On Coupling Models Using Model-Checking: Effects of Irinotecan Injections on the Mammalian Cell Cycle

  • Authors:
  • Elisabetta Maria;François Fages;Sylvain Soliman

  • Affiliations:
  • Project-team Contraintes, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, France;Project-team Contraintes, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, France;Project-team Contraintes, INRIA Paris-Rocquencourt, France

  • Venue:
  • CMSB '09 Proceedings of the 7th International Conference on Computational Methods in Systems Biology
  • Year:
  • 2009

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Abstract

In systems biology, the number of models of cellular processes increases rapidly, but re-using models in different contexts or for different questions remains a challenging issue. In this paper, we show how the validation of a coupled model and the optimization of its parameters with respect to biological properties formalized in temporal logics, can be done automatically by model-checking. More specifically, we illustrate this approach with the coupling of existing models of the mammalian cell cycle, the p53-based DNA-damage repair network, and irinotecan metabolism, with respect to the biological properties of this anticancer drug.