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A Stochastic Analysis of a Brownian Ratchet Model for Actin-Based Motility and Integrate-and-Firing Neurons | | Hong Qian
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20 Jun 2001 | | Journal: | Mechanics and Chemistry of Biosystems, Vol. 1, pp.267-278 (2004) | | Subject: | Statistical Mechanics; Soft Condensed Matter | cond-mat.stat-mech cond-mat.soft q-bio | | Affiliation: | Univ. of Washington | | Abstract: | In recent single-particle tracking (SPT) measurements on {it Listeria monocytogenes} motility {em in vitro}, the actin-based stochastic dynamics of the bacterium movement is analyzed statistically (Kuo and McGrath, 2000). The mean-square displacement (MSD) of the detrended trajectory exhibit a linear behavior; it has been suggested that a corresponding analysis for the Brownian ratchet model (Peskin, Odell, & Oster, 1993) leads to a non-monotonic MSD. A simplified version of the Brownian ratchet, when its motion is limited by the bacterium movement, is proposed and analyzed stochastically. Analytical results for the simple model are obtained and statistical data analysis is investigated. The MSD of the stochastic bacterium movement is a quadratic function while the MSD for the detrended trajectory is shown to be linear. The mean velocity and effective diffusion constant of the propelled bacterium in the long-time limit, and the short-time relaxation are obtained from the MSD analysis. The MSD of the gap between actin and the bacterium exhibits an oscillatory behavior when there is a large resistant force from the bacterium. The stochastic model for actin-based motility is also mathematically equivalent to a model for integrate-and-firing neurons. Hence our mathematical results have applications in other biological problems. For comparison, a continuous formalism of the BR model with great analytical simplicity is also studied. | | Source: | arXiv, cond-mat/0106409 | | Services: | Forum | Review | PDF | Favorites | |
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