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@ARTICLE{Simsek:864421,
author = {Simsek, Ahmet Nihat and Bräutigam, Andrea and Koch,
Matthias D. and Shaevitz, Joshua W. and Huang, Yunfei and
Gompper, Gerhard and Sabass, Benedikt},
title = {{S}ubstrate-rigidity dependent migration of an idealized
twitching bacterium},
journal = {Soft matter},
volume = {15},
number = {30},
issn = {1744-6848},
address = {London},
publisher = {Royal Soc. of Chemistry},
reportid = {FZJ-2019-04205},
pages = {6224 - 6236},
year = {2019},
abstract = {Mechanical properties of the extracellular matrix are
important determinants of cellular migration in diverse
processes, such as immune response, wound healing, and
cancer metastasis. Moreover, recent studies indicate that
even bacterial surface colonization can depend on the
mechanics of the substrate. Here, we focus on physical
mechanisms that can give rise to substrate-rigidity
dependent migration. We study a “twitcher”, a cell
driven by extension–retraction cycles, to idealize
bacteria and perhaps eukaryotic cells that employ a
slip-stick mode of motion. The twitcher is asymmetric and
always pulls itself forward at its front. Analytical
calculations show that the migration speed of a twitcher
depends non-linearly on substrate rigidity. For soft
substrates, deformations do not lead to build-up of
significant force and the migration speed is therefore
determined by stochastic adhesion unbinding. For rigid
substrates, forced adhesion rupture determines the migration
speed. Depending on the force-sensitivity of front and rear
adhesions, forced bond rupture implies an increase or a
decrease of the migration speed. A requirement for the
occurrence of rigidity-dependent stick-slip migration is a
“sticky” substrate, with binding rates being an order of
magnitude larger than unbinding rates in absence of force.
Computer simulations show that small stall forces of the
driving machinery lead to a reduced movement on high
rigidities, regardless of force-sensitivities of bonds. The
simulations also confirm the occurrence of
rigidity-dependent migration speed in a generic model for
slip-stick migration of cells on a sticky substrate.},
cin = {ICS-2},
ddc = {530},
cid = {I:(DE-Juel1)ICS-2-20110106},
pnm = {553 - Physical Basis of Diseases (POF3-553)},
pid = {G:(DE-HGF)POF3-553},
typ = {PUB:(DE-HGF)16},
pubmed = {pmid:31334524},
UT = {WOS:000477986500017},
doi = {10.1039/C9SM00541B},
url = {https://juser.fz-juelich.de/record/864421},
}