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Cell-specific responses to the cytokine TGFβ are determined by variability in protein levels.

Strasen, Jette ; Sarma, Uddipan ; Jentsch, Marcel ; Bohn, Stefan ; Sheng, Caibin ; Horbelt, Daniel ; Knaus, Petra ; Legewie, Stefan ; Loewer, Alexander (2018)
Cell-specific responses to the cytokine TGFβ are determined by variability in protein levels.
In: Molecular systems biology, 14 (1)
Artikel, Bibliographie

Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract)

The cytokine TGFβ provides important information during embryonic development, adult tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Alterations in the cellular response to TGFβ are involved in severe human diseases. To understand how cells encode the extracellular input and transmit its information to elicit appropriate responses, we acquired quantitative time-resolved measurements of pathway activation at the single-cell level. We established dynamic time warping to quantitatively compare signaling dynamics of thousands of individual cells and described heterogeneous single-cell responses by mathematical modeling. Our combined experimental and theoretical study revealed that the response to a given dose of TGFβ is determined cell specifically by the levels of defined signaling proteins. This heterogeneity in signaling protein expression leads to decomposition of cells into classes with qualitatively distinct signaling dynamics and phenotypic outcome. Negative feedback regulators promote heterogeneous signaling, as a SMAD7 knock-out specifically affected the signal duration in a subpopulation of cells. Taken together, we propose a quantitative framework that allows predicting and testing sources of cellular signaling heterogeneity.

Typ des Eintrags: Artikel
Erschienen: 2018
Autor(en): Strasen, Jette ; Sarma, Uddipan ; Jentsch, Marcel ; Bohn, Stefan ; Sheng, Caibin ; Horbelt, Daniel ; Knaus, Petra ; Legewie, Stefan ; Loewer, Alexander
Art des Eintrags: Bibliographie
Titel: Cell-specific responses to the cytokine TGFβ are determined by variability in protein levels.
Sprache: Englisch
Publikationsjahr: 25 Januar 2018
Titel der Zeitschrift, Zeitung oder Schriftenreihe: Molecular systems biology
Jahrgang/Volume einer Zeitschrift: 14
(Heft-)Nummer: 1
Kurzbeschreibung (Abstract):

The cytokine TGFβ provides important information during embryonic development, adult tissue homeostasis, and regeneration. Alterations in the cellular response to TGFβ are involved in severe human diseases. To understand how cells encode the extracellular input and transmit its information to elicit appropriate responses, we acquired quantitative time-resolved measurements of pathway activation at the single-cell level. We established dynamic time warping to quantitatively compare signaling dynamics of thousands of individual cells and described heterogeneous single-cell responses by mathematical modeling. Our combined experimental and theoretical study revealed that the response to a given dose of TGFβ is determined cell specifically by the levels of defined signaling proteins. This heterogeneity in signaling protein expression leads to decomposition of cells into classes with qualitatively distinct signaling dynamics and phenotypic outcome. Negative feedback regulators promote heterogeneous signaling, as a SMAD7 knock-out specifically affected the signal duration in a subpopulation of cells. Taken together, we propose a quantitative framework that allows predicting and testing sources of cellular signaling heterogeneity.

ID-Nummer: pmid:29371237
Fachbereich(e)/-gebiet(e): 10 Fachbereich Biologie
10 Fachbereich Biologie > Systems Biology of the Stress Response
Hinterlegungsdatum: 31 Jan 2018 10:04
Letzte Änderung: 31 Jan 2018 10:04
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