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Cell motility
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Cell locomotion | Signals from soluble factors, other cells to the receptors on exposed on the plasma membrane. signal transduction pathway and to cytoskeleton. organisation, movement,contraction and shape of organelles |
| Why cell locomotion ? | development, healing, protection and blood clotting |
| Polarity | all moving cells |
| keratinocytes and fibroblast | similar morphological changes |
| Steps | Extension, adhesion, translocation,de-adhesion and endocytic cycle |
| Extension | Cortical zone is highly active. Lamellipodium extends towards direction of movement |
| adhesion | formation of new site of attachment at extended end of lamellipodium- adhesion plaques. integrin tightly bounds to the ecm at focal adhesion. |
| integrin | proteins recognizing ecm component |
| translocation | myosin dependent cortical contractions at the rear, squeeze nucleus and other organelles forward |
| de-adhesion and recycling | detachment of the focal contacts. if its tightly bound some of the plasma membrane can be left behind. integrins are recycled. |