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| العنوان: |
A model for the contraction kinetics of cytoskeletal gel slabs. |
| المؤلفون: |
Ferraresso, Matteo, Shojaeifard, Mohammad, Kong, Albert, Bacca, Mattia |
| المصدر: |
Journal of Applied Physics; 12/28/2023, Vol. 134 Issue 24, p1-9, 9p |
| مصطلحات موضوعية: |
MOLECULAR motor proteins, POWER density, PROTOTYPES, POLYMER solutions, POLYMERS, SOLVENTS |
| مستخلص: |
Cytoskeletal gels are engineered prototypes that mimic the contractile behavior of a cell in vitro. They are composed of an active polymer matrix and a liquid solvent. Their contraction kinetics is governed by two dynamic phenomena: mechanotransduction (molecular motor activation) and solvent diffusion. In this paper, we solve the transient problem for the simple case of a thin gel slab in uniaxial contraction under two extreme conditions: motor-limited or slow motor (SM) activation regime, and diffusion-limited or fast motor (FM) activation regime. The former occurs when diffusion is much faster than mechanotransduction, while the latter occurs in the opposite case. We observe that in the SM regime, the contraction time scales as t / t 0 ∼ (λ / λ 0) − 3 , with t 0 being the nominal contraction time, and λ and λ 0 being the final and initial stretches of the slab. t 0 is proportional to 1 / w ˙ , where w ˙ is the average mechanical power generated by the molecular motors per unit reference (dry polymer) volume. In the FM regime, the contraction time scales as t / t 1 ∼ (1 − λ / λ 0) 2 , with t 1 being the nominal contraction time, here proportional to the ratio L 2 / D , where L is the reference (dry polymer) thickness, and D is the diffusivity of the solvent in the gel. The transition between the SM and FM regimes is defined by a characteristic power density w ˙ ∗ , where w ˙ ≪ w ˙ ∗ gives the SM regime and w ˙ ≫ w ˙ ∗ gives the FM regime. Intuitively, w ˙ ∗ is proportional to D / L 2 , where, at a given power density w ˙ , a thinner gel slab (smaller L) or including smaller solvent molecules (higher D) is more likely to be in the SM regime given that solvent diffusion will occur faster than motor activation. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR] |
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