Ever, the oscillation frequency becomes lower, and at lower diffusion coefficient

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Ever, the oscillation frequency becomes lower, and at lower diffusion coefficient, it becomes higher. (C) At diffusion coefficient lower than 10212 m2/s, the amplitude of the first peak increases as the diffusion coefficient increases. But it stays unchanged at higher diffusion coefficients. (D) The time to the first peak stays unchanged until the diffusion coefficient is increased to 10211 m2/s, and at higher diffusion coefficient, it increases drastically. (E) tp and td increase by the increases in the diffusion coefficient. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046911.gIn our 3D model, simulations were performed for a spherical 3D cell with diameter of 50 mm, which was divided into small cubic compartment with identical size enabling reaction-diffusion simulations and evaluation of spatio-temporal pattern of active NF-kB (Figure 1B). There are 62,417 total compartments. Among them the central 8.3 compartments were selected as the nucleus [52], and the most peripheral compartments assigned to the nucleus were selected as the nuclear membrane, which is shown in red in Figure 1B. For cytoplasmic and nuclear membrane compartments, reactions shown in the group of “Cytoplasm” in the temporal A-Cell model were embedded. For nuclear membrane compartments, reactions shown in the Autophagy groups of “Membrane_in”, “Membrane_out”, and “Protein_synthesis” were embedded. For the nuclear and nuclear membrane compartments, reactions shown in the groups of “Nucleus”, “Transcription”, and “IkBa_transcroption” were embedded. Epigenetic Reader Domain Additional care was required before simulating the 3D model because there was transportation of proteins and mRNAs by diffusion. This indicates that equilibrium might not be reachedwhen a parameter is changed. Therefore, spatio-temporal equilibrium should be confirmed before starting simulations which is not required for the simulation of the temporal model. Parameters used in our simulation were modified from 15755315 Hoffmann’s model and are listed in Table S1. The default rate constants for the 3D model should be changed in the 3D model (see Results in main text) and a set of parameters for 3D simulation is listed in Table S2.SimulationsSimulation programs written in the c language were automatically generated by A-Cell. Simulations were run on a Linux computer. There are three modes in an automatically generated A-Cell simulation program: the simulation program for a single core, parallelization by openMP for a multi-core CPU, and parallelization by MPI for a supercomputer. For 3D model simulations, the MPI-parallelized simulation program was used to reduce the computational time.3D Spatial Effect on Nuclear NF-kB OscillationFigure 6. The oscillation pattern is changed by the change in the location of the IkBs synthesis. (A) The IkBs synthesis proceeds in the same compartment as the nuclear membrane in the control condition (bottom panel). If its location is moved to the plasma membrane keeping other parameters unchanged, the oscillation pattern is changed (middle and top panels). The loci of IkBs synthesis are shown in red compartments. (B) The changes in the oscillation frequency, amplitude of the first peak, and the time to the first peak are quantitatively shown in the top, middle, and bottom panels, respectively. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046911.gAnalysisThe power spectra for 0?.4 mHz frequency range were calculated by fast Fourier transformation in Origin 8.5.1 (LightStone). The frequency at the highest peak of a power spectrum was take.Ever, the oscillation frequency becomes lower, and at lower diffusion coefficient, it becomes higher. (C) At diffusion coefficient lower than 10212 m2/s, the amplitude of the first peak increases as the diffusion coefficient increases. But it stays unchanged at higher diffusion coefficients. (D) The time to the first peak stays unchanged until the diffusion coefficient is increased to 10211 m2/s, and at higher diffusion coefficient, it increases drastically. (E) tp and td increase by the increases in the diffusion coefficient. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046911.gIn our 3D model, simulations were performed for a spherical 3D cell with diameter of 50 mm, which was divided into small cubic compartment with identical size enabling reaction-diffusion simulations and evaluation of spatio-temporal pattern of active NF-kB (Figure 1B). There are 62,417 total compartments. Among them the central 8.3 compartments were selected as the nucleus [52], and the most peripheral compartments assigned to the nucleus were selected as the nuclear membrane, which is shown in red in Figure 1B. For cytoplasmic and nuclear membrane compartments, reactions shown in the group of “Cytoplasm” in the temporal A-Cell model were embedded. For nuclear membrane compartments, reactions shown in the groups of “Membrane_in”, “Membrane_out”, and “Protein_synthesis” were embedded. For the nuclear and nuclear membrane compartments, reactions shown in the groups of “Nucleus”, “Transcription”, and “IkBa_transcroption” were embedded. Additional care was required before simulating the 3D model because there was transportation of proteins and mRNAs by diffusion. This indicates that equilibrium might not be reachedwhen a parameter is changed. Therefore, spatio-temporal equilibrium should be confirmed before starting simulations which is not required for the simulation of the temporal model. Parameters used in our simulation were modified from 15755315 Hoffmann’s model and are listed in Table S1. The default rate constants for the 3D model should be changed in the 3D model (see Results in main text) and a set of parameters for 3D simulation is listed in Table S2.SimulationsSimulation programs written in the c language were automatically generated by A-Cell. Simulations were run on a Linux computer. There are three modes in an automatically generated A-Cell simulation program: the simulation program for a single core, parallelization by openMP for a multi-core CPU, and parallelization by MPI for a supercomputer. For 3D model simulations, the MPI-parallelized simulation program was used to reduce the computational time.3D Spatial Effect on Nuclear NF-kB OscillationFigure 6. The oscillation pattern is changed by the change in the location of the IkBs synthesis. (A) The IkBs synthesis proceeds in the same compartment as the nuclear membrane in the control condition (bottom panel). If its location is moved to the plasma membrane keeping other parameters unchanged, the oscillation pattern is changed (middle and top panels). The loci of IkBs synthesis are shown in red compartments. (B) The changes in the oscillation frequency, amplitude of the first peak, and the time to the first peak are quantitatively shown in the top, middle, and bottom panels, respectively. doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0046911.gAnalysisThe power spectra for 0?.4 mHz frequency range were calculated by fast Fourier transformation in Origin 8.5.1 (LightStone). The frequency at the highest peak of a power spectrum was take.