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ArticleScientific reports2017

Inhibitors Alter the Stochasticity of Regulatory Proteins to Force Cells to Switch to the Other State in the Bistable System.

Wun-Sin Jhang, Shih-Chiang Lo, Chen-Chao Yeh, Che-Chi Shu

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Wun-Sin JhangDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Shih-Chiang LoDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Chen-Chao YehDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan.
Che-Chi ShuDepartment of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, National Taipei University of Technology, Taipei, Taiwan. cshu@ntut.edu.tw.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The cellular behaviors under the control of genetic circuits are subject to stochastic fluctuations, or noise. The stochasticity in gene regulation, far from a nuisance, has been gradually appreciated for its unusual function in cellular activities. In this work, with Chemical Master Equation (CME), we discovered that the addition of inhibitors altered the stochasticity of regulatory proteins. For a bistable system of a mutually inhibitory network, such a change of noise led to the migration of cells in the bimodal distribution. We proposed that the consumption of regulatory protein caused by the addition of inhibitor is not the only reason for pushing cells to the specific state; the change of the intracellular stochasticity is also the main cause for the redistribution. For the level of the inhibitor capable of driving 99% of cells, if there is no consumption of regulatory protein, 88% of cells were guided to the specific state. It implied that cells were pushed, by the inhibitor, to the specific state due to the change of stochasticity.

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Gene Expression RegulationModels, BiologicalStochastic ProcessesEpistasis, GeneticGene Regulatory Networks

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PMID28667253
PMCPMC5493615

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