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    Don Ingber, M.D.,Ph.D.Judah Folkman Professor of Vascular BiologyDepts. of Pathology & Surgery, Harvard Medical School

    Interim Co-Director, Vascular Biology Program, Childrens Hospital Boston

    Interim Co-Director, Harvard Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering

    Tensegrity-Based Mechanical Control ofMammalian Cell Fate Switching and Morphogenesis

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    How are living cellsand tissues constructed?

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    A Linear View of Tissue Development(Tumor Angiogenesis)

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    Local Control during Angiogenesis

    Branching Patterns

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    Extracellular Matrix

    Cells Exert Tension on their Matrix Adhesions

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    MicromechanicalControl of Morphogenesis

    Underlying Hypothesis:

    ECM remodeling changes LOCAL MECHANICS

    Increasing ECM flexibility promotes cell stretching

    Tension on adhesion receptors &

    distortion of the cytoskeleton

    alters cellular biochemistry

    Localized Growth & Motility(Ingber et al., PNAS78:3901-5, 1981; Ingber & Jamieson, In: Gene Expression During

    Normal & Malig. Differ. ,1985; Huang and Ingber, Nature Cell Biol. ,1999)

    Cell Stretching

    Cell Stretching

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    Making Cell Distortion an Independent Variable

    GFGF

    GF

    GF

    GF

    GF

    GFGF

    GF

    GF

    GF

    GF

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    (with George Whitesides, Chemistry Dept. Harvard U.)

    Nanotechnology-Based Microfabrication(Soft Lithography + Self Assembling Monolayers)

    PDMS(polydimethyl-siloxane)

    Photoresist

    Adhesive alkanethiol(methyl-terminated)

    NON-adhesive alkanethiol(PEG-terminated)

    Silicon

    Mask

    ECM protein

    SUPPORTSAdsorption

    RESISTS Protein Adsorption

    Au Silicon, Glass

    =Stamp

    + ECM Protein

    (Singhvi et al., Science1994; Chen et al. Science1997;Chen et al. Methods Mol. Biol. 2000;139: 209-219)

    UV

    MolecularSelf-Assembly

    FlexiblePDMS Stamp

    SAM

    on the NANOSCALE

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    Stretching Cells Makes Them Grow

    And Rounded Cells Die

    Growth

    Cell Distortion

    CellF

    unctio

    n

    Death Growth

    (Singhvi et al. Science1994; Chen et al. Science1997)

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    Capillary Blood Vessel Formation In A Dish

    (Dike et al. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol 1999)

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    (Parker et al. FASEB J 2002)

    Stretch-Dependent Control of Directional Motility

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    Actin Stress Fibers(AFM) (F-Actin)

    FibronectinFibrils

    Focal Adhesions(Vinculin)

    Cell Distortion Redirects Molecular Self-AssemblyIn the Cytoskeleton & Extracellular Matrix

    (Parker et al. FASEB J2002; Wang et al., Cell Cytosk. Motil. 2002; Brock et al. Langmuir 2003)

    TRACTION FORCE MICROSCOPY:

    Cell Morphology Stress Map

    Guided by Localized Tension Application in Cell Corners

    Strain Map

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    100um

    Physical ECM Pattern Governs Directional Motility

    1C-3,3 3L-3,3 8L-3,3

    + PDGF (NO CHEMICAL GRADIENT!) (Xia et al., FASEB J2008)

    Migration Paths:

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    (Brangwynne et al. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol2000;Huang et al., Cell Cytosk Motil2005)

    Local Rules & Physical Determinants

    Govern Pattern Formation

    (Symmetry Breaking in Mammalian Cells)

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    (Huang et al., Cell Motil. Cytosk. 2005)

    Patterning Predicted by Whole CellBehaviors

    Experimental Results Computational Model

    Fibroblast (Low Persistence - No Yin Yang)

    Capillary Endothelial Cell (High Persistence - Yin Yang)

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    Solublegrowth factors

    Morphogenesis

    Wound Healing

    Spatial heterogeneity ofcell fates drives morphogenesis

    die differentiatedivide

    Cell Fate Switching Depends on Physicality of Microenvironment

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    How are Cells Constructed so that they can Sense Force?

    Hypothesis:

    Cells are Built Like Tents

    Old View:

    Cells are like Water Balloons

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    he Molecular Networksof the Cytoskeleton

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    (Ingber et al., PNAS78:3901-5, 1981; Ingber & Jamieson,1985;

    Wang et al. Science1993, PNAS2001; Ingber J. Cell Sci1993, 2003)

    Cellular Tensegrity Model

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    Resting Tension (Prestress) in Living Stress FibersRevealed using Laser Nano-Surgery (tensed cables)

    (Kumar et al., Biophys J. 2006)

    300 nm

    Retraction of a single actinstress fiber in a living cell

    (with Eric Mazur, Dept. Physics, Harvard U.)

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    Mechanical Continuity in the Cytoskeleton and ECM

    RigidDish

    Flexible ECM Substrate

    T ECM

    (Kumar et al, Biophys J 2006)

    GFP-Actin

    Before Cut: GreenAfter Cut: Magenta

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    Microtubules are Semi- Flexible Compression Struts

    Curved (Buckled) Microtubules in a Fixed Cell

    Live Beating Heart Cell

    (Brangwynne et al, J Cell Biol 2006 with

    D. Weitz & K. Parker, Harvard U. & F.

    Macintosh, Amsterdam)

    Constrained BucklingTheory

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    Tensegrity predictsAdhesion Receptors

    act as Mechanoreceptors

    (Ingber and Jamieson, 1985;

    Ingber, Curr Opin Cell Biol 1991)

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    Magnetic Twisting & Pulling

    Cytometry

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    D. Stamenovic (Boston U.)A PrioriPredictions now Confirmed:

    Stamenovic et al. J. Theor. Biol.1996Coughlin & Stamenovic, J App Mech 1997,1998Stamenovic & Coughlin, J Theor Biol. 1999Stamenovic & Coughlin, J. Biomech. Engin. 2000

    Wang & Stamenovic, Am J. Physiol Cell Physiol. 2000Stamenovic,J. Biomech.,2005.

    Linear relation between Stiffness and AppliedStress(Wang et al., Science 1993; Wang and Ingber, Biophys. J. 1994))

    Cell Mechanics depends on Prestress(Wang & Ingber, Biophys. J. 1994; Lee et al., Am. J.Physiol. 1997)

    Linear relation between Stiffness and Prestress(Wang et al., PNAS 2001; Wang & Stamenovic, Am. J. Physiol 2002)

    Hysteresivity independent of prestress(Maksym et al.,Am. J. Phys. 2000;Wang et al., PNAS 2001)

    Quantitative Prediction of Cellular Elasticity(Stamenovic and Coughlin, J. Biomech. Engineer. 2000)

    Prediction of Dynamic Mechanical Behavior(Sultan et al., Ann Biomed Engin. 2004)

    Mechanical Contribution of Intermediate Filaments toCell Mechanics(Wang and Stamenovic, Am J Physiol Cell Physiol, 2000)

    Microtubules Bear Compression(Keach et al., 1996; Wang et al., 2001; Hu et al., Bioscience, 2004;Brangwynne et al., J Cell Biol 2006)

    Mathematical Tensegrity Model of the Cell

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    Hierarchical Tensegrity Model(Cell & Nucleus Connected by Tension Elements)

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    (Wang et al. PNAS2001)

    A local stress can produce DISTANT responses

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    Intermediate Filaments are Suspensory Cables

    Link other filaments& membrane to thenucleus

    From Nickerson and Penman

    From R. Goldman

    (Maniotis et al. PNAS 1997; Eckes et al. JCS1998)

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    Mechanical Control of the Mitotic Spindle Axis

    (Maniotis et al., PNAS 1997)

    Spindle Axis:

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    Tensed Spectrin

    Stiff Actin Protofilament

    Cortical Membrane as a Prestressed Tensegrity(Vera et al. Annals Biomed. Engin. 2005; with Bob Skelton, UCSD)

    www.jacobsschool.ucsd.edu/news_events/releases/release.sfe?id=484

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    TE

    Tensegrity-Based Hierarchical Integration(computer images by Eddy Xuan, U. Toronto)

    (Ingber, FASEB J2006)

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    Tensegrity Focuses Force on Molecules in theExtracellular Matrix and Cytoskeleton

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    -Cytoskeleton is More than a Mechanical Scaffold

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    1 2 3

    AB

    C

    Solid-State Biochemistry on Cytoskeletal Scaffolds(Structure = Catalyst)

    4

    Cytoskeletal filament

    Channeling of Chemical Reactions:DNA replicationRNA ProcessingTranscriptionTranslationGlycolysisSignalTransduction

    (Ingber, Cell1993)

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    Pulling on IntegrinsActivates Signaling &Gene Transcription

    Surface Integrins Mediate

    Mechano-Chemical Transduction

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    Pulling on Integrins Specifically Activates Ca+2 Influx(Time scale < 10 milliseconds) [Funded by DARPA & NIH]

    MagneticPulses

    Force Dependence Force & Integrin Dependence

    (Matthews et al., in review)

    0

    0.025

    0.05

    0.075

    0.1

    RGD

    AcLDL

    HDL

    RGD+Gd3+

    C

    alcium(

    F/Fo)

    Force (pN)

    100 450 850 2000

    Cytoskeletal Strain Calcium (FLUO4)

    BEAD

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    Activation of G proteins and cAMP Signaling by Mechanical ForceTransmitted Across Integrin Receptors

    Gene Transcription

    Mechanical Control of Gene Transcription

    cAMP LevelsPKA Translocation

    CREB Activation

    + TWIST

    (Meyer et al., Nature Cell Biol. 2000)

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    Focal Adhesion is a Nanoscale Mechanochemical Machine

    Stress

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    Mechanochemical Transduction

    Alter CSK Organization

    Cellular Tensegrity Model

    Tensegrity provides a mechanism to INTEGRATEboth LOCAL and DISTANT structural responses

    when forces are transmittedthrough the cytoskeleton

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    Signal Integration through Cell Distortion:Cells Act Locally, but Think Globally

    Growth

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    The Small GTPase Rho Mediates Shape Control of Growth

    TENSION

    Rho

    ROCK

    (Huang et al., Mol. Biol. Cell, 1998; Huang & Ingber, Exp Cell Res. 2002; Numaguchi et al.,

    Angiogenesis 2003; Mammoto et al., J. Biol. Chem. 2004;Mammoto et al., J. Cell Sci. 2007)

    Filaminp190RhoGAP

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    MicromechanicalControl of Morphogenesis

    Underlying Hypothesis:

    ECM remodeling changes LOCAL MECHANICS

    Increasing ECM flexibility promotes cell stretching

    Tension on adhesion receptors &

    distortion of the cytoskeletonalters cellular biochemistry

    Localized Growth & Motility(Ingber et al., PNAS78:3901-5, 1981; Ingber & Jamieson, In: Gene Expression DuringNormal & Malig. Differ. ,1985; Huang and Ingber, Nature Cell Biol. ,1999)

    Cell Stretching

    Cell Stretching

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    CNF-1

    (200 ng/ml)

    Control

    CNF-1(2-20 ng/ml)

    Time (hrs): 0 48

    0

    20

    40

    60

    80

    100

    120

    140

    160

    180

    200

    0 2 20 200

    %BudIncrease

    CNF-1 (ng/ml)

    Bud Inducing Activity

    Developmental Control Requires a Fine Balance of Forces

    Tension

    Tension

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    c

    mc

    c

    ce

    c

    mc

    c

    ce

    Control CNF-1 (20 ng/ml) Y27632 (40 uM)

    Epitheliogenesis & Angiogenesis in Embryonic Lungcan be Controlled by Altering Cytoskeletal Tension

    (Moore et al, Dev. Dynamics2005)

    TENSION TENSION

    Epi

    Epi

    Epi

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    Extracellular Matrix & Cytoskeleton not just structural supportsthey also are KEY DEVELOPMENTAL REGULATORS

    Because they mediate MECHANICAL SIGNALING

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    GRB

    Sos

    Ras

    c-raf

    MEK1/2

    MAPK(erk1/2)

    MEKK1

    NFkB

    Sek1(MKK4)

    SAPK=JNK

    ATF2

    CREB

    Rac

    CaMKII

    MKK3/6

    p38=HOG

    Akt

    PIP3

    p70S6

    PLC

    mycElk

    IKK

    FAK

    src

    Rho

    Cdc42

    PAK

    IkB

    Shc

    p90rsk

    JunFos

    Stat3

    Ca2+

    Bad

    MLC

    G

    FRAP

    PDK

    Rap1

    Jak1

    Stat1

    Jak2

    Bcl-2

    caspase 9

    caspase 2

    FADD

    caspase 8

    mitochodrialcyt C release

    PKC

    PKA

    Apaf-1

    PTEN

    TCF

    APC

    -catenin

    TCF-Lef

    PI3K

    RAIDD

    NIK

    TRAF

    TAK1Smad2

    Smad4

    Smad7

    cyclin E

    cyclin DpRb E2F

    p27cdk4,6

    cdk2

    -catenin

    a-actinin

    cyclin A

    INKp21

    caspase 3,6,7

    Extracellular signals

    IRS-1Pyk2 cAMP

    B-Raf

    But Where is the Specificity? [SOFTWARE Challenge]

    growthapoptosis

    differentiationmotility

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    Cell Distortion

    Apoptosis Differentiation Growth

    Cell Fate Switching: A Biological Phase Transition

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    C

    Stable Functional States Emerge from Dynamic Information Networks(work from Complexity Field by Stuart Kauffman)

    A B

    C D 2 4 = 16

    A B

    D

    A B

    C D

    mini DNA chip

    If genes were independent:

    All expression configurations

    are equally possible.

    A B

    C D

    If genes are interacting via Logic F(x)s:

    A B

    C DA B

    C D

    Stable

    Attractor

    state

    Regulatory interactions CONSTRAIN paths!

    A B

    C D

    A B

    C D

    Attractor

    stateBasin of attraction

    Gene activity State Space (for 6-gene network):

    C

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    Boolean Network of Cell Cycle Control

    (Huang & Ingber,

    Exp Cell Res 2000)

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    HELA Cell Cycle(data from Whitfield et al., Mol. Biol. Cell2002)

    Simultaneous Dynamic Analysis of Whole Gene Arraywith Genome Expression Dynamics Inspector (GEDI)

    (Eichler, Huang & Ingber, Bioinformatics2003)

    Available at: www.childrenshospital.org/research/ingber/

    Existing Method:

    Time 1

    Time 2

    Time 3

    New Method:

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    Dictyostelium Development(data from Van Driessche et al., Development2002)

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    Evidence that Cell Fates are High Dimensional Attractors

    Precursor

    (HL60)

    Differentiated

    neutrophil

    HL60 cells =Promyelocytic

    Precursor (Stem)

    Cells

    Neutrophil Differentiation was induced by:

    1. all-trans Retinoic Acid (AtRA)[SPECIFIC HORMONE]

    2. Dimethyl Sulfoxide (DMSO)[NON-SPECIFIC SOLVENT]

    (Huang et al., Phys Rev Lett2005; Chang et al. BMC Bioinform 2006)

    (work of Sui Huang and Hannah Chang)

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    Cell Fates are High Dimensional Attractors

    Precursor

    (HL60)

    Differentiated

    neutrophil

    Initial divergence and

    terminal convergence of thetwo trajectories in > 70%

    (2773 genes) of the state

    space dimensions

    < D >

    c

    0 20 40 60 80 100 120 140 1600.6

    0.7

    0.8

    0.9

    1

    1.1

    1.2

    1.3

    mean of intertrajectory

    gene expression differences, < D

    >

    Time (hr)

    GEDI Analysis:

    -50 -40 -30 -20 -10 0 10 20 30 40 50-50

    -40

    -30

    -20

    -10

    0

    10

    20

    30

    40

    PC1

    PC2

    0h

    8h

    24h

    168h

    24h

    8h

    PCA Analysis:

    (Huan et al. Ph s Rev Lett2005 Chan et al. BMC Bioinform 2006)

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    Dynamic Networks: Simplicity in Complexity

    GRBSos

    Ras

    c-raf

    MEK1/2

    MAPK(erk1/2)

    MEKK1

    NFkB

    Sek1(MKK4)

    SAPK=JNK

    ATF2

    cAMP

    PKA

    CREB

    rac

    CaMKII

    MKK3/6

    p38=HOG

    Akt

    PI3K

    p70S6

    PLCg

    c-mycElk

    IKK

    FAKsrc

    rhocdc42

    PAK

    IkB

    Shc

    p90rsk

    JunFos

    PKC

    Stat3

    Ca2+

    Pyk2

    Bad

    MLC

    G

    FRAP(TOR)PDK

    rap

    RafB

    Jak1TykStat1

    Jak2

    1 CYTOKINE activates > 100 of genes

    FGF-R PDGF-R

    g e n o m e

    2 different GF RECEPTORS activatesame set of 60 genes to induce growth

    (Fambrough et al., 1999)

    (Waddington, 1956)

    SPECIFIC & NON-SPECIFIC STIMULI

    produce same cell FATE switches

    Cell Distortion

    Apoptosis Differen. Growth

    MUTUAL EXCLUSIVITY

    of cell fates in Embryogenesis

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    Solublegrowth factors

    Micromechanics and Collective Behavior

    Govern Pattern Formation

    Morphogenesis

    Wound Healing

    Spatial heterogeneity ofcell fates drives morphogenesis

    die differentiatedivide

    Cell fate switching depends on physicality of microenvironment

    Normal Fractal Patterns TumorDisorganization

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    Biomimetic Multicellular Robot Swarms(Radhika Nagpal, SEAS; D. Ingber, HMS)[NSF Funded]

    Bioinspired Algorithms for robust and complex

    shape formation using modular (multicellular) robots

    Distributed Homeostasis Desired shape is described relative to the environment

    Individual robots use local sensing to adapt their behavior

    Inspired by homeostasis in biology and tissue remodeling

    in response to environment needs

    (Yu et al., IEEE Intl. Conf. on Intelligent Robots and Systems 2007)

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    Sui Huang (U. Calgary)

    Ning Wang (U. Illinois)

    Dimitrije Stamenovic (BU)

    George Whitesides (HU)

    Eric Mazur (HU)

    David Weitz (HU)

    Radhika Nagpal (HU)

    David Mooney (HU) HIBIE Interim Co-Director

    Ingber Lab (Harvard/CH)Francis Alenghat (resident BWH)

    Cliff Brangwynne (grad. stud. HU)

    Amy BrockHannah Chang

    Chris Chen (U. Penn)

    Sanjay Kumar (U.C. Berkeley)Tanmay Lele (U. Florida)

    Akiko Mammoto

    Bob MannixBen Matthews

    Chris Meyer (Dental Practice)

    Martin MontoyaDarryl Overby (Tulane)

    Kevin Kit Parker (Harvard)

    Jay PendseTom Polte

    Julia Sero

    Charles ThodetiWEBSITE:Google search Ingber Lab


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