Application of network thermodynamics to the computer modeling of the pharmacology of anticancer agents: a network model for methotrexate action as a comprehensive example.
Application of network thermodynamics to the computer modeling of the pharmacology of anticancer agents: a network model for methotrexate action as a comprehensive example.
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网络热力学在抗癌药药理学计算机建模中的应用:甲氨蝶呤作用的网络模型作为综合示例。
DOI:
10.1016/0163-7258(81)90045-0
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发表时间:
1981
影响因子:
13.5
通讯作者:
D. Mikulecky
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作者:
J. White;D. Mikulecky
A thorough understanding of the pharmacologic consequences of the administration of chemotherapeutic agents requires investigation of drug interactions with its target site, single cell, selected tissues and the body as a whole. All of the available information should be considered simultaneously. However, even at the molecular level drug effects may be too complex to be interpreted accurately simply by intuition. One solution to the problem of predicting the results of drug exposure from many pieces of possibly conflicting information has been to use computer simulation to weigh the importance of all known factors. Computer simulation utilizing the principles of network thermodynamics will be presented here.Network thermodynamics is a theoretical approach for investigating the dynamics of interdependent flow-force relationships. Flow-force relationships are at the heart of most biological research. Some examples of flowing material might be molecules, ionic charge or volume (mainly water) and examples of forces driving these flows might be chemical potential (eg transmembrane concentration gradients), electrical potential (eg transmembrane electrical potential difference) or pressure, respectively. To prepare for a network analysis the pathways through which materials flow are represented as a network. A metabolic chart is a good example of a network of routes for flow of molecules. Since time-dependent events are involved, both energy and its rate of change, power, must be considered in these flow processes. The direction in which materials flow will always be consistent with the laws of thermodynamics. These laws require that the flow resulting from application of a force occurs in the direction that results in reduction of the driving force. The flow will always be'downhill'towards equilibrium for independent processes; metabolic reactions spontaneously diminish, etc. The only way there can be an exception to this is when two or more processes interact in such a way that one or more can supply power to drive the others. For these coupled processes, concentration gradients can be built and maintained away from equilibrium at the expense of metabolic energy as in active transport. Large, highly organized macromolecules can be synthesized at the expense of the degradation of others, such as glucose, which act as fuel. Time-dependent processes, or transients, lead ultimately to the achievement of either equilibrium states or steady states away from equilibrium, depending on the way the system is structed and the experimental conditions. The flows and forces of interest to biologists are often coupled to one another so that they can build or maintain organization at the expense of power input from metabolism. This leads to some very complex
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发表时间:
1981
期刊:
The Journal of biological chemistry
影响因子:
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作者:
White,JC;Goldman,ID
通讯作者:
Goldman,ID