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FRONTIERS IN MOLECULAR BIOSCIENCES
卷 9, 期 -, 页码 -出版社
FRONTIERS MEDIA SA
DOI: 10.3389/fmolb.2022.825028
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pH regulation; pH measurements; transmembrane transport; mathematical modelling; functional redundancy; natural selection
The article discusses the importance of intracellular pH and the molecular mechanisms that affect and regulate it. Through mathematical modeling, the cellular response to acidification, the impact of different transporters and intracellular buffering are explored. The article highlights the significance of modeling in studying biological questions such as functional redundancy and natural selection.
Intracellular pH is a vital parameter that is maintained close to neutrality in all mammalian cells and tissues and acidic in most intracellular compartments. After presenting the main techniques used for intracellular an vesicular pH measurements we will briefly recall the main molecular mechanisms that affect and regulate intracellular pH. Following this we will discuss the large functional redundancy found in the transporters of H+ or acid-base equivalents. For this purpose, we will use mathematical modeling to simulate cellular response to persistent and/or transient acidification, in the presence of different transporters, single or in combination. We will also test the presence or absence of intracellular buffering. This latter section will highlight how modeling can yield fundamental insight into deep biological questions such as the utility of functional redundancy in natural selection.
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