An integrated mathematical model of cellular cholesterol biosynthesis and lipoprotein metabolism

Pool, F., Sweby, P. K. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0009-0003-8488-0251 and Tindall, M. J. (2018) An integrated mathematical model of cellular cholesterol biosynthesis and lipoprotein metabolism. Processes, 6 (8). 134. ISSN 2227-9717 doi: 10.3390/pr6080134

Abstract/Summary

Cholesterol regulation is an important aspect of human health. In this work we bring together and extend two recent mathematical models describing cholesterol biosynthesis and lipoprotein endocytosis to create an integrated model of lipoprotein metabolism in the context of a single hepatocyte. The integrated model includes a description of low density lipoprotein (LDL) receptor and cholesterol synthesis, delipidation of very low density lipoproteins (VLDLs) to LDLs and subsequent lipoprotein endocytosis. Model analysis shows that cholesterol biosynthesis produces the majority of intracellular cholesterol. The availability of free receptors does not greatly effect the concentration of intracellular cholesterol, but has a detrimental effect on extracellular VLDL and LDL levels. We test our model by considering its ability to reproduce the known biology of Familial Hypercholesterolaemia and statin therapy. In each case the model reproduces the known biological behaviour. Quantitative differences in response to statin therapy are discussed in the context of the need to extend the work to a more {\it in vivo} setting via the incorporation of more dietary lipoprotein related processes and the need for further testing and parameterisation of {\it in silico} models of lipoprotein metabolism.

Item Type	Article
URI	https://reading-clone.eprints-hosting.org/id/eprint/78571
Identification Number/DOI	10.3390/pr6080134
Refereed	Yes
Divisions	Interdisciplinary centres and themes > Institute for Cardiovascular and Metabolic Research (ICMR) Science > School of Mathematical, Physical and Computational Sciences > Department of Mathematics and Statistics
Publisher	MDPI
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