کد مقاله کد نشریه سال انتشار مقاله انگلیسی نسخه تمام متن
1959065 1057926 2006 9 صفحه PDF دانلود رایگان
عنوان انگلیسی مقاله ISI
Autologous Morphogen Gradients by Subtle Interstitial Flow and Matrix Interactions
موضوعات مرتبط
علوم زیستی و بیوفناوری بیوشیمی، ژنتیک و زیست شناسی مولکولی زیست شیمی
پیش نمایش صفحه اول مقاله
Autologous Morphogen Gradients by Subtle Interstitial Flow and Matrix Interactions
چکیده انگلیسی

Cell response to extracellular cues is often driven by gradients of morphogenetic and chemotactic proteins, and therefore descriptions of how such gradients arise are critical to understanding and manipulating these processes. Many of these proteins are secreted in matrix-binding form to be subsequently released proteolytically, and here we explore how this feature, along with small dynamic forces that are present in all tissues, can affect pericellular protein gradients. We demonstrate that 1), pericellular gradients of cell-secreted proteins can be greatly amplified when secreted by the cell in matrix-binding form as compared to a nonmatrix-interacting form; and 2), subtle flows can drive significant asymmetry in pericellular protein concentrations and create transcellular gradients that increase in the direction of flow. This study thus demonstrates how convection and matrix-binding, both physiological characteristics, combine to allow cells to create their own autologous chemotactic gradients that may drive, for example, tumor cells and immune cells into draining lymphatic capillaries.

ناشر
Database: Elsevier - ScienceDirect (ساینس دایرکت)
Journal: - Volume 91, Issue 1, 1 July 2006, Pages 113–121
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