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Magnetic tweezers were used to study the passive and active response of macrophages to local centripetal nanonewton forces on
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online publication date 8 Jan 2003
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Local force induced conical protrusions of phagocytic cells
* Author for correspondence (e-mail: lvonna{at}ph.tum.de)
1 integrins. Superparamagnetic beads coated with the
1-integrin-binding protein invasin were attached to J774 murine macrophages to mimic phagocytosis of bacterial pathogens. Forces exceeding
0.5 nN induce the active formation of trumpet-like protrusions resembling pseudopodia after an initial elastic deflection and a response time of
30 seconds. The speed of advancement of the protrusion is <v>=0.065±0.020 µm second-1 and is force independent. After saturation (after about 100 seconds) the protrusion stops abruptly and is completely retracted again against forces exceeding 5 nN with an effective relaxation time of
30 seconds. The active protrusion is tentatively attributed to the growth of the actin cortex in the direction of the force, and evidence for the involvement of actin is provided by the finding that Latrunculin A abolishes the activated cone growth. The growth is assumed to be activated by cell signaling mediated by the invasin-specific integrins (exhibiting
1 chains) and could play a role in phagocytic and protrusive events during immune response by macrophages.
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M. Herant, V. Heinrich, and M. Dembo
Mechanics of neutrophil phagocytosis: experiments and quantitative models.
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May 1, 2006;
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