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Physiological environment induces quick response - slow exhaustion reactions.

Noriko Hiroi1, James Lu, Keisuke Iba

  • 1Department of Biosciences and Informatics, Keio University Yokohama, Japan.

Frontiers in Physiology
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Cellular environments are crowded and complex. This study reveals that intracellular crowding and inhomogeneity accelerate in vivo reactions, impacting diffusion rates and reaction kinetics.

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anomalous diffusiondiffusion-limited aggregationfractal dimensionintracellular crowdinginvasive percolationspectral dimension

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Area of Science:

  • Cellular and Molecular Biophysics
  • Biophysical Chemistry

Background:

  • In vivo environments are crowded and inhomogeneous, potentially influencing cellular reaction dynamics.
  • Understanding these spatial effects is crucial for accurate modeling of biological processes.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of intracellular crowding and inhomogeneity on in vivo reaction kinetics.
  • To quantify the spectral dimension (d(s)) and its relation to reaction rates.
  • To compare experimental data with simulation models.

Main Methods:

  • Fluorescence Correlation Spectroscopy (FCS) to analyze anomalous diffusion.
  • Transmission Electron Microscopy (TEM) for fractal dimension analysis of cellular structures.
  • Monte Carlo simulations to model molecular behavior in crowded environments.

Main Results:

  • FCS data indicated anomalous diffusion linked to physiological structures.
  • TEM analysis revealed soluble molecules percolating through self-organizing intracellular clusters.
  • A cytoplasmic spectral dimension (d(s)) of 1.39 ± 0.084 was estimated, suggesting faster initial reaction rates in vivo.
  • Simulations confirmed that anomalous behavior correlates with the intracellular environment, resembling a percolation cluster.

Conclusions:

  • In vivo reactions may proceed faster than in homogeneous spaces due to crowding and inhomogeneity.
  • Intracellular crowding influences diffusion rates and reaction kinetics.
  • This study provides a framework for developing more realistic models of in vivo diffusion and reaction systems.