Table 1.
Lists of parameters
ParametersDescriptionsValues
R (J/mol K) Ideal gas constant 8.31451 
T (K) Absolute temperature 300 
L (μm) Cell length 80 
W (μm) Channel width 10 
H (μm) Channel height 10 
μ (Pa s) Dynamic viscosity of the cytoplasm 0.005 
μactin (Pa s) Coefficient of friction of the actin filament 0.01 
ξm (Pa s/m) Coefficient of friction between the cell membrane and the channel wall 3.7 × 106 
p0b/f (Pa) Extracellular hydrostatic pressure 
c0b/f (mM) Extracellular osmolarity 
cb (mM) Intracellular osmolarity at the back 
αb/f (m/Pa s) Water permeability of the cell membrane 8 × 10−11 
αζb/f (m/Pa s) Water permeability of the nuclear membrane 1 × 10−12 
gζb/f (μm/s) Coefficient of effective diffusion constant at the nuclear membrane 100 
γtk0 (μm/s) Maximum rate of vesicle trafficking when Tm = 0 0.1 
Tmax (N/s) Maximum membrane tension that stalls vesicle trafficking 0.01 
Fon (nN) Cut-off force for actin polymerization 50 
Foff (nN) Cut-off force for actin depolymerization 
Kon (1/s) Maximum rate of actin polymerization 
Koff (1/s) Maximum rate of actin depolymerization 
Δ (nm) Effective size of a G-actin 
σmyosinb (Pa) Effective contraction stress from myosin at the back 4,500 
σmyosinf (Pa) Effective contraction stress from myosin at the front 1,000 
ParametersDescriptionsValues
R (J/mol K) Ideal gas constant 8.31451 
T (K) Absolute temperature 300 
L (μm) Cell length 80 
W (μm) Channel width 10 
H (μm) Channel height 10 
μ (Pa s) Dynamic viscosity of the cytoplasm 0.005 
μactin (Pa s) Coefficient of friction of the actin filament 0.01 
ξm (Pa s/m) Coefficient of friction between the cell membrane and the channel wall 3.7 × 106 
p0b/f (Pa) Extracellular hydrostatic pressure 
c0b/f (mM) Extracellular osmolarity 
cb (mM) Intracellular osmolarity at the back 
αb/f (m/Pa s) Water permeability of the cell membrane 8 × 10−11 
αζb/f (m/Pa s) Water permeability of the nuclear membrane 1 × 10−12 
gζb/f (μm/s) Coefficient of effective diffusion constant at the nuclear membrane 100 
γtk0 (μm/s) Maximum rate of vesicle trafficking when Tm = 0 0.1 
Tmax (N/s) Maximum membrane tension that stalls vesicle trafficking 0.01 
Fon (nN) Cut-off force for actin polymerization 50 
Foff (nN) Cut-off force for actin depolymerization 
Kon (1/s) Maximum rate of actin polymerization 
Koff (1/s) Maximum rate of actin depolymerization 
Δ (nm) Effective size of a G-actin 
σmyosinb (Pa) Effective contraction stress from myosin at the back 4,500 
σmyosinf (Pa) Effective contraction stress from myosin at the front 1,000 

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