| Stochastic simulation of hemagglutinin-mediated fusion pore formation. | |
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PMID: 11509351 Owner: NLM Status: MEDLINE |
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Studies on fusion between cell pairs have provided evidence that opening and subsequent dilation of a fusion pore are stochastic events. Therefore, adequate modeling of fusion pore formation requires a stochastic approach. Here we present stochastic simulations of hemagglutinin (HA)-mediated fusion pore formation between HA-expressing cells and erythrocytes based on numerical solutions of a master equation. The following elementary processes are taken into account: 1) lateral diffusion of HA-trimers and receptors, 2) aggregation of HA-trimers to immobilized clusters, 3) reversible formation of HA-receptor contacts, and 4) irreversible conversion of HA-receptor contacts into stable links between HA and the target membrane. The contact sites between fusing cells are modeled as superimposed square lattices. The model simulates well the statistical distribution of time delays measured for the various intermediates of fusion pore formation between cell-cell fusion complexes. In particular, these are the formation of small ion-permissive and subsequent lipid-permissive fusion pores detected experimentally (R. Blumenthal, D. P. Sarkar, S. Durell, D. E. Howard, and S. J., J. Cell Biol. 135:63-71). Moreover, by averaging the simulated individual stochastic time courses across a larger population of cell-cell-complexes the model also provides a reasonable description of kinetic measurements on lipid mixing in cell suspensions (T. Danieli, S. L. Pelletier, Y.I. Henis, and J. M. White, 1996, J. Cell Biol. 133:559-569). |
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Authors:
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S Schreiber; K Ludwig; A Herrmann; H G Holzhütter |
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Type: Journal Article |
Journal Detail:
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Title: Biophysical journal Volume: 81 ISSN: 0006-3495 ISO Abbreviation: Biophys. J. Publication Date: 2001 Sep |
Date Detail:
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Created Date: 2001-08-17 Completed Date: 2001-10-18 Revised Date: 2009-11-18 |
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Nlm Unique ID: 0370626 Medline TA: Biophys J Country: United States |
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Languages: eng Pagination: 1360-72 Citation Subset: IM |
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Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Mathematisch-Naturwissenschaftliche Fakultät I, Institut für Biologie/Biophysik, D-10115 Berlin, Germany. |
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Cell Fusion* Cell Membrane / chemistry, metabolism* Computer Simulation* Hemagglutinins / chemistry, metabolism* Intercellular Junctions / chemistry, metabolism* Kinetics Markov Chains Models, Biological Receptors, Cell Surface / metabolism* Reproducibility of Results Stochastic Processes |
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0/Hemagglutinins; 0/Receptors, Cell Surface |
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