Evaluation of multidrug cancer chronotherapy based on cell cycle model under influences of circadian clock

Hiroshi Inokawa, Norihiro Katayama, Mitsuyuki Nakao

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Abstract

The intracellular circadian clock mechanisms are known to affect various substantial cellular machinery such as cell cycle progression, inflammatory response, apoptosis, and DNA repair. Cancer growth in various tissues is still under circadian control, which may be at least partly underlain by the survived connections between the intracellular machinery and the clock. Considering such findings, chronotherapy has been applied to cancer treatments, in which anti-cancer drugs are administered in scheduled circadian times so as to resolve the trade-off between damages against the normal and cancer cells. However, any effective administration strategy has not yet been established especially in a quantitative sense. In this study, we develop an automaton model of cell division cycle interacting with circadian clock and suffering from a probability of cell death. A cancer cell is modeled by shortening/ lengthening the cell division interval and a transition to motility state under starving condition. Population proliferating dynamics in 3D space are simulated under the diffusion of nutrient factor and the anti-cancer drugs from a vessel. The simulation results show that the drug administration schedule could differentiate the damages against proliferation of normal and cancer cells. This implies the existence of optimal timing for the drug administration, which could provide an efficient strategy of chronotherapeutic treatment of cancer.

Original languageEnglish
Title of host publication2016 38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
PublisherInstitute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers Inc.
Pages1439-1442
Number of pages4
ISBN (Electronic)9781457702204
DOIs
Publication statusPublished - 2016 Oct 13
Event38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016 - Orlando, United States
Duration: 2016 Aug 162016 Aug 20

Publication series

NameProceedings of the Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBS
Volume2016-October
ISSN (Print)1557-170X

Conference

Conference38th Annual International Conference of the IEEE Engineering in Medicine and Biology Society, EMBC 2016
Country/TerritoryUnited States
CityOrlando
Period16/8/1616/8/20

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