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Langthaler, S; Rienmüller, T; Scheruebel, S; Pelzmann, B; Shrestha, N; Zorn-Pauly, K; Schreibmayer, W; Koff, A; Baumgartner, C.
A549 in-silico 1.0: A first computational model to simulate cell cycle dependent ion current modulation in the human lung adenocarcinoma.
PLoS Comput Biol. 2021; 17(6): e1009091 Doi: 10.1371/journal.pcbi.1009091 [OPEN ACCESS]
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Co-Autor*innen der Med Uni Graz
Pelzmann Brigitte
Scherübel-Posch Susanne
Schreibmayer Wolfgang
Shrestha Niroj
Zorn-Pauly Klaus
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Abstract:
Lung cancer is still a leading cause of death worldwide. In recent years, knowledge has been obtained of the mechanisms modulating ion channel kinetics and thus of cell bioelectric properties, which is promising for oncological biomarkers and targets. The complex interplay of channel expression and its consequences on malignant processes, however, is still insufficiently understood. We here introduce the first approach of an in-silico whole-cell ion current model of a cancer cell, in particular of the A549 human lung adenocarcinoma, including the main functionally expressed ion channels in the plasma membrane as so far known. This hidden Markov-based model represents the electrophysiology behind proliferation of the A549 cell, describing its rhythmic oscillation of the membrane potential able to trigger the transition between cell cycle phases, and it predicts membrane potential changes over the cell cycle provoked by targeted ion channel modulation. This first A549 in-silico cell model opens up a deeper insight and understanding of possible ion channel interactions in tumor development and progression, and is a valuable tool for simulating altered ion channel function in lung cancer electrophysiology.

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