Computational Modeling of Hepatic Lipid and Lipoprotein Metabolism
NCSB / NBIC Modelers-Bioinformatics Meeting
26-02-2010
Overall aim:
Development of mathematical models describing lipid and carbohydrate metabolism at whole body and organ specific level in mice
Leiden University Medical Center BioModeling & bioInformatics Biomedical NMR
triglyceridecholesterol ester
VLDL
IDLLDL
FFA
HDL
chylomicronremnants
Véniant et al.
TGTG
Liang et al.Zhang et al.Boogaerts et al.
TG
TGGrefhorst et al.Davis et al.Dixon et al.
TG
Millar et al.Wong et al.Horton et al.
FA metabolism
Lipogenesis
Lipolysis
Ketogenesis
apoB metabolism
Remnant catabolism
NEFA
Part I Part II
GPAT / AGPAT
G3P
LPA
PA
DAG
FAGlycerol
DGAT1
TG
PPAP2
FA
FA FA
GPAT / AGPAT
MG
TGHHSL:FABP4
HSL:FABP4
FA
MGL
FA
GK
HSL:FABP4
C
CE
FAFA
ACAT
TG CE
Apo B
Apo B
FFA
FAFATG / CE / Glycerol
MTP
DGAT2
FAFAS
MGK
G3P
DGK
MGAT
Liver
Peripheral
Lipoprotein Type Matrix
GPAT / AGPAT
G3P
LPA
PA
DAG
FAGlycerol
DGAT1
TG
PPAP2
FA
FA FA
GPAT / AGPAT
MG
TGHHSL:FABP4
HSL:FABP4
FA
MGL
FA
GK
HSL:FABP4
C
CE
FAFA
ACAT
TG CE
Apo B
Apo B
FFA
FAFATG / CE / Glycerol
MTP
DGAT2
FAFAS
MGK
G3P
DGK
MGAT
Liver
Peripheral
Lipoprotein Type Matrix
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m DAG MG m MG GLC m MG LPA m MG DAG
V MG FA V MG V MG V MGd MGdt K MG FA K MG K MG K MG
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C C CE CE CC
m C m C CE m CE C
V C V C FA V CEd C Vdt K C K C FA K CE
GPAT / AGPAT
G3P
LPA
PA
DAG
FAGlycerol
DGAT1
TG
PPAP2
FA
FA FA
GPAT / AGPAT
MG
TGHHSL:FABP4
HSL:FABP4
FA
MGL
FA
GK
HSL:FABP4
C
CE
FAFA
ACAT
TG CE
Apo B
Apo B
FFA
FAFATG / CE / Glycerol
MTP
DGAT2
FAFAS
MGK
G3P
DGK
MGAT
Liver
Peripheral
Lipoprotein Type Matrix
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V MG FA V MG V MG V MGd MGdt K MG FA K MG K MG K MG
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C C CE CE CC
m C m C CE m CE C
V C V C FA V CEd C Vdt K C K C FA K CE
LiteratureQuantitative data generation
Bijland et al.
Exhaustingly searching for kinetic parameters and specieconcentrations
parameter estimation
• Text mining techniques to infer quantitative information (PHASAR / BioMeta)
• Inferring pathway topologies in a more structured way
GPAT / AGPAT
G3P
LPA
PA
DAG
FAGlycerol
DGAT1
TG
PPAP2
FA
FA FA
GPAT / AGPAT
MG
TGHHSL:FABP4
HSL:FABP4
FA
MGL
FA
GK
HSL:FABP4
C
CE
FAFA
ACAT
TG CE
Apo B
Apo B
FFA
FAFATG / CE / Glycerol
MTP
DGAT2
FAFAS
MGK
G3P
DGK
MGAT
Liver
Peripheral
Lipoprotein Type Matrix
cholesterol
trigl
ycer
ide
0 1000 2000
0
5000
1
0000
Cholesterol: 1000Triglyceride: 5000
particle uptakehydrolysis
Different lipoprotein types− Based on triglyceride and cholesterol content− Color represents concentration of lipoprotein type
content transfer
VLDL production
cholesterol
trigl
ycer
ide
• VLDL production• Particle uptake• Hydrolysis• CETP
910
• Apo B
• TG• CE
cholesterol
trigl
ycer
ide
• VLDL production• Particle uptake• Hydrolysis• CETP
109
cholesterol
trigl
ycer
ide 109
1
• VLDL production• Particle uptake• Hydrolysis• CETP
cholesterol
trigl
ycer
ide
10 10
1
9 9
1
• VLDL production• Particle uptake• Hydrolysis• CETP
CETP
Acknowledgements
Peter Hilbers Natal van Riel Jeroen Jeneson Joep VanlierJoep SchmitzÇeylan Cölmekçi
Ko Willems van DijkJan Bert van Klinken Sjoerd van den Berg Silvia Bijland