Cell population dynamics during apoptotic treatment. Imig, D., Pollak, N., & Allgöwer, F. SBHD, Heidelberg, July, 2017.
abstract   bibtex   
TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) provokes apoptosis selectively in cancer cells. Although extensively investigated with experimental and theoretical approaches, underlying mechanisms explaining the apoptotic response of a cell population remain unclear. Here, experimental results concerning populations of lung cancer cell line stimulated with a superior second generation TRAIL variant are analyzed with help of appropriate mathematical models. An individual-based framework describing the dynamics of a cell population in response to the ligand is developed. Published models of the signaling pathway are integrated and population parameters are adapted to experimental data. Model simulations show that initial molecular changes after TRAIL stimulation are expected in the XIAP protein distribution. A shift in the caspase-8 distribution is predicted to be of capital importance for a transient insensitivity against TRAIL. Furthermore, it becomes clear that consideration of inheritance is crucial for the understanding of longterm responses to stimulations with TRAIL. Interestingly, the comparison of data and simulations of the population model revealed differences in the cell cycle dependence of death patterns. Hence, a phenomenological minimal model is developed in order to verify possible connections between cell cycle and apoptosis. Longterm time-lapse microscopy data are used for parameter estimation and model selection. The analysis gives insights into mechanisms of cell death progression during different phases of the cell cycle. The presented results are important steps for the improvement of a predictive model with the objective of optimizing TRAIL-based cancer therapies.
@MISC{ist:imig17a,
  author = {Imig, D. and Pollak, N. and Allg{\"o}wer, F.},
  title = {Cell population dynamics during apoptotic treatment},
  howpublished = {SBHD, Heidelberg},
  month = {July},
  year = {2017},
  abstract = {TNF-related apoptosis-inducing ligand (TRAIL) provokes apoptosis selectively
	in cancer cells. Although extensively investigated with experimental
	and theoretical approaches, underlying mechanisms explaining the
	apoptotic response of a cell population remain unclear. Here, experimental
	results concerning populations of lung cancer cell line stimulated
	with a superior second generation TRAIL variant are analyzed with
	help of appropriate mathematical models. An individual-based framework
	describing the dynamics of a cell population in response to the ligand
	is developed. Published models of the signaling pathway are integrated
	and population parameters are adapted to experimental data. Model
	simulations show that initial molecular changes after TRAIL stimulation
	are expected in the XIAP protein distribution. A shift in the caspase-8
	distribution is predicted to be of capital importance for a transient
	insensitivity against TRAIL. Furthermore, it becomes clear that consideration
	of inheritance is crucial for the understanding of longterm responses
	to stimulations with TRAIL. Interestingly, the comparison of data
	and simulations of the population model revealed differences in the
	cell cycle dependence of death patterns. Hence, a phenomenological
	minimal model is developed in order to verify possible connections
	between cell cycle and apoptosis. Longterm time-lapse microscopy
	data are used for parameter estimation and model selection. The analysis
	gives insights into mechanisms of cell death progression during different
	phases of the cell cycle. The presented results are important steps
	for the improvement of a predictive model with the objective of optimizing
	TRAIL-based cancer therapies.},
  pubtype = {poster}
}

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