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Memory

Position in the system

This system must activate the cell death system after one light pulse. As long as there is no light, there is no P2ogr, no CIIP22 and a lot of antimRNA_LuxI. The antimRNA_LuxI blocks the cell death system. When light is turned on OmpF increases. This causes P2ogr and CIIP22 to increase and antimRNA_LuxI to decrease. This activates the system. When light is turned off, the P2ogr concentration is large enough to maintain itself. This way antimRNA doesn't increase. The system stays activated.

Describing the system

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ODE's

Parameters

Parameter values (Memory)
Name Value Comments Reference
Degradation Rates
dP2ogr 0.002265 s-1
dRNA_P2ogr 0.002265 s-1 link
dP22CII 0.002311 s-1 This value is to low. The correct value is used in the final model. link
dRNA_P22CII 0,0022651 s-1 link
dantimRNA_luxI 0.0045303 s-1 link
Transcription Rates
kP2ogr 0.0125 s-1 estimate
kP22CII 0.0125 s-1 estimate
kAntimRNA_LuxI 0.0094 s-1 estimate
Dissociation Constants
KP2ogr 4.2156 Used in two reactions for activator control at the transcription of P2ogr mRNA and CIIP22 mRNA link
KR0053_P22CII 0.1099 link
Hill Cooperativity
n 2 Used for all reactions throughout the memory submodel using Hill kinetics

Models

CellDesigner (SBML file)

Memory

Matlab

Problem

The OmpF promoter is not ideal. When there is no light the transcription rate is still 0.00005. This means that P2ogr will slowly build up, activating the system. In this case the memory is in 0-state when the stationary state isn't reached yet. The 1-state is the stationary state. So the system automatically ends up in state 1 after some time (300s). This can be seen in the figure below.

mem_no_act
Figure: CIIP22(purple), P2ogr(green), AntimRNA(pink).

The system can only stay in 0-state for 300 sec. This makes it completely useless.

Alternative

In the previous system the 0-state isn't actively maintained. It's just 'not stationary state'. So we need to search mathematical system that has 2 stationary states. A possible solution is given below.

alt
Figure: Part representation of alternative system

When this system starts Rep build up because Rep represses the Act promoter better then Act represses the Rep promoter. The Rep concentration stays high and the Act stays low. This is the 0-state. When there is light, the OmpF promoter is activated and the Act concentration is increased. This represses Rep promoter. The Rep concentration decreases and the Act promoter is activated. The Act concentration keeps increasing. When the light pulse ends the Act concentration is high enough to repress the Rep promoter, Act concentration stays high and Rep concentration stays low. This is the 1-state.

CellDesigner gives the following simulation when OmpF transcription rate changes from 0.0001 to 0.01 at t=6000 sec for 2000 sec.

alt_CDplot
Figure: Celldesigner simulation of the alterative system. Act(grey), Rep(yellow)

The OmpF peak causes the Act concentration to rise and the Rep to decrease. The high Act concentration keeps the Rep concentration low. This causes the Act concentration to stay high.

Memory - episode 2

Position in the system

todo: this is a copy of the paragraph in the first model, it still has to be adjusted to the new model.

This system must activate the cell death system after one light pulse. As long as there is no light, there is no P2ogr, no CIIP22 and a lot of antimRNA_LuxI. The antimRNA_LuxI blocks the cell death system. When light is turned on OmpF increases. This causes P2ogr and CIIP22 to increase and antimRNA_LuxI to decrease. This activates the system. When light is turned off, the P2ogr concentration is large enough to maintain itself. This way antimRNA doesn't increase. The system stays activated.

Describing the system

New Mem symbols.PNG

This is the same system as the alternative. The role of act is taken up by cI434 and rep by cIIP22.The output of this system is given in by RNA production that repressed the LuxI production.

ODE's

Parameters

Parameter values (New Memory)
Name Value Comments Reference
Degradation Rates
dcIIP22 2.8822E-4 s-1 this part has a LVA-tag, so we estimate a 40 min half-life
dmRNA_cIIP22 0.00462 s-1 link
dcI434_LVA 2.8822E-4 s-1 this part has a LVA-tag, so we estimate a 40 min half-life
dmRNA_cI434_LVA 0.00462 s-1 link
dcI434 9.627E-5 s-1 estimate
dmRNA_cI434 0.00462 s-1 link
dantimRNA_luxI 0.00462 s-1 link
cII434(_LVA) regulated promotor
ktranscr 0.0125 s-1 estimate
Km 0.8708 link
cIIP22 regulated promotor
ktranscr 0.004 s-1 This is a weak promoter.
Km 0.1099 link
translation rates
ktransl_cI434 0.0388889 s-1 eff. 0.07
ktransl_cI434_lva 0.0388889 s-1 eff. 0.07
ktransl_cIIP22 0.0388889 s-1 eff. 0.07
Hill Cooperativity
n 2 Used for all reactions throughout the memory submodel using Hill kinetics

Models

CellDesigner(SBML file)

New Memory

Matlab (SBML file)

New Memory

Simulations

CellDesigner gives the following simulation when OmpF transcription rate changes from 0.0001 to 0.0125 at t=150000 sec for 1000 sec (17min). The cI434 and antisense RNA has to placed on a higher copy number plasmid (5).

New Memory

There is a clear change. The cIIP22 amount drops and the cI434 increases. The high cI434 amount will repress the RNA production. These RNA amount are small and can’t be see on the graph.

Mathematical Analysis (Maple file)

The existence of the two stable states of the memory (cI434_LVA high and cIIP22 low / cI434_LVA low and cIIP22 high) can be mathematically proven.

First we define the equilibrium points of the following differential equation system:

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The equilibrium points are defined as the points for which all the derivatives are zero. Solving this non-linear system for [OmpF] equal to 0.00005 results in finding the roots of the equation

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This equation has three real zeros ([CI434_LVA = 0.7313875984e-2], [CI434_LVA = 37.05608893], [CI434_LVA = 113.0938601]) and two conjugated imaginary zeros ([CI434_LVA = -25.38967632+29.34069205*I], [CI434_LVA = -25.38967632-29.34069205*I]) as can be seen in the following figure:

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The real roots of the system for all the variables are:

Real Roots
Zero 1 Zero 2 Zero 3
[CI434] 4.371823214 4.371823214 4.371823214
[CI434-LVA] 0.007313875984 37.05608893 113.0938601
[mRNACI434-LVA] 0.00005418516368 0.2745316230 0.8378607094
[CIIP22] 13.89162065 0.1612850628 0.02006902139
[mRNACIIP22] 0.1029166669 0.001194887300 0.0001486822051
[asRNACI434] 0.01082251082 0.01082251082 0.01082251082

The stability of the three real zeros is defined by the eigenvalues of the Jacobian of the differential equation system. This Jacobian equals

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The eigenvalues for Zero 1 are all negative (-0.4644493402e-2, -0.4595226431e-2, -0.3128835694e-3, -0.2636165985e-3, -0.9627e-4, -0.462e-2). This is also the case for Zero 3 (-0.4725739380e-2, -0.4508826414e-2, -0.1823706200e-3, -0.3992835860e-3, -0.9627000000e-4, -0.4620000000e-2). These two zero's represent the two stable states of the memory system. Zero 2 has one positive eigenvalue (0.0001481555055) and is therefore unstable.

The following figure shows some trajectories in the phase plane ([CIIP22],[CI434-LVA]): there is a clear boundary between the two stable equilibrium points (the green dots) that goes through the unstable equilibrium point (the red dot). This boundary divides the two dimensional phase plane in two separate basins of attraction.

Memory PhasePlot.png