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Lyapunov exponents and phase diagrams reveal multi-factorial control over TRAIL-induced apoptosis

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Aldridge, Bree B.; Gaudet, Suzanne; Lauffenburger, Douglas A.; Sorger, Peter K.
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Receptor-mediated apoptosis proceeds via two pathways: one requiring only a cascade of initiator and effector caspases (type I behavior) and the second requiring an initiator–effector caspase cascade and mitochondrial outer membrane permeabilization (type II behavior). Here, we investigate factors controlling type I versus II phenotypes by performing Lyapunov exponent analysis of an ODE-based model of cell death. The resulting phase diagrams predict that the ratio of XIAP to pro-caspase-3 concentrations plays a key regulatory role: type I behavior predominates when the ratio is low and type II behavior when the ratio is high. Cell-to-cell variability in phenotype is observed when the ratio is close to the type I versus II boundary. By positioning multiple tumor cell lines on the phase diagram we confirm these predictions. We also extend phase space analysis to mutations affecting the rate of caspase-3 ubiquitylation by XIAP, predicting and showing that such mutations abolish all-or-none control over activation of effector caspases. Thus, phase diagrams derived from Lyapunov exponent analysis represent a means to study multi-factorial control over a complex biochemical pathway.
Date issued
2011-11
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http://hdl.handle.net/1721.1/76283
Department
Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Cell Decision Process Center; Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Department of Biological Engineering
Journal
Molecular Systems Biology
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Nature Publishing Group
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Aldridge, Bree B et al. “Lyapunov Exponents and Phase Diagrams Reveal Multi-factorial Control over TRAIL-induced Apoptosis.” Molecular Systems Biology 7 (2011). © 2013 Nature Publishing Group
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1744-4292

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