Quantitative and dynamic assay of single cell chemotaxis.
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serval:BIB_7FFC3A026863
Type
Article: article from journal or magazin.
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Publications
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Title
Quantitative and dynamic assay of single cell chemotaxis.
Journal
Integrative biology : quantitative biosciences from nano to macro
ISSN
1757-9708 (Electronic)
ISSN-L
1757-9694
Publication state
Published
Issued date
2012
Peer-reviewed
Oui
Volume
4
Number
4
Pages
381-390
Language
english
Abstract
We have developed a single-cell assay platform that allows quantitative analysis of single cell chemotaxis by dynamic morphogenetic gradients, subcellular microscopic imaging and automated image analysis, and have applied these to measure cellular polarization of budding yeast. The computer-controlled microfluidic device regulates the gradient profile at any given time, and allows quantitative monitoring of cell morphology and the localization and expression of specific marker proteins during the dynamic polarization process. With this integrated experimental system, we compare the polarized signaling response of wild-type and far1-H7 mutant cells, which express a truncated Far1 protein unable to interact with Cdc24. Our results confirm that Far1 functions as an adaptor that recruits polarity establishment proteins to the site of extracellular signaling. Moreover, by changing the gradient profile and estimating the number of bound surface receptors, we quantitatively address why surprisingly small differences in pheromone concentration across yeast cells can be amplified into a robust polarity axis. This integrated single cell experimental platform thus opens the possibility to quantitatively investigate the molecular regulatory mechanism of chemotaxis in yeast, which serves as a paradigm to understand the fundamental processes involved in cancer metastasis, angiogenesis and axon generation.
Keywords
Cell Cycle/drug effects, Cell Cycle Proteins/genetics, Cell Cycle Proteins/metabolism, Cell Enlargement/drug effects, Cell Membrane/metabolism, Cell Migration Assays, Cell Polarity/drug effects, Cell Shape/drug effects, Chemotaxis/drug effects, Chemotaxis/physiology, Computer Simulation, Cyclin-Dependent Kinase Inhibitor Proteins/genetics, Genes, Reporter/genetics, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/genetics, Guanine Nucleotide Exchange Factors/metabolism, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques/instrumentation, Microfluidic Analytical Techniques/methods, Microfluidics, Protein Precursors/metabolism, Protein Precursors/pharmacology, Receptors, Mating Factor/metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae/cytology, Saccharomyces cerevisiae/drug effects, Saccharomyces cerevisiae/genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae/metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/genetics, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/metabolism, Saccharomyces cerevisiae Proteins/pharmacology, Sequence Deletion, Single-Cell Analysis/methods, Time-Lapse Imaging
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