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Wang X, Zhang Y, Xie M, Wang Z, Qiao H. Temperature-Promoted Giant Unilamellar Vesicle (GUV) Aggregation: A Way of Multicellular Formation. Curr Issues Mol Biol 2023; 45:3757-3771. [PMID: 37232711 DOI: 10.3390/cimb45050242] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2023] [Revised: 04/20/2023] [Accepted: 04/21/2023] [Indexed: 05/27/2023] Open
Abstract
The evolution of unicellular to multicellular life is considered to be an important step in the origin of life, and it is crucial to study the influence of environmental factors on this process through cell models in the laboratory. In this paper, we used giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) as a cell model to investigate the relationship between environmental temperature changes and the evolution of unicellular to multicellular life. The zeta potential of GUVs and the conformation of the headgroup of phospholipid molecules at different temperatures were examined using phase analysis light scattering (PALS) and attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), respectively. In addition, the effect of increasing temperature on the aggregation of GUVs was further investigated in ionic solutions, and the possible mechanisms involved were explored. The results showed that increasing temperature reduced the repulsive forces between cells models and promoted their aggregation. This study could effectively contribute to our understanding of the evolution of primitive unicellular to multicellular life.
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Affiliation(s)
- Xinmao Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Ultrasound in Medicine and Engineering, College of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, 400016, China
- Chongqing Key Laboratory of Biomedical Engineering, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing 400016, China
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Matsuo M, Hirata Y, Kurihara K, Toyota T, Miura T, Suzuki K, Sugawara T. Environment-Sensitive Intelligent Self-Reproducing Artificial Cell with a Modification-Active Lipo-Deoxyribozyme. MICROMACHINES 2020; 11:E606. [PMID: 32580457 PMCID: PMC7344958 DOI: 10.3390/mi11060606] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/30/2020] [Revised: 06/09/2020] [Accepted: 06/19/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
Abstract
As a supramolecular micromachine with information flow, a giant vesicle (GV)-based artificial cell that exhibits a linked proliferation between GV reproduction and internal DNA amplification has been explored in this study. The linked proliferation is controlled by a complex consisting of GV membrane-intruded DNA with acidic amphiphilic catalysts, working overall as a lipo-deoxyribozyme. Here, we investigated how a GV-based artificial cell containing this lipo-deoxyribozyme responds to diverse external and internal environments, changing its proliferative dynamics. We observed morphological changes (phenotypic expression) in GVs induced by the addition of membrane precursors with different intervals of addition (starvation periods). First, we focused on a new phenotype, the "multiple tubulated" form, which emerged after a long starvation period. Compared to other forms, the multiple tubulated form is characterized by a larger membrane surface with a heavily cationic charge. A second consideration is the effect of the chain length of encapsulated DNA on competitive proliferation. The competitive proliferation among three different species of artificial cells containing different lengths of DNA was investigated. The results clearly showed a distinct intervention in the proliferation dynamics of the artificial cells with each other. In this sense, our GV-based artificial cell can be regarded as an intelligent supramolecular machine responding to external and internal environments, providing a new concept for developing molecular machines and robotics.
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- Muneyuki Matsuo
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; (M.M.); (T.T.)
- Department of Creative Research, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan; (Y.H.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Creative Research, Exploratory Research Center on Life and Living Systems (ExCELLS), Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8787, Japan;
- Department of Life and Coordination-Complex Molecular Science, Biomolecular Functions, Institute for Molecular Science, Myodaiji, Okazaki, Aichi 444-8585, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan; (M.M.); (T.T.)
- Universal Biology Institute, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Misaki Marine Biological Station, School of Science, The University of Tokyo, 1024 Koajiro, Misaki, Miura, Kanagawa 238-0225, Japan;
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan; (Y.H.); (K.S.)
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan; (Y.H.); (K.S.)
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de Souza TP, Bossa GV, Stano P, Steiniger F, May S, Luisi PL, Fahr A. Vesicle aggregates as a model for primitive cellular assemblies. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2017; 19:20082-20092. [DOI: 10.1039/c7cp03751a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/29/2023]
Abstract
Primitive cell models help to understand the role that compartmentalization plays in origin of life scenarios.
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- Tereza Pereira de Souza
- Institut für Pharmazie
- Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena
- Lessingstrasse 8
- D-07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Science Department
- Roma Tre University
- Viale G. Marconi 446
- I-00146 Rome
- Italy
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- Elektronenmikroskopisches Zentrum
- Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena
- D-07743 Jena
- Germany
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- Department of Physics
- North Dakota State University
- Fargo North Dakota 58108-6050
- USA
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- Science Department
- Roma Tre University
- Viale G. Marconi 446
- I-00146 Rome
- Italy
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- Institut für Pharmazie
- Friedrich Schiller Universität Jena
- Lessingstrasse 8
- D-07743 Jena
- Germany
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Kageyama Y, Ikegami T, Kurokome Y, Takeda S. Mechanism of Macroscopic Motion of Oleate Helical Assemblies: Cooperative Deprotonation of Carboxyl Groups Triggered by Photoisomerization of Azobenzene Derivatives. Chemistry 2016; 22:8669-75. [PMID: 27165777 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201600426] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/29/2016] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Yoshiyuki Kageyama
- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; North-10, West-8 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan), Fax: (+81) 11 706 4841
- JST PRESTO, Kawaguchi, 332-0012 (Japan)
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Hokkaido University; North-10, West-8 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Graduate School of Chemical Sciences and Engineering; Hokkaido University; North-10, West-8 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan
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- Department of Chemistry; Faculty of Science; Hokkaido University; North-10, West-8 Sapporo 060-0810 Japan), Fax: (+81) 11 706 4841
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Kurihara K, Okura Y, Matsuo M, Toyota T, Suzuki K, Sugawara T. A recursive vesicle-based model protocell with a primitive model cell cycle. Nat Commun 2015; 6:8352. [PMID: 26418735 PMCID: PMC4598553 DOI: 10.1038/ncomms9352] [Citation(s) in RCA: 137] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2014] [Accepted: 08/13/2015] [Indexed: 12/19/2022] Open
Abstract
Self-organized lipid structures (protocells) have been proposed as an intermediate between nonliving material and cellular life. Synthetic production of model protocells can demonstrate the potential processes by which living cells first arose. While we have previously described a giant vesicle (GV)-based model protocell in which amplification of DNA was linked to self-reproduction, the ability of a protocell to recursively self-proliferate for multiple generations has not been demonstrated. Here we show that newborn daughter GVs can be restored to the status of their parental GVs by pH-induced vesicular fusion of daughter GVs with conveyer GVs filled with depleted substrates. We describe a primitive model cell cycle comprising four discrete phases (ingestion, replication, maturity and division), each of which is selectively activated by a specific external stimulus. The production of recursive self-proliferating model protocells represents a step towards eventual production of model protocells that are able to mimic evolution.
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- Kensuke Kurihara
- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Department of Basic Science, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
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- Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
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- Research Center for Complex Systems Biology, The University of Tokyo, Komaba, Meguro-ku, Tokyo 153-8902, Japan
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Kanagawa University, Tsuchiya, Hiratsuka, Kanagawa 259-1293, Japan
- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, Nagakute, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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