000281432 001__ 281432 000281432 005__ 20240610120827.0 000281432 0247_ $$2doi$$a10.1016/j.bpj.2015.03.009 000281432 0247_ $$2WOS$$aWOS:000353344400005 000281432 0247_ $$2altmetric$$aaltmetric:3935382 000281432 0247_ $$2pmid$$apmid:25902426 000281432 0247_ $$2Handle$$a2128/22842 000281432 037__ $$aFZJ-2016-01125 000281432 041__ $$aEnglish 000281432 082__ $$a570 000281432 1001_ $$0P:(DE-HGF)0$$aChan, Chii J.$$b0 000281432 245__ $$aMyosin II Activity Softens Cells in Suspension 000281432 260__ $$aCambridge, Mass.$$bCell Press$$c2015 000281432 3367_ $$2DRIVER$$aarticle 000281432 3367_ $$2DataCite$$aOutput Types/Journal article 000281432 3367_ $$0PUB:(DE-HGF)16$$2PUB:(DE-HGF)$$aJournal Article$$bjournal$$mjournal$$s1453906473_21157 000281432 3367_ $$2BibTeX$$aARTICLE 000281432 3367_ $$2ORCID$$aJOURNAL_ARTICLE 000281432 3367_ $$00$$2EndNote$$aJournal Article 000281432 520__ $$aThe cellular cytoskeleton is crucial for many cellular functions such as cell motility and wound healing, as well as other processes that require shape change or force generation. Actin is one cytoskeleton component that regulates cell mechanics. Important properties driving this regulation include the amount of actin, its level of cross-linking, and its coordination with the activity of specific molecular motors like myosin. While studies investigating the contribution of myosin activity to cell mechanics have been performed on cells attached to a substrate, we investigated mechanical properties of cells in suspension. To do this, we used multiple probes for cell mechanics including a microfluidic optical stretcher, a microfluidic microcirculation mimetic, and real-time deformability cytometry. We found that nonadherent blood cells, cells arrested in mitosis, and naturally adherent cells brought into suspension, stiffen and become more solidlike upon myosin inhibition across multiple timescales (milliseconds to minutes). Our results hold across several pharmacological and genetic perturbations targeting myosin. Our findings suggest that myosin II activity contributes to increased whole-cell compliance and fluidity. This finding is contrary to what has been reported for cells attached to a substrate, which stiffen via active myosin driven prestress. 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