Glandular regulation of interstitial diffusion: a model and simulation of a novel physiological mechanism
1 Applied and Computational Mathematics, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125; and 2 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension, Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles, California 90095 In endocrine glands, vigorous and coordinated response...
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Veröffentlicht in: | American journal of physiology: endocrinology and metabolism 2002-08, Vol.283 (2), p.E195-E206 |
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Zusammenfassung: | 1 Applied and Computational Mathematics, California
Institute of Technology, Pasadena, California 91125; and
2 Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Hypertension,
Department of Medicine, UCLA School of Medicine, Los Angeles,
California 90095
In endocrine glands, vigorous and
coordinated responses are often elicited by modest changes in the
concentration of the agonist molecule. The mammalian parathyroid gland
is a representative case. Small (5%) changes in serum calcium result
in 10-fold (1,000%) changes in glandular parathyroid hormone (PTH)
release. In vitro, single isolated cells are observed to secrete fewer
hormones than cells residing within a connected group, suggesting that
a network has emergent regulatory properties. In PTH-secreting tumors,
however, the ability to respond quickly to changes in calcium is
strongly damped. A unifying hypothesis that accounts for these
phenomena is realized by extracellular modulation of calcium
diffusivity. A theoretical model and computational experiments
demonstrate qualitative agreement with published experimental results.
Our results suggest that, in addition to the cellular mechanisms, endocrine glandular networks may have regulatory prowess at the level
of interstitial transport.
cell network dynamics; tortuosity; intercellular communication; parathyroid hormone; drug resistance |
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ISSN: | 0193-1849 1522-1555 |
DOI: | 10.1152/ajpendo.00306.2001 |