Emergence, Pattern, and Frequency of Spontaneous Waves in Spreading Epithelial Monolayers

A striking phenomenon of collective cell motion is that they can exhibit a spontaneously emerging wave during epithelia expansions. However, the fundamental mechanism, governing the emergence and its crucial characteristics (e.g., the eigenfrequency and the pattern), remains an enigma. By introducing a mechanochemical feedback loop, we develop a highly efficient discrete vertex model to investigate the spatiotemporal evolution of spreading epithelia. We find both numerically and analytically that expanding cell monolayers display a power-law dependence of wave frequency on the local heterogeneities (i.e., cell density) with a scaling exponent of -1/2. Moreover, our study demonstrates the quantitative capability of the proposed model in capturing distinct X-, W-, and V-mode wave patterns. We unveil that the phase transition between these modes is governed by the distribution of active self-propulsion forces. Our work provides an avenue for rigorous quantitative investigations into the collective motion and pattern formation of cell groups.

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E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2024

Erschienen:

2024

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:24

Enthalten in:

Nano letters - 24(2024), 12 vom: 27. März, Seite 3631-3637

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Yin, Xu [VerfasserIn]
Liu, Yong-Quan [VerfasserIn]
Zhang, Li-Yuan [VerfasserIn]
Liang, Dong [VerfasserIn]
Xu, Guang-Kui [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

Applied mechanics
Collective migration
Journal Article
Mechanical wave
Mechanochemical model
Soft matter mechanics

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Date Revised 27.03.2024

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status PubMed-not-MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acs.nanolett.3c04876

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM369559673