Scaling of Traction Forces with Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies

Details Scaling of Traction Forces with Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies Scaling of Traction Forces with Size of Cohesive Cell Colonies

2011-12-26

arxiv.org/abs/1112.5804v4

Physics

Condensed Matter

Soft Condensed Matter

5 pages, 3 figures

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To understand how the mechanical properties of tissues emerge from interactions of multiple cells, we measure traction stresses of cohesive colonies of 1-27 cells adherent to soft substrates. We find that traction stresses are generally localized at the periphery of the colony and the total traction force scales with the colony radius. For large colony sizes, the scaling appears to approach linear, suggesting the emergence of an apparent surface tension of order 1E-3 N/m. A simple model of the cell colony as a contractile elastic medium coupled to the substrate captures the spatial distribution of traction forces and the scaling of traction forces with the colony size.

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