Cell stiffness and receptors: evidence for cytoskeletal subnetworks

American Journal of Physiology. Cell Physiology
Hayden HuangRichard T Lee

Abstract

Viscoelastic models of cells often treat cells as homogeneous objects. However, studies have demonstrated that cellular properties are local and can change dramatically on the basis of the location probed. Because membrane receptors are linked in various ways to the intracellular space, with some receptors linking to the cytoskeleton and others diffusing freely without apparent linkages, the cellular physical response to mechanical stresses is expected to depend on the receptor engaged. In this study, we tested the hypothesis that cellular mechanical stiffness as measured via cytoskeletally linked receptors is greater than stiffness measured via receptors that are not cytoskeletally linked. We used a magnetic micromanipulator to apply linear stresses to magnetic beads attached to living cells via selected receptors. One of the receptor classes probed, the dystroglycan receptors, is linked to the cytoskeleton, while the other, the transferrin receptors, is not. Fibronectin-coated beads were used to test cellular mechanical properties of the cytoskeleton without membrane dependence by allowing the beads to endocytose. For epithelial cells, transferrin-dependent stiffness and endocytosed bead-dependent stiffness were similar, whil...Continue Reading

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