哺乳动物细胞生长率的随机性驱动着细胞对细胞的变异性,而不依赖于细胞大小和细胞分裂
Ethan Levien1, Joon Ho Kang2,3,4, Kuheli Biswas5
1Department of Mathematics, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH 03755.
概括
细胞生长的变化源于短期的波动,而不是细胞大小或分裂时间. 这些内在的生长动态会影响细胞适应性和物种间的大小平衡.
科学领域:
- 细胞生物学 细胞生物学
- 定量生物学 定量生物学
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
背景情况:
- 细胞生长率表现出固有的变化,影响细胞适应性和大小.
- 这种变化的来源 (随机性与大小依赖调节) 仍然不清楚.
- 了解单细胞生长动态对于生物系统至关重要.
研究的目的:
- 区分随机生长和细胞大小依赖的调节作为细胞间生长变化的来源.
- 精确量化淋巴细胞白血病细胞的细胞质量积累和长期增长率.
- 建立一个分析长期细胞生长模式的框架.
主要方法:
- 高精度跟踪淋巴细胞白血病细胞质量积累.
- 沿着长长的祖先血统利用微小尺度的时间分辨率.
- 应用高斯过程回归来从细胞大小和分裂数据中分离生长波动.
主要成果:
- 细胞间的生长变异性并不能通过生长速度和细胞大小之间的相关性来解释.
- 不对称的细胞分裂不能解释观察到的细胞间生长变异性.
- 孤立的生长波动,独立于细胞周期和大小,驱动细胞间的变异性.
结论:
- 短期内在的生长波动是细胞间生长变化的主要驱动因素.
- 细胞内在的长期生长模式是这些短期波动的结果.
- 这项研究为了解单细胞生长动态提供了定量框架.
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