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Regulating Biocondensates within Synthetic Cells via Segregative Phase Separation.

Chang Chen¹, Caroline M Love², Christopher F Carnahan³

¹Laboratory of Physical Chemistry and Soft Matter, Wageningen University & Research, 6708 WE Wageningen, The Netherlands.

|April 28, 2025

Summary

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Segregative phase separation acts as a universal strategy to regulate cellular condensates by controlling molecular distribution and localization. This interplay between phase separation systems offers new principles for designing synthetic cells and artificial organelles.

Keywords:

coacervates liposomes membraneless organelles microfluidics segregative phase separation synthetic cells

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Area of Science:

Biophysics
Cell Biology
Synthetic Biology

Background:

Cells utilize macromolecular interactions to drive phase separation, creating dynamic intracellular compartments.
The influence of simultaneous, multiple phase separation events on cellular organization remains largely unexplored.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the interplay between segregative and associative phase separation within cell-mimicking confinements.
To understand how these phenomena influence intracellular compartmentalization and lipid boundary interactions.

Main Methods:

Utilized on-chip microfluidic systems to encapsulate associative and segregative components.
Externally triggered phase separation within cell-sized vesicles to mimic cellular environments.

Main Results:

Segregative phases formed microdomains, influencing associative components as recruiters, membrane-targeting agents, and condensation initiators.
Multiphase architecture created isolated microenvironments, restricting molecular communication and diffusion.
Observed global shape transformation of the confinement due to hierarchical domain formation at the lipid membrane.

Conclusions:

Segregative phase separation is proposed as a universal strategy for regulating condensate formation and localization.
The interplay between phase separation systems provides design principles for synthetic cells and artificial membraneless organelles.