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Mechanics and Buckling of Biopolymeric Shells and Cell Nuclei

Edward J. Banigan, +2 more
- 17 Oct 2017 - 
- Vol. 113, Iss: 8, pp 1654-1663
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The interior contents of the shell can alter mechanical response and buckling, which is shown by simulating a model for the nucleus that quantitatively agrees with micromanipulation experiments stretching individual nuclei.
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This article is published in Biophysical Journal.The article was published on 2017-10-17 and is currently open access. It has received 44 citations till now. The article focuses on the topics: Shell (structure) & Buckling.

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Chromatin histone modifications and rigidity affect nuclear morphology independent of lamins

TL;DR: Chromatin decompaction via increasing euchromatin or decreasing heterochromatin results in a softer nucleus and abnormal nuclear blebbing, independent of lamin perturbations, and rescuing nuclear morphology in lamin-perturbed cells that present abnormal nuclear morphology.
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Chromosome Conformation Capture and Beyond: Toward an Integrative View of Chromosome Structure and Function.

TL;DR: A review of chromosome conformation capture methods can be found in this paper, focusing on the contribution of complementary methodologies to our understanding of structures revealed by 3C methods and their biological implications and discuss the next technical and conceptual frontiers.
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Chromatin’s physical properties shape the nucleus and its functions

TL;DR: These findings reveal how chromatin's physical properties can regulate cellular function and drive abnormal nuclear morphology and dysfunction in disease.
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Mechanical principles of nuclear shaping and positioning.

TL;DR: Current literature on the sources and magnitude of cellular forces exerted on the nucleus, the nuclear envelope proteins involved in transferring cellular forces, and the contribution of different nuclear structural components to the mechanical response of the nucleus to these forces are reviewed.
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Physicochemical mechanotransduction alters nuclear shape and mechanics via heterochromatin formation.

TL;DR: It is reported that increased extracellular multivalent cations lead to increased heterochromatin levels through activation of mechanosensitive ion channels (MSCs) and consequent changes to histone modification state and chromatin-based nuclear rigidity, which protects nuclear morphology and function.
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