title: A multi-tissue genome-scale metabolic modeling framework for the analysis of whole plant systems.
abstract: Genome scale metabolic modeling has traditionally been used to explore metabolism of individual cells or tissues. In higher organisms, the metabolism of individual tissues and organs is coordinated for the overall growth and well-being of the organism. Understanding the dependencies and rationale for multicellular metabolism is far from trivial. Here, we have advanced the use of AraGEM (a genome-scale reconstruction of Arabidopsis metabolism) in a multi-tissue context to understand how plants grow utilizing their leaf, stem and root systems across the day-night (diurnal) cycle. Six tissue compartments were created, each with their own distinct set of metabolic capabilities, and hence a reliance on other compartments for support. We used the multi-tissue framework to explore differences in the "division-of-labor" between the sources and sink tissues in response to: (a) the energy demand for the translocation of C and N species in between tissues; and (b) the use of two distinct nitrogen sources (NO(-) 3 or NH(+) 4). The "division-of-labor" between compartments was investigated using a minimum energy (photon) objective function. Random sampling of the solution space was used to explore the flux distributions under different scenarios as well as to identify highly coupled reaction sets in different tissues and organelles. Efficient identification of these sets was achieved by casting this problem as a maximum clique enumeration problem. The framework also enabled assessing the impact of energetic constraints in resource (redox and ATP) allocation between leaf, stem, and root tissues required for efficient carbon and nitrogen assimilation, including the diurnal cycle constraint forcing the plant to set aside resources during the day and defer metabolic processes that are more efficiently performed at night. This study is a first step toward autonomous modeling of whole plant metabolism.
authors: Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
authors: Cristiana
authors: C
authors: Gomes de Oliveira Dal'Molin
authors: Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
authors: Lake-Ee
authors: LE
authors: Quek
authors: Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
authors: Pedro A
authors: PA
authors: Saa
authors: Centre for Systems and Synthetic Biology, Australian Institute for Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, The University of Queensland Brisbane, Qld, Australia.
authors: Lars K
authors: LK
authors: Nielsen
keywords: AraGEM; genome-scale; modeling; multi-tissue; plant metabolism
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