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2004 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary

Effect of mechanical fields in a vascular endothelial cell on the dynamics of the formation of actin cytoskeleton

Research Project

Project/Area Number 15560075
Research Category

Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)

Allocation TypeSingle-year Grants
Section一般
Research Field Materials/Mechanics of materials
Research InstitutionKyushu Institute of Technology

Principal Investigator

YAMADA Hiroshi  Kyushu Institute of Technology, School of Life Science and Systems Engineering, Associate professor, 大学院・生命体工学研究科, 助教授 (00220400)

Project Period (FY) 2003 – 2004
KeywordsVascular endothelial cell / Stress fiber / Cyclic deformation / Orientation / Strain / Actin filament / Polymerization / Crosslinking
Research Abstract

Three-dimensional orientation of stress fibers in vascular endothelial cells was observed by confocal scanning laser microscopy after staining actin filaments with rhodamine phalloidin. The results showed regular arrays of stress fibers at the bottom surface and at the apical surface. The orientation is in the direction which is perpendicular to the stretching direction and, at the same time, parallel to the substrate surface. Stress fibers between the apical surface and the bottom surface were not found. This may be because the formation of stress fibers is not only by dissociation with an excessive strain, polymerization of actin monomers, and crosslinking between adjacent actin filaments, but also by adhesion molecules at the cellular membranes.
Actin filaments are bundled to form a stress fiber. So mathematical modeling was carried out for the formation of stress fibers starting from actin monomers. In the modeling, actin filaments along the bottom surface of the cell were focused. The four factors i.e., polymerization/depolymerization, capping on actin filaments by, e.g., gelsolin, crosslinking between adjacent actin filaments, and dissociation by an excessive strain, were taken into account Integrins were placed on the cellular membrane with an equal interval Numerical simulations showed arrays of stress fibers by bundling actin filaments. Final patterns of arrays depend on the requirement of actin binding, Le., the angle and distance between actin filaments. One needs an improvement of the model to obtain parallel arrays of stress fibers without interacting each other.

  • Research Products

    (4 results)

All 2005

All Journal Article (4 results)

  • [Journal Article] 繰返し伸展下での内皮細胞内ストレスファイバーの形成過程に対するモデル化2005

    • Author(s)
      山田 宏, 安藤寛和
    • Journal Title

      日本機械学会第17回バイオエンジニアリング講演会講演論文集 04-48

      Pages: 33-34

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] 共焦点レーザ顕微鏡を用いた基質伸展下での内皮細胞の形状変化に関する測定と解析2005

    • Author(s)
      高橋祐樹, 毛利典秀, 山田 宏
    • Journal Title

      日本機械学会第17回バイオエンジニアリング講演会講演論文集 04-48

      Pages: 261-262

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(和文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Modeling on the forming process of stress fibers in an endothelial cell under cyclic stretch2005

    • Author(s)
      Yamada, H., Ando, H.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.17th Bioengineering Conference 2004 Annual Meeting of BE D/JSME 04-48

      Pages: 33-34

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より
  • [Journal Article] Measurement of geometric change for an endothelial cell subjected to substrate stretch using confocal laser scanning microscope and its analysis2005

    • Author(s)
      Takahashi, Y., Mori, N., Yamada, H.
    • Journal Title

      Proc.17th Bioengineering Conference 2004 Annual Meeting of BE D/JSME 04-48

      Pages: 261-262

    • Description
      「研究成果報告書概要(欧文)」より

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Published: 2006-07-11  

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