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The spatial resolution limit of phagocytosis

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Eisentraut, Manuel ; Sabri, Adal ; Kress, Holger:
The spatial resolution limit of phagocytosis.
In: Biophysical Journal. Bd. 122 (2023) Heft 5 . - S. 868-879.
ISSN 1542-0086
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.bpj.2023.01.030

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Abstract

Antibody-opsonized bacteria interact with Fc receptors in macrophages and trigger signaling cascades, which induce phagocytosis. The signaling pathways ultimately lead to actin polymerization that induces the protrusion of the membrane around the bacterium until it is completely engulfed. Although many proteins involved in the phagocytic cup formation have already been identified, it is still unclear how far the initial stimulus created by the bacterium-cell contact propagates in the cell. We hypothesize that this spreading distance is closely related to the spatial resolution limit of phagocytosis, the smallest distance in which two stimuli can be differentiated. Here, we probe this resolution limit by using holographic optical tweezers to attach pairs of immunoglobulin G-coated polystyrene microparticles (as models for opsonized bacteria) to murine macrophages in distances ranging from zero to several micrometers. By using 2-μm-sized particles, we found that the particles can be internalized jointly into one phagosome if they are attached to the cell very close together, but that they are taken up separately if they are attached far from each other. To explain this, we developed a model of the signaling process, which predicts the probabilities for separate uptake for different particle sizes and distances using cellular parameters including the average receptor distance. We tested the model by measuring the separate uptake probabilities for particles with a diameter of 1 to 3 μm and for cells with reduced numbers of Fcγ receptors and found very good agreement. Our model shows that the phagocytic uptake behavior can be explained by assuming an effective phagocytic signaling range of about 500 nm. Interestingly, this value corresponds to the lower size limit of phagocytosis. Our work provides quantitative access to spatial parameters of cellular signaling during phagocytosis and thereby contributes to a more quantitative understanding of cellular information processing.

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Publikationsform: Artikel in einer Zeitschrift
Begutachteter Beitrag: Ja
Institutionen der Universität: Fakultäten
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik > Physikalisches Institut
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik > Physikalisches Institut > Professur Experimentalphysik VI - Biologische Physik
Fakultäten > Fakultät für Mathematik, Physik und Informatik > Physikalisches Institut > Professur Experimentalphysik VI - Biologische Physik > Professur Experimentalphysik VI - Biologische Physik - Univ.-Prof. Dr. Holger Kreß
Forschungseinrichtungen > Sonderforschungsbereiche, Forschergruppen > SFB 1357 - MIKROPLASTIK
Titel an der UBT entstanden: Ja
Themengebiete aus DDC: 500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 530 Physik
500 Naturwissenschaften und Mathematik > 570 Biowissenschaften; Biologie
Eingestellt am: 14 Feb 2023 08:07
Letzte Änderung: 05 Feb 2024 08:15
URI: https://eref.uni-bayreuth.de/id/eprint/73667