噪音在动态输入下促进了转录控制
1Department of Biosystems Science and Engineering, ETH Zürich 4058, Switzerland.
Cell
|January 31, 2015
概括
细胞与振荡信号同步,促进基因表达. 生物化学噪声增强了这种细胞反应,使得在动态环境中能够有效地处理信息.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 系统生物学 系统生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 细胞在复杂的信号环境中运行,时间变化的输入.
- 了解细胞信息处理和基因表达是至关重要的.
研究的目的:
- 研究信号网络,特别是NF-κB通路如何处理动态输入.
- 确定噪声在细胞信息处理和基因表达中的作用.
主要方法:
- 使用微流体单细胞测量.
- 采用NF-κB路径的随机建模.
- 研究了对周期性细胞因子 (TNF) 输入的反应.
主要成果:
- 纤维细胞中的NF-κB动态与振荡的TNF信号同步并进入.
- 训练显著增加了NF-κB振荡幅度和mRNA输出.
- 内在的生化噪声增强了NF-κB的振荡和携带.
- 在NF-κB自然频率中细胞间的变异性提供了种群的强度.
- 细胞在更广泛的动态输入周期中实现了拖延.
结论:
- 振荡和噪声之间的协同作用使得在动态信号环境中有效的基因表达成为可能.
- 噪音起着双重作用:增强个体细胞的反应,促进人口水平的强度.
- 蜂系统是优化处理时间变化的信号通过协调振荡和噪声.
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