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arXiv 2004.09133q-bio.CB
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人胚胎干细胞中OCT4表达的时空动态和命运转换

OCT4 expression in human embryonic stem cells: spatio-temporal dynamics and fate transitions

Laura E Wadkin, Sirio Orozco-Fuentes, Irina Neganova, Majlinda Lako, R A Barrio, A W Baggaley, Nicholas G Parker, Anvar Shukurov

摘要:

人胚胎干细胞(hESC)多能性和分化轨迹的体外调控的改善是其有前途的临床应用所必需的。控制多能性的分子相互作用的时间和空间量化对于成功的数学和计算模型的开发也是必要的。在这里,我们使用OCT 4-mCherry荧光强度的延时实验数据来量化多能性转录因子OCT 4在BMP 4存在和不存在的情况下在生长的hESC集落中的时间和空间动态。我们使用Hurst指数和自相关分析来描述OCT 4的内部自我调节,量化细胞内的波动,并考虑OCT 4进化对单个细胞及其后代的扩散性质。我们发现OCT 4在子细胞中的丰度亚扩散地波动,显示出反持续的自我调节。我们得到的固定概率分布之间的不同的细胞状态,并建立在促命运细胞(后来产生多能或分化的细胞)群集在集落中的hESC过渡。通过量化邻近细胞之间OCT 4表达的相似性,我们表明在实验的前两天和BMP 4处理之前,hESC表达与其局部邻近区域内的细胞相似的OCT 4。我们的框架使我们能够量化增殖的人胚胎干细胞集落的相关特性,该程序广泛适用于其他转录因子和细胞群。

英文摘要:

The improved in-vitro regulation of human embryonic stem cell (hESC) pluripotency and differentiation trajectories is required for their promising clinical applications. The temporal and spatial quantification of the molecular interactions controlling pluripotency is also necessary for the development of successful mathematical and computational models. Here we use time-lapse experimental data of OCT4-mCherry fluorescence intensity to quantify the temporal and spatial dynamics of the pluripotency transcription factor OCT4 in a growing hESC colony in the presence and absence of BMP4. We characterise the internal self-regulation of OCT4 using the Hurst exponent and autocorrelation analysis, quantify the intra-cellular fluctuations and consider the diffusive nature of OCT4 evolution for individual cells and pairs of their descendants. We find that OCT4 abundance in the daughter cells fluctuates sub-diffusively, showing anti-persistent self-regulation. We obtain the stationary probability distributions governing hESC transitions amongst the different cell states and establish the times at which pro-fate cells (which later give rise to pluripotent or differentiated cells) cluster in the colony. By quantifying the similarities between the OCT4 expression amongst neighbouring cells, we show that hESCs express similar OCT4 to cells within their local neighbourhood within the first two days of the experiment and before BMP4 treatment. Our framework allows us to quantify the relevant properties of proliferating hESC colonies and the procedure is widely applicable to other transcription factors and cell populations.

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