Membrane tubes with active pumping: water transport, vacuole formation and osmoregulation
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| author | Al-Izzi, Sami C. Turner, Matthew S. Sens, Pierre |
| author_facet | Al-Izzi, Sami C. Turner, Matthew S. Sens, Pierre |
| contents | The need for organisms to regulate their volume and osmolarity when surrounded by freshwater is a basic physical challenge for many bacteria, protists and algae. Taking inspiration from the contractile vacuole complex found in many protists, we discuss how simple models of active membrane tubes can give insights into the fluid and active ionic transport properties of such systems. We show that a simple membrane tube with unidirectional ion pumps, and passive ion and water channels, forms a large vacuole due to osmotically-driven water flow and that this can be used to actively pump water out of the cell interior. We discuss the use of this system as a possible minimal method for osmoregulation. |
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| spellingShingle | Membrane tubes with active pumping: water transport, vacuole formation and osmoregulation Al-Izzi, Sami C. Turner, Matthew S. Sens, Pierre Biological Physics Soft Condensed Matter Subcellular Processes The need for organisms to regulate their volume and osmolarity when surrounded by freshwater is a basic physical challenge for many bacteria, protists and algae. Taking inspiration from the contractile vacuole complex found in many protists, we discuss how simple models of active membrane tubes can give insights into the fluid and active ionic transport properties of such systems. We show that a simple membrane tube with unidirectional ion pumps, and passive ion and water channels, forms a large vacuole due to osmotically-driven water flow and that this can be used to actively pump water out of the cell interior. We discuss the use of this system as a possible minimal method for osmoregulation. |
| title | Membrane tubes with active pumping: water transport, vacuole formation and osmoregulation |
| topic | Biological Physics Soft Condensed Matter Subcellular Processes |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2409.14835 |