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Kumar P, Chaudhury D, Sanghavi P, Meghna A, Mallik R. Phosphatidic acid-dependent recruitment of microtubule motors to spherical supported lipid bilayers for in vitro motility assays. Cell Rep 2024; 43:114252. [PMID: 38771696 PMCID: PMC11220796 DOI: 10.1016/j.celrep.2024.114252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2023] [Revised: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/03/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024] Open
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Motor proteins transport diverse membrane-bound vesicles along microtubules inside cells. How specific lipids, particularly rare lipids, on the membrane recruit and activate motors is poorly understood. To address this, we prepare spherical supported lipid bilayers (SSLBs) consisting of a latex bead enclosed within a membrane of desired lipid composition. SSLBs containing phosphatidic acid recruit dynein when incubated with Dictyostelium fractions but kinesin-1 when incubated with rat brain fractions. These SSLBs allow controlled biophysical investigation of membrane-bound motors along with their regulators at the single-cargo level in vitro. Optical trapping of single SSLBs reveals that motor-specific inhibitors can "lock" a motor to a microtubule, explaining the paradoxical arrest of overall cargo transport by such inhibitors. Increasing their size causes SSLBs to reverse direction more frequently, relevant to how large cargoes may navigate inside cells. These studies are relevant to understand how unidirectional or bidirectional motion of vesicles might be generated.
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- Pankaj Kumar
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai 400005, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai 400076, India.
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Sen A, Chowdhury D, Kunwar A. Coordination, cooperation, competition, crowding and congestion of molecular motors: Theoretical models and computer simulations. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2024; 141:563-650. [PMID: 38960486 DOI: 10.1016/bs.apcsb.2023.12.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/05/2024]
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Cytoskeletal motor proteins are biological nanomachines that convert chemical energy into mechanical work to carry out various functions such as cell division, cell motility, cargo transport, muscle contraction, beating of cilia and flagella, and ciliogenesis. Most of these processes are driven by the collective operation of several motors in the crowded viscous intracellular environment. Imaging and manipulation of the motors with powerful experimental probes have been complemented by mathematical analysis and computer simulations of the corresponding theoretical models. In this article, we illustrate some of the key theoretical approaches used to understand how coordination, cooperation and competition of multiple motors in the crowded intra-cellular environment drive the processes that are essential for biological function of a cell. In spite of the focus on theory, experimentalists will also find this article as an useful summary of the progress made so far in understanding multiple motor systems.
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- Aritra Sen
- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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- Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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Tripathy SK, Shamroukh HS, Fares P, Bezih Z, Akhtar M, Kondapalli KC. Acidification of the phagosome orchestrates the motor forces directing its transport. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2023; 689:149236. [PMID: 37979328 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2023.149236] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/12/2023] [Revised: 10/28/2023] [Accepted: 11/07/2023] [Indexed: 11/20/2023]
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Phagosomes are dynamic organelles formed by macrophages to capture and destroy microbial pathogens. Phagosome transport from the cell periphery to the perinuclear region, is essential for fusion with lysosomes and the elimination of pathogens. Molecular motors, kinesin and dynein, generate opposing forces, transporting the phagosome away from and towards the lysosome, respectively. Luminal acidification plays a crucial role in determining the net directional movement of the phagosome. The mechanics of this regulation are not known. In this study, we used the sodium proton exchanger NHE9 to selectively modulate phagosomal acidification in macrophages. We then investigated its impact on the mechanical properties of kinesin and dynein motors through optical trapping experiments. We observed a negative correlation between the tenacity of dynein motors and pH under high resistive forces. Reduced luminal acidification impaired generation of dynein cooperative forces, which are crucial for transporting the phagosome to the lysosome. Conversely, the kinesin-powered motility of phagosomes is enabled by a decrease in phagosomal acidification. Given the various methods pathogens employ to limit phagosomal acidification, our findings are highly significant in the context of host-pathogen interactions.
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- Suvranta K Tripathy
- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA.
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA
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- Department of Natural Sciences, University of Michigan-Dearborn, 4901 Evergreen Road, Dearborn, MI, 48128, USA.
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D'Souza AI, Grover R, Monzon GA, Santen L, Diez S. Vesicles driven by dynein and kinesin exhibit directional reversals without regulators. Nat Commun 2023; 14:7532. [PMID: 37985763 PMCID: PMC10662051 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-023-42605-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2022] [Accepted: 10/16/2023] [Indexed: 11/22/2023] Open
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Intracellular vesicular transport along cytoskeletal filaments ensures targeted cargo delivery. Such transport is rarely unidirectional but rather bidirectional, with frequent directional reversals owing to the simultaneous presence of opposite-polarity motors. So far, it has been unclear whether such complex motility pattern results from the sole mechanical interplay between opposite-polarity motors or requires regulators. Here, we demonstrate that a minimal system, comprising purified Dynein-Dynactin-BICD2 (DDB) and kinesin-3 (KIF16B) attached to large unilamellar vesicles, faithfully reproduces in vivo cargo motility, including runs, pauses, and reversals. Remarkably, opposing motors do not affect vesicle velocity during runs. Our computational model reveals that the engagement of a small number of motors is pivotal for transitioning between runs and pauses. Taken together, our results suggest that motors bound to vesicular cargo transiently engage in a tug-of-war during pauses. Subsequently, stochastic motor attachment and detachment events can lead to directional reversals without the need for regulators.
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- Ashwin I D'Souza
- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany
- Center for Biophysics, Department of Physics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany
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- Center for Biophysics, Department of Physics, Saarland University, Saarbrücken, Germany.
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- B CUBE - Center for Molecular Bioengineering, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
- Cluster of Excellence Physics of Life, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany.
- Max Planck Institute of Molecular Cell Biology and Genetics, Dresden, Germany.
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Sanghavi P, Rai A, Mallik R. In Vivo Trapping of Latex Bead Phagosomes for Quantitative Force Measurements. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2623:187-200. [PMID: 36602687 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-2958-1_12] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Optical trapping of organelles inside cells is a powerful technique for directly measuring the forces generated by motor proteins when they are transporting the organelle in the form of a "cargo". Such experiments provide an understanding of how multiple motors (similar or dissimilar) function in their endogenous environment. Here we describe the use of latex bead phagosomes ingested by macrophage cells as a model cargo for optical trap-based force measurements. A protocol for quantitative force measurements of microtubule-based motors (dynein and kinesins) inside macrophage cells is provided.
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- Paulomi Sanghavi
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India.
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- Department of Molecular Life Sciences, University of Zurich, Zürich, Switzerland
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- Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, Indian Institute of Technology Bombay, Mumbai, Maharashtra, India
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The dynein-dynactin nanomachine transports cargoes along microtubules in cells. Why dynactin interacts separately with the dynein motor and also with microtubules is hotly debated. Here we disrupted these interactions in a targeted manner on phagosomes extracted from cells, followed by optical trapping to interrogate native dynein-dynactin teams on single phagosomes. Perturbing the dynactin-dynein interaction reduced dynein's on rate to microtubules. In contrast, perturbing the dynactin-microtubule interaction increased dynein's off rate markedly when dynein was generating force against the optical trap. The dynactin-microtubule link is therefore required for persistence against load, a finding of importance because disease-relevant mutations in dynein-dynactin are known to interfere with "high-load" functions of dynein in cells. Our findings call attention to a less studied property of dynein-dynactin, namely, its detachment against load, in understanding dynein dysfunction.
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Bovyn M, Janakaloti Narayanareddy BR, Gross S, Allard J. Diffusion of kinesin motors on cargo can enhance binding and run lengths during intracellular transport. Mol Biol Cell 2021; 32:984-994. [PMID: 33439674 PMCID: PMC8108528 DOI: 10.1091/mbc.e20-10-0658] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/26/2020] [Revised: 12/21/2020] [Accepted: 01/05/2021] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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Cellular cargoes, including lipid droplets and mitochondria, are transported along microtubules using molecular motors such as kinesins. Many experimental and computational studies focused on cargoes with rigidly attached motors, in contrast to many biological cargoes that have lipid surfaces that may allow surface mobility of motors. We extend a mechanochemical three-dimensional computational model by adding coupled-viscosity effects to compare different motor arrangements and mobilities. We show that organizational changes can optimize for different objectives: Cargoes with clustered motors are transported efficiently but are slow to bind to microtubules, whereas those with motors dispersed rigidly on their surface bind microtubules quickly but are transported inefficiently. Finally, cargoes with freely diffusing motors have both fast binding and efficient transport, although less efficient than clustered motors. These results suggest that experimentally observed changes in motor organization may be a control point for transport.
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- Matthew Bovyn
- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Department of Developmental and Cell Biology
- Department of Biomedical Engineering
- Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy
- Department of Mathematics, and
- Center for Complex Biological Systems, University of California, Irvine, Irvine, CA 92697
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Lafouresse F, Jugele R, Müller S, Doineau M, Duplan-Eche V, Espinosa E, Puisségur MP, Gadat S, Valitutti S. Stochastic asymmetric repartition of lytic machinery in dividing CD8 + T cells generates heterogeneous killing behavior. eLife 2021; 10:62691. [PMID: 33427199 PMCID: PMC7867409 DOI: 10.7554/elife.62691] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/02/2020] [Accepted: 01/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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Cytotoxic immune cells are endowed with a high degree of heterogeneity in their lytic function, but how this heterogeneity is generated is still an open question. We therefore investigated if human CD8+ T cells could segregate their lytic components during telophase, using imaging flow cytometry, confocal microscopy, and live-cell imaging. We show that CD107a+-intracellular vesicles, perforin, and granzyme B unevenly segregate in a constant fraction of telophasic cells during each division round. Mathematical modeling posits that unequal lytic molecule inheritance by daughter cells results from the random distribution of lytic granules on the two sides of the cleavage furrow. Finally, we establish that the level of lytic compartment in individual cytotoxic T lymphocyte (CTL) dictates CTL killing capacity.
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- Fanny Lafouresse
- INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse School of Economics, CNRS UMR 5314, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France and Institut Universitaire de France, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM, UMR1043, Centre de Physiopathologie de Toulouse Purpan, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France
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- Toulouse School of Economics, CNRS UMR 5314, Université Toulouse 1 Capitole, France and Institut Universitaire de France, Toulouse, France
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- INSERM U1037, Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Toulouse (CRCT), Université de Toulouse III-Paul Sabatier, Toulouse, France.,Department of Pathology, Institut Universitaire du Cancer-Oncopole de Toulouse, Toulouse, France
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Klobusicky JJ, Fricks J, Kramer PR. Effective behavior of cooperative and nonidentical molecular motors. RESEARCH IN THE MATHEMATICAL SCIENCES 2020; 7:29. [PMID: 33870090 PMCID: PMC8049358 DOI: 10.1007/s40687-020-00230-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2020] [Accepted: 09/04/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Analytical formulas for effective drift, diffusivity, run times, and run lengths are derived for an intracellular transport system consisting of a cargo attached to two cooperative but not identical molecular motors (for example, kinesin-1 and kinesin-2) which can each attach and detach from a microtubule. The dynamics of the motor and cargo in each phase are governed by stochastic differential equations, and the switching rates depend on the spatial configuration of the motor and cargo. This system is analyzed in a limit where the detached motors have faster dynamics than the cargo, which in turn has faster dynamics than the attached motors. The attachment and detachment rates are also taken to be slow relative to the spatial dynamics. Through an application of iterated stochastic averaging to this system, and the use of renewal-reward theory to stitch together the progress within each switching phase, we obtain explicit analytical expressions for the effective drift, diffusivity, and processivity of the motor-cargo system. Our approach accounts in particular for jumps in motor-cargo position that occur during attachment and detachment events, as the cargo tracking variable makes a rapid adjustment due to the averaged fast scales. The asymptotic formulas are in generally good agreement with direct stochastic simulations of the detailed model based on experimental parameters for various pairings of kinesin-1 and kinesin-2 under assisting, hindering, or no load.
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- Arizona State University, School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Tempe, AZ, USA
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- Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, Mathematical Science Department, Troy, NY, USA
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Chhatre A, Sanghavi P, Mallik R. Lis1 co-localizes with actin in the phagocytic cup and regulates phagocytosis. Cytoskeleton (Hoboken) 2020; 77:249-260. [PMID: 32524725 DOI: 10.1002/cm.21621] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2020] [Revised: 05/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Phagocytosis, the ingestion of solid particles by cells is essential for nutrient uptake, innate immune response, antigen presentation and organelle homeostasis. Here we show that Lissencephaly-1 (Lis1), a well-known regulator of the microtubule motor dynein, co-localizes with actin at the phagocytic cup in the early stages of phagocytosis. Both knockdown and overexpression of Lis1 perturb phagocytosis, suggesting that Lis1 levels may be regulated during particle engulfment to facilitate remodeling of actin filaments within the phagocytic cup. This requirement of Lis1 is replicated in mouse macrophage cells as well as in the amoeba Dictyostelium, indicating an evolutionarily conserved role for Lis1 in phagocytosis. In support of these findings, Dictyostelium cells overexpressing Lis1 show defects in migration possibly caused by dysregulated actin. Taken together, Lis1 localizes to the phagocytic cup and influences the actin cytoskeleton in a manner that appears important for the uptake of solid particles into cells.
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- Aditya Chhatre
- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Tata Institute of Fundamental Research, Mumbai, India
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Uçar MC, Lipowsky R. Collective Force Generation by Molecular Motors Is Determined by Strain-Induced Unbinding. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:669-676. [PMID: 31797672 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.9b04445] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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In the living cell, we encounter a large variety of motile processes such as organelle transport and cytoskeleton remodeling. These processes are driven by motor proteins that generate force by transducing chemical free energy into mechanical work. In many cases, the molecular motors work in teams to collectively generate larger forces. Recent optical trapping experiments on small teams of cytoskeletal motors indicated that the collectively generated force increases with the size of the motor team but that this increase depends on the motor type and on whether the motors are studied in vitro or in vivo. Here, we use the theory of stochastic processes to describe the motion of N motors in a stationary optical trap and to compute the N-dependence of the collectively generated forces. We consider six distinct motor types, two kinesins, two dyneins, and two myosins. We show that the force increases always linearly with N but with a prefactor that depends on the performance of the single motor. Surprisingly, this prefactor increases for weaker motors with a lower stall force. This counter-intuitive behavior reflects the increased probability with which stronger motors detach from the filament during strain generation. Our theoretical results are in quantitative agreement with experimental data on small teams of kinesin-1 motors.
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- Mehmet Can Uçar
- Institute of Science and Technology Austria , Am Campus 1 , 3400 Klosterneuburg , Austria
- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Am Mühlenberg 1 , 14476 Potsdam , Germany
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- Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces , Am Mühlenberg 1 , 14476 Potsdam , Germany
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Fluorescence correlation spectroscopy reveals the dynamics of kinesins interacting with organelles during microtubule-dependent transport in cells. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-MOLECULAR CELL RESEARCH 2020; 1867:118572. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamcr.2019.118572] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2019] [Revised: 09/04/2019] [Accepted: 09/20/2019] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Microtubule binding kinetics of membrane-bound kinesin-1 predicts high motor copy numbers on intracellular cargo. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2019; 116:26564-26570. [PMID: 31822619 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1916204116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Bidirectional vesicle transport along microtubules is necessary for cell viability and function, particularly in neurons. When multiple motors are attached to a vesicle, the distance a vesicle travels before dissociating is determined by the race between detachment of the bound motors and attachment of the unbound motors. Motor detachment rate constants (k off) can be measured via single-molecule experiments, but motor reattachment rate constants (k on) are generally unknown, as they involve diffusion through the bilayer, geometrical considerations of the motor tether length, and the intrinsic microtubule binding rate of the motor. To understand the attachment dynamics of motors bound to fluid lipid bilayers, we quantified the microtubule accumulation rate of fluorescently labeled kinesin-1 motors in a 2-dimensional (2D) system where motors were linked to a supported lipid bilayer. From the first-order accumulation rate at varying motor densities, we extrapolated a k off that matched single-molecule measurements and measured a 2D k on for membrane-bound kinesin-1 motors binding to the microtubule. This k on is consistent with kinesin-1 being able to reach roughly 20 tubulin subunits when attaching to a microtubule. By incorporating cholesterol to reduce membrane diffusivity, we demonstrate that this k on is not limited by the motor diffusion rate, but instead is determined by the intrinsic motor binding rate. For intracellular vesicle trafficking, this 2D k on predicts that long-range transport of 100-nm-diameter vesicles requires 35 kinesin-1 motors, suggesting that teamwork between different motor classes and motor clustering may play significant roles in long-range vesicle transport.
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Tirumala NA, Ananthanarayanan V. Role of Dynactin in the Intracellular Localization and Activation of Cytoplasmic Dynein. Biochemistry 2019; 59:156-162. [PMID: 31591892 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biochem.9b00772] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Cytoplasmic dynein, the major minus end-directed motor protein in several cell types, transports a variety of intracellular cargo upon forming a processive tripartite complex with its activator dynactin and cargo adaptors such as Hook3 and BicD2. Our current understanding of dynein regulation stems from a combination of in vivo studies of cargo movement upon perturbation of dynein activity, in vitro single-molecule experiments, and cryo-electron microscopy studies of dynein structure and its interaction with dynactin and cargo adaptors. In this Perspective, we first consolidate data from recent publications to understand how perturbations to the dynein-dynactin interaction and dynactin's in vivo localization alter the behavior of dynein-driven cargo transport in a cell type- and experimental condition-specific manner. In addition, we touch upon results from in vivo and in vitro studies to elucidate how dynein's interaction with dynactin and cargo adaptors activates dynein and enhances its processivity. Finally, we propose questions that need to be addressed in the future with appropriate experimental designs so as to improve our understanding of the spatiotemporal regulation of dynein's function in the context of the distribution and dynamics of dynactin in living cells.
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Uçar MC, Lipowsky R. Force sharing and force generation by two teams of elastically coupled molecular motors. Sci Rep 2019; 9:454. [PMID: 30679693 PMCID: PMC6345805 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-018-37126-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Many active cellular processes such as long-distance cargo transport, spindle organization, as well as flagellar and ciliary beating are driven by molecular motors. These motor proteins act collectively and typically work in small teams. One particularly interesting example is two teams of antagonistic motors that pull a common cargo into opposite directions, thereby generating mutual interaction forces. Important issues regarding such multiple motor systems are whether or not motors from the same team share their load equally, and how the collectively generated forces depend on the single motor properties. Here we address these questions by introducing a stochastic model for cargo transport by an arbitrary number of elastically coupled molecular motors. We determine the state space of this motor system and show that this space has a rather complex and nested structure, consisting of multiple activity states and a large number of elastic substates, even for the relatively small system of two identical motors working against one antagonistic motor. We focus on this latter case because it represents the simplest tug-of-war that involves force sharing between motors from the same team. We show that the most likely motor configuration is characterized by equal force sharing between identical motors and that the most likely separation of these motors corresponds to a single motor step. These likelihoods apply to different types of motors and to different elastic force potentials acting between the motors. Furthermore, these features are observed both in the steady state and during the initial build-up of elastic strains. The latter build-up is non-monotonic and exhibits a maximum at intermediate times, a striking consequence of mutual unbinding of the elastically coupled motors. Mutual strain-induced unbinding also reduces the magnitude of the collectively generated forces. Our computational approach is quite general and can be extended to other motor systems such as motor teams working against an optical trap or mixed teams of motors with different single motor properties.
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- Mehmet Can Uçar
- Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Science Park Golm, 14424, Potsdam, Germany.
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- Theory and Bio-Systems, Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Science Park Golm, 14424, Potsdam, Germany.
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