Simultaneous Parameters Identifiability and Estimation of an E. coli Metabolic Network Model. (6th January 2015)

• Record Type: Journal Article
• Authors: Pontes Freitas Alberton, Kese; Alberton, André Luís; Di Maggio, Jimena Andrea; Estrada, Vanina Gisela; Díaz, María Soledad; Secchi, Argimiro Resende
• Other Names: Ferreira Eugénio Academic Editor.
• Is Part Of: BioMed research international. Volume 2015(2015)
• Publication Date: 2015-01-06
• Subjects: Medicine -- Periodicals; Biology -- Periodicals; Biotechnology -- Periodicals; Life sciences -- Periodicals; 610.5
• DOI: 10.1155/2015/454765
• Languages: English
• ISSNs: 2314-6133

Abstract

Abstract : This work proposes a procedure for simultaneous parameters identifiability and estimation in metabolic networks in order to overcome difficulties associated with lack of experimental data and large number of parameters, a common scenario in the modeling of such systems. As case study, the complex real problem of parameters identifiability of the Escherichia coli K-12 W3110 dynamic model was investigated, composed by 18 differential ordinary equations and 35 kinetic rates, containing 125 parameters. With the procedure, model fit was improved for most of the measured metabolites, achieving 58 parameters estimated, including 5 unknown initial conditions. The results indicate that simultaneous parameters identifiability and estimation approach in metabolic networks is appealing, since model fit to the most of measured metabolites was possible even when important measures of intracellular metabolites and good initial estimates of parameters are not available.