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Curvature induces active velocity waves in rotating spherical tissues

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  • Tom Brandstätter

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

  • David B. Brückner

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Institute of Science and Technology Austria)

  • Yu Long Han

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Ricard Alert

    (Max Planck Institute for the Physics of Complex Systems
    Center for Systems Biology Dresden
    Princeton University
    Princeton University)

  • Ming Guo

    (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)

  • Chase P. Broedersz

    (Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München
    Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam)

Abstract

The multicellular organization of diverse systems, including embryos, intestines, and tumors relies on coordinated cell migration in curved environments. In these settings, cells establish supracellular patterns of motion, including collective rotation and invasion. While such collective modes have been studied extensively in flat systems, the consequences of geometrical and topological constraints on collective migration in curved systems are largely unknown. Here, we discover a collective mode of cell migration in rotating spherical tissues manifesting as a propagating single-wavelength velocity wave. This wave is accompanied by an apparently incompressible supracellular flow pattern featuring topological defects as dictated by the spherical topology. Using a minimal active particle model, we reveal that this collective mode arises from the effect of curvature on the active flocking behavior of a cell layer confined to a spherical surface. Our results thus identify curvature-induced velocity waves as a mode of collective cell migration, impacting the dynamical organization of 3D curved tissues.

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  • Tom Brandstätter & David B. Brückner & Yu Long Han & Ricard Alert & Ming Guo & Chase P. Broedersz, 2023. "Curvature induces active velocity waves in rotating spherical tissues," Nature Communications, Nature, vol. 14(1), pages 1-11, December.
  • Handle: RePEc:nat:natcom:v:14:y:2023:i:1:d:10.1038_s41467-023-37054-2
    DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-37054-2
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