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Biomechanics and biophysics of cancer cells☆

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SURESH, S·2007·Acta Biomaterialia

DOI 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.04.002PMC PMC2917191

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The past decade has seen substantial growth in research into how changes in the biomechanical and biophysical properties of cells and subcellular structures influence, and are influenced by, the onset and progression of human diseases. This paper presents an overview of the rapidly expanding, nascent field of research that deals with the biomechanics and biophysics of cancer cells. The review begins with some key observations on the biology of cancer cells and on the role of actin microfilaments, intermediate filaments and microtubule biopolymer cytoskeletal components in influencing cell mechanics, locomotion, differentiation and neoplastic transformation. In order to set the scene for mechanistic discussions of the connections among alterations to subcellular structures, attendant changes in cell deformability, cytoadherence, migration, invasion and tumor metastasis, a survey is presented of the various quantitative mechanical and physical assays to extract the elastic and viscoelastic deformability of cancer cells. Results available in the literature on cell mechanics for different types of cancer are then reviewed. Representative case studies are presented next to illustrate how chemically induced cytoskeletal changes, biomechanical responses and signals from the intracellular regions act in concert with the chemomechanical environment of the extracellular matrix and the molecular tumorigenic signaling pathways to effect malignant transformations. Results are presented to illustrate how changes to cytoskeletal architecture induced by cancer drugs and chemotherapy regimens can significantly influence cell mechanics and disease state. It is reasoned through experimental evidence that greater understanding of the mechanics of cancer cell deformability and its interactions with the extracellular physical, chemical and biological environments offers enormous potential for significant new developments in disease diagnostics, prophylactics, therapeutics and drug efficacy assays.

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Authors: SURESH, S.
Affiliations: Harvard–MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology (US)
Corresponding author: SURESH, S
ORCID: SURESH, S
Venue: Acta Biomaterialia
Publisher: Elsevier BV
Published: 2007-07
Volume: 3
Issue: 4
Pages: 413-438
ISSN: 1742-7061 (ISSN-L)
DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2007.04.002
PMC: PMC2917191
OpenAlex: W1975553175
Cited by: 1,284
References: 164
Citations by year: 2026: 47 · 2025: 47 · 2024: 67 · 2023: 74 · 2022: 64 · 2021: 98 · 2020: 67 · 2019: 61 · 2018: 64 · 2017: 82 · 2016: 89 · 2015: 98 · 2014: 73 · 2013: 90 · 2012: 71
FWCI: 17.24
Type: journal article
Language: en
Open access: green
www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov
Licence: www.elsevier.com/tdm/userlicense/1.0/ (tdm)
Locations: Acta Biomaterialia (publishedVersion)
PubMed (publishedVersion)
PubMed Central (acceptedVersion)
Funders: National Institute of General Medical Sciences (R01GM076689)
Topics: Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
Health Sciences › Medicine › Oncology › Cancer Cells and Metastasis
Physical Sciences › Physics and Astronomy › Atomic and Molecular Physics, and Optics › Force Microscopy Techniques and Applications
Keywords: cancer cell mechanics, cell deformability, cytoskeleton, F-actin, intermediate filaments, microtubules, cell migration, tumor invasion, metastasis, viscoelasticity, extracellular matrix, oncogenic transformation
MeSH terms: Animals, Biomechanical Phenomena, Biophysics, Cell Transformation, Neoplastic, Cytoskeleton, Elasticity, Humans, Models, Biological, Neoplasms, Viscosity, Signal Transduction, Mechanotransduction, Cellular, Cell Line, Tumor, Biophysical Phenomena

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