Artículo
Transition to superdiffusive behavior in intracellular actin-based transport mediated by molecular motors
Fecha de publicación:
12/2009
Editorial:
American Physical Society
Revista:
Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics
ISSN:
1539-3755
Idioma:
Inglés
Tipo de recurso:
Artículo publicado
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Resumen
Intracellular transport of large cargoes, such as organelles, vesicles, or large proteins, is a complex dynamical process that involves the interplay of adenosine triphosphate-consuming molecular motors, cytoskeleton filaments, and the viscoelastic cytoplasm. In this work we investigate the motion of pigment organelles (melanosomes) driven by myosin-V motors in Xenopus laevis melanocytes using a high-spatio-temporal resolution tracking technique. By analyzing the obtained trajectories, we show that the melanosomes mean-square displacement undergoes a transition from a subdiffusive to a superdiffusive behavior. A stochastic theoretical model, which explicitly considers the collective action of the molecular motors, is introduced to generalize the interpretation of our data. Starting from a generalized Langevin equation, we derive an analytical expression for the mean square displacement, which also takes into account the experimental noise. By fitting theoretical expressions to experimental data we were able to discriminate the exponents that characterize the passive and active contributions to the dynamics and to estimate the "global" motor forces correctly. Then, our model gives a quantitative description of active transport in living cells with a reduced number of parameters. © 2009 The American Physical Society.
Palabras clave:
Intracellular Transport
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Molecular Motors
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Anomalous Diffusion
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Actin
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Articulos(IFIBA)
Articulos de INST.DE FISICA DE BUENOS AIRES
Articulos de INST.DE FISICA DE BUENOS AIRES
Articulos(IQUIBICEN)
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA BIOLOGICA DE LA FACULTAD DE CS. EXACTAS Y NATURALES
Articulos de INSTITUTO DE QUIMICA BIOLOGICA DE LA FACULTAD DE CS. EXACTAS Y NATURALES
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Bruno, Luciana; Levi, Valeria; Brunstein, Maia; Desposito, Marcelo Arnaldo; Transition to superdiffusive behavior in intracellular actin-based transport mediated by molecular motors; American Physical Society; Physical Review E: Statistical, Nonlinear and Soft Matter Physics; 80; 1; 12-2009; 119121-119127
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