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Adhesion Percolation Determines Global Deformation Behavior in Biomimetic Emulsions
Frontiers in Physics ( IF 3.1 ) Pub Date : 2021-09-22 , DOI: 10.3389/fphy.2021.744006
Lorraine Montel , Iaroslava Golovkova , Silvia Grigolon , Elie Wandersman , Alexis M. Prevost , Thibault Bertrand , Lea-Laetitia Pontani

Characterizing the mechanical properties of tissues is key for the understanding of fundamental biological processes such as morphogenesis or tumor progression. In particular, the intercellular adhesion forces, mediated by transmembrane proteins like cadherins, are expected to control the topology and viscoelastic behavior of tissues under mechanical stress. In order to understand the influence of adhesion in tissues, we use biomimetic emulsions in which droplets mimic cells and adhere to each other through specific bonds. Here, we tune both the binding energy of the adhesive inter-droplets contacts as well as the fraction of contacts that are adhesive, thereby defining a so-called adhesiveness. Our experimental results show that adhesion prevents the emergence of local order in emulsions even at high packing fractions by preventing energetically costly droplet rearrangements. By studying the deformation of droplets within packings with different average adhesiveness values, we reveal the existence of a threshold value of adhesiveness above which all droplets in a packing are deformed as adhesive ones irrespective of their local adhesive properties. We show that this critical adhesiveness coincides with the threshold for percolation of adhesive structures throughout the tissue. From a biological point of view, this indicates that only a fraction of adhesive cells would be sufficient to tune the global mechanical properties of a tissue, which would be critical during processes such as morphogenesis.



中文翻译:

粘附渗透决定仿生乳液的整体变形行为

表征组织的机械特性是理解基本生物过程(如形态发生或肿瘤进展)的关键。特别是,由跨膜蛋白(如钙粘蛋白)介导的细胞间粘附力有望控制机械应力下组织的拓扑结构和粘弹性行为。为了了解组织中粘附的影响,我们使用仿生乳液,其中液滴模拟细胞并通过特定键相互粘附。在这里,我们调整了粘性液滴间接触的结合能以及粘性接触的分数,从而定义了所谓的粘性。我们的实验结果表明,即使在高填充率的情况下,粘附力也可以通过防止能量消耗大的液滴重新排列来防止乳液中局部有序的出现。通过研究具有不同平均粘性值的填料内液滴的变形,我们揭示了粘性阈值的存在,超过该阈值时,填料中的所有液滴都会变形为粘性液滴,而不管它们的局部粘性如何。我们表明这种临界粘附性与整个组织中粘附结构渗透的阈值一致。从生物学的角度来看,这表明只有一小部分粘附细胞就足以调节组织的整体机械特性,这在形态发生等过程中至关重要。通过研究具有不同平均粘性值的填料内液滴的变形,我们揭示了粘性阈值的存在,超过该阈值时,填料中的所有液滴都会变形为粘性液滴,而不管它们的局部粘性如何。我们表明这种临界粘附性与整个组织中粘附结构渗透的阈值一致。从生物学的角度来看,这表明只有一小部分粘附细胞就足以调节组织的整体机械特性,这在形态发生等过程中至关重要。通过研究具有不同平均粘性值的填料内液滴的变形,我们揭示了粘性阈值的存在,超过该阈值时,填料中的所有液滴都会变形为粘性液滴,而不管它们的局部粘性如何。我们表明这种临界粘附性与整个组织中粘附结构渗透的阈值一致。从生物学的角度来看,这表明只有一小部分粘附细胞就足以调节组织的整体机械特性,这在形态发生等过程中至关重要。我们揭示了粘性阈值的存在,超过该阈值时,包装中的所有液滴都会变形为粘性液滴,而不管它们的局部粘性如何。我们表明这种临界粘附性与整个组织中粘附结构渗透的阈值一致。从生物学的角度来看,这表明只有一小部分粘附细胞就足以调节组织的整体机械特性,这在形态发生等过程中至关重要。我们揭示了粘性阈值的存在,超过该阈值时,包装中的所有液滴都会变形为粘性液滴,而不管它们的局部粘性如何。我们表明这种临界粘附性与整个组织中粘附结构渗透的阈值一致。从生物学的角度来看,这表明只有一小部分粘附细胞就足以调节组织的整体机械特性,这在形态发生等过程中至关重要。

更新日期:2021-09-22
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