The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension.
The actin cytoskeleton is indispensable for the motility and migration of all types of cells; therefore, it plays a crucial role in the ability of the tissues to repair. Mesenchymal stem cells are intensively used in regenerative medicine, but usually relatively low percent of transplanted cells rea...
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| author | Alla Revittser Ivan Selin Yuri Negulyaev Vladislav Chubinskiy-Nadezhdin |
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| description | The actin cytoskeleton is indispensable for the motility and migration of all types of cells; therefore, it plays a crucial role in the ability of the tissues to repair. Mesenchymal stem cells are intensively used in regenerative medicine, but usually relatively low percent of transplanted cells reaches the injury. To overcome this evident limitation, researchers try to enhance the motility and migration rate of the cells. As one of the approaches, co-cultivation and preconditioning of stem cells with biologically active compounds, which can cause actin cytoskeleton rearrangements followed by an increase of migratory properties of the cells, could be applied. The observed changes in F-actin structure induced by the compounds require quantitative estimation, and measurement of fluorescence intensity of the F-actin image captured by various microscopic techniques is commonly used nowadays. However, this approach could not always accurately detect the observed changes in the shape and structure of actin cytoskeleton. At this time, the image of F-actin has an irregular geometric pattern, and thus could be considered and characterized as a fractal object. To quantify the re-organization of cellular F-actin in terms of fractal geometry Minkovsky's box-counting method is suitable, but it is not widely used nowadays. We modified and improved the previously described method for fractal dimension measurement, and successfully applied it for the quantification of the F-actin structures of human mesenchymal stem cells. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-19183c1d918b4dd9938bccb00a861a532022-12-22T04:04:05ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS ONE1932-62032021-01-011611e026072710.1371/journal.pone.0260727The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension.Alla RevittserIvan SelinYuri NegulyaevVladislav Chubinskiy-NadezhdinThe actin cytoskeleton is indispensable for the motility and migration of all types of cells; therefore, it plays a crucial role in the ability of the tissues to repair. Mesenchymal stem cells are intensively used in regenerative medicine, but usually relatively low percent of transplanted cells reaches the injury. To overcome this evident limitation, researchers try to enhance the motility and migration rate of the cells. As one of the approaches, co-cultivation and preconditioning of stem cells with biologically active compounds, which can cause actin cytoskeleton rearrangements followed by an increase of migratory properties of the cells, could be applied. The observed changes in F-actin structure induced by the compounds require quantitative estimation, and measurement of fluorescence intensity of the F-actin image captured by various microscopic techniques is commonly used nowadays. However, this approach could not always accurately detect the observed changes in the shape and structure of actin cytoskeleton. At this time, the image of F-actin has an irregular geometric pattern, and thus could be considered and characterized as a fractal object. To quantify the re-organization of cellular F-actin in terms of fractal geometry Minkovsky's box-counting method is suitable, but it is not widely used nowadays. We modified and improved the previously described method for fractal dimension measurement, and successfully applied it for the quantification of the F-actin structures of human mesenchymal stem cells.https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260727 |
| spellingShingle | Alla Revittser Ivan Selin Yuri Negulyaev Vladislav Chubinskiy-Nadezhdin The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension. PLoS ONE |
| title | The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension. |
| title_full | The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension. |
| title_fullStr | The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension. |
| title_full_unstemmed | The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension. |
| title_short | The analysis of F-actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension. |
| title_sort | analysis of f actin structure of mesenchymal stem cells by quantification of fractal dimension |
| url | https://doi.org/10.1371/journal.pone.0260727 |
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