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Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed

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Gardel, Margaret L., Sabass, Benedikt, Ji, Lin, Danuser, Gaudenz, Schwarz, Ulrich S., Waterman, Clare M.·2008·The Journal of Cell Biology

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How focal adhesions (FAs) convert retrograde filamentous actin (F-actin) flow into traction stress on the extracellular matrix to drive cell migration is unknown. Using combined traction force and fluorescent speckle microscopy, we observed a robust biphasic relationship between F-actin speed and traction force. F-actin speed is inversely related to traction stress near the cell edge where FAs are formed and F-actin motion is rapid. In contrast, larger FAs where the F-actin speed is low are marked by a direct relationship between F-actin speed and traction stress. We found that the biphasic switch is determined by a threshold F-actin speed of 8–10 nm/s, independent of changes in FA protein density, age, stress magnitude, assembly/disassembly status, or subcellular position induced by pleiotropic perturbations to Rho family guanosine triphosphatase signaling and myosin II activity. Thus, F-actin speed is a fundamental regulator of traction force at FAs during cell migration.

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Authors
Gardel, M. L., Sabass, B., Ji, L., Danuser, G., Schwarz, U. S., & Waterman, C. M.
Venue
The Journal of Cell Biology
Published
2008-12-15
Volume
183
Issue
6
Pages
999-1005
ISSN
  • 0021-9525 (ISSN-L)
  • 1540-8140
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W2153626442
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490
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25
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8.28
Type
journal article
Language
en
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hybrid

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Gardel, M. L., Sabass, B., Ji, L., Danuser, G., Schwarz, U. S., & Waterman, C. M. (2008). Traction stress in focal adhesions correlates biphasically with actin retrograde flow speed. The Journal of Cell Biology. https://doi.org/10.1083/jcb.200810060

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