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<div lang="latex">$$\mathbf{z} = \begin{bmatrix} z_0 \\ z_1 \\ z_2 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}\textrm{Cell maturity} \\ \textrm{count of plasmid 1} \\ \textrm{count of plasmid 2} \end{bmatrix}$$ \\</div> | <div lang="latex">$$\mathbf{z} = \begin{bmatrix} z_0 \\ z_1 \\ z_2 \end{bmatrix} = \begin{bmatrix}\textrm{Cell maturity} \\ \textrm{count of plasmid 1} \\ \textrm{count of plasmid 2} \end{bmatrix}$$ \\</div> | ||
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+ | In 1967 Fredrickson \textit{et al.} \cite{Fredrickson1967} studied mathematically development of a | ||
+ | bacterial population, under the assumptions of a large population of independant bacteria in a well | ||
+ | mixed solution of constant volume. | ||
+ | The large population ensures that for the population the expectation value is a good estimate of the | ||
+ | average. | ||
+ | The bacteria being independant ensures that the behaviour of each individual depends only on its internal | ||
+ | state $\mathbf{z}$ and the conditions $\mathbf{c}$ which are the same for all individuals. | ||
+ | The volume is well mixed so the conditions $\mathbf{c}$ which are the same everywhere. | ||
+ | The volume is constant so that the population caracteristics can be evaulated by integration over the volume. | ||
+ | In their development $\mathbf{z}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ are considered to be arbitrary vector quantities. | ||
+ | |||
+ | From this starting point they develop a pair of \textit{master equations of change} to describe the evolution | ||
+ | of the population: | ||
+ | \begin{multline} | ||
+ | \frac{\partial}{\partial t} W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z},t) | ||
+ | + \nabla_{\mathbf{Z}} \cdotp [(\mathbf{\beta} \cdotp \bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c}) W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z},t)] \\ | ||
+ | = 2 \int \sigma (\mathbf{z',c}) p(\mathbf{z,z',c}) W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z'},t)\mathrm{d}v' | ||
+ | - (D+\sigma (\mathbf{z,c})) W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z},t) | ||
+ | \end{multline} | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | \frac{d\mathbf{c}}{dt} | ||
+ | = D(\mathbf{c_f} - \mathbf{c} ) + \mathbf{\gamma} | ||
+ | \cdotp \int \bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c}) W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z},t)\mathrm{d}v | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | In these equations the various symbols are as follows:\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | \begin{tabular}{p{0.10\linewidth}p{0.75\linewidth}} | ||
+ | |||
+ | $\mathbf{z} $& Vector for internal state of a bacteria.\\ | ||
+ | $\mathbf{c} $& Time dependant vector for conditions.\\ | ||
+ | $W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z},t) $& Distribution of bacteria in $\mathbf{z}$ space at time $t$.\\ | ||
+ | $\bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c}) $& The expected value or the reaction rate vector function of $\mathbf{z}$ and $\mathbf{c}$.\\ | ||
+ | $\sigma (\mathbf{z',c}) $& Rate of fision for bacteria as a scalar function of $ \mathbf{z,c} $.\\ | ||
+ | $p(\mathbf{z,z',c}) $& Partitioning probability of generating a child in state $\mathbf{z}$ from a parent | ||
+ | in state $\mathbf{z'}$ given the conditions $\mathbf{c}$.\\ | ||
+ | $\nabla_{\mathbf{Z}}\cdot \mathbf{V} $& $\sum \frac{\partial}{\partial z_i}\mathbf{V}_i $\\ | ||
+ | $\textrm{d}v' $& Integral over state space $v'$ .\\ | ||
+ | $D $& Dilution rate of the culture (for fermenters). \\ | ||
+ | $\beta $& Stochiometric matrix for cellular substances.\\ | ||
+ | $\gamma $& Stochiometric matrix for extra-cellular substances.\\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | \end{tabular}\\ | ||
+ | \\With these relations:\\ | ||
+ | \begin{tabular}{p{0.09\linewidth}p{0.16\linewidth}p{0.63\linewidth}} | ||
+ | $\bar{\dot{\mathbf{V}}}(\mathbf{z,c})$ &$= \mathbf{\beta} \cdotp \bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c}) $&The expected internal state change rate vector.\\ | ||
+ | &$ -\mathbf{\gamma} \cdotp \bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c}) $&The expected consumation of substances in the environment by a cell in state $\mathbf{z}$ .\\ | ||
+ | \end{tabular} | ||
+ | \\Thus for a particular problem in hand it is necessary to chose $\mathbf{z}$ and $\mathbf{c}$ that represent the state of cells and the media. | ||
+ | Then the matrices and functions $\beta$, $\gamma$, $\bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c})$, $\sigma (\mathbf{z',c})$ and $p(\mathbf{z,z',c}) $ need to be defined for the problem considered. | ||
+ | Finally the inital conditions $W_{\mathbf{Z}}(\mathbf{z},t)$ and $\mathbf{c}_0 $ and growth conditions $D$ and $\mathbf{c}_f $ need to be fixed. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For the problem in hand, plasmid maintenance during growth with 2 different plasmids, and attempting to find a simple solution | ||
+ | to the problem we propose a 3 variable internal state vector:\\ | ||
+ | $$ | ||
+ | \mathbf{z} = \begin{bmatrix} z_0 \\ z_1 \\ z_2 \end{bmatrix} = | ||
+ | \begin{bmatrix}\textrm{Cell maturity} \\ \textrm{count of plasmid 1} \\ \textrm{count of plasmid 2} \end{bmatrix} | ||
+ | $$ \\ | ||
+ | |||
+ | In this internal state vector: | ||
+ | $z_0$ is a mesure of the growth of the bacteria, encompassing such things as size, number of chromosomes and mass; | ||
+ | $z_1$ and $z_2$ represent the number of copies of each plasmid. | ||
+ | For the external conditions we propose simply the substrate concentration $S$. | ||
+ | The maturity parameter has a minimum value of 1 and must increase to 2 before division can occur. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For the rates of change of the internal state vector then we propose for the bacterial maturity to extend the development presented in Shene | ||
+ | \textit{et al.} \cite{Shene2003} to include 2 plasmids and incorporate the cell maturity as a state variable. This gives: | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | \dot{z}_0 (\mathbf{z},S) = \mu = \mu _{max} \frac{S}{K_S+S} \frac{K_{z_1}}{K_{z_1}+z_1^{m_1}} \frac{K_{z_2}}{K_{z_2}+z_2^{m_2}} | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | Here $ \mu _{max}$ is the maximum growth rate $hr^{-1}$: | ||
+ | $\mu (\mathbf{z,S})$ the growth rate ; | ||
+ | $K_S$ is the Monod constant in $g/l$ for the substrate; | ||
+ | $K_{z_1}$ is the inhibition constant for plamid number 1 in (plasmids per cell)$^{m_1}$, | ||
+ | and $m_1$ the Hill coefficient for the cooperativity of inhibition. | ||
+ | $K_{z_2}$ and $m_2$ represent the same parameters for plasmid 2. | ||
+ | |||
+ | For plasmid replication rate we propose, again following Shene \textit{et al.} \cite{Shene2003}, the empirical relationship : | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | \dot{z}_1 (\mathbf{z},S) = | ||
+ | \begin{cases} | ||
+ | k_1 \frac{\mu (\mathbf{z},S)}{K_1 + \mu (\mathbf{z},S)} ( z_{1_{max}} - z_1 ) & \text{if } z_1 \geq 1.0 \\ | ||
+ | 0 & \text{if } 0.0 \leq z_1 < 1.0 \\ | ||
+ | \end{cases} | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | This relation, and equivalent one for plasmid number 2 $\dot{z}_2 (\mathbf{z,S})$ is designed to satisfy the boundary conditions | ||
+ | of no reproduction if there is less than 1 plasmid in the cell, and a maximum copy number of $z_{1_{max}}$. This introduces the | ||
+ | parameters $k_1$ and $K_1$ which are respectively the plasmid replication rate (in $hr^{-1}$) and the inhibition constant (also in $hr^{-1}$). | ||
+ | The inhibition constant reduces plasmid replication rate at slower growth rates. | ||
+ | |||
+ | Notice that here we have directly defined $\bar{\dot{\mathbf{V}}}(\mathbf{z,c})$ rather than $\beta $ and $\bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c})$. | ||
+ | For the growth yield we propose : | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | \gamma \cdotp \bar{\mathbf{R}}(\mathbf{z,c}) = \alpha \mu(\mathbf{z},S) | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | Where alpha is the growth yield in $g/l/cell$. The remaining functions and parameters in equations 1 and 2 are the | ||
+ | division rate $\sigma (\mathbf{z,c})$ and the partitioning function $p(\mathbf{z,z',c}) $. There is less consensus in the | ||
+ | litterature for an at least empirically appropriate form for these equations. To remain simple we propose: | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | \sigma (\mathbf{z,c}) = \sigma \times H[2.0] = | ||
+ | \begin{cases} | ||
+ | 0 & \text{if } z_0 < 2.0 \\ | ||
+ | \sigma & \text{if } z_0 \geq 2.0 | ||
+ | \end{cases} | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | Here we assume that there is a fixed rate of division $\sigma $ once cells are big enough to divide ($H[]$ is the Heaviside function). | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | p(\mathbf{z,z',c}) = p(z_0,z'_0) \times p(z_1,z'_1) \times p(z_2,z'_2) | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | p(z_0,z'_0) = \delta_{z_0,\frac{z'_0}{2}} = \begin{cases} | ||
+ | 1 & \text{if } z_0 = z'_0/2.0 \\ | ||
+ | 0 & \text{if } z_0 \ne z'_0/2.0. | ||
+ | \end{cases} | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | \begin{equation} | ||
+ | p(z_1,z'_1) = 0.5^{z'_1} \begin{pmatrix} z_1 \\ z'_1 \\ \end{pmatrix} = 0.5^{z'_1} \frac{z'_1 !}{(z'_1-z_1)! z_1 !} | ||
+ | \end{equation} | ||
+ | In these equations we assume that the partitioning of the three internal state variables are independant. | ||
+ | That cells divide exactly in half, that is the maturity parameter is exactly halved when the cells divide | ||
+ | ($\delta$ is a Kronecker delta function). | ||
+ | That the two plasmids segregate independantly and as individual plasmids according to a binomial distribution. | ||
+ | These assumptions are probably the most suspect in the model. | ||
+ | |||
+ | This initial version of the model has no contention, that is $z_1$ and $z_2$ do not influence the growth rate $\mu $. | ||
+ | In order to develop the model for the system envisaged this needs to be introduced. | ||
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