A snap-through instability of cell adhesion under perturbations in hydrostatic pressure
JOURNAL OF THE MECHANICS AND PHYSICS OF SOLIDS(2024)
摘要
The balance between stress and adhesion governs many behaviors of adherent cells such as cell migration. In certain microenvironments such as that of a tumor, variations in hydrostatic pressure be substantial compared to cell-generated stresses. These variations can affect stressactivated ion channels whose activation can in turn affect cell volume and adhesion. To study these effects, we developed a theoretical model to relate changes in hydrostatic pressure to the morphology and volume of adherent cells. The model predicted the bistability of cell morphology (i.e., a snap-through instability) under hydrostatic pressure for certain ranges of adhesion energy density. This snap-through instability can enable cells to spontaneously detach from their environment, and may have bearing on migration and metastasis.
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关键词
Tumor microenvironment,Metastasis,Bistability,Morphology,Mechanomedicine
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