Actomyosin contractility and collective migration: may the force be with you

TY - JOUR

T1 - Actomyosin contractility and collective migration

T2 - may the force be with you

AU - Pandya, Pahini

AU - Orgaz, Jose L

AU - Sanz-Moreno, Victoria

PY - 2017/10

Y1 - 2017/10

N2 - Collective cell migration is essential during physiological processes such as development or wound healing and in pathological conditions such as cancer dissemination. Cells migrating within multicellular tissues experiment different forces which play an intricate role during tissue formation, development and maintenance. How cells are able to respond to these forces depends largely on how they interact with the extracellular matrix. In this review, we focus on mechanics and mechanotransduction in collective migration. In particular, we discuss current knowledge on how cells integrate mechanical signals during collective migration and we highlight actomyosin contractility as a central hub coordinating mechanosensing and mechanotransduction responses.

AB - Collective cell migration is essential during physiological processes such as development or wound healing and in pathological conditions such as cancer dissemination. Cells migrating within multicellular tissues experiment different forces which play an intricate role during tissue formation, development and maintenance. How cells are able to respond to these forces depends largely on how they interact with the extracellular matrix. In this review, we focus on mechanics and mechanotransduction in collective migration. In particular, we discuss current knowledge on how cells integrate mechanical signals during collective migration and we highlight actomyosin contractility as a central hub coordinating mechanosensing and mechanotransduction responses.

U2 - 10.1016/j.ceb.2017.06.006

DO - 10.1016/j.ceb.2017.06.006

M3 - Article

SN - 0955-0674

VL - 48

SP - 87

EP - 96

JO - Current Opinion in Cell Biology

JF - Current Opinion in Cell Biology

ER -