A method of `speed coefficients' for biochemical model reduction applied to the NF-kappaB system

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العنوان: A method of `speed coefficients' for biochemical model reduction applied to the NF-kappaB system
المؤلفون: West, Simon, Bridge, Lloyd J., White, Michael R. H., Paszek, Pawel, Biktashev, Vadim N.
سنة النشر: 2014
المجموعة: Mathematics
Quantitative Biology
مصطلحات موضوعية: Quantitative Biology - Molecular Networks, Mathematics - Dynamical Systems
الوصف: The relationship between components of biochemical network and the resulting dynamics of the overall system is a key focus of computational biology. However, as these networks and resulting mathematical models are inherently complex and non-linear, the understanding of this relationship becomes challenging. Among many approaches, model reduction methods provide an avenue to extract components responsible for the key dynamical features of the system. Unfortunately, these approaches often require intuition to apply. In this manuscript we propose a practical algorithm for the reduction of biochemical reaction systems using fast-slow asymptotics. This method allows the ranking of system variables according to how quickly they approach their momentary steady state, thus selecting the fastest for a steady state approximation. We applied this method to derive models of the Nuclear Factor kappa B network, a key regulator of the immune response that exhibits oscillatory dynamics. Analyses with respect to two specific solutions, which corresponded to different experimental conditions identified different components of the system that were responsible for the respective dynamics. This is an important demonstration of how reduction methods that provide approximations around a specific steady state, could be utilised in order to gain a better understanding of network topology in a broader context.
Comment: 29 pages, 13 figures, as accepted to J Math Biol 2014/03/06
نوع الوثيقة: Working Paper
DOI: 10.1007/s00285-014-0775-x
URL الوصول: http://arxiv.org/abs/1403.1610
رقم الأكسشن: edsarx.1403.1610
قاعدة البيانات: arXiv
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DOI:10.1007/s00285-014-0775-x