Collective cell migration in dense tissues underlies important biological processes, such as embryonic development, wound healing and cancer invasion. While many aspects of single cell movements are now well established, the mechanisms leading to displacements of cohesive cell groups are still poorly understood. To elucidate the emergence of collective migration in mechanosensitive cells, we examine a self-propelled Voronoi (SPV) model of confluent tissues with an orientational feedback that aligns a cell's polarization with its local migration velocity. While shape and motility are known to regulate a density-independent liquid-solid transition in tissues, we find that aligning interactions facilitate collective motion and promote solidification, with transitions that can be predicted by extending statistical physics tools such as effective temperature to this far-from-equilibrium system. In addition to accounting for recent experimental observations obtained with epithelial monolayers, our model predicts structural and dynamical signatures of flocking, which may serve as gateway to a more quantitative characterization of collective motility.

Flocking transitions in confluent tissues / F. Giavazzi, M. Paoluzzi, M. Macchi, D. Bi, G. Scita, M.L. Manning, R. Cerbino, M.C. Marchetti. - In: SOFT MATTER. - ISSN 1744-683X. - 14:18(2018 May 14), pp. 3471-3477. [10.1039/c8sm00126j]

Flocking transitions in confluent tissues

F. Giavazzi
Primo
Conceptualization
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G. Scita
Membro del Collaboration Group
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R. Cerbino
Penultimo
Supervision
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2018

Abstract

Collective cell migration in dense tissues underlies important biological processes, such as embryonic development, wound healing and cancer invasion. While many aspects of single cell movements are now well established, the mechanisms leading to displacements of cohesive cell groups are still poorly understood. To elucidate the emergence of collective migration in mechanosensitive cells, we examine a self-propelled Voronoi (SPV) model of confluent tissues with an orientational feedback that aligns a cell's polarization with its local migration velocity. While shape and motility are known to regulate a density-independent liquid-solid transition in tissues, we find that aligning interactions facilitate collective motion and promote solidification, with transitions that can be predicted by extending statistical physics tools such as effective temperature to this far-from-equilibrium system. In addition to accounting for recent experimental observations obtained with epithelial monolayers, our model predicts structural and dynamical signatures of flocking, which may serve as gateway to a more quantitative characterization of collective motility.
Settore MED/04 - Patologia Generale
Settore FIS/07 - Fisica Applicata(Beni Culturali, Ambientali, Biol.e Medicin)
Settore FIS/03 - Fisica della Materia
   Anisotropies and non equilibrium in soft matter: routes to the self assembly of advanced materials
   ANISOFT
   MINISTERO DELL'ISTRUZIONE E DEL MERITO
   RBFR125H0M_002

   Light for Life
   L4L
   FONDAZIONE CARIPLO
   2016-0998
14-mag-2018
25-apr-2018
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