Numerical Computation of Signal Stimulation from Ligand-EGFR Binding During Invadopodia Formation

Authors

  • Noorehan Yaacob Department of Mathematical Sciences Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Nur Azura Noor Azhuan Department of Mathematical Sciences Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Sharidan Shafie Department of Mathematical Sciences Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia
  • Mohd Ariff Admon Department of Mathematical Sciences Universiti Teknologi Malaysia 81310 UTM Johor Bahru, Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/matematika.v35.n4.1268

Abstract

Invadopodia are finger-like protrusions located at subcellular membrane which can lead to cancer cell invasion. The formation of invadopodia involves several steps such as actin polymerizations, degradation of extracellular matrix which produce ligand and signal stimulation that is occurred from the binding of ligand with epidermal growth factor receptor. In this paper, a mathematical model of signal transduction is investigated. Both signal and ligand are represented by Laplace equation with Dirichlet boundary condition for each region. The cell membrane is treated as free boundary surface to separate any activity that occurred in intracellular and extracellular regions. The motion of the interface is taken as gradient of  nterior signal and the cell membrane is set as zero level set function. The problem is solved numerically using finite difference scheme of upwind, interpolation and extrapolation methods. The results showed that the formation of invadopodia is formed when protrusions exist on the cell membrane.

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Published

31-12-2019

How to Cite

Yaacob, N., Noor Azhuan, N. A., Shafie, S., & Admon, M. A. (2019). Numerical Computation of Signal Stimulation from Ligand-EGFR Binding During Invadopodia Formation. MATEMATIKA, 35(4), 139–148. https://doi.org/10.11113/matematika.v35.n4.1268