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Table 6 Overview of parameters used for the integrative model

From: Agent-based modeling of autophagy reveals emergent regulatory behavior of spatio-temporal autophagy dynamics

Parameter name

Value

Initial number of phagophores

3

Initial size of phagophores

0.07 ÎĽm2

Creation rate of phagophores

0.44 min-1

Linear nutrient factor creation phagophores

0.206

Exponential nutrient factor creation phagophores

1.179

Mean maturation time of phagophores

7.5 min

Growth rate of phagophores

5e-04 ÎĽm2 min-1

Initial number of autophagosomes

31

Growth rate of autophagosomes

8e-05 ÎĽm2 min-1

Initial number of lysosomes

19

Initial size of lysosomes

0.1 ÎĽm2

Creation rate of lysosomes

1.23 min-1

Linear nutrient factor creation lysosomes

0.112

Exponential nutrient factor creation lysosomes

1.124

Mean life time of lysosomes

18 min

Growth rate of lysosomes

0.0021 ÎĽm2 min-1

Initial number of autolysosomes

28

Initial size of autolysosomes

0.225 ÎĽm2

Degradation rate autolysosomes

0.15 min-1

Linear nutrient factor degradation autolysosomes

0.0069

Exponential nutrient factor degradation autolysosomes

3.14

Growth rate of autolysosomes

0.00065 ÎĽm2 min-1

Chance of reformation autolysosome to lysosome

50%

Rate of movement

2 ÎĽm min-1

Chance of autophagosomal movement towards nucleus

85%

Chance of lysosomal movement towards nucleus basis

55%

Chance of lysosomal movement towards nucleus via nutrient status

+0.5% DifferenceNutrition-1

Chance of fusion of a non-autolysosome and an autolysosome

45%

Chance of fusion of two autolysosomes

30%

Mean free nutrients for initialization of the model

20

Mean bound nutrients for initialization of the model

20

Diffusion of free nutrients

70%

Diffusion of bound nutrients

50%

Local increase of free nutrients

1.1 min-1 borderpatch-1

Global decrease of free nutrients

0.05 min-1 patch-1

Global conversion of free nutrients to bound nutrients

0.045 min-1 patch-1

Lysosomal conversion of bound nutrients to free nutrients

1.5 min-1 lysosome-1

Autophagosomal uptake of bound nutrients

2.25 min-1 autophagosome-1

Autolysosomal release of free nutrients

2.25 min-1 autolysosome-1

Effect BAF on the degradation rate of autolysosomes

Degradation rate AL Ă— 0.05

  1. Initial number of autophagosomes, lysosomes and autolysosomes were chosen according to our biological data, all other parameters were chosen according to the parameter fitting.