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eLife ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 10 ◽  
Author(s):  
Olivier Cochet-Escartin ◽  
Mete Demircigil ◽  
Satomi Hirose ◽  
Blandine Allais ◽  
Philippe Gonzalo ◽  
...  

Using a self-generated hypoxic assay, we show that the amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum displays a remarkable collective aerotactic behavior. When a cell colony is covered, cells quickly consume the available oxygen (O2) and form a dense ring moving outwards at constant speed and density. To decipher this collective process, we combined two technological developments: porphyrin-based O2 -sensing films and microfluidic O2 gradient generators. We showed that Dictyostelium cells exhibit aerotactic and aerokinetic response in a low range of O2 concentration indicative of a very efficient detection mechanism. Cell behaviors under self-generated or imposed O2 gradients were modeled using an in silico cellular Potts model built on experimental observations. This computational model was complemented with a parsimonious ‘Go or Grow’ partial differential equation (PDE) model. In both models, we found that the collective migration of a dense ring can be explained by the interplay between cell division and the modulation of aerotaxis.


2020 ◽  
Author(s):  
O. Cochet-Escartin ◽  
M. Demircigil ◽  
S. Hirose ◽  
B. Allais ◽  
P. Gonzalo ◽  
...  

AbstractIt is well known that eukaryotic cells can sense oxygen (O2) and adapt their metabolism accordingly. It is less known that they can also move towards regions of higher oxygen level (aerotaxis). Using a self-generated hypoxic assay, we show that the social amoeba Dictyostelium discoideum displays a spectacular aerotactic behavior. When a cell colony is covered by a coverglass, cells quickly consume the available O2 and the ones close to the periphery move directionally outward forming a dense ring keeping a constant speed and density. To confirm that O2 is the main molecular player in this seemingly collective process, we combined two technological developments, porphyrin based O2 sensing films and microfluidic O2 gradient generators. We showed that Dictyostelium cells exhibit aerotactic and aerokinetic (increased speed at low O2) response in an extremely low range of O2 concentration (0-1.5%) indicative of a very efficient detection mechanism. The various cell behaviors under self-generated or imposed O2 gradients were modeled with a very satisfactory quantitative agreement using an in silico cellular Potts model built on experimental observations. This computational model was complemented with a parsimonious ‘Go or Grow’ partial differential equation (PDE) model. In both models, we found that the collective migration of a dense ring can be explained by the interplay between cell division and the modulation of aerotaxis, without the need for cell-cell communication.


2019 ◽  
Vol 66 (1) ◽  
pp. 215-225 ◽  
Author(s):  
Guanda Wang ◽  
Yue Zhang ◽  
Beibei Zhang ◽  
Bi Wu ◽  
Jiang Nan ◽  
...  
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2014 ◽  
Vol 796 (1) ◽  
pp. L15 ◽  
Author(s):  
Kazimierz Sliwa ◽  
Christine D. Wilson ◽  
Daisuke Iono ◽  
Alison Peck ◽  
Satoki Matsushita
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2014 ◽  
Vol 568 ◽  
pp. A79 ◽  
Author(s):  
R. Duffard ◽  
N. Pinilla-Alonso ◽  
J. L. Ortiz ◽  
A. Alvarez-Candal ◽  
B. Sicardy ◽  
...  

2011 ◽  
Vol 392 (8-9) ◽  
pp. 799-803 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aminata Toure ◽  
Baptiste Rode ◽  
Gary R. Hunnicutt ◽  
Denise Escalier ◽  
Gérard Gacon

Abstract The annulus is an electron-dense ring structure connecting the midpiece and the principal piece of the mammalian sperm flagellum. Proteins from the septin family have been shown to localize to the annulus. A septin complex is assembled early in spermiogenesis with the cochaperone DNAJB13 and, in mature sperm, associates with Testis Anion Transporter 1; SLC26A8 (Tat1), a transmembrane protein of the SLC26 family. Studies in mice have shown that the annulus acts as a barrier to protein diffusion and controls correct organization of the midpiece. Consistent with these findings, absence of the annulus is associated with flagellum differentiation defects and asthenozoospermia in humans.


2008 ◽  
Vol 690 (2) ◽  
pp. 1659-1671 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Rathborne ◽  
C. J. Lada ◽  
W. Walsh ◽  
M. Saul ◽  
H. M. Butner
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2006 ◽  
Vol 55 (1) ◽  
pp. 83-87 ◽  
Author(s):  
G. Mrugalski ◽  
M. Mukherjee ◽  
J. Rajski ◽  
J. Tyszer
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2003 ◽  
Vol 92 (1-3) ◽  
pp. 161-167 ◽  
Author(s):  
Minghui Zhang ◽  
Zhen Qian ◽  
Hao Yu ◽  
Fei Wei

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