Journal
CHAOS
Volume 31, Issue 12, Pages -Publisher
AIP Publishing
DOI: 10.1063/5.0065400
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- Shanxi Province Science Foundation for Youths [201901D211159]
- National Natural Science Foundation of China (NNSFC) [11504214]
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The study developed a three-variable model to investigate the hypothesis that PTP opening acts as a tristable switch and demonstrated its stability and tristability over a wide range of parameters, as well as the robustness of tristability. The deterministic tristable property was also explained within a stochastic framework, providing valuable insights into the regulatory mechanism of PTP opening.
Mitochondrial permeability transition pore (PTP), a key regulator of cell life and death processes, is triggered by calcium ions (Ca2+) and potentiated by reactive oxygen species (ROS). Although the two modes of PTP opening, i.e., transient and persistent, have been identified for a long time, its dynamical mechanism is still not fully understood. To test a proposed hypothesis that PTP opening acts as a tristable switch, which is characterized by low, medium, and high open probability, we develop a three-variable model that focused on PTP opening caused by Ca2+ and ROS. For the system reduced to two differential equations for Ca2+ and ROS, both the stability analysis and the potential landscape feature that it exhibits tristability under standard parameters. For the full system, the bifurcation analysis suggests that it can achieve tristability over a wide range of input parameters. Furthermore, parameter sensitivity analysis demonstrates that the existence of tristability is a robust property. In addition, we show how the deterministic tristable property can be understood within a stochastic framework, which also explains the PTP dynamics at the level of a single channel. Overall, this study may yield valuable insights into the intricate regulatory mechanism of PTP opening.
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