Stochastic multi-scale models of competition within heterogeneous cellular populations: simulation methods and mean-field analysis
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DOI10.1016/J.JTBI.2016.07.028zbMATH Open1344.92053arXiv1607.01449OpenAlexW2464855814WikidataQ41045204 ScholiaQ41045204MaRDI QIDQ309209FDOQ309209
Authors: Roberto de la Cruz, Pilar Guerrero, Fabian Spill, Tomás Alarcón 
Publication date: 7 September 2016
Published in: Journal of Theoretical Biology (Search for Journal in Brave)
Abstract: We propose a modelling framework to analyse the stochastic behaviour of heterogeneous, multi-scale cellular populations. We illustrate our methodology with a particular example in which we study a population with an oxygen-regulated proliferation rate. Our formulation is based on an age-dependent stochastic process. Cells within the population are characterised by their age. The age-dependent (oxygen-regulated) birth rate is given by a stochastic model of oxygen-dependent cell cycle progression. We then formulate an age-dependent birth-and-death process, which dictates the time evolution of the cell population. The population is under a feedback loop which controls its steady state size: cells consume oxygen which in turns fuels cell proliferation. We show that our stochastic model of cell cycle progression allows for heterogeneity within the cell population induced by stochastic effects. Such heterogeneous behaviour is reflected in variations in the proliferation rate. Within this set-up, we have established three main results. First, we have shown that the age to the G1/S transition, which essentially determines the birth rate, exhibits a remarkably simple scaling behaviour. This allows for a huge simplification of our numerical methodology. A further result is the observation that heterogeneous populations undergo an internal process of quasi-neutral competition. Finally, we investigated the effects of cell-cycle-phase dependent therapies (such as radiation therapy) on heterogeneous populations. In particular, we have studied the case in which the population contains a quiescent sub-population. Our mean-field analysis and numerical simulations confirm that, if the survival fraction of the therapy is too high, rescue of the quiescent population occurs. This gives rise to emergence of resistance to therapy since the rescued population is less sensitive to therapy.
Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1607.01449
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