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A particle-based model to simulate the micromechanics of single-plant parenchyma cells and aggregates

Paul Van Liedekerke (UGent) , P. Ghysels, E. Tijskens, G. Samaey, B. Smeedts, D. Roose and H. Ramon
(2010) PHYSICAL BIOLOGY. 7(2).
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This paper is concerned with addressing how plant tissue mechanics is related to the micromechanics of cells. To this end, we propose a mesh-free particle method to simulate the mechanics of both individual plant cells (parenchyma) and cell aggregates in response to external stresses. The model considers two important features in the plant cell: (1) the cell protoplasm, the interior liquid phase inducing hydrodynamic phenomena, and (2) the cell wall material, a viscoelastic solid material that contains the protoplasm. In this particle framework, the cell fluid is modeled by smoothed particle hydrodynamics (SPH), a mesh-free method typically used to address problems with gas and fluid dynamics. In the solid phase (cell wall) on the other hand, the particles are connected by pairwise interactions holding them together and preventing the fluid to penetrate the cell wall. The cell wall hydraulic conductivity (permeability) is built in as well through the SPH formulation. Although this model is also meant to be able to deal with dynamic and even violent situations (leading to cell wall rupture or cell-cell debonding), we have concentrated on quasi-static conditions. The results of single-cell compression simulations show that the conclusions found by analytical models and experiments can be reproduced at least qualitatively. Relaxation tests revealed that plant cells have short relaxation times (1 mu s-10 mu s) compared to mammalian cells. Simulations performed on cell aggregates indicated an influence of the cellular organization to the tissue response, as was also observed in experiments done on tissues with a similar structure.

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Van Liedekerke, Paul, et al. “A Particle-Based Model to Simulate the Micromechanics of Single-Plant Parenchyma Cells and Aggregates.” PHYSICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 7, no. 2, 2010, doi:10.1088/1478-3975/7/2/026006.
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Van Liedekerke, P., Ghysels, P., Tijskens, E., Samaey, G., Smeedts, B., Roose, D., & Ramon, H. (2010). A particle-based model to simulate the micromechanics of single-plant parenchyma cells and aggregates. PHYSICAL BIOLOGY, 7(2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/7/2/026006
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Van Liedekerke, Paul, P. Ghysels, E. Tijskens, G. Samaey, B. Smeedts, D. Roose, and H. Ramon. 2010. “A Particle-Based Model to Simulate the Micromechanics of Single-Plant Parenchyma Cells and Aggregates.” PHYSICAL BIOLOGY 7 (2). https://doi.org/10.1088/1478-3975/7/2/026006.
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Van Liedekerke, Paul, P. Ghysels, E. Tijskens, G. Samaey, B. Smeedts, D. Roose, and H. Ramon. 2010. “A Particle-Based Model to Simulate the Micromechanics of Single-Plant Parenchyma Cells and Aggregates.” PHYSICAL BIOLOGY 7 (2). doi:10.1088/1478-3975/7/2/026006.
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Van Liedekerke P, Ghysels P, Tijskens E, Samaey G, Smeedts B, Roose D, et al. A particle-based model to simulate the micromechanics of single-plant parenchyma cells and aggregates. PHYSICAL BIOLOGY. 2010;7(2).
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P. Van Liedekerke et al., “A particle-based model to simulate the micromechanics of single-plant parenchyma cells and aggregates,” PHYSICAL BIOLOGY, vol. 7, no. 2, 2010.
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