Identifying robust hysteresis in networks

Tomáš Gedeon, Bree Cummins, Shaun Harker and Konstantin Mischaikow

PLOS Computational Biology, 2018, vol. 14, issue 4, 1-23

Abstract: We present a new modeling and computational tool that computes rigorous summaries of network dynamics over large sets of parameter values. These summaries, organized in a database, can be searched for observed dynamics, e.g., bistability and hysteresis, to discover parameter regimes over which they are supported. We illustrate our approach on several networks underlying the restriction point of the cell cycle in humans and yeast. We rank networks by how robustly they support hysteresis, which is the observed phenotype. We find that the best 6-node human network and the yeast network share similar topology and robustness of hysteresis, in spite of having no homology between the corresponding nodes of the network. Our approach provides a new tool linking network structure and dynamics.Author summary: To summarize our understanding of how genes, their products and other cellular actors interact with each other, we often employ networks to describe their interactions. However, networks do not fully specify how the underlying biological system behaves in different conditions, nor how such response evolves in time. We present a new modeling and computational approach that allows us to compute and collect summaries of network dynamics for large sets of parameter values. We can then search these summaries for all observed behavior. We illustrate our approach on networks that govern entry to the cell cycle in humans and yeast. We rank networks based on how robustly they exhibit the experimentally observed behavior of hysteresis. We find similarities in network structure of the best ranked networks in yeast and humans, which are not explained by a common ancestry. Our approach provides a tool linking network structure and the behavior of the underlying system.

Date: 2018
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