ArticleBiophysical journal2015
Dynamics of membrane tethers reveal novel aspects of cytoskeleton-membrane interactions in axons.
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- Microfluidics-based side view flow chamber reveals tether-to-sling transition in rolling neutrophils.Scientific reports · 2016Article
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Abstract
Mechanical properties of cell membranes are known to be significantly influenced by the underlying cortical cytoskeleton. The technique of pulling membrane tethers from cells is one of the most effective ways of studying the membrane mechanics and the membrane-cortex interaction. In this article, we show that axon membranes make an interesting system to explore as they exhibit both free membrane-like behavior where the tether-membrane junction is movable on the surface of the axons (unlike many other cell membranes) as well as cell-like behavior where there are transient and spontaneous eruptions in the tether force that vanish when F-actin is depolymerized. We analyze the passive and spontaneous responses of axonal membrane tethers and propose theoretical models to explain the observed behavior.
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