Bibliographic citations
Montano, D., (2024). Estudio in silico del proceso de dormancia de Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediante un modelo de redes booleanas [Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia]. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/16313
Montano, D., Estudio in silico del proceso de dormancia de Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediante un modelo de redes booleanas []. PE: Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia; 2024. https://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12866/16313
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title = "Estudio in silico del proceso de dormancia de Mycobacterium tuberculosis mediante un modelo de redes booleanas",
author = "Montano Quiroz, David James",
publisher = "Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia",
year = "2024"
}
Tuberculosis, caused by Mycobacterium tuberculosis (MTB), manifests in two forms: active tuberculosis, characterized by high mortality rates, and latent tuberculosis infection (LTBI), prevalent in approximately one-fourth of the global population. During LTBI, MTB enters a dormant state characterized by low metabolic activity. Upon weakening of the host's immune system, the pathogen can reactivate, leading to active infection. However, the molecular mechanisms underlying the transition from dormancy to reactivation remain poorly understood to date. Boolean networks enable modeling of complex systems, with their attractors representing stable system states that can correspond to cellular states, and can be vali-dated with experimental gene expression data in those states. In this study, a Boolean model of MTB dormancy network was developed by modifying an initial model proposed by Bose et al., integrating recent ChipSeq and gene expression data during dormancy and reactivation phases. This network encompasses 26 MTB genes involved in dormancy and reactivation processes, including resuscitation-promoting factors (Rpfs) such as RpfC, RpfD, RpfE, and the hspX gene linked to host cytokines. Three attractors of this network correspond to fundamental binary states of MTB: Early Hypoxia, Late Hypoxia, and Reactivation. Through mutations in the network, it was evaluated which nodes are necessary to reach the attractor states. Thus, it was observed that genes Rv0324 and Rv3574 are required for the network to reach the Late Hypoxia attractor. Furthermore, genes RpfD, Rv1033c, and Rv2011c are necessary to reach the Reactivation attractor. These findings suggest a potential therapeutic role for these latter genes as therapeutic targets for the development of drugs to inhibit tuberculosis reactivation.
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