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Techniques to Stimulate and Interrogate Cell-Cell Adhesion Extreme Mechanics Letters 20 (2018) 125–139 Contents lists available at ScienceDirect Extreme Mechanics Letters journal homepage: www.elsevier.com/locate/eml Techniques to stimulate and interrogate cell–cell adhesion mechanics Ruiguo Yang a,b , Joshua A. Broussard c,d , Kathleen J. Green c,d , Horacio D. Espinosa e,f,g, * a Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States b Nebraska Center for Integrated Biomolecular Communication, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE 68588, United States c Department of Pathology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, United States d Department of Dermatology, Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL 60611, United States e Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States f Theoretical and Applied Mechanics Program, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States g Institute for Cellular Engineering Technologies, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States article info a b s t r a c t Article history: Cell–cell adhesions maintain the mechanical integrity of multicellular tissues and have recently been Received 28 October 2017 found to act as mechanotransducers, translating mechanical cues into biochemical signals. Mechan- Received in revised form 3 December 2017 otransduction studies have primarily focused on focal adhesions, sites of cell-substrate attachment. These Accepted 4 December 2017 studies leverage technical advances in devices and systems interfacing with living cells through cell– Available online 7 December 2017 extracellular matrix adhesions. As reports of aberrant signal transduction originating from mutations in Keywords: cell–cell adhesion molecules are being increasingly associated with disease states, growing attention is Mechanobiology being paid to this intercellular signaling hub. Along with this renewed focus, new requirements arise for Cell–cell adhesion the interrogation and stimulation of cell–cell adhesive junctions. This review covers established experi- Cell mechanics mental techniques for stimulation and interrogation of cell–cell adhesion from cell pairs to monolayers. BioMEMS ' 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. FRET Contents 1. Introduction....................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 126 2. Cell–cell adhesion complexes .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 126 2.1. Adherens junctions .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 126 2.2. Desmosomes......................................................................................................................................................................................................... 126 3. Techniques to study cell–cell adhesion........................................................................................................................................................................... 127 3.1. Cell monolayer studies......................................................................................................................................................................................... 127 3.1.1. Deformable substrates ......................................................................................................................................................................... 127 3.1.2. Fluid flow............................................................................................................................................................................................... 128 3.2. Single cell level stimulation and interrogation .................................................................................................................................................. 129 3.2.1. Traction force microscopy.................................................................................................................................................................... 129 3.2.2. Substrates with flexible microposts.................................................................................................................................................... 129 3.2.3. Micropipette aspiration........................................................................................................................................................................ 130 3.2.4. Optical traps and stretchers................................................................................................................................................................. 131 3.2.5. Magnetic beads ..................................................................................................................................................................................... 131 3.2.6. Atomic force microscopy...................................................................................................................................................................... 132 3.2.7. Laser ablation........................................................................................................................................................................................ 132 4. MEMS and beyond for parallel stimulation and interrogation...................................................................................................................................... 132 4.1. Moveable structures............................................................................................................................................................................................. 133 4.2. 3D Nanofabrication .............................................................................................................................................................................................. 134 5. Sensing intra -cellular forces with FRET imaging ........................................................................................................................................................... 134 6. Outlook .............................................................................................................................................................................................................................. 134 Acknowledgments ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ 135 * Corresponding author at: Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL 60208, United States. E-mail address: [email protected] (H.D. Espinosa). https://doi.org/10.1016/j.eml.2017.12.002 2352-4316/' 2017 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved. 126 R. Yang et al. / Extreme Mechanics Letters 20 (2018) 125–139 References ......................................................................................................................................................................................................................... 135 1. Introduction Our bodies experience a wide variety of mechanical inputs on a continuous basis. Whether from opening a door, noticing a tap on the shoulder, or perceiving the acceleration of an elevator, our brains translate physical forces into information that we use to understand and interact with our environment. In a similar way, cells within our body's tissues generate, sense, and respond to mechanical cues within their local environment to direct normal physiological processes, and when things go awry, aberrant me- chanical signaling can lead to the development and progression of Fig. 1. Cell–cell adhesion in epithelial cells. a. Adherens junctions (AJs) and desmo- disease. somes are cadherin-based intercellular junctions, which, along with adhesions at the cell–ECM (HD: hemidesmosome; FA: focal adhesion), are responsible for main- In the body, physical forces are generated by and transmit- tenance of the epithelial phenotype. b. The major components of the desmosome ted through the musculoskeletal system comprising bones and junction are desmocollin (Dsc), desmoglein (Dsg), plakoglobin (PG), plakophilin muscles as well as the structures that hold them together: joints, (PKP), and desmoplakin (DP), which connect to intermediate filaments (IFs). c. The major components of classical AJs are the transmembrane protein E-cadherin, p120, ligaments and tendons. In cells, this function is performed by α-, and β-catenin. cytoskeletal filaments and their associated adhesive organelles [1]. Cell–cell and cell–extracellular matrix (ECM) adhesive organelles are macromolecular structures that integrate individual cells into 2. Cell–cell adhesion complexes complex tissues by anchoring cytoskeletal components [2]. They have been the subject of intensive scientific investigation due to There are four main types of specialized cell–cell junctions their importance in cell and tissue mechanics, bridging the gap in mammalian cells. These include tight junctions, gap junctions,
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