Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma.
The majority of melanomas have been shown to harbor somatic mutations in the RAS-RAF-MEK-MAPK and PI3K-AKT pathways, which play a major role in regulation of proliferation and survival. The prevalence of these mutations makes these kinase signal transduction pathways an attractive target for cancer...
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| author | Marti Bernardo-Faura Stefan Massen Christine S Falk Nathan R Brady Roland Eils |
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| description | The majority of melanomas have been shown to harbor somatic mutations in the RAS-RAF-MEK-MAPK and PI3K-AKT pathways, which play a major role in regulation of proliferation and survival. The prevalence of these mutations makes these kinase signal transduction pathways an attractive target for cancer therapy. However, tumors have generally shown adaptive resistance to treatment. This adaptation is achieved in melanoma through its ability to undergo neovascularization, migration and rearrangement of signaling pathways. To understand the dynamic, nonlinear behavior of signaling pathways in cancer, several computational modeling approaches have been suggested. Most of those models require that the pathway topology remains constant over the entire observation period. However, changes in topology might underlie adaptive behavior to drug treatment. To study signaling rearrangements, here we present a new approach based on Fuzzy Logic (FL) that predicts changes in network architecture over time. This adaptive modeling approach was used to investigate pathway dynamics in a newly acquired experimental dataset describing total and phosphorylated protein signaling over four days in A375 melanoma cell line exposed to different kinase inhibitors. First, a generalized strategy was established to implement a parameter-reduced FL model encoding non-linear activity of a signaling network in response to perturbation. Next, a literature-based topology was generated and parameters of the FL model were derived from the full experimental dataset. Subsequently, the temporal evolution of model performance was evaluated by leaving time-defined data points out of training. Emerging discrepancies between model predictions and experimental data at specific time points allowed the characterization of potential network rearrangement. We demonstrate that this adaptive FL modeling approach helps to enhance our mechanistic understanding of the molecular plasticity of melanoma. |
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| spelling | doaj.art-b021f5b9ed6141ce97f922a82d9d11112022-12-21T19:16:58ZengPublic Library of Science (PLoS)PLoS Computational Biology1553-734X1553-73582014-09-01109e100379510.1371/journal.pcbi.1003795Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma.Marti Bernardo-FauraStefan MassenChristine S FalkNathan R BradyRoland EilsThe majority of melanomas have been shown to harbor somatic mutations in the RAS-RAF-MEK-MAPK and PI3K-AKT pathways, which play a major role in regulation of proliferation and survival. The prevalence of these mutations makes these kinase signal transduction pathways an attractive target for cancer therapy. However, tumors have generally shown adaptive resistance to treatment. This adaptation is achieved in melanoma through its ability to undergo neovascularization, migration and rearrangement of signaling pathways. To understand the dynamic, nonlinear behavior of signaling pathways in cancer, several computational modeling approaches have been suggested. Most of those models require that the pathway topology remains constant over the entire observation period. However, changes in topology might underlie adaptive behavior to drug treatment. To study signaling rearrangements, here we present a new approach based on Fuzzy Logic (FL) that predicts changes in network architecture over time. This adaptive modeling approach was used to investigate pathway dynamics in a newly acquired experimental dataset describing total and phosphorylated protein signaling over four days in A375 melanoma cell line exposed to different kinase inhibitors. First, a generalized strategy was established to implement a parameter-reduced FL model encoding non-linear activity of a signaling network in response to perturbation. Next, a literature-based topology was generated and parameters of the FL model were derived from the full experimental dataset. Subsequently, the temporal evolution of model performance was evaluated by leaving time-defined data points out of training. Emerging discrepancies between model predictions and experimental data at specific time points allowed the characterization of potential network rearrangement. We demonstrate that this adaptive FL modeling approach helps to enhance our mechanistic understanding of the molecular plasticity of melanoma.http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4154640?pdf=render |
| spellingShingle | Marti Bernardo-Faura Stefan Massen Christine S Falk Nathan R Brady Roland Eils Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma. PLoS Computational Biology |
| title | Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma. |
| title_full | Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma. |
| title_fullStr | Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma. |
| title_full_unstemmed | Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma. |
| title_short | Data-derived modeling characterizes plasticity of MAPK signaling in melanoma. |
| title_sort | data derived modeling characterizes plasticity of mapk signaling in melanoma |
| url | http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC4154640?pdf=render |
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