Limitations to Chemotactic Concentration Sensing during $Ca^{2+}$ Signaling
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| author | Srirupa, Swoyam Pradeep Wasnik, Vaibhav |
| author_facet | Srirupa, Swoyam Pradeep Wasnik, Vaibhav |
| contents | Living cells sense noisy biochemical signals crucial for survival, yet models incorporating intracellular signaling are limited. This study examines how cells sense chemotactic concentrations through phosphorylation readouts in Ca2+ signaling, which is ubiquitous in most eukaryotic cells. Using stochastic simulations and analytical calculations we find that concentration sensing remains robust to variations in cytoplasmic reaction rates once they exceed a certain value, suggesting a potential evolutionary advantage that allows cells to optimize other signaling tasks without compromising concentration sensing accuracy. Our analysis demonstrates theoretically that Dictyostelium is capable of sensing very low concentrations of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) as is experimentally seen. |
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| spellingShingle | Limitations to Chemotactic Concentration Sensing during $Ca^{2+}$ Signaling Srirupa, Swoyam Pradeep Wasnik, Vaibhav Subcellular Processes Living cells sense noisy biochemical signals crucial for survival, yet models incorporating intracellular signaling are limited. This study examines how cells sense chemotactic concentrations through phosphorylation readouts in Ca2+ signaling, which is ubiquitous in most eukaryotic cells. Using stochastic simulations and analytical calculations we find that concentration sensing remains robust to variations in cytoplasmic reaction rates once they exceed a certain value, suggesting a potential evolutionary advantage that allows cells to optimize other signaling tasks without compromising concentration sensing accuracy. Our analysis demonstrates theoretically that Dictyostelium is capable of sensing very low concentrations of cyclic adenosine monophosphate (cAMP) as is experimentally seen. |
| title | Limitations to Chemotactic Concentration Sensing during $Ca^{2+}$ Signaling |
| topic | Subcellular Processes |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2508.15438 |