2005 Fiscal Year Final Research Report Summary
Construction and Bifurcation Analysis in a Mathematical Model for Circadian Oscillations of Clock Genes
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16500132
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| Research Category |
Grant-in-Aid for Scientific Research (C)
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| Allocation Type | Single-year Grants |
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| Section | 一般 |
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| Research Field |
Sensitivity informatics/Soft computing
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| Research Institution | The University of Tokushima |
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Principal Investigator |
YOSHINAGA Tetsuya The University of Tokushima, Faculty of Medicine, Professor, 医学部, 教授 (40220694)
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| Project Period (FY) |
2004 – 2005
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| Keywords | Circadian Rhythm / Clock Gene / Mathematical Model / Nonlinear Theory / Bifurcation Theory / Neuron Model |
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| Research Abstract |
Circadian oscillations with a period of about 24 h are observed in nearly all living organisms as conspicuous biological rhythms. In this research, we investigate various kinds of bifurcation phenomena produced in a circadian oscillator model of Drosophila. In Drosophila, it is known that circadian oscillations in the levels of two proteins, PER and TIM, result from the negative feedback exerted by a PER-TIM complex on the expression of the per and tim genes that code for the two proteins. For studying circadian oscillations of proteins in Drosophila, a mathematical model has been proposed. The model cannot only account for regular circadian oscillations in environmental conditions such as constant darkness, but also give rise to more complex oscillatory phenomena including chaos and birhythmicity. By calculating bifurcations using Kawakami's method, we obtain detailed bifurcation diagrams related to stable and unstable invariant sets, and identify parameter regions in which the model generates complex oscillations as well as regular circadian oscillations. Moreover, we study bifurcations observed in the model incorporating the effect on a light-dark (LD) cycle and show that the waveform of the periodic variation in the light-induced parameter has a marked influence on the global bifurcation structure or the type of dynamic behavior resulting from the forcing term of the circadian oscillator by the LD cycles.
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