A mechano-osmotic feedback couples cell volume to the rate of cell deformation
L. Venkova, A. S. Vishen, S. Lembo, N. Srivastava, B. Duchamp, A. Ruppel, S. Vassilopoulos, A. Deslys, J. M. Garcia Arcos, A. Diz-Munoz, m. Balland, J.-F. Joanny, D. Cuvelier, P. Sens, M. Piel
The paper shows that cell volume depends on the rate of deformation, proposing a mechano-osmotic coupling model involving actin cortex and ion fluxes.
bioRxiv · Jun 8, 2021Biophysics