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Focal adhesions, stress fibers and mechanical tension

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Burridge, Keith, Guilluy, Christophe·2016·Experimental Cell Research

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Stress fibers and focal adhesions are complex protein arrays that produce, transmit and sense mechanical tension. Evidence accumulated over many years led to the conclusion that mechanical tension generated within stress fibers contributes to the assembly of both stress fibers themselves and their associated focal adhesions. However, several lines of evidence have recently been presented against this model. Here we discuss the evidence for and against the role of mechanical tension in driving the assembly of these structures. We also consider how their assembly is influenced by the rigidity of the substratum to which cells are adhering. Finally, we discuss the recently identified connections between stress fibers and the nucleus, and the roles that these may play, both in cell migration and regulating nuclear function.

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  • Contractile actin filament assembly, stress fiber assembly, and regulation of actin filament-based processes are molecular processes centrally involved in focal adhesion biology.

    “all of which are molecular processes centrally involved in focal adhesion biology (Burridge and Guilluy, 2016; Ciobanasu et al., 2012; Geiger et al., 2009; Wozniak et al., 2004).”

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Burridge, K., & Guilluy, C.
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  • University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill (US)
  • Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique (FR)
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Burridge, Keith
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Experimental Cell Research
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Elsevier BV
Published
2016-04
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343
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1
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14-20
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0014-4827 (ISSN-L)
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  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Cellular Mechanics and Interactions
  • Life Sciences › Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology › Cell Biology › Skin and Cellular Biology Research
  • Health Sciences › Medicine › Immunology and Allergy › Cell Adhesion Molecules Research
Keywords
focal adhesions, stress fibers, mechanical tension, cell adhesion, substrate stiffness, cell migration
MeSH terms
Animals, Humans, Models, Biological, Stress, Mechanical, Focal Adhesions, Stress Fibers

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