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Bull Math Biol ; 85(9): 82, 2023 08 06.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-37544001

RESUMO

Fatty acids (FAs) are crucial energy metabolites, signalling molecules, and membrane building blocks for a wide range of organisms. Adipose triglyceride lipase (ATGL) is the first and presumingly most crucial regulator of FA release from triacylglycerols (TGs) stored within cytosolic lipid droplets. However, besides the function of releasing FAs by hydrolysing TGs into diacylglycerols (DGs), ATGL also promotes the transacylation reaction of two DG molecules into one TG and one monoacylglycerol molecule. To date, it is unknown whether DG transacylation is a coincidental byproduct of ATGL-mediated lipolysis or whether it is physiologically relevant. Experimental evidence is scarce since both, hydrolysis and transacylation, rely on the same active site of ATGL and always occur in parallel in an ensemble of molecules. This paper illustrates the potential roles of transacylation. It shows that, depending on the kinetic parameters but also on the state of the hydrolytic machinery, transacylation can increase or decrease downstream products up to 80% respectively 30%. We provide an extensive asymptotic analysis including quasi-steady-state approximations (QSSA) with higher order correction terms and provide numerical simulation. We also argue that when assessing the validity of QSSAs one should include parameter sensitivity derivatives. Our results suggest that the transacylation function of ATGL is of biological relevance by providing feedback options and altogether stability to the lipolytic machinery in adipocytes.


Assuntos
Lipase , Lipólise , Lipólise/fisiologia , Lipase/metabolismo , Conceitos Matemáticos , Modelos Biológicos , Adipócitos , Ácidos Graxos/metabolismo , Triglicerídeos/metabolismo
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J Elliptic Parabol Equ ; 6(2): 529-598, 2020.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-33195442

RESUMO

In this paper, we establish convergence to equilibrium for a drift-diffusion-recombination system modelling the charge transport within certain semiconductor devices. More precisely, we consider a two-level system for electrons and holes which is augmented by an intermediate energy level for electrons in so-called trapped states. The recombination dynamics use the mass action principle by taking into account this additional trap level. The main part of the paper is concerned with the derivation of an entropy-entropy production inequality, which entails exponential convergence to the equilibrium via the so-called entropy method. The novelty of our approach lies in the fact that the entropy method is applied uniformly in a fast-reaction parameter which governs the lifetime of electrons on the trap level. Thus, the resulting decay estimate for the densities of electrons and holes extends to the corresponding quasi-steady-state approximation.

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J Theor Biol ; 480: 241-261, 2019 11 07.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-31419441

RESUMO

In this article, in order to understand the appearance of oscillations observed in protein aggregation experiments, we propose, motivate and analyse mathematically the differential system describing the kinetics of the following reactions: [Formula: see text] with n finite or infinite. This system may be viewed as a variant of the seminal Becker-Döring system, and is capable of displaying sustained though damped oscillations.


Assuntos
Dinâmica não Linear , Príons/química , Simulação por Computador , Humanos , Cinética , Modelos Biológicos
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Appl Anal ; 95(12): 2661-2682, 2016.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-29696244

RESUMO

A nonlinear Poisson-Boltzmann equation with inhomogeneous Robin type boundary conditions at the interface between two materials is investigated. The model describes the electrostatic potential generated by a vector of ion concentrations in a periodic multiphase medium with dilute solid particles. The key issue stems from interfacial jumps, which necessitate discontinuous solutions to the problem. Based on variational techniques, we derive the homogenisation of the discontinuous problem and establish a rigorous residual error estimate up to the first-order correction.

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Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys ; 85(4 Pt 1): 041912, 2012 Apr.
Artigo em Inglês | MEDLINE | ID: mdl-22680503

RESUMO

Conservation equations governed by a nonlocal interaction potential generate aggregates from an initial uniform distribution of particles. We address the evolution and formation of these aggregating steady states when the interaction potential has both attractive and repulsive singularities. Currently, no existence theory for such potentials is available. We develop and compare two complementary solution methods, a continuous pseudoinverse method and a discrete stochastic lattice approach, and formally show a connection between the two. Interesting aggregation patterns involving multiple peaks for a simple doubly singular attractive-repulsive potential are determined. For a swarming Morse potential, characteristic slow-fast dynamics in the scaled inverse energy is observed in the evolution to steady state in both the continuous and discrete approaches. The discrete approach is found to be remarkably robust to modifications in movement rules, related to the potential function. The comparable evolution dynamics and steady states of the discrete model with the continuum model suggest that the discrete stochastic approach is a promising way of probing aggregation patterns arising from two- and three-dimensional nonlocal interaction conservation equations.


Assuntos
Coloides/química , Modelos Químicos , Modelos Moleculares , Modelos Estatísticos , Simulação por Computador
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