Another intriguing possibility is that the timing of scission is regulated by tension: pulling forces between daughter cells were found to prolong their connection, whereas relaxation of this tension coincided with ESCRT-III assembly and subsequent abscission.
The dynamics of hZW10 are regulated by tension as well as by interaction with hZwint-1.
However, whether the activity of VASP within adhesions can be regulated through tension has not been reported.
Furthermore, the protein compositions of focal adhesions are regulated by tension supplied by myosin II activity and external forces applied to the cell (Zaidel-Bar et al., 2007; Kuo et al., 2011; Schiller et al., 2011).
The paper presents a tension control law to stabilize the motions of a Tethered Space-Tug system during its deorbiting process by regulating the tension in the tether.
Because sound frequency is modulated by regulating the tension of the labia, a simple bending of one or both half rings will stretch both labia.
Besides mechanical coupling, cadherins also regulate interface tension at cell cell boundaries to regulate cell shape and positioning.
We speculate that mechanical stimuli on cell membrane may be transduced first to the SBMS directly underneath the plasma membrane, which then regulates actomyosin tension to influence cell behaviors.
The arrow points to the cell body of the sensory neuron, which is attached to a modified muscle fiber; the arrowhead points to efferent motor terminals that regulate the tension of the fiber.
This climbing mechanism is still used within the stereocilia, however, to regulate the tension in the tip links and thus maintain the gating channels at the optimum point in their operating curves [ 2].
