Nuclear decoupling is part of a rapid protein-level cellular response to high-intensity mechanical loading

Hamish T. J. Gilbert, Venkatesh Mallikarjun, Oana Dobre, Mark R. Jackson, Robert Pedley, Andrew P. Gilmore, Stephen M. Richardson and Joe Swift ()
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Hamish T. J. Gilbert: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Venkatesh Mallikarjun: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Oana Dobre: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Mark R. Jackson: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Robert Pedley: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Andrew P. Gilmore: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research
Stephen M. Richardson: University of Manchester
Joe Swift: Wellcome Centre for Cell-Matrix Research

Nature Communications, 2019, vol. 10, issue 1, 1-15

Abstract: Abstract Studies of cellular mechano-signaling have often utilized static models that do not fully replicate the dynamics of living tissues. Here, we examine the time-dependent response of primary human mesenchymal stem cells (hMSCs) to cyclic tensile strain (CTS). At low-intensity strain (1 h, 4% CTS at 1 Hz), cell characteristics mimic responses to increased substrate stiffness. As the strain regime is intensified (frequency increased to 5 Hz), we characterize rapid establishment of a broad, structured and reversible protein-level response, even as transcription is apparently downregulated. Protein abundance is quantified coincident with changes to protein conformation and post-translational modification (PTM). Furthermore, we characterize changes to the linker of nucleoskeleton and cytoskeleton (LINC) complex that bridges the nuclear envelope, and specifically to levels and PTMs of Sad1/UNC-84 (SUN) domain-containing protein 2 (SUN2). The result of this regulation is to decouple mechano-transmission between the cytoskeleton and the nucleus, thus conferring protection to chromatin.

Date: 2019
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