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有限的资源诱导微管长度调节的双稳态

Limited Resources Induce Bistability in Microtubule Length Regulation

Matthias Rank, Aniruddha Mitra, Louis Reese, Stefan Diez, Erwin Frey

摘要:

蛋白质的可用性是决定有丝分裂纺锤体大小的重要因素。参与纺锤体大小调节的是驱动蛋白-8,一种分子马达和微管(MT)解聚酶,已知其严格控制MT长度。在这里,我们提出并分析了一个理论模型,其中驱动蛋白诱导的MT解聚与自发聚合竞争,而微管蛋白和驱动蛋白的供应是有限的。与以前的研究相比,资源不受限制,我们发现,在很宽的浓度范围内,MT长度调节是不确定的。我们测试我们的预测进行体外实验,并发现,在双峰MT长度分布的表现出的pathogenic行为。

英文摘要:

The availability of protein is an important factor for the determination of the size of the mitotic spindle. Involved in spindle-size regulation is kinesin-8, a molecular motor and microtubule (MT) depolymerase, which is known to tightly control MT length. Here, we propose and analyze a theoretical model in which kinesin-induced MT depolymerization competes with spontaneous polymerization while supplies of both tubulin and kinesin are limited. In contrast to previous studies where resources were unconstrained, we find that, for a wide range of concentrations, MT length regulation is bistable. We test our predictions by conducting in vitro experiments, and find that the bistable behavior manifests in a bimodal MT length distribution.

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