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Piras A, Floris E, Dall'Asta L, Gamba A. Sorting of multiple molecular species on cell membranes. Phys Rev E 2023; 108:024401. [PMID: 37723769 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.108.024401] [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: 01/24/2023] [Accepted: 06/05/2023] [Indexed: 09/20/2023]
Abstract
Eukaryotic cells maintain their inner order by a hectic process of sorting and distillation of molecular factors taking place on their lipid membranes. A similar sorting process is implied in the assembly and budding of enveloped viruses. To understand the properties of this molecular sorting process, we have recently proposed a physical model [Zamparo et al., Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 088101 (2021)]10.1103/PhysRevLett.126.088101, based on (1) the phase separation of a single, initially dispersed molecular species into spatially localized sorting domains on the lipid membrane and (2) domain-induced membrane bending leading to the nucleation of submicrometric lipid vesicles, naturally enriched in the molecules of the engulfed sorting domain. The analysis of the model showed the existence of an optimal region of parameter space where sorting is most efficient. Here the model is extended to account for the simultaneous distillation of a pool of distinct molecular species. We find that the mean time spent by sorted molecules on the membrane increases with the heterogeneity of the pool (i.e., the number of distinct molecular species sorted) according to a simple scaling law, and that a large number of distinct molecular species can in principle be sorted in parallel on cell membranes without significantly interfering with each other. Moreover, sorting is found to be most efficient when the distinct molecular species have comparable homotypic affinities. We also consider how valence (i.e., the average number of interacting neighbors of a molecule in a sorting domain) affects the sorting process, finding that higher-valence molecules can be sorted with greater efficiency than lower-valence molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Andrea Piras
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
- Department of Oncology, University of Turin, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
- Collegio Carlo Alberto, Piazza Arbarello 8, 10122, Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Turin, Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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Floris E, Piras A, Pezzicoli FS, Zamparo M, Dall'Asta L, Gamba A. Phase separation and critical size in molecular sorting. Phys Rev E 2022; 106:044412. [PMID: 36397477 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.106.044412] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Accepted: 08/15/2022] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Molecular sorting is a fundamental process that allows eukaryotic cells to distill and concentrate specific chemical factors in appropriate cell membrane subregions, thus endowing them with different chemical identities and functional properties. A phenomenological theory of this molecular distillation process has recently been proposed [M. Zamparo, D. Valdembri, G. Serini, I. V. Kolokolov, V. V. Lebedev, L. Dall'Asta, and A. Gamba, Phys. Rev. Lett. 126, 088101 (2021)0031-900710.1103/PhysRevLett.126.088101], based on the idea that molecular sorting emerges from the combination of (a) phase separation driven formation of sorting domains and (b) domain-induced membrane bending, leading to the production of submicrometric lipid vesicles enriched in the sorted molecules. In this framework, a natural parameter controlling the efficiency of molecular distillation is the critical size of phase separated domains. In the experiments, sorting domains appear to fall into two classes: unproductive domains, characterized by short lifetimes and low probability of extraction, and productive domains, that evolve into vesicles that ultimately detach from the membrane system. It is tempting to link these two classes to the different fates predicted by classical phase separation theory for subcritical and supercritical phase separated domains. Here, we discuss the implication of this picture in the framework of the previously introduced phenomenological theory of molecular sorting. Several predictions of the theory are verified by numerical simulations of a lattice-gas model. Sorting is observed to be most efficient when the number of sorting domains is close to a minimum. To help in the analysis of experimental data, an operational definition of the critical size of sorting domains is proposed. Comparison with experimental results shows that the statistical properties of productive and unproductive domains inferred from experimental data are in agreement with those predicted from numerical simulations of the model, compatibly with the hypothesis that molecular sorting is driven by a phase separation process.
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- Elisa Floris
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine and Candiolo Cancer Institute IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
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- Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire des Sciences du Numérique, Université Paris-Saclay, Gif-sur-Yvette, 91190 Île-de-France, France
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università degli Studi di Bari, via Amendola 173, 70126 Bari, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine and Candiolo Cancer Institute IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
- Collegio Carlo Alberto, Piazza Arbarello 8, 10122 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine and Candiolo Cancer Institute IRCCS, Strada Provinciale 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), Sezione di Torino, Via Pietro Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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Schiano Lomoriello I, Sigismund S, Day KJ. Biophysics of endocytic vesicle formation: A focus on liquid–liquid phase separation. Curr Opin Cell Biol 2022; 75:102068. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ceb.2022.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2021] [Revised: 01/31/2022] [Accepted: 02/02/2022] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Placidi G, Campa CC. Deliver on Time or Pay the Fine: Scheduling in Membrane Trafficking. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:11773. [PMID: 34769203 PMCID: PMC8583995 DOI: 10.3390/ijms222111773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2021] [Revised: 10/23/2021] [Accepted: 10/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Membrane trafficking is all about time. Automation in such a biological process is crucial to ensure management and delivery of cellular cargoes with spatiotemporal precision. Shared molecular regulators and differential engagement of trafficking components improve robustness of molecular sorting. Sequential recruitment of low affinity protein complexes ensures directionality of the process and, concomitantly, serves as a kinetic proofreading mechanism to discriminate cargoes from the whole endocytosed material. This strategy helps cells to minimize losses and operating errors in membrane trafficking, thereby matching the appealed deadline. Here, we summarize the molecular pathways of molecular sorting, focusing on their timing and efficacy. We also highlight experimental procedures and genetic approaches to robustly probe these pathways, in order to guide mechanistic studies at the interface between biochemistry and quantitative biology.
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- Giampaolo Placidi
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCCS, Str. Prov.le 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy;
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Str. Prov.le 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine, c/o IRCCS, Str. Prov.le 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy;
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO-IRCCS, Str. Prov.le 142, km 3.95, 10060 Candiolo, Italy
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Floris E, Piras A, Dall’Asta L, Gamba A, Hirsch E, Campa CC. Physics of compartmentalization: How phase separation and signaling shape membrane and organelle identity. Comput Struct Biotechnol J 2021; 19:3225-3233. [PMID: 34141141 PMCID: PMC8190439 DOI: 10.1016/j.csbj.2021.05.029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/31/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Compartmentalization of cellular functions is at the core of the physiology of eukaryotic cells. Recent evidences indicate that a universal organizing process - phase separation - supports the partitioning of biomolecules in distinct phases from a single homogeneous mixture, a landmark event in both the biogenesis and the maintenance of membrane and non-membrane-bound organelles. In the cell, 'passive' (non energy-consuming) mechanisms are flanked by 'active' mechanisms of separation into phases of distinct density and stoichiometry, that allow for increased partitioning flexibility and programmability. A convergence of physical and biological approaches is leading to new insights into the inner functioning of this driver of intracellular order, holding promises for future advances in both biological research and biotechnological applications.
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Affiliation(s)
- Elisa Floris
- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), c/o IRCCS Candiolo, Str.Prov.le 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO - IRCCS, Str.Prov.le 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Collegio Carlo Alberto, Piazza Arbarello 8, 10122 Torino, Italy
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- Institute of Condensed Matter Physics and Complex Systems, Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), c/o IRCCS Candiolo, Str.Prov.le 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO - IRCCS, Str.Prov.le 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
- Istituto Nazionale di Fisica Nucleare (INFN), sezione di Torino, Via Giuria 1, 10125 Torino, Italy
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- Department of Molecular Biotechnology and Health Sciences, Molecular Biotechnology Center, University of Torino, Via Nizza 52, 10126 Torino, Italy
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- Italian Institute for Genomic Medicine (IIGM), c/o IRCCS Candiolo, Str.Prov.le 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
- Candiolo Cancer Institute, FPO - IRCCS, Str.Prov.le 142, km 3.95, Candiolo (TO) 10060, Italy
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