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Area of Science:

  • Systems Biology
  • Molecular Biology
  • Biophysics

Background:

  • Binning cells by plasmid copy number is standard for analyzing transient transfection data.
  • Current kinetic models often assume protein production is proportional to plasmid copy number, but this is not well-validated for mammalian cells.
  • Existing models struggle to accurately reproduce experimental flow cytometry data.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate protein saturation at high plasmid copy numbers as a cause for model breakdown.
  • To develop and validate a novel, minimal bin-dependent ordinary differential equation (ODE) model for transiently transfected mammalian cells.
  • To improve the accuracy of predicting gene circuit behavior using mathematical modeling.

Main Methods:

  • Comparison of experimental flow cytometry data with a stochastic chemical kinetics model.
  • Development of a bin-dependent ODE model with distinct parameters for low and high plasmid copy number cells.
  • Composition of individual module models to predict the behavior of complex gene circuits (six cascades, three feed-forward circuits).

Main Results:

  • The stochastic model confirmed multiple physical mechanisms causing protein saturation at high plasmid copy numbers.
  • The novel bin-dependent ODE model fits flow cytometry data up to twice as accurately as traditional Hill-function-based models, with only one additional parameter.
  • Composed bin-dependent models provided more accurate predictions on average for gene circuits compared to composed Hill-function models and were comparable to EQuIP.
  • Accounting for batch effects was found to be crucial for accurate composed model development.

Conclusions:

  • Protein saturation at high plasmid copy numbers limits the accuracy of traditional kinetic models for transiently transfected mammalian cells.
  • A minimal bin-dependent ODE model offers a more accurate and easily integrable approach for modeling gene expression dynamics.
  • This improved modeling framework enhances the predictive power of synthetic gene circuits and highlights the importance of considering specific biological mechanisms and data artifacts.