WntCellCycleModel.cpp

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#include "WntCellCycleModel.hpp"

WntCellCycleModel::WntCellCycleModel(const WntCellCycleModel& rOtherModel)
    : AbstractWntOdeBasedCellCycleModel(rOtherModel)
{
    if (rOtherModel.mpOdeSystem != NULL)
    {
        mpOdeSystem = new WntCellCycleOdeSystem(*static_cast<WntCellCycleOdeSystem*>(rOtherModel.mpOdeSystem));
    }
}



WntCellCycleModel::WntCellCycleModel(const std::vector<double>& rParentProteinConcentrations,
                                     const CellMutationState& rMutationState,
                                     const unsigned& rDimension)
    : AbstractWntOdeBasedCellCycleModel(rDimension)
{
    mpOdeSystem = new WntCellCycleOdeSystem(rParentProteinConcentrations[8], rMutationState); // Wnt pathway is reset in a couple of lines

    // Set the initial conditions to be the same as the parent cell
    mpOdeSystem->rGetStateVariables() = rParentProteinConcentrations;
}


AbstractCellCycleModel* WntCellCycleModel::CreateCellCycleModel()
{
    return new WntCellCycleModel(*this);
}


void WntCellCycleModel::ChangeCellTypeDueToCurrentBetaCateninLevel()
{
    assert(mpOdeSystem!=NULL);
    assert(mpCell!=NULL);
    double beta_catenin_level = mpOdeSystem->rGetStateVariables()[6] + mpOdeSystem->rGetStateVariables()[7];

    CellType cell_type = TRANSIT;

    // For mitogenic stimulus of 6x10^-4 in Wnt equations
    if (beta_catenin_level < 0.4127)
    {
        cell_type = DIFFERENTIATED;
    }

    mpCell->SetCellType(cell_type);
}


void WntCellCycleModel::Initialise()
{
    assert(mpOdeSystem == NULL);
    assert(mpCell != NULL);

    double wnt_level = GetWntLevel();

    mpOdeSystem = new WntCellCycleOdeSystem(wnt_level, mpCell->GetMutationState());
    mpOdeSystem->SetStateVariables(mpOdeSystem->GetInitialConditions());

    ChangeCellTypeDueToCurrentBetaCateninLevel();
}


bool WntCellCycleModel::SolveOdeToTime(double currentTime)
{
    // We are in G0 or G1 phase - running cell cycle ODEs
#ifdef CHASTE_CVODE
    const double dt = SimulationTime::Instance()->GetTimeStep();
#else
    double dt = 0.0001; // Needs to be this precise to stop crazy errors whilst we are still using rk4.
#endif // CHASTE_CVODE

    double wnt_level = GetWntLevel();

    // Pass this time step's Wnt stimulus into the solver as a constant over this timestep.
    mpOdeSystem->rGetStateVariables()[8] = wnt_level;

    // Use the cell's current mutation status as another input
    static_cast<WntCellCycleOdeSystem*>(mpOdeSystem)->SetMutationState(mpCell->GetMutationState());

    msSolver.SolveAndUpdateStateVariable(mpOdeSystem, mLastTime, currentTime, dt);

    mLastTime = currentTime;// normally done in Abstract class, but no harm in doing it here to prevent following line throwing an error.
    UpdateCellType();
    return msSolver.StoppingEventOccurred();
}

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