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2018-Robert_Phair-Differential_equation_methods_for_simulation_of_GFP_kinetics_in_non–steady_state_experiments

Author(s): Robert Phair

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Keywords: protein quality control kinetics Cells steady state chemical kinetics fluouresence photoactivation inytracellular

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Resource Image Here, we derive new tracer kinetic analytical methods for non–steady state biological systems by constructing mechanistic nonlinear differential equation models of the underlying cell biological processes.

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2018. Phair, Robert. Differential equation methods for simulation of GFP kinetics in non–steady state experiments. Molecular Biology of the Cell. 29: 763-771. 

See https://www.molbiolcell.org/doi/pdf/10.1091/mbc.E17-06-0396. Accessed 13 March 2023.

ABSTRACT: Genetically encoded fluorescent proteins, combined with fluorescence microscopy, are widely used in cell biology to collect kinetic data on intracellular trafficking. Methods for extraction of quantitative information from these data are based on the mathematics of diffusion and tracer kinetics. Current methods, although useful and powerful, depend on the assumption that the cellular system being studied is in a steady state, that is, the assumption that all the molecular concentrations and fluxes are constant for the duration of the experiment. Here, we derive new tracer kinetic analytical methods for non–steady state biological systems by constructing mechanistic nonlinear differential equation models of the underlying cell biological processes and linking them to a separate set of differential equations governing the kinetics of the fluorescent tracer. Linking the two sets of equations is based on a new application of the fundamental tracer principle of indistinguishability and, unlike current methods, supports correct dependence of tracer kinetics on cellular dynamics. This approach thus provides a general mathematical framework for applications of GFP fluorescence microscopy (including photobleaching [FRAP, FLIP] and photoactivation to frequently encountered experimental protocols involving physiological or pharmacological perturbations (e.g., growth factors, neurotransmitters, acute knockouts, inhibitors, hormones, cytokines, and metabolites) that initiate mechanistically informative intracellular transients. When a new steady state is achieved, these methods automatically reduce to classical steady state tracer kinetic analysis.

Keywords: photoactivation, tracer, kinetics, flourescent, proteins, intracellular, cells

 

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Author(s): Robert Phair

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