%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% %% Simulation of early meiotic assembly in mouse occytes %% Configuration file %% From Letort et al., 2018 %% %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% set simul centrosome { time_step = 0.02 % kT = 0.0042 % 25 C viscosity = 1 % Kimura and Onami 2010, Kole 2005 Mol.Biol.Cell (0.13-0.46) steric = 1, 15, 1.5 % crosslinkers in spindle, crowding agents and steric interactions (Groen 2011) verbose = 0 } set space cell { geometry = (circle 20) } new space cell %%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%%% %% MTs set fiber mt { rigidity = 30 segmentation = 0.5 activity = classic growing_speed = 0.6 growing_force = 5 catastrophe_rate = 0.08, 0.08 shrinking_speed = -0.6 catastrophe_length = 5 min_length = 0.05 max_length = 10 binding_key = 1 steric = 1, 0.025, 0.025 %% Loughlin 2010 ran_distance = -1 ran_growth = 1 ran_stabilization = 0.1; ran_name = "dna"; } %------------------------------------------------- %% Kinesin 5, motors pushing MTs, parameters from Loughlin 2010 set hand kin_motor { binding_rate = 3 binding_range = 0.07 unbinding_rate = 0.05 unbinding_force = 5 binding_key = 1 activity = move max_speed = 0.04 stall_force = 5 hold_growing_end = 1 hold_shrinking_end = 0 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 } set couple kinesinLater { hand1 = kin_motor hand2 = kin_motor stiffness = 100 activity = crosslink length = 0.05 diffusion = 30 fast_diffusion = 1 production_rate = 0.0005 } %% HSET == kinesin 14, towards minus set hand hset_bind { binding_rate = 3 binding_range = 0.07 unbinding_rate = 0.05 unbinding_force = 5 hold_growing_end = 1 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 binding_key = 1 } set hand hset_motor { binding_rate = 15 %% Braun et aL, 2017, very fast binding on overlaps binding_range = 0.07 unbinding_rate = 1 %% Braun et al., 2017, very fast unbinding (4 s^-1) unbinding_force = 5 binding_key = 1 activity = move max_speed = -0.15 %% Norris et al 2018: (Fink et al. 2009, Ncd) stall_force = 5 hold_growing_end = 1 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 display = { visible = 0; } } set couple hset { hand1 = hset_bind hand2 = hset_motor stiffness = 100 activity = crosslink trans_activated = 1 %% Braun et al. 2017, bind 6* + to overlaps than singles, and mainly tail diffusion = 30 fast_diffusion = 1 length = 0.05 } %% NuMA, crosslinks minus end together %% C-terminal, bind close to MT minus end Hueschen et al., 2017 %% depolym effect of MCAK/Kif2a set hand numah { binding_rate = 3 binding_range = 0.1 unbinding_rate = 0.05 unbinding_force = 5 bind_end = minus_end, 0.25 activity = track track_end = minus_end hold_growing_end = 1 hold_shrinking_end = 1 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 chewing_rate = 0.01%6 %% Hunter et al 2003 } %% N-termainl, recruits dynein/dynactin complex, Hueschen et al., 2017 set hand dynh { binding_rate = 3 binding_range = 0.1 unbinding_rate = 0.05 unbinding_force = 5 bind_end = minus_end, 0.5 activity = move max_speed = -1 stall_force = 5 hold_growing_end = 1 hold_shrinking_end = 1 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 } set couple numa { hand1 = numah hand2 = dynh stiffness = 100 activity = crosslink %specificity = parallel length = 0.1 fast_diffusion = 1 %production_rate = 0.005 } set hand hurp_bind { binding_rate = 7 binding_range = 0.07 unbinding_rate = 1 unbinding_force = 5 hold_growing_end = 1 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 binding_key = 1 stabilize = 1 activity = move max_speed = 0.5 fixed_loaded = 1 stall_force = 5 } set couple hurpLater { hand1 = hurp_bind hand2 = hurp_bind activity = ran activation_by = dna activation_range = 1 deactivation_rate = 0.5 specificity = antiparallel stiffness = 100 diffusion = 20 active_diffusion = 1 production_rate = 0.005 } %------------------------------------------------- %% Nucleation: activated in central zone, Ran gradient and augmin set hand nuch { activity = nucleate nucleate = 0.5, mt, {length = 0.01; end_state = 1, 0} display = { visible=0; } specificity = parallel_if hold_end = minus_end track_end = minus_end hold_growing_end = 1 hold_shrinking_end = 1 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 } set hand bindh { binding_rate = 0 % 0.5 unbinding_rate = 0.1 binding_range = 0.06 unbinding_force = 5 binding_key = 1 activity = move max_speed = -1 stall_force = 3 hold_shrinking_end = 0 hold_minus_shrinking_end = 1 hold_growing_end = 1 fixed_loaded = 1 } set couple nucleator { hand1 = nuch hand2 = bindh stiffness = 100 diffusion = 10 active_diffusion = 1 activity = ran activation_by = dna activation_range = 1 deactivation_rate = 0.5 trans_activated = 2 %% hand2 doesn'ti bind when hand1 has nucleated length = 0.05 } %% DNA set sphere dna { point_mobility = 0.01 viscosity = 20 steric = 1 display = { style=1; color="blue"; } } %% repulsing set hand reph { binding_rate = 5 binding_range = 0.08 unbinding_rate = 0.1 unbinding_force = 5 bind_only_end = plus_end, 0.25 hold_growing_end = 1 binding_key = 1 } set single repul { hand = reph stiffness = 100 } %% AMTOC set solid mtoc { viscosity = 150 display = { style=5; color = "grey"; } } set aster amtoc { solid = mtoc fibers = mt stiffness = 500, 0 nucleation_rate = 0.05 nucleation_spec = (end_state = 1, 0) } %-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- %% Simu new 10 sphere dna { position = disc 4 radius = 0.5 point1 = 50, surface attach = 1 repul each } new 15 aster amtoc { position = circle 8 3 length = 0.5, 0.1 end_state = 4, 0 radius = 0.25 nb_fibers = 10 } new 800 couple nucleator new 1000 couple hset new 2500 couple numa new 2000 couple hurpLater new 1000 couple kinesinLater run simul * { nb_steps = 45000 nb_frames = 200 }