Emergent Properties of Feedback Regulation and Stem Cell Behavior in a Granulopoiesis Model as a Complex System
Emergent Properties of Feedback Regulation and Stem Cell Behavior in a Granulopoiesis Model as a Complex System
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作为复杂系统的粒细胞生成模型中反馈调节和干细胞行为的涌现特性
作者:
Y. Saikawa;T. Komatsuzaki
To identify the internally generative theoretical relationship between microscopic mechanisms and the macroscopic behavior of hematopoietic processes as a complex system, a computer simulation of granulopoiesis was exploited by developing a cellular automaton (CA) model. Hematopoietic stem cells (HSCs) distribute themselves to proliferate and differentiate in a three-dimensional analytical space. The number of mitotic events of the cells in a proliferating phase, the transit times (T) of each of 15 differential stages progressing from a HSC to a mature cell, the duplication times (Tdup) of HSCs, and the neighborhood rules for cell proliferation were all incorporated as analytical parameters in this space. Homeostatic granulopoiesis originating from a single HSC was successfully achieved. An important part is the stabilization of cell production induced by way of negative feedback following external perturbation of the peripheral granulocyte numbers. Single-cell kinetic analyses describe the behavior of differentiating cells and HSCs as fluctuating their T and self-renewal time (Tdup) in response to the feedback dynamics. Stochastic cell divisions of HSCs were recruited in a transitional manner resulting in the generation of a regulatory effect on the differentiation–commitment processes. The concept that local cellular interaction produces global dynamics in a granulopoietic system was reified by CA modeling. This approach will provide a framework for analyzing the behavior of HSCs and enable an understanding of the abnormal kinetics of hematopoietic diseases.
影响因子:
11.2
作者:
Fokas,AS;Keller,JB;Clarkson,BD
通讯作者:
Clarkson,BD
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20.3
作者:
Abkowitz,JL;Catlin,SN;Guttorp,P
通讯作者:
Guttorp,P