myosin-induced active stress within the F-actin cytoskeleton and the pressure-volume relationship of cellular aggregates as models of simple tissues. We find that due to active stress, aggregate surface tension depends upon its size. As a result, both pressure and cell number density depend on size and violate equilibrium assumptions. However, the relationship between them resembles an equilibrium equation of state with an effective temperature. This suggests that bulk and surface properties of aggregates balance to yield a constant average work performed by each cell on their environment in regulating tissue size. These results describe basic physical principles that govern the size of cell aggregates.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2022

Erschienen:

2022

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:128

Enthalten in:

Physical review letters - 128(2022), 4 vom: 28. Jan., Seite 048103

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yousafzai, M S [VerfasserIn]
Yadav, V [VerfasserIn]
Amiri, S [VerfasserIn]
Errami, Y [VerfasserIn]
Amiri, S [VerfasserIn]
Murrell, M [VerfasserIn]

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Actins
EC 3.6.4.1
Journal Article
Myosins

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Date Completed 23.02.2022

Date Revised 23.02.2022

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1103/PhysRevLett.128.048103

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM336803109