Single-cell recordings of transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes reveal the inherent stochasticity of cellular events. However, to a large extent, the observed variability in isogenic cell populations is due to extrinsic factors, such as difference in expression capacity, cell volume and cell cycle stage-to name a few. Thus, such experimental data represents a convolution of effects from stochastic kinetics and extrinsic noise sources. Recent parameter inference schemes for single-cell data just account for variability because of molecular noise. Here, we present a Bayesian inference scheme that deconvolutes the two sources of variability and enables us to obtain optimal estimates of stochastic rate constants of low copy-number events and extract statistical information about cell-to-cell variability. In contrast to previous attempts, we model extrinsic noise by a variability in the abundance of mass-conserved species, rather than a variability in kinetic parameters. We apply the scheme to a simple model of the osmostress-induced transcriptional activation in budding yeast. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.

Accounting for extrinsic variability in the estimation of stochastic rate constants / Koeppl, H.; Zechner, C.; Ganguly, A.; Pelet, S.; Peter, M.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF ROBUST AND NONLINEAR CONTROL. - ISSN 1049-8923. - 22:10(2012), pp. 1103-1119. [10.1002/rnc.2804]

Accounting for extrinsic variability in the estimation of stochastic rate constants

Zechner C.;Peter M.
2012-01-01

Abstract

Single-cell recordings of transcriptional and post-transcriptional processes reveal the inherent stochasticity of cellular events. However, to a large extent, the observed variability in isogenic cell populations is due to extrinsic factors, such as difference in expression capacity, cell volume and cell cycle stage-to name a few. Thus, such experimental data represents a convolution of effects from stochastic kinetics and extrinsic noise sources. Recent parameter inference schemes for single-cell data just account for variability because of molecular noise. Here, we present a Bayesian inference scheme that deconvolutes the two sources of variability and enables us to obtain optimal estimates of stochastic rate constants of low copy-number events and extract statistical information about cell-to-cell variability. In contrast to previous attempts, we model extrinsic noise by a variability in the abundance of mass-conserved species, rather than a variability in kinetic parameters. We apply the scheme to a simple model of the osmostress-induced transcriptional activation in budding yeast. Copyright © 2012 John Wiley & Sons, Ltd.
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https://www.zora.uzh.ch/id/eprint/80946/
Koeppl, H.; Zechner, C.; Ganguly, A.; Pelet, S.; Peter, M.
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