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A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations

Two central features of polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemosensory movement behavior demand fundamental theoretical understanding. In uniform concentrations of chemoattractant, these cells exhibit a persistent random walk, with a characteristic "persistence time" between significant changes...

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Publicado: The Rockefeller University Press 1988
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Acceso en línea:https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2114982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3339093
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description Two central features of polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemosensory movement behavior demand fundamental theoretical understanding. In uniform concentrations of chemoattractant, these cells exhibit a persistent random walk, with a characteristic "persistence time" between significant changes in direction. In chemoattractant concentration gradients, they demonstrate a biased random walk, with an "orientation bias" characterizing the fraction of cells moving up the gradient. A coherent picture of cell movement responses to chemoattractant requires that both the persistence time and the orientation bias be explained within a unifying framework. In this paper, we offer the possibility that "noise" in the cellular signal perception/response mechanism can simultaneously account for these two key phenomena. In particular, we develop a stochastic mathematical model for cell locomotion based on kinetic fluctuations in chemoattractant/receptor binding. This model can simulate cell paths similar to those observed experimentally, under conditions of uniform chemoattractant concentrations as well as chemoattractant concentration gradients. Furthermore, this model can quantitatively predict both cell persistence time and dependence of orientation bias on gradient size. Thus, the concept of signal "noise" can quantitatively unify the major characteristics of leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis. The same level of noise large enough to account for the observed frequency of turning in uniform environments is simultaneously small enough to allow for the observed degree of directional bias in gradients.
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spelling pubmed-21149822008-05-01 A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations J Cell Biol Articles Two central features of polymorphonuclear leukocyte chemosensory movement behavior demand fundamental theoretical understanding. In uniform concentrations of chemoattractant, these cells exhibit a persistent random walk, with a characteristic "persistence time" between significant changes in direction. In chemoattractant concentration gradients, they demonstrate a biased random walk, with an "orientation bias" characterizing the fraction of cells moving up the gradient. A coherent picture of cell movement responses to chemoattractant requires that both the persistence time and the orientation bias be explained within a unifying framework. In this paper, we offer the possibility that "noise" in the cellular signal perception/response mechanism can simultaneously account for these two key phenomena. In particular, we develop a stochastic mathematical model for cell locomotion based on kinetic fluctuations in chemoattractant/receptor binding. This model can simulate cell paths similar to those observed experimentally, under conditions of uniform chemoattractant concentrations as well as chemoattractant concentration gradients. Furthermore, this model can quantitatively predict both cell persistence time and dependence of orientation bias on gradient size. Thus, the concept of signal "noise" can quantitatively unify the major characteristics of leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis. The same level of noise large enough to account for the observed frequency of turning in uniform environments is simultaneously small enough to allow for the observed degree of directional bias in gradients. The Rockefeller University Press 1988-02-01 /pmc/articles/PMC2114982/ /pubmed/3339093 Text en This article is distributed under the terms of an Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike–No Mirror Sites license for the first six months after the publication date (see http://www.rupress.org/terms). After six months it is available under a Creative Commons License (Attribution–Noncommercial–Share Alike 4.0 Unported license, as described at http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/4.0/).
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A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
title A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
title_full A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
title_fullStr A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
title_full_unstemmed A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
title_short A stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
title_sort stochastic model for leukocyte random motility and chemotaxis based on receptor binding fluctuations
topic Articles
url https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2114982/
https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/3339093