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Systems Biology for the
development of microbial cell
factoriesEugénio Campos Ferreira
IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Centre of Biological Engineering, BioPSE group
Universidade do Minho
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OUTLINE
Systems Biology approaches for modelling,
optimization, and control of microbial cell factories
Cellular Models for Metabolic Engineering: gene
networks
Inference of Biological Networks
From Genome-scale metabolic models
From experimental data
From literature data mining
In Silico Metabolic Engineering Platforms:
Optimization of Microbial strains – OptFlux tool
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INTRODUCTIONSYSTEMS BIOLOGY
Metabolic Engineering can gain major benefits from the
systems biology approach
Systems Biology does not investigate individual cellular
components at a time, but the behaviour and relationships of
all of the elements in a particular biological system while it is
functioning
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Systems biology involves the use of computer
simulations of cellular
subsystems (such as the networks of metabolites and enzymes which
comprise metabolism, signal
transduction pathways and gene
regulatory networks) to both
analyze and visualize the
complex connections of these
cellular processes.
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INTRODUCTIONMETABOLIC ENGINEERING
In order to economically produce desired compounds like
antibiotics, therapeutic proteins, food and feed ingredients,
fuels, vitamins and other chemicals from microbial cell
factories it is generally necessary to retrofit the metabolism
Metabolic engineering envisages the introduction of directed
genetic modifications leading to desirable metabolic
phenotypes, as opposed to traditionally used random
mutagenesis and screening
Cell factory Genome
Metabolism / Phenotype
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INFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS
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Gene Deletion
Gene Addition
Gene Under/Overexpression
Manipulation of environmental conditions
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In metabolic engineering problems, it is often difficult
to identify a priori which genetic manipulations will
originate a given desired phenotype
In order to rationally design production strains with
enhanced capabilities, it is essential to have:
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ACCURATE
MATHEMATICAL
MODELS
ROBUST AND
FLEXIBLE
OPTIMIZATION
TOOLS
GOOD SIMULATION
METHODS
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INTRODUCTIONMETABOLIC ENGINEERING
Cellular Mathematical
Model
Gene / reaction
associations
Productivity in a
given metabolite
Simulation of Phenotype
Optimization
Algorithm
Genome modifications and manipulation of
environmental conditions
Objective function – productivity in a given metabolite
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CELLULAR MODELSLEVELS OF INFORMATION
Models should comprise different levels of information:
reactions stoichiometry
reactions kinetics
regulatory information
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There are several ways to represents the chemical
conversions associated to metabolic reactions
Kinetic or mechanistic models use deterministic differential
equations relating the amount of reactants with the quantity of
products, according to a given reaction rate and other
parameters
Given an initial state, the trajectory of metabolite can be
obtained by numerical simulation
CELLULAR MODELSMETABOLIC REACTIONS
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and will originate the so-called stoichiometric model
CELLULAR MODELSSTOICHIOMETRIC MODELS
The result is a Linear Equations system described by
stoichiometric matrix S.
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Stoichiometric models typically have more fluxes
than balanced metabolites.
The equation system, S • v = 0, then has more
variables than equations. This is a so-called under-
determined equation system with infinitely many
solutions:
CELLULAR MODELSSTOICHIOMETRIC MODELS
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Hyper-cone containing
ALL solutions as defined
by the stoichiometry of
the organism
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How can we reduce the cone of solutions?
Reduction of
the solutions
space
Particular
Solution
By optimizing a given
criterion – FBA, MoMA,
ROOM…
By the introduction of
regulatory information (ex:
Gene Networks)
CELLULAR MODELSSTOICHIOMETRIC MODELS
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FBA: Flux Balance Analysis
ROOM: Regulatory On/Off
Minimization
MoMA: Minimization of Metabolic
Adjustment
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LINEAR
PROGRAMMING
PROBLEM!
CELLULAR MODELSFBA - FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS
The idea is to find one solution to the under-determined
system
S • v = 0 by optimization of a given criterion.
A vector containing the values of each
individual metabolic flux is obtained
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BUT WHAT SHOULD WE OPTIMIZE?
Studies in several organisms demonstrated that
their metabolic network has evolved for optimization
of the specific growth rate under several carbon
source limiting conditions
Thus, for simulating cellular behaviour, the most
common objective function is the maximization of
biomass production (BPCY: Biomass-Product Coupled Yield)
CELLULAR MODELSFBA - FLUX BALANCE ANALYSIS
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Ibarra et al (2002), Nature
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CELLULAR MODELSMoMA - Minimisation of Metabolic Adjustment
The problem is the search of a flux set (x) that
has a minimal distance from the wild-type flux
vector (w) obtained with FBA.
The distance between w and x is given by the
Euclidean distance:
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The minimization of that distance can be formulated as a
QP problem
For mutants and organisms grown on unusual
carbon sources the hypothesis of optimal growth is
not always real
Such strains may undergo minimal redistribution of
fluxes with respect to the wild-type strains (MoMA)
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
Segre et al. (2002), PNAS
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CELLULAR MODELSGENE NETWORKS
Gene Regulatory Networks represent regulatory elements
and their interactions
A regulatory network will direct the activation or repression
of a set of genes in response to a specific environmental
stimulus, like O2 or pH
Gene1
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Activation
Repression
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The simulation of a genetic network can be performed in
several ways
The simplest one is to consider Boolean Networks, where
ON/OFF gene states are assumed.
This approach:
Allows analysis at the network-level
Provides useful insights in network dynamics
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CELLULAR MODELSGENE NETWORKS
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Reconstruction of E. coli
regulatory network and integration
with stoichiometric model
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CELLULAR MODELSGENE NETWORKS
WORK IN PROGRESS: Reconstruction of E. coli
regulatory network and integration with stoichiometric
model
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INFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS
OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
Genetic
Regulation
Metabolic
Transcriptional
Regulation
Inhibition /
Activation
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CELLULAR MODELSGENE NETWORKS
WORK IN PROGRESS: Information System of
Biochemical and Regulatory Data on Escherichia coli
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CELLULAR MODELSGENE NETWORKS
WORK IN PROGRESS: Information System of
Biochemical and Regulatory Data on Escherichia coli
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HOW CAN WE BUILD THE MODELS IN AN
AUTOMATED WAY?
Ideally, it should be possible to extract all the knowledge
necessary to construct biological models from the
information obtained during genome sequencing
However, the knowledge extracted is still very limited…
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GENOME
Presently, the
methodology of obtaining
stoichiometric models from
genome annotation is quite
developed
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INFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKSGENOME-SCALE METABOLIC MODELS
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
Rocha et al (2007), Gene Ess Gen Scale
WORK IN PROGRESS:
Reconstruction of Metabolic
Networks of:
-H. pylori
-K. lactis
-Streptococcus faecalis
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Inference of Biological Networks can also be performed,
from experimental data.
Flux and metabolomic data allow, in principle, to
estimate model parameters for kinetic deterministic
metabolic models
However, the number of experiments and
measurements to be performed is very high!
Also, the structure of the kinetic equations has to be
imposed a priori
In this field, optimal experiment design play an
important role
An alternative is to use Text Mining tools to automatically
search in the literature for biological relations
INFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKSINFERENCE FROM EXPERIMENTAL DATA
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WORK IN PROGRESS: Experimental Design for
inferring model structure and parameters from flux
data
Mathematical Expression (rate laws and ODE)
Model Structure
Structural and Numerical
identifiability analysis
Parameter identifiable?
Parameter Estimation
Stimulus Study for
Model Validation
Initial Conditions
and Parameters
Experimental
Design and
Sensitivity Analysis
Focus at the moment
Model ReductionYES
NO
Simulations and
Confidence intervals
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Model Reduction based on dynamic sensitivity
analysis
High-Throughput Data
Metabolism
Complexity
Stoichiometric
and/or
Dynamic
Modelling ?
From in vivo to in silico and back
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A complete kinetic description
Complexity of dynamic modelling
Obstacle for their effective use in
optimization and control processes
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• Nearly impossible to get all parameters at genome scale model
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Complex E. coli dynamic model describing
the carbon central metabolism with 116
parameters was used to:
Identify key parameters that have more
impacts on the global systems – Sensitivity
analysis
Study a model reduction strategy based on
univariate analysis of the Euclidean-norm to
consider the effect to all metabolites.
Motivation for model reduction
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Comparison Original and reduced Model - Metabolites
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dotted line = original model
Solid line = reduced model
Comparison Original and reduced Model - Fluxes
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WORK IN PROGRESS: Development of tools for
automatically inferring regulatory networks from literature
data
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WORK IN PROGRESS: Development of tools for
automatically inferring regulatory networks from literature
data
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INFERENCE OF BIOLOGICAL NETWORKS
WORK IN PROGRESS: Development of tools for
automatically inferring regulatory networks from literature
data
Lourenço et al., J. Biomed Inform. 2009, 42(4):710-720.
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Cellular
Model
Stoichiometry
Regulation
Gene / reaction
associations
Productivity in a
given metabolite
Simulation of Phenotype
(FBA, MoMA, ROOM...)
Optimization
Algorithm
Manipulation of gene deletions / additions and
environmental conditions
Objective function – productivity in a given
metabolite
OPTIMIZATION TOOLSOPTIMIZATION PROBLEM
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
FBA: Flux Balance Analysis
ROOM: Regulatory On/Off
Minimization
MoMA: Minimization of Metabolic
Adjustment
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The only reported algorithms are:
OptKnock (Burgard et al., Biotech Bioeng
2003)
Based on MILP
Only applicable to relatively small
stoichiometric models
OptGene (Patil et al., BMC Bioinf 2005) &
OptFlux (Rocha et al., BMC Bioinf 2008)
Evolutionary Algorithms
Applicable to different types of (large-
scale) models
Additional algorithms being applied:
Local Search
Simulated Annealing
OPTIMIZATION TOOLSOPTIMIZATION PROBLEM
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
OptFlux is an open-source, user-friendly and modular
software aimed at being the reference computational tool
for metabolic engineering applications. It allows the use of
stoichiometric metabolic models for simulation and
optimization purposes. www.optflux.org
WORK IN PROGRESS: OptFlux – a software for the
Optimization of microbial strains
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLSOptFlux - Conceptual overview
Strain
Optimization
Evolutionary algorithms
Simulated Annealing
Local optimization
Objective
function:
Maximize the
production of a
given metabolite
Phenotype
Simulation
FBA, MoMA, ROOM
Boolean net simulation
…
Determine the
set of fluxes (in
steady state)
Model
Stoichiometric
Regulatory
…
Environmental
Conditions
Genetic conditions
(e.g. knockouts)Override Model
Original Model
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLS
www.optflux.org
WORK IN PROGRESS: OptFlux – a software for the
Optimization of microbial strains
(…)
FBA
ROOM
MOMA
Steady State Models-stoichiometric-regulatory
EnvironmentalConditions
Gene/ reactionknockouts
Models and
conditions
Simulation
methods
LinearProgramming
GLPK
MILP
Quadratic Programming
Optimization
problems
Solvers
SCIP
QPGen
Problem
FormulationProblem
Solving
MPS
(…)
(…) (…)
Formats
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLSOPTFLUX
www.optflux.org
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OPTIMIZATION TOOLSOPTIMIZATION PROBLEM
BPCY: Biomass-Product Coupled Yield
VS: Variable size
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Acknowledgments - BioPSE group
Faculty:Eugénio Ferreira
Isabel RochaMiguel Rocha
Rui MendesAna Veloso
Anália Lourenço
Post-Docs:Zita Soons
PhD students:Sónia Carneiro
Rafael CostaJosé Pedro PintoDaniel Machado
Óscar DiasCarla Portela
Daniela Correia
Other researchers:Paulo Maia
Pedro Evangelista Rafael CarreiraSimão SoaresJosé P. FariaPaulo VilaçaRui Pereira
IBB – Institute for Biotechnology and Bioengineering
Centre of Biological Engineering
Universidade do Minho
http://biopseg.deb.uminho.pt
http://biopseg.deb.uminho.pt/
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INTRODUCTIONCOLLABORATIONS
Network of Excellence – EURECCA
Coordination ActionDTU - DenmarkUVigo - Spain
IU - USA
MIT - USAUCI - USA
Regulatory Model
Inference using Text
Mining Tools
Experimental Design
Dynamical ModellingData Mining Tools for
Model Inference
Algorithms for
Optimization of Microbial
strains
Development of an unified
Software Platform
European Union
SYSINBIO CA
OptFlux
Dupont - USA
Optimization of Microbial
Strains
Chalmers - Sweden
U. Auckland - New
Zealand
Fluxomics and
Metabolomics
Sony . Japan
Visualization of metabolic
networks
USPaulo
Reconstruction of
Metabolic Network
of K. lactis