Continuum model of actin-myosin flow

Nikmaneshi, Mohammad Reza; Firoozabadi, Bahar; Saeidi, Mohammad Saeid

doi:10.22041/ijbme.2013.13084

Document Type : Full Research Paper

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¹ M.Sc Student, Faculty of Mechanic Engineering, Sharif University

² Professor, Faculty of Mechanic Engineering, Sharif University

10.22041/ijbme.2013.13084

Abstract

The front part of a cell is divided to two regions called lamellum and lamellipodium (lamellipodial). Internal flows in this part plays an essential role for cell migration. Indeed, there are many protein filaments called actin in lamellum and lamellipodium, which induce the cell motion with polymerization in the leading edge of the cell. The actin filaments adhere to the extracellular matrix (ECM) by means of focal adhesions and they have contact by myosin motor proteins. The myosin motor proteins cause actin retrograde and anterograde flow exerted contractile stress on them. The focal adhesions exert frictional stress on the actin filaments. In this work, we developed a two-dimensional continuum model of the fanshaped lamellipodial to obtain the actin retrograde flow. In addition, the actin filaments are assumed as a highly viscous Newtonian fluid. We also investigated the effects of the myosin distribution and cell speed on the actin flow. Our results include actin flow and myosin distribution in the moving cell, and we also illustrate their relation together. These results accord to reported experimentally and numerically data, and are verified with them.

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Iranian Journal of Biomedical Engineering

Continuum model of actin-myosin flow

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Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
June 2013
Pages 97-105

Continuum model of actin-myosin flow

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Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2June 2013Pages 97-105

Volume 7, Issue 2 - Serial Number 2
June 2013
Pages 97-105