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Stochastic modeling and simulation of reaction-diffusion system with Hill function dynamics.

Minghan Chen1, Fei Li1, Shuo Wang1

  • 1Department of Computer Science, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, 24061, VA, USA.

BMC Systems Biology
|April 1, 2017
PubMed
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Simulating biological systems with the reaction diffusion master equation (RDME) is challenging. This study reveals critical discretization size issues for Hill function dynamics and proposes solutions for accurate spatiotemporal modeling.

Area of Science:

  • Computational Biology
  • Biophysics
  • Mathematical Modeling

Background:

  • Stochastic simulation of reaction-diffusion systems is crucial for spatiotemporal biological modeling.
  • The reaction diffusion master equation (RDME) is a common framework, but faces challenges with discretization size.
  • Previous work noted infinite reaction times for bimolecular reactions in high dimensions as discretization approaches zero.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the impact of discretization size on nonlinear reaction dynamics, specifically Hill functions, in 1D RDME.
  • To identify and propose methods to mitigate simulation artifacts arising from small discretization sizes.

Main Methods:

  • Analysis of Hill function dynamics in 1D RDME systems with varying discretization sizes.
Keywords:
Hill functionHybrid methodReaction diffusion master equation (RDME)Stochastic simulation

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  • Development and application of spatial smoothing techniques (smoothing over space, fixed length smoothing) and a hybrid method.

    • Main Results:

    • Highly nonlinear Hill function dynamics exhibit significant changes below a critical discretization size in 1D RDME.
    • Switch-like Hill dynamics simplify to a linear function of discretization size at small scales.
    • The proposed smoothing methods accurately simulate Hill function dynamics within the microscopic RDME framework.

    Conclusions:

    • Discretization size critically affects the accuracy of simulating nonlinear dynamics in RDME.
    • Spatial smoothing methods provide effective solutions for reliable stochastic simulation of Hill function-based biological models.
    • These findings improve the fidelity of spatiotemporal modeling in computational biology.