Limit cycle models for circadian rhythms based on transcriptional regulation in Drosophila and Neurospora
Catherine
Lloyd
Auckland Bioengineering Institute, The University of Auckland
Model Status
This CellML model runs in COR and OpenCell to reproduce the published results (figure 2a). The units are consistent. This particular version of the model has been translated from equations 1a-1j (Drosophila).
Model Structure
ABSTRACT: We examine theoretical models for circadian oscillations based on transcriptional regulation in Drosophila and Neurospora. For Drosophila, the molecular model is based on the negative feedback exerted on the expression of the per and tim genes by the complex formed between the PER and TIM proteins. For Neurospora, similarly, the model relies on the feedback exerted on the expression of the frq gene by its protein product FRQ. In both models, sustained rhythmic variations in protein and mRNA levels occur in continuous darkness, in the form of limit cycle oscillations. The effect of light on circadian rhythms is taken into account in the models by considering that it triggers degradation of the TIM protein in Drosophila, and frq transcription in Neurospora. When incorporating the control exerted by light at the molecular level, we show that the models can account for the entrainment of circadian rhythms by light-dark cycles and for the damping of the oscillations in constant light, though such damping occurs more readily in the Drosophila model. The models account for the phase shifts induced by light pulses and allow the construction of phase response curves. These compare well with experimental results obtained in Drosophila. The model for Drosophila shows that when applied at the appropriate phase, light pulses of appropriate duration and magnitude can permanently or transiently suppress circadian rhythmicity. We investigate the effects of the magnitude of light-induced changes on oscillatory behavior. Finally, we discuss the common and distinctive features of circadian oscillations in the two organisms.
The original paper reference is cited below:
Limit Cycle Models for Circadian Rhythms Based on Transcriptional Regulation in Drosophila and Neurospora, Jean-Christophe Leloup, Didier Gonze, and Albert Goldbeter, 1999, Journal of Biological Rhythms, 14, 433-448. PubMed ID: 10643740
reaction diagram
Scheme for the model for circadian oscillations in Drosophila involving negative regulation of gene expression by the PER-TIM protein complex. And beneath this is the scheme for the model for circadian rhythms in Neurospora. This model is based on negative feedback exerted by the protein FRQ on the transcription of the frq gene.
MP
Per mRNA
P0
non-phopshorylated PER
P1
phopshorylated PER
P2
phopshorylated PER
MT
Tim mRNA
T0
non-phopshorylated TIM
T1
phopshorylated TIM
T2
phopshorylated TIM
C
cytosolic PER-TIM complex
CN
nuclear PER-TIM complex
circadian rhythms
signal transduction
drosophila
2003-09-24T00:00:00+00:00
Albert
Goldbeter
The University of Auckland
Auckland Bioengineering Institute
Limit Cycle Model for Circadian Rhythms in Drosophila and Neurospora (Drosophila model)
The University of Auckland, Auckland Bioengineering Institute
1999-12
10643740
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Jean-Christophe
Leloup
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Limit Cycle Models for Circadian Rhythms Based on Transcriptional Regulation in Drosophila and Neurospora
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448
2008-09-05T13:19:24+12:00
c.lloyd@auckland.ac.nz
Didier
Gonze
This is the CellML description of Leloup et al.'s 1999 mathematical model of circadian rhythms in Drosophila.
Corrected some initial conditions according to Dagmar Kohn's keen spotting!
Catherine
Lloyd
May
Added equation for Pt to allow replication of publication figure 1.
Added simulation metadata.
James
Lawson
Catherine Lloyd
2009-04-14T13:51:23+12:00
Catherine
Lloyd
May
Journal of Biological Rhythms
Leloup et al.'s 1999 mathematical model of circadian rhythms in
Drosophila.
Drosophila