Effects of receptor clustering on ligand dissociation: Theory and simulations

Details Effects of receptor clustering on ligand dissociation: Theory and simulations Effects of receptor clustering on ligand dissociation: Theory and simulations

2004-07-08

arxiv.org/abs/q-bio/0407015v4

Biophys. J. 89 (2005) 3685

Biology

Quantitative Biology

Subcellular Processes

Expanded text and added figures, revised version to appear in Biophys. J

Scientific paper

10.1529/biophysj.105.065300

Receptor-ligand binding is a critical first step in signal transduction and the duration of the interaction can impact signal generation. In mammalian cells, clustering of receptors may be facilitated by heterogeneous zones of lipids, known as lipid rafts. In vitro experiments show that disruption of rafts significantly alters the dissociation of fibroblast growth factor-2 (FGF-2) from heparan sulfate proteoglycans, co-receptors for FGF-2. In this paper, we develop a continuum stochastic formalism in order to (i) study how rebinding affects the dissociation of ligands from a planar substrate, and (ii) address the question of how receptor clustering influences ligand rebinding. We find that clusters reduce the effective dissociation rate dramatically when the clusters are dense and the overall surface density of receptors is low. The effect is much less pronounced in the case of high receptor density and shows non-monotonic behavior with time. These predictions are verified via lattice Monte Carlo simulations. Comparison with experimental results suggests that the theory does not capture the complete biological system. We speculate that additional co-operative mechanisms might be present in order to increase ligand retention, and present one possible ``internal diffusion'' model.

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