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Main Authors: Cook, Keisha J., Rayens, Nathan, Do, Linh, Payne, Christine K., McKinley, Scott A.
Format: Preprint
Published: 2024
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Online Access:https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.21025
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author Cook, Keisha J.
Rayens, Nathan
Do, Linh
Payne, Christine K.
McKinley, Scott A.
author_facet Cook, Keisha J.
Rayens, Nathan
Do, Linh
Payne, Christine K.
McKinley, Scott A.
contents The movement of intracellular cargo transported by molecular motors is commonly marked by switches between directed motion and stationary pauses. The predominant measure for assessing movement is effective diffusivity, which predicts the mean-squared displacement of particles over long time scales. In this work, we consider an alternative analysis regime that focuses on shorter time scales and relies on automated segmentation of paths. Due to intrinsic uncertainty in changepoint analysis, we highlight the importance of statistical summaries that are robust with respect to the performance of segmentation algorithms. In contrast to effective diffusivity, which averages over multiple behaviors, we emphasize tools that highlight the different motor-cargo states, with an eye toward identifying biophysical mechanisms that determine emergent whole-cell transport properties. By developing a Markov chain model for noisy, continuous, piecewise-linear microparticle movement, and associated mathematical analysis, we provide insight into a common question posed by experimentalists: how does the choice of observational frame rate affect what is inferred about transport properties?
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spellingShingle Considering experimental frame rates and robust segmentation analysis of piecewise-linear microparticle trajectories
Cook, Keisha J.
Rayens, Nathan
Do, Linh
Payne, Christine K.
McKinley, Scott A.
Quantitative Methods
The movement of intracellular cargo transported by molecular motors is commonly marked by switches between directed motion and stationary pauses. The predominant measure for assessing movement is effective diffusivity, which predicts the mean-squared displacement of particles over long time scales. In this work, we consider an alternative analysis regime that focuses on shorter time scales and relies on automated segmentation of paths. Due to intrinsic uncertainty in changepoint analysis, we highlight the importance of statistical summaries that are robust with respect to the performance of segmentation algorithms. In contrast to effective diffusivity, which averages over multiple behaviors, we emphasize tools that highlight the different motor-cargo states, with an eye toward identifying biophysical mechanisms that determine emergent whole-cell transport properties. By developing a Markov chain model for noisy, continuous, piecewise-linear microparticle movement, and associated mathematical analysis, we provide insight into a common question posed by experimentalists: how does the choice of observational frame rate affect what is inferred about transport properties?
title Considering experimental frame rates and robust segmentation analysis of piecewise-linear microparticle trajectories
topic Quantitative Methods
url https://arxiv.org/abs/2412.21025