Cellular Environment and Phenotypic Heterogeneity: How Data-Driven Modeling Finds the Smoking Gun
Abstract
:1. Introduction
2. Results
2.1. More Than Cell Cycle Phase, ECM Affects the Protein Expression Level and Variability
2.2. ECM Does Not Affect the Foci to Protein Expression Activation Function
2.3. Monitoring Response Activation on HeLa Single Cell Level
2.4. Mathematical Model Correlates Phenotypic Heterogeneity with Protein Expression Variability
3. Discussion
4. Materials and Methods
4.1. Cell Culture and Cell Transfection
4.2. Collagen Coatings
4.3. Immunofluorescence Staining of HSPs and HSF1
4.4. Live/Fixed Cells Imaging
4.5. Image Processing and Analysis
4.6. Mathematical Model for HSRN
Author Contributions
Funding
Informed Consent Statement
Data Availability Statement
Acknowledgments
Conflicts of Interest
Abbreviations
ECM | ExtraCellular Matrix |
HSP70 | 70-kDa Heat Shock Protein family |
HSP72 | Heat shock 70 kDa protein 1 (HSPA1A) |
HSC70 | Heat shock 70 kDa protein 8 (HSPA8) |
HSF1 | Heat shock factor 1 |
NT | NormoThermia |
HT | HyperThermia |
F | Fraction of HSF1 fluorescence within foci |
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Parameter | Unit | Description | Value |
---|---|---|---|
(μM) | denaturation rate | 1.76 | |
renaturation rate | 17.7 | ||
(μM) | HSP basal transcription rate | 1.47 × | |
(μM) | HSP active transcription rate | 0.78 | |
(μM) | HSP transcription regulation threshold | 0.18 | |
HSP translation rate | 10 | ||
(μM) | translation regulation threshold | 0.32 | |
(μM) | HSF1 concentration | 4.0 × | |
(h) | incubator rise time | 1/15 | |
(h) | MFP lifetime | 0.5 | |
(h) | mHSP lifetime | 1 | |
(h) | HSP lifetime time | 10 |
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Guilbert, M.; Courtade, E.; Thommen, Q. Cellular Environment and Phenotypic Heterogeneity: How Data-Driven Modeling Finds the Smoking Gun. Int. J. Mol. Sci. 2022, 23, 6536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126536
Guilbert M, Courtade E, Thommen Q. Cellular Environment and Phenotypic Heterogeneity: How Data-Driven Modeling Finds the Smoking Gun. International Journal of Molecular Sciences. 2022; 23(12):6536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126536
Chicago/Turabian StyleGuilbert, Marie, Emmanuel Courtade, and Quentin Thommen. 2022. "Cellular Environment and Phenotypic Heterogeneity: How Data-Driven Modeling Finds the Smoking Gun" International Journal of Molecular Sciences 23, no. 12: 6536. https://doi.org/10.3390/ijms23126536