Stage-dependent density effect in the cell cycle of budding yeast |
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Authors: | Tainaka Kei-Ichi Yoshimura Jin Ushimaru Takashi |
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Institution: | Department of Systems Engineering, Shizuoka University, Hamamatsu 432-8561, Japan. tainaka@sys.eng.shizuoka.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Yeasts in culture media grow exponentially in early period but eventually stop growing. The saturation of population growth is due to "density effect". The budding yeast, Saccharomyces cerevisiae, is known to exhibit a stage-dependent cell division. Daughter cell, which gives no birth, has longer generation time than mother, because daughter needs maturity time. So far, investigations have been restricted in exponential or non-crowding state; very little is known for the stage dependence of density effect. Here we present a lattice gas model to explore the population dynamics of crowding period. We compare theoretical results with experimental data, and find a stage-dependent density effect. Although small daughter cells can develop to a critical size, the reproduction of large daughter cells suddenly stops when the total density exceeds some critical level. Our results imply the existence of an inhibitor that specifically halts the reproduction of matured daughter cell. |
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Keywords: | Budding yeast Stage-dependent density effect Lattice gas model Population dynamics |
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