{"title":"Mechanics promotes coherence in heterogeneous active media","authors":"Soling Zimik, Sitabhra Sinha","doi":"arxiv-2408.10603","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.10603","url":null,"abstract":"Synchronization of activity among myocytes constituting vital organs, e.g.,\u0000the heart, is crucial for physiological functions. Self-organized coordination\u0000in such heterogeneous ensemble of excitable and oscillatory cells is therefore\u0000of clinical importance. We show by varying the strength of intercellular\u0000coupling and the electrophysiological diversity, a wide range of collective\u0000behavior emerges including clusters of synchronized activity. Strikingly,\u0000stretch-activated currents allow waves of mechanical deformation to alter the\u0000activity of neighboring cells, promoting robust global coherence.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-20","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142183354","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Karsten Kruse, Rémi Berthoz, Luca Barberi, Anne-Cécile Reymann, Daniel Riveline
{"title":"Acto-myosin clusters as active units shaping living matter","authors":"Karsten Kruse, Rémi Berthoz, Luca Barberi, Anne-Cécile Reymann, Daniel Riveline","doi":"arxiv-2408.05119","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.05119","url":null,"abstract":"Stress generation by the actin cytoskeleton shapes cells and tissues. Despite\u0000impressive progress in live imaging and quantitative physical descriptions of\u0000cytoskeletal network dynamics, the connection between processes at molecular\u0000scales and cell-scale spatio-temporal patterns is still unclear. Here we review\u0000studies reporting acto-myosin clusters of micrometer size and with lifetimes of\u0000several minutes in a large number of organisms ranging from fission yeast to\u0000humans. Such structures have also been found in reconstituted systems in vitro\u0000and in theoretical analysis of cytoskeletal dynamics. We propose that tracking\u0000these clusters can serve as a simple readout for characterising living matter.\u0000Spatio-temporal patterns of clusters could serve as determinants of\u0000morphogenetic processes that play similar roles in diverse organisms.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"3 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-09","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935877","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Computational modelling of bone growth and mineralization surrounding biodegradable Mg-based and permanent Ti implants","authors":"Domenik Priebe, Nik Pohl, Tamadur AlBaraghtheh, Sven Schimek, Florian Wieland, Diana Krüger, Sascha Trostorff, Regine Willumeit-Römer, Ralf Köhl, Berit Zeller-Plumhoff","doi":"arxiv-2408.03820","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.03820","url":null,"abstract":"In silico testing of implant materials is a research area of high interest,\u0000as cost- and labour-intensive experiments may be omitted. However, assessing\u0000the tissue-material interaction mathematically and computationally can be very\u0000complex, in particular when functional, such as biodegradable, implant\u0000materials are investigated. In this work, we expand and refine suitable\u0000existing mathematical models of bone growth and magnesium-based implant\u0000degradation based on ordinary differential equations. We show that we can\u0000simulate the implant degradation, as well as the osseointegration in terms of\u0000relative bone volume fraction and changes in bone ultrastructure when applying\u0000the model to experimental data from titanium and magnesium-gadolinium implants\u0000for healing times up to 32 weeks. By conducting a parameter study we further\u0000show that a lack of data at early time points has little influence on the\u0000simulation outcome. Moreover, we show that the model is predictive in terms of\u0000relative bone volume fraction with mean absolute errors below 6%","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"195 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935876","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Resolving the kinetics of an ensemble of muscle myosin motors via a temperature-dependent fitting procedure","authors":"Valentina Buonfiglio, Niccolò Zagli, Irene Pertici, Vincenzo Lombardi, Pasquale Bianco, Duccio Fanelli","doi":"arxiv-2408.03676","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.03676","url":null,"abstract":"A data fitting procedure is devised and thoroughly tested to provide\u0000self-consistent estimates of the relevant mechanokinetic parameters involved in\u0000a plausible scheme underpinning the output of an ensemble of myosin II\u0000molecular motors mimicking the muscle contraction. The method builds on a\u0000stochastic model accounting for the force exerted by the motor ensemble\u0000operated both in the low and high force-generating regimes corresponding to\u0000different temperature ranges. The proposed interpretative framework is\u0000successfully challenged against simulated data, meant to mimic the experimental\u0000output of a unidimensional synthetic nanomachine powered by pure muscle myosin\u0000isoforms.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"22 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935871","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"Mechanics of poking a cyst","authors":"Shiheng Zhao, Pierre A. Haas","doi":"arxiv-2408.03716","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.03716","url":null,"abstract":"Indentation tests are classical tools to determine material properties. For\u0000biological samples such as cysts of cells, however, the observed\u0000force-displacement relation cannot be expected to follow predictions for simple\u0000materials. Here, by solving the Pogorelov problem of a point force indenting an\u0000elastic shell for a purely nonlinear material, we discover that complex\u0000material behaviour can even give rise to new scaling exponents in this\u0000force-displacement relation. In finite-element simulations, we show that these\u0000exponents are surprisingly robust, persisting even for thick shells indented\u0000with a sphere. By scaling arguments, we generalise our results to pressurised\u0000and pre-stressed shells, uncovering additional new scaling exponents. We find\u0000these predicted scaling exponents in the force-displacement relation observed\u0000in cyst indentation experiments. Our results thus form the basis for inferring\u0000the mechanisms that set the mechanical properties of these biological\u0000materials.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"48 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-07","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935745","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"The Role of Biomarkers on Haemodynamics in Atherosclerotic Artery","authors":"Ruchira Ray, Bibaswan Dey","doi":"arxiv-2408.03117","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.03117","url":null,"abstract":"Atherosclerosis, a chronic inflammatory cardiovascular disease, leads to\u0000arterial constriction caused by the accumulation of lipids, cholesterol, and\u0000various substances within artery walls. Such plaque can rupture, resulting in a\u0000blood clot that obstructs major arteries and may initiate myocardial\u0000infarction, ischemic stroke, etc. Atherosclerotic plaque formation begins with\u0000the accumulation of foam cells and macrophages within the intima layer of the\u0000arterial wall. At the latter stage, the smooth muscle cells migrated from\u0000deeper artery wall layers, contributing to the fibrous cap formation and plaque\u0000stabilizing. A developed plaque gradually enters the lumen and narrows down the\u0000lumen to impede blood flow. We introduce a two-phase and macroscopic model to\u0000investigate the progression of plaque growth in its advanced stage and analyze\u0000the minimum gap (Lumen Clearance) within an atherosclerotic artery so that\u0000blood cells can pass through. Cardiac troponin, a high specificity and\u0000sensitivity biomarker, facilitates early detection of elevated myocardial\u0000infarction, Ischemic stroke, etc. risks. This study aims to establish a\u0000relationship between the troponin concentration in atherosclerotic arteries and\u0000their internal clearance, which could significantly improve our understanding\u0000of disease progression. Our observations show that the plaque undergoes rapid\u0000evolution in its initial stages, gradually slowing down over time to reach a\u0000steady state. At the same time, the lumen clearance exhibits an opposite\u0000behavior, decreasing slowly over time. Our study finds a positive correlation\u0000between plaque depth and troponin concentration in the blood and a negative\u0000relationship between troponin concentrations and lumen clearance in\u0000atherosclerotic arteries.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"16 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935746","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Faezeh Ghobadi, Maryam Saadatmand, Sara Simorgh, Peiman Brouki Milan
{"title":"Microfluidic 3D Cell Culture: Potential Application of Collagen Hydrogels with an Optimal Dose of Bioactive Glasses","authors":"Faezeh Ghobadi, Maryam Saadatmand, Sara Simorgh, Peiman Brouki Milan","doi":"arxiv-2408.03196","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.03196","url":null,"abstract":"We engineered a microfluidic platform to study the effects of bioactive glass\u0000nanoparticles (BGNs) on cell viability under static culture. We incorporated\u0000different concentrations of BGNs (1%, 2%, and 3% w/v) in collagen hydrogel\u0000(with a concentration of 3.0 mg/mL). The microfluidic chip's dimensions were\u0000optimized through fluid flow and mass transfer simulations. Collagen type I\u0000extracted from rat tail tendons was used as the main material, and BGNs\u0000synthesized by the sol-gel method were used to enhance the mechanical\u0000properties of the hydrogel. The extracted collagen was characterized using FTIR\u0000and SDS-PAGE, and BGNs were analyzed using XRD, FTIR, DLS, and FE-SEM/EDX. The\u0000structure of the collagen-BGNs hydrogels was examined using SEM, and their\u0000mechanical properties were determined using rheological analysis. The\u0000cytotoxicity of BGNs was assessed using the MTT assay, and the viability of\u0000fibroblast (L929) cells encapsulated in the collagen-BGNs hydrogel inside the\u0000microfluidic device was assessed using a live/dead assay. Based on all these\u0000test results, the L929 cells showed high cell viability in vitro and promising\u0000microenvironment mimicry in a microfluidic device. Collagen3-BGNs3 (Collagen 3\u0000mg/mL + BGNs 3% (w/v)) was chosen as the most suitable sample for further\u0000research on a microfluidic platform.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"21 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935872","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Salem Mosleh, Emil Annevelink, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, L. Mahadevan
{"title":"Controlling moving interfaces in solid state batteries","authors":"Salem Mosleh, Emil Annevelink, Venkatasubramanian Viswanathan, L. Mahadevan","doi":"arxiv-2408.03175","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.03175","url":null,"abstract":"Safe, all-solid-state lithium metal batteries enable high energy density\u0000applications, but suffer from instabilities during operation that lead to rough\u0000interfaces between the metal and electrolyte and subsequently cause void\u0000formation and dendrite growth that degrades performance and safety. Inspired by\u0000the morphogenetic control of thin lamina such as tree leaves that robustly grow\u0000into flat shapes -- we propose a range of approaches to control lithium metal\u0000stripping and plating. To guide discovery of materials that will implement\u0000these feedback mechanisms, we develop a reduced order model that captures\u0000couplings between mechanics, interface growth, temperature, and electrochemical\u0000variables. We find that long-range feedback is required to achieve true\u0000interface stability, while approaches based on local feedback always eventually\u0000grow into rough interfaces. All together, our study provides the beginning of a\u0000practical framework for analyzing and designing stable electrochemical\u0000interfaces in terms of the mechanical properties and the physical chemistry\u0000that underlie their dynamics.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"30 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-06","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141935875","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
Valentina Buonfiglio, Irene Pertici, Matteo Marcello, Ilaria Morotti, Marco Caremani, Massimo Reconditi, Marco Linari, Duccio Fanelli, Vincenzo Lombardi, Pasquale Bianco
{"title":"Force and kinetics of fast and slow muscle myosin determined with a synthetic sarcomere-like nanomachine","authors":"Valentina Buonfiglio, Irene Pertici, Matteo Marcello, Ilaria Morotti, Marco Caremani, Massimo Reconditi, Marco Linari, Duccio Fanelli, Vincenzo Lombardi, Pasquale Bianco","doi":"arxiv-2408.00373","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.00373","url":null,"abstract":"Myosin II is the muscle molecular motor that works in two bipolar arrays in\u0000each thick filament of the striated (skeletal and cardiac) muscle, converting\u0000the chemical energy into steady force and shortening by cyclic ATP--driven\u0000interactions with the nearby actin filaments. Different isoforms of the myosin\u0000motor in the skeletal muscles account for the different functional requirements\u0000of the slow muscles (primarily responsible for the posture) and fast muscles\u0000(responsible for voluntary movements). To clarify the molecular basis of the\u0000differences, here the isoform--dependent mechanokinetic parameters underpinning\u0000the force of slow and fast muscles are defined with a unidimensional synthetic\u0000nanomachine powered by pure myosin isoforms from either slow or fast rabbit\u0000skeletal muscle. Data fitting with a stochastic model provides a\u0000self--consistent estimate of all the mechanokinetic properties of the motor\u0000ensemble including the motor force, the fraction of actin--attached motors and\u0000the rate of transition through the attachment--detachment cycle. The\u0000achievements in this paper set the stage for any future study on the emergent\u0000mechanokinetic properties of an ensemble of myosin molecules either engineered\u0000or purified from mutant animal models or human biopsies.","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"75 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-08-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"141883938","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
{"title":"SepAl: Sepsis Alerts On Low Power Wearables With Digital Biomarkers and On-Device Tiny Machine Learning","authors":"Marco Giordano, Kanika Dheman, Michele Magno","doi":"arxiv-2408.08316","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/arxiv-2408.08316","url":null,"abstract":"Sepsis is a lethal syndrome of organ dysfunction that is triggered by an\u0000infection and claims 11 million lives per year globally. Prognostic algorithms\u0000based on deep learning have shown promise in detecting the onset of sepsis\u0000hours before the actual event but use a large number of bio-markers, including\u0000vital signs and laboratory tests. The latter makes the deployment of such\u0000systems outside hospitals or in resource-limited environments extremely\u0000challenging. This paper introduces SepAl, an energy-efficient and lightweight\u0000neural network, using only data from low-power wearable sensors, such as\u0000photoplethysmography (PPG), inertial measurement units (IMU), and body\u0000temperature sensors, designed to deliver alerts in real-time. SepAl leverages\u0000only six digitally acquirable vital signs and tiny machine learning algorithms,\u0000enabling on-device real-time sepsis prediction. SepAl uses a lightweight temporal convolution neural network capable of\u0000providing sepsis alerts with a median predicted time to sepsis of 9.8 hours.\u0000The model has been fully quantized, being able to be deployed on any low-power\u0000processors, and evaluated on an ARM Cortex-M33 core. Experimental evaluations\u0000show an inference efficiency of 0.11MAC/Cycle and a latency of 143ms, with an\u0000energy per inference of 2.68mJ. This work aims at paving the way toward\u0000accurate disease prediction, deployable in a long-lasting multi-vital sign\u0000wearable device, suitable for providing sepsis onset alerts at the point of\u0000care. The code used in this work has been open-sourced and is available at\u0000https://github.com/mgiordy/sepsis-prediction","PeriodicalId":501572,"journal":{"name":"arXiv - QuanBio - Tissues and Organs","volume":"55 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":0.0,"publicationDate":"2024-07-31","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142183355","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}