Motion Ordering in Cellular Polar-polar and Polar-nonpolar Interactions

Abstract

We examine the difference in motion ordering between cellular systems with and without information transfer to evaluate the effect of the polar--polar interaction through mutual guiding, which enables cells to inform other cells of their moving directions. We compare this interaction with the polar--nonpolar interaction through cell motion triggered by cellular contact, which cannot provide information on the moving directions. We model these interactions on the basis of the cellular Potts model. We calculate the order parameter of the polar direction in the interactions and examine the cell concentration and surface tension conditions of ordering. The results suggest that the polar--polar interaction through mutual guiding efficiently induces the motion ordering in comparison with the polar-nonpolar interaction for contact triggering, except in cases of weak driving. The results also show that the polar--polar interaction efficiently accelerates the collective motion compared with the polar--nonpolar interaction.