--- _id: '10703' abstract: - lang: eng text: 'When crawling through the body, leukocytes often traverse tissues that are densely packed with extracellular matrix and other cells, and this raises the question: How do leukocytes overcome compressive mechanical loads? Here, we show that the actin cortex of leukocytes is mechanoresponsive and that this responsiveness requires neither force sensing via the nucleus nor adhesive interactions with a substrate. Upon global compression of the cell body as well as local indentation of the plasma membrane, Wiskott-Aldrich syndrome protein (WASp) assembles into dot-like structures, providing activation platforms for Arp2/3 nucleated actin patches. These patches locally push against the external load, which can be obstructing collagen fibers or other cells, and thereby create space to facilitate forward locomotion. We show in vitro and in vivo that this WASp function is rate limiting for ameboid leukocyte migration in dense but not in loose environments and is required for trafficking through diverse tissues such as skin and lymph nodes.' acknowledged_ssus: - _id: LifeSc - _id: Bio - _id: EM-Fac acknowledgement: We thank N. Darwish-Miranda, F. Leite, F.P. Assen, and A. Eichner for advice and help with experiments. We thank J. Renkawitz, E. Kiermaier, A. Juanes Garcia, and M. Avellaneda for critical reading of the manuscript. We thank M. Driscoll for advice on fluorescent labeling of collagen gels. This research was supported by the Scientific Service Units (SSUs) of IST Austria through resources provided by Molecular Biology Services/Lab Support Facility (LSF)/Bioimaging Facility/Electron Microscopy Facility. This work was funded by grants from the European Research Council ( CoG 724373 ) and the Austrian Science Foundation (FWF) to M.S. F.G. received funding from the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation program under the Marie Skłodowska-Curie grant agreement no. 747687. article_processing_charge: No article_type: original author: - first_name: Florian full_name: Gaertner, Florian last_name: Gaertner - first_name: Patricia full_name: Reis-Rodrigues, Patricia last_name: Reis-Rodrigues - first_name: Ingrid full_name: De Vries, Ingrid id: 4C7D837E-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: De Vries - first_name: Miroslav full_name: Hons, Miroslav id: 4167FE56-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hons orcid: 0000-0002-6625-3348 - first_name: Juan full_name: Aguilera, Juan last_name: Aguilera - first_name: Michael full_name: Riedl, Michael id: 3BE60946-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Riedl orcid: 0000-0003-4844-6311 - first_name: Alexander F full_name: Leithner, Alexander F id: 3B1B77E4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Leithner orcid: 0000-0002-1073-744X - first_name: Saren full_name: Tasciyan, Saren id: 4323B49C-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Tasciyan orcid: 0000-0003-1671-393X - first_name: Aglaja full_name: Kopf, Aglaja id: 31DAC7B6-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kopf orcid: 0000-0002-2187-6656 - first_name: Jack full_name: Merrin, Jack id: 4515C308-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Merrin orcid: 0000-0001-5145-4609 - first_name: Vanessa full_name: Zheden, Vanessa id: 39C5A68A-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Zheden orcid: 0000-0002-9438-4783 - first_name: Walter full_name: Kaufmann, Walter id: 3F99E422-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Kaufmann orcid: 0000-0001-9735-5315 - first_name: Robert full_name: Hauschild, Robert id: 4E01D6B4-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Hauschild orcid: 0000-0001-9843-3522 - first_name: Michael K full_name: Sixt, Michael K id: 41E9FBEA-F248-11E8-B48F-1D18A9856A87 last_name: Sixt orcid: 0000-0002-6620-9179 citation: ama: Gaertner F, Reis-Rodrigues P, de Vries I, et al. WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues. Developmental Cell. 2022;57(1):47-62.e9. doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.024 apa: Gaertner, F., Reis-Rodrigues, P., de Vries, I., Hons, M., Aguilera, J., Riedl, M., … Sixt, M. K. (2022). WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues. Developmental Cell. Cell Press ; Elsevier. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.024 chicago: Gaertner, Florian, Patricia Reis-Rodrigues, Ingrid de Vries, Miroslav Hons, Juan Aguilera, Michael Riedl, Alexander F Leithner, et al. “WASp Triggers Mechanosensitive Actin Patches to Facilitate Immune Cell Migration in Dense Tissues.” Developmental Cell. Cell Press ; Elsevier, 2022. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.024. ieee: F. Gaertner et al., “WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues,” Developmental Cell, vol. 57, no. 1. Cell Press ; Elsevier, p. 47–62.e9, 2022. ista: Gaertner F, Reis-Rodrigues P, de Vries I, Hons M, Aguilera J, Riedl M, Leithner AF, Tasciyan S, Kopf A, Merrin J, Zheden V, Kaufmann W, Hauschild R, Sixt MK. 2022. WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues. Developmental Cell. 57(1), 47–62.e9. mla: Gaertner, Florian, et al. “WASp Triggers Mechanosensitive Actin Patches to Facilitate Immune Cell Migration in Dense Tissues.” Developmental Cell, vol. 57, no. 1, Cell Press ; Elsevier, 2022, p. 47–62.e9, doi:10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.024. short: F. Gaertner, P. Reis-Rodrigues, I. de Vries, M. Hons, J. Aguilera, M. Riedl, A.F. Leithner, S. Tasciyan, A. Kopf, J. Merrin, V. Zheden, W. Kaufmann, R. Hauschild, M.K. Sixt, Developmental Cell 57 (2022) 47–62.e9. date_created: 2022-01-30T23:01:33Z date_published: 2022-01-10T00:00:00Z date_updated: 2024-03-28T23:30:23Z day: '10' ddc: - '570' department: - _id: MiSi - _id: EM-Fac - _id: NanoFab - _id: BjHo doi: 10.1016/j.devcel.2021.11.024 ec_funded: 1 external_id: isi: - '000768933800005' pmid: - '34919802' intvolume: ' 57' isi: 1 issue: '1' language: - iso: eng main_file_link: - open_access: '1' url: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S1534580721009497 month: '01' oa: 1 oa_version: Published Version page: 47-62.e9 pmid: 1 project: - _id: 260AA4E2-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '747687' name: Mechanical Adaptation of Lamellipodial Actin Networks in Migrating Cells - _id: 25FE9508-B435-11E9-9278-68D0E5697425 call_identifier: H2020 grant_number: '724373' name: Cellular navigation along spatial gradients publication: Developmental Cell publication_identifier: eissn: - 1878-1551 issn: - 1534-5807 publication_status: published publisher: Cell Press ; Elsevier quality_controlled: '1' related_material: record: - id: '12726' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '14530' relation: dissertation_contains status: public - id: '12401' relation: dissertation_contains status: public scopus_import: '1' status: public title: WASp triggers mechanosensitive actin patches to facilitate immune cell migration in dense tissues tmp: image: /images/cc_by_nc_nd.png legal_code_url: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/4.0/legalcode name: Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) short: CC BY-NC-ND (4.0) type: journal_article user_id: 4359f0d1-fa6c-11eb-b949-802e58b17ae8 volume: 57 year: '2022' ...