RRC ID 54053
著者 Okamoto K, Germond A, Fujita H, Furusawa C, Okada Y, Watanabe TM.
タイトル Single cell analysis reveals a biophysical aspect of collective cell-state transition in embryonic stem cell differentiation.
ジャーナル Sci Rep
Abstract In the stem cell research field, the molecular regulatory network used to define cellular states has been extensively studied, however, the general driving force guiding the collective state dynamics remains to be identified from biophysical aspects. Here we monitored the time-development of the cell-state transition at the single-cell and colony levels, simultaneously, during the early differentiation process in mouse embryonic stem cells. Our quantitative analyses revealed that cellular heterogeneity was a result of spontaneous fluctuation of cellular state and cell-cell cooperativity. We considered that the cell state is like a ball fluctuating on a potential landscape, and found that the cooperativity affects the fluctuation. Importantly, the cooperativity temporarily decreased and increased in the intermediate state of cell differentiation, leading to cell-state transition in unison. This process can be explained using the mathematical equation of flashing-ratchet behaviour, which suggests that a general mechanism is driving the collective decision-making of stem cells.
巻・号 8(1)
ページ 11965
公開日 2018-8-10
DOI 10.1038/s41598-018-30461-2
PII 10.1038/s41598-018-30461-2
PMID 30097661
PMC PMC6086879
MeSH Animals Biomarkers Biophysical Phenomena* Cell Differentiation* Embryonic Stem Cells / cytology* Embryonic Stem Cells / physiology* Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental Mice Single-Cell Analysis Stem Cells
IF 3.998
引用数 1
リソース情報
ヒト・動物細胞 E14tg2a(AES0135)