Physics – Biological Physics
Scientific paper
2011-12-28
Physics
Biological Physics
12 pages, 3 figures
Scientific paper
Inflammatory responses in eucaryotic cells are often associated with oscillations in the nuclear-cytoplasmic translocation of the transcription factor NF-kB. In most laboratory realizations, the oscillations are triggered by a cytokine stimulus, like the tumor necrosis factor alpha, applied as a step change to a steady level. Here we use a mathematical model to show that an oscillatory external stimulus can synchronize the NF-kB oscillations into states where the ratios of the internal to external frequency are close to rational numbers. We predict a specific response diagram of the TNF-driven NF-kB system which exhibits bands of synchronization known as "Arnold tongues". Our model also suggests that when the amplitude of the external stimulus exceeds a certain threshold there is the possibility of coexistence of multiple different synchronized states and eventually chaotic dynamics of the nuclear NF-kB concentration. This could be used as a way of externally controlling immune response, DNA repair and apoptotic pathways.
Jensen Mogens H.
Krishna Sandeep
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