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Cellular information dynamics through transmembrane flow of ions
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Gatenby RA
; Frieden BR
Sci Rep
2017[Nov]; 7
(1
): 15075
PMID29118414
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We propose cells generate large transmembrane ion gradients to form information
circuits that detect, process, and respond to environmental perturbations or
signals. In this model, the specialized gates of transmembrane ion channels
function as information detectors that communicate to the cell through rapid and
(usually) local pulses of ions. Information in the ion "puffs" is received and
processed by the cell through resulting changes in charge density and/or mobile
cation (and/or anion) concentrations alter the localization and function of
peripheral membrane proteins. The subsequent changes in protein binding to the
membrane or activation of K(+), Ca(2+) or Mg(2+)-dependent enzymes then
constitute a cellular response to the perturbation. To test this hypothesis we
analyzed ion-based signal transmission as a communication channel operating with
coded inputs and decoded outputs. By minimizing the Kullback-Leibler cross
entropy [Formula: see text] between concentrations of the ion species inside
[Formula: see text] and outside [Formula: see text] the cell membrane, we find
signal transmission through transmembrane ion flow forms an optimal Shannon
information channel that minimizes information loss and maximizes transmission
speed. We demonstrate the ion dynamics in neuronal action potentials described by
Hodgkin and Huxley (including the equations themselves) represent a special case
of these general information principles.