Nature Communications (Jun 2019)

Actomyosin-driven force patterning controls endocytosis at the immune synapse

  • Anita Kumari,
  • Judith Pineau,
  • Pablo J. Sáez,
  • Mathieu Maurin,
  • Danielle Lankar,
  • Mabel San Roman,
  • Katharina Hennig,
  • Vanessa F. Boura,
  • Raphael Voituriez,
  • Mikael C. I. Karlsson,
  • Martial Balland,
  • Ana-Maria Lennon Dumenil,
  • Paolo Pierobon

DOI
https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-019-10751-7
Journal volume & issue
Vol. 10, no. 1
pp. 1 – 14

Abstract

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The immune synapse promotes cellular information exchange but the role of biophysical forces in synapse function is unclear. Here, the authors show that B cells exert two types of forces, a centripetal myosin II-driven force and a central actin protrusive force at the site of antigen extraction.