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  1. Artikel ; Online: Modelling lipid rafts formation through chemo-mechanical interplay triggered by receptor-ligand binding.

    Bernard, Chiara / Carotenuto, Angelo Rosario / Pugno, Nicola Maria / Fraldi, Massimiliano / Deseri, Luca

    Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

    2023  Band 23, Heft 2, Seite(n) 485–505

    Abstract: Cell membranes, mediator of many biological mechanisms from adhesion and metabolism up to mutation and infection, are highly dynamic and heterogeneous environments exhibiting a strong coupling between biochemical events and structural re-organisation. ... ...

    Abstract Cell membranes, mediator of many biological mechanisms from adhesion and metabolism up to mutation and infection, are highly dynamic and heterogeneous environments exhibiting a strong coupling between biochemical events and structural re-organisation. This involves conformational changes induced, at lower scales, by lipid order transitions and by the micro-mechanical interplay of lipids with transmembrane proteins and molecular diffusion. Particular attention is focused on lipid rafts, ordered lipid microdomains rich of signalling proteins, that co-localise to enhance substance trafficking and activate different intracellular biochemical pathways. In this framework, the theoretical modelling of the dynamic clustering of lipid rafts implies a full multiphysics coupling between the kinetics of phase changes and the mechanical work performed by transmembrane proteins on lipids, involving the bilayer elasticity. This mechanism produces complex interspecific dynamics in which membrane stresses and chemical potentials do compete by determining different morphological arrangements, alteration in diffusive walkways and coalescence phenomena, with a consequent influence on both signalling potential and intracellular processes. Therefore, after identifying the leading chemo-mechanical interactions, the present work investigates from a modelling perspective the spatio-temporal evolution of raft domains to theoretically explain co-localisation and synergy between proteins' activation and raft formation, by coupling diffusive and mechanical phenomena to observe different morphological patterns and clustering of ordered lipids. This could help to gain new insights into the remodelling of cell membranes and could potentially suggest mechanically based strategies to control their selectivity, by orienting intracellular functions and mechanotransduction.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Ligands ; Mechanotransduction, Cellular ; Cell Membrane/metabolism ; Membrane Microdomains/chemistry ; Membrane Microdomains/metabolism ; Lipids/analysis ; Lipid Bilayers/analysis ; Lipid Bilayers/metabolism
    Chemische Substanzen Ligands ; Lipids ; Lipid Bilayers
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2023-12-07
    Erscheinungsland Germany
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2093052-5
    ISSN 1617-7940 ; 1617-7959
    ISSN (online) 1617-7940
    ISSN 1617-7959
    DOI 10.1007/s10237-023-01787-2
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  2. Artikel ; Online: Wrinkling instabilities for biologically relevant fiber-reinforced composite materials with a case study of Neo-Hookean/Ogden-Gasser-Holzapfel bilayer.

    Nguyen, Nhung / Nath, Nandan / Deseri, Luca / Tzeng, Edith / Velankar, Sachin S / Pocivavsek, Luka

    Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

    2020  Band 19, Heft 6, Seite(n) 2375–2395

    Abstract: Wrinkling is a ubiquitous surface phenomenon in many biological tissues and is believed to play an important role in arterial health. As arteries are highly nonlinear, anisotropic, multilayered composite systems, it is necessary to investigate wrinkling ... ...

    Abstract Wrinkling is a ubiquitous surface phenomenon in many biological tissues and is believed to play an important role in arterial health. As arteries are highly nonlinear, anisotropic, multilayered composite systems, it is necessary to investigate wrinkling incorporating these material characteristics. Several studies have examined surface wrinkling mechanisms with nonlinear isotropic material relationships. Nevertheless, wrinkling associated with anisotropic constitutive models such as Ogden-Gasser-Holzapfel (OGH), which is suitable for soft biological tissues, and in particular arteries, still requires investigation. Here, the effects of OGH parameters such as fibers' orientation, stiffness, and dispersion on the onset of wrinkling, wrinkle wavelength and amplitude are elucidated through analysis of a bilayer system composed of a thin, stiff neo-Hookean membrane and a soft OGH substrate subjected to compression. Critical contractile strain at which wrinkles occur is predicted using both finite element analysis and analytical linear perturbation approach. Results suggest that besides stiffness mismatch, anisotropic features associated with fiber stiffness and distribution might be used in natural layered systems to adjust wrinkling and subsequent folding behaviors. Further analysis of a bilayer system with fibers in the (x-y) plane subjected to compression in the x direction shows a complex dependence of wrinkling strain and wavelength on fiber angle, stiffness, and dispersion. This behavior is captured by an approximation utilizing the linearized anisotropic properties derived from OGH model. Such understanding of wrinkling in this artery wall-like system will help identify the role of wrinkling mechanisms in biological artery in addition to the design of its synthetic counterparts.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Anisotropy ; Arteries/physiology ; Biomechanical Phenomena ; Carotid Arteries/pathology ; Compressive Strength ; Computer Simulation ; Elasticity ; Finite Element Analysis ; Linear Models ; Lipid Bilayers ; Membranes ; Mesenteric Arteries/pathology ; Mice ; Models, Biological ; Models, Cardiovascular ; Rats ; Stress, Mechanical
    Chemische Substanzen Lipid Bilayers
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-06-13
    Erscheinungsland Germany
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2093052-5
    ISSN 1617-7940 ; 1617-7959
    ISSN (online) 1617-7940
    ISSN 1617-7959
    DOI 10.1007/s10237-020-01345-0
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  3. Artikel ; Online: The stretching elasticity of biomembranes determines their line tension and bending rigidity.

    Deseri, Luca / Zurlo, Giuseppe

    Biomechanics and modeling in mechanobiology

    2013  Band 12, Heft 6, Seite(n) 1233–1242

    Abstract: In this work, some implications of a recent model for the mechanical behavior of biological membranes (Deseri et al. in Continuum Mech Thermodyn 20(5):255-273, 2008) are exploited by means of a prototypical one-dimensional problem. We show that the ... ...

    Abstract In this work, some implications of a recent model for the mechanical behavior of biological membranes (Deseri et al. in Continuum Mech Thermodyn 20(5):255-273, 2008) are exploited by means of a prototypical one-dimensional problem. We show that the knowledge of the membrane stretching elasticity permits to establish a precise connection among surface tension, bending rigidities and line tension during phase transition phenomena. For a specific choice of the stretching energy density, we evaluate these quantities in a membrane with coexistent fluid phases, showing a satisfactory comparison with the available experimental measurements. Finally, we determine the thickness profile inside the boundary layer where the order-disorder transition is observed.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Biomechanical Phenomena ; Elastic Modulus/physiology ; Elasticity ; Membranes/physiology ; Models, Biological ; Stress, Mechanical ; Thermodynamics
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2013-11
    Erscheinungsland Germany
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2093052-5
    ISSN 1617-7940 ; 1617-7959
    ISSN (online) 1617-7940
    ISSN 1617-7959
    DOI 10.1007/s10237-013-0478-z
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  4. Artikel: Mechanobiology predicts raft formations triggered by ligand-receptor activity across the cell membrane.

    Carotenuto, Angelo R / Lunghi, Laura / Piccolo, Valentina / Babaei, Mahnoush / Dayal, Kaushik / Pugno, Nicola / Zingales, Massimiliano / Deseri, Luca / Fraldi, Massimiliano

    Journal of the mechanics and physics of solids

    2020  Band 141, Seite(n) 103974

    Abstract: Clustering of ligand-binding receptors of different types on thickened isles of the cell membrane, namely lipid rafts, is an experimentally observed phenomenon. Although its influence on cell's response is deeply investigated, the role of the coupling ... ...

    Abstract Clustering of ligand-binding receptors of different types on thickened isles of the cell membrane, namely lipid rafts, is an experimentally observed phenomenon. Although its influence on cell's response is deeply investigated, the role of the coupling between mechanical processes and multiphysics involving the active receptors and the surrounding lipid membrane during ligand-binding has not yet been understood. Specifically, the focus of this work is on
    Schlagwörter covid19
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2020-05-22
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article
    ZDB-ID 2012341-3
    ISSN 1873-4782 ; 0022-5096
    ISSN (online) 1873-4782
    ISSN 0022-5096
    DOI 10.1016/j.jmps.2020.103974
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  5. Artikel: Multiscale geometry and mechanics of lipid monolayer collapse.

    Carotenuto, Angelo Rosario / Nguyen, Nhung / Cao, Kathleen / Gaffney, Anna / Waring, Alan J / C Lee, Ka Yee / Owen, David / Fraldi, Massimiliano / Deseri, Luca / Pocivavsek, Luka

    Current topics in membranes

    2021  Band 87, Seite(n) 1–45

    Abstract: Langmuir monolayers at gas/liquid interfaces provide a rich framework to investigate the interplay between multiscale geometry and mechanics. Monolayer collapse is investigated at a topological and geometric level by building a scale space M from ... ...

    Abstract Langmuir monolayers at gas/liquid interfaces provide a rich framework to investigate the interplay between multiscale geometry and mechanics. Monolayer collapse is investigated at a topological and geometric level by building a scale space M from experimental imaging data. We present a general lipid monolayer collapse phase diagram, which shows that wrinkling, folding, crumpling, shear banding, and vesiculation are a continuous set of mechanical states that can be approached by either tuning monolayer composition or temperature. The origin of the different mechanical states can be understood by investigating the monolayer geometry at two scales: fluorescent vs atomic force microscopy imaging. We show that an interesting switch in continuity occurs in passing between the two scales, C
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Lipids ; Pressure
    Chemische Substanzen Lipids
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2021-10-19
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ISSN 1063-5823
    ISSN 1063-5823
    DOI 10.1016/bs.ctm.2021.08.003
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  6. Buch ; Online: Buckling Soft Tensegrities

    Fraldi, Massimiliano / Palumbo, Stefania / Carotenuto, Angelo Rosario / Cutolo, Arsenio / Deseri, Luca / Pugno, Nicola

    Fickle Elasticity and Configurational Switching in Living Cells

    2019  

    Abstract: Tensegrity structures are special architectures made by floating compressed struts kept together by a continuous system of tensed cables. The multiplicity of shapes that tensegrity structures can assume and their intrinsic capability to be deployable and ...

    Abstract Tensegrity structures are special architectures made by floating compressed struts kept together by a continuous system of tensed cables. The multiplicity of shapes that tensegrity structures can assume and their intrinsic capability to be deployable and assembled, so storing (and releasing) elastic energy, have motivated their success as paradigm -pioneeringly proposed by Donald E. Ingber- to explain some underlying mechanisms regulating dynamics of living cells. The interlaced structure of the cell cytoskeleton, constituted by actin and intermediate filaments and microtubules which continuously change their spatial organization and pre-stresses through polymerization/depolymerization, seems to steer migration, adhesion and cell division by obeying the tensegrity construct. Even though rough calculations lead to estimate discrepancies when comparing axial stiffness of actin filaments and microtubules and recent works have shown bent microtubules, no one has yet tried to remove the hypothesis of rigid struts in tensegrities when used to idealize the cytoskeleton mechanics. With reference to the 30-element tensegrity cell paradigm, we introduce both compressibility and bendability of the struts and rewrite the theory to take into account nonlinear elasticity of both tendons and bars, so abandoning the classical linear stress-strain assumptions. By relaxing the hypothesis of rigidity of the struts, we demonstrate that some quantitative confirmations and many extreme and somehow counterintuitive mechanical behaviors actually exploited by cells for storing/releasing energy, resisting to applied loads and deforming by modulating their overall elasticity and shape through pre-stress changes and instability-guided configurational switching, can be all theoretically found.
    Schlagwörter Physics - Biological Physics ; Condensed Matter - Soft Condensed Matter
    Thema/Rubrik (Code) 612
    Erscheinungsdatum 2019-04-09
    Erscheinungsland us
    Dokumenttyp Buch ; Online
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  7. Artikel: Mechanobiology predicts raft formations triggered by ligand-receptor activity across the cell membrane

    Carotenuto, Angelo R. / Lunghi, Laura / Piccolo, Valentina / Babaei, Mahnoush / Dayal, Kaushik / Pugno, Nicola / Zingales, Massimiliano / Deseri, Luca / Fraldi, Massimiliano

    J Mech Phys Solids

    Abstract: Clustering of ligand-binding receptors of different types on thickened isles of the cell membrane, namely lipid rafts, is an experimentally observed phenomenon. Although its influence on cell's response is deeply investigated, the role of the coupling ... ...

    Abstract Clustering of ligand-binding receptors of different types on thickened isles of the cell membrane, namely lipid rafts, is an experimentally observed phenomenon. Although its influence on cell's response is deeply investigated, the role of the coupling between mechanical processes and multiphysics involving the active receptors and the surrounding lipid membrane during ligand-binding has not yet been understood. Specifically, the focus of this work is on G-protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs), the widest group of transmembrane proteins in animals, which regulate specific cell processes through chemical signalling pathways involving a synergistic balance between the cyclic Adenosine Monophosphate (cAMP) produced by active GPCRs in the intracellular environment and its efflux, mediated by the Multidrug Resistance Proteins (MRPs) transporters. This paper develops a multiphysics approach based on the interplay among energetics, multiscale geometrical changes and mass balance of species, i.e. active GPCRs and MRPs, including diffusion and kinetics of binding and unbinding. Because the obtained energy depends upon both the kinematics and the changes of species densities, balance of mass and of linear momentum are coupled and govern the space-time evolution of the cell membrane. The mechanobiology involving remodelling and change of lipid ordering of the cell membrane allows to predict dynamics of transporters and active receptors –in full agreement with experimentally observed cAMP levels– and how the latter trigger rafts formation and cluster on such sites. Within the current scientific debate on Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome CoronaVirus 2 (SARS-CoV-2) and on the basis of the ascertained fact that lipid rafts often serve as an entry port for viruses, it is felt that approaches accounting for strong coupling among mechanobiological aspects could even turn helpful in better understanding membrane-mediated phenomena such as COVID-19 virus-cell interaction.
    Schlagwörter covid19
    Verlag WHO
    Dokumenttyp Artikel
    Anmerkung WHO #Covidence: #420618
    Datenquelle COVID19

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  8. Artikel ; Online: Power-law hereditariness of hierarchical fractal bones.

    Deseri, Luca / Di Paola, Mario / Zingales, Massimiliano / Pollaci, Pietro

    International journal for numerical methods in biomedical engineering

    2013  Band 29, Heft 12, Seite(n) 1338–1360

    Abstract: In this paper, the authors introduce a hierarchic fractal model to describe bone hereditariness. Indeed, experimental data of stress relaxation or creep functions obtained by compressive/tensile tests have been proved to be fit by power law with real ... ...

    Abstract In this paper, the authors introduce a hierarchic fractal model to describe bone hereditariness. Indeed, experimental data of stress relaxation or creep functions obtained by compressive/tensile tests have been proved to be fit by power law with real exponent 0 ⩽ β ⩽1. The rheological behavior of the material has therefore been obtained, using the Boltzmann-Volterra superposition principle, in terms of real order integrals and derivatives (fractional-order calculus). It is shown that the power laws describing creep/relaxation of bone tissue may be obtained by introducing a fractal description of bone cross-section, and the Hausdorff dimension of the fractal geometry is then related to the exponent of the power law.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Algorithms ; Biomechanical Phenomena/physiology ; Bone and Bones/physiology ; Fractals ; Models, Biological ; Rheology
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2013-12
    Erscheinungsland England
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't ; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
    ZDB-ID 2540968-2
    ISSN 2040-7947 ; 2040-7939
    ISSN (online) 2040-7947
    ISSN 2040-7939
    DOI 10.1002/cnm.2572
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  9. Artikel ; Online: Coherent Motion of Monolayer Sheets under Confinement and Its Pathological Implications.

    Soumya, S S / Gupta, Animesh / Cugno, Andrea / Deseri, Luca / Dayal, Kaushik / Das, Dibyendu / Sen, Shamik / Inamdar, Mandar M

    PLoS computational biology

    2015  Band 11, Heft 12, Seite(n) e1004670

    Abstract: Coherent angular rotation of epithelial cells is thought to contribute to many vital physiological processes including tissue morphogenesis and glandular formation. However, factors regulating this motion, and the implications of this motion if perturbed, ...

    Abstract Coherent angular rotation of epithelial cells is thought to contribute to many vital physiological processes including tissue morphogenesis and glandular formation. However, factors regulating this motion, and the implications of this motion if perturbed, remain incompletely understood. In the current study, we address these questions using a cell-center based model in which cells are polarized, motile, and interact with the neighboring cells via harmonic forces. We demonstrate that, a simple evolution rule in which the polarization of any cell tends to orient with its velocity vector can induce coherent motion in geometrically confined environments. In addition to recapitulating coherent rotational motion observed in experiments, our results also show the presence of radial movements and tissue behavior that can vary between solid-like and fluid-like. We show that the pattern of coherent motion is dictated by the combination of different physical parameters including number density, cell motility, system size, bulk cell stiffness and stiffness of cell-cell adhesions. We further observe that perturbations in the form of cell division can induce a reversal in the direction of motion when cell division occurs synchronously. Moreover, when the confinement is removed, we see that the existing coherent motion leads to cell scattering, with bulk cell stiffness and stiffness of cell-cell contacts dictating the invasion pattern. In summary, our study provides an in-depth understanding of the origin of coherent rotation in confined tissues, and extracts useful insights into the influence of various physical parameters on the pattern of such movements.
    Mesh-Begriff(e) Animals ; Cell Aggregation/physiology ; Cell Communication/physiology ; Cell Movement/physiology ; Computer Simulation ; Elasticity/physiology ; Epithelial Cells/cytology ; Epithelial Cells/physiology ; Focal Adhesions/physiology ; Humans ; Mechanotransduction, Cellular/physiology ; Models, Biological ; Neoplasm Invasiveness/physiopathology
    Sprache Englisch
    Erscheinungsdatum 2015-12-21
    Erscheinungsland United States
    Dokumenttyp Journal Article ; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
    ZDB-ID 2193340-6
    ISSN 1553-7358 ; 1553-734X
    ISSN (online) 1553-7358
    ISSN 1553-734X
    DOI 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1004670
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  10. Buch ; Online: Coherent motion of monolayer sheets under confinement and its pathological implications

    Soumya, S. S. / Gupta, Animesh / Cugno, Andrea / Deseri, Luca / Dayal, Kaushik / Das, Dibyendu / Sen, Shamik / Inamdar, Mandar M.

    2015  

    Abstract: Coherent angular rotation of epithelial cells is thought to contribute to many vital physiological processes including tissue morphogenesis and glandular formation. However, factors regulating this motion, and the implications of this motion if perturbed ...

    Abstract Coherent angular rotation of epithelial cells is thought to contribute to many vital physiological processes including tissue morphogenesis and glandular formation. However, factors regulating this motion, and the implications of this motion if perturbed remain incompletely understood. In the current study, we address these questions using a cell-center based model in which cells are polarized, motile, and interact with the neighboring cells via harmonic forces. We demonstrate that, a simple evolution rule in which the polarization of any cell tends to orient with its velocity vector can induce coherent motion in geometrically confined environments. In addition to recapitulating coherent rotational motion observed in experiments, our results also show the presence of radial movements and tissue behavior that can vary between solid-like and fluid-like. We show that the pattern of coherent motion is dictated by the combination of different physical parameters including number density, cell motility, system size, bulk cell stiffness and stiffness of cell-cell adhesions. We further observe that, perturbations in the form of cell division can induce a reversal in the direction of motion when cell division occurs synchronously. Moreover, when the confinement is removed, we see that the existing coherent motion leads to cell scattering, with bulk cell stiffness and stiffness of cell-cell contacts dictating the invasion pattern. In summary, our study provides an in-depth understanding of the origin of coherent rotation in confined tissues, and extracts useful insights into the influence of various physical parameters on the pattern of such movements
    Schlagwörter Quantitative Biology - Cell Behavior
    Thema/Rubrik (Code) 612
    Erscheinungsdatum 2015-07-23
    Erscheinungsland us
    Dokumenttyp Buch ; Online
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