Print Email Facebook Twitter Spheroid mechanics and implications for cell invasion Title Spheroid mechanics and implications for cell invasion Author Boot, R.C. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) Koenderink, G.H. (TU Delft BN/Gijsje Koenderink Lab; Kavli institute of nanoscience Delft) Boukany, P. (TU Delft ChemE/Product and Process Engineering) Date 2021 Abstract Spheroids are widely used in vitro 3D multicellular model systems that mimic complex physiological microenvironments of tissues. As different cell types vary in deformability and adhesion, the choice of (heterogeneous) cell composition will define overall spheroid mechanics, including their viscoelasticity and effective surface tension. These mechanical parameters directly influence cell sorting and possibly cell invasion into the extracellular matrix. Spheroid models therefore provide fundamental insights in the relation between cellular mechanics and important physiological processes, such as tissue formation, embryonic tissue remodeling, and cancer metastasis. In this review, we first summarize and compare current biophysical tools that probe mechanics of spheroids either from the outside or from within, then relate spheroid mechanics to cell mechanics and cell-cell adhesion, and subsequently discuss the role of spheroid mechanics alongside surrounding microenvironment parameters in (cancer) cell migration. We conclude by pointing out the research gaps and drawing the attention to novel techniques that could shed more light on the biophysical characterization of spheroids in the framework of tissue remodeling and cancer metastasis. Subject active mattercell invasionCell sortingmechanobiologysurface tensiontissue mechanics To reference this document use: http://resolver.tudelft.nl/uuid:cc9f7c63-d05f-4b7e-8ae0-9000f6405da7 DOI https://doi.org/10.1080/23746149.2021.1978316 Source Advances in Physics: X, 6 (1) Part of collection Institutional Repository Document type review Rights © 2021 R.C. Boot, G.H. Koenderink, P. Boukany Files PDF Spheroid_mechanics_and_im ... vasion.pdf 11.14 MB Close viewer /islandora/object/uuid:cc9f7c63-d05f-4b7e-8ae0-9000f6405da7/datastream/OBJ/view