Impact of oxygen fluctuation and consumption on the dynamics of a reduced go-or-grow model for tumor cell invasion
- 1Indian Institute of Science Bangalore
Abstract
We propose a minimal mathematical framework to describe the go-or-grow dynamics of tumor cells comprising two phenotypically distinct populations. One population is migratory and undergoes constant diffusion, while the other proliferates in an oxygen-dependent manner. The local oxygen concentration governs transitions between these phenotypes. We then ask whether the time scale of cyclic hypoxia, where oxygen is spatially homogeneous but fluctuates between normoxic and hypoxic levels over time, alters the dynamics of the reduced generalist model in the fast phenotype-switching regime compared with the full go-or-grow model. We observe that the reduced generalist phenotype model fails to capture the go-or-grow dynamics under rapid oxygen fluctuations. Our results predict that the tumor growth rate increases in the generalist-phenotype model under rapid oxygen fluctuations compared with tumors of the proposed go-or-grow model. We then explore whether oxygen consumption, which leads to spatial heterogeneity in oxygen concentration, plays a role in distinguishing the dynamics of the reduced model from the proposed go-or-grow model. We demonstrate that the tumor in the proposed go-or-grow model exhibits a higher growth rate than the tumor in the reduced generalist-phenotype model under a slow oxygen consumption rate.
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BibTeX
@misc{sadhu2026impact,
title = {{Impact of oxygen fluctuation and consumption on the dynamics of a reduced go-or-grow model for tumor cell invasion}},
author = {G. Sadhu and M. K. Jolly and P. K. Maini},
howpublished = {bioRxiv},
year = {2026},
month = oct,
doi = {10.64898/2026.10.02.756316},
url = {https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.02.756316v1},
note = {CC BY-NC-ND},
}
RIS
TY - UNPB
TI - Impact of oxygen fluctuation and consumption on the dynamics of a reduced go-or-grow model for tumor cell invasion
AU - G. Sadhu
AU - M. K. Jolly
AU - P. K. Maini
PY - 2026
DA - 2026/10/02
PB - bioRxiv
DO - 10.64898/2026.10.02.756316
UR - https://www.biorxiv.org/content/10.64898/2026.10.02.756316v1
AB - We propose a minimal mathematical framework to describe the go-or-grow dynamics of tumor cells comprising two phenotypically distinct populations. One population is migratory and undergoes constant diffusion, while the other proliferates in an oxygen-dependent manner. The local oxygen concentration governs transitions between these phenotypes. We then ask whether the time scale of cyclic hypoxia, where oxygen is spatially homogeneous but fluctuates between normoxic and hypoxic levels over time, alters the dynamics of the reduced generalist model in the fast phenotype-switching regime compared with the full go-or-grow model. We observe that the reduced generalist phenotype model fails to capture the go-or-grow dynamics under rapid oxygen fluctuations. Our results predict that the tumor growth rate increases in the generalist-phenotype model under rapid oxygen fluctuations compared with tumors of the proposed go-or-grow model. We then explore whether oxygen consumption, which leads to spatial heterogeneity in oxygen concentration, plays a role in distinguishing the dynamics of the reduced model from the proposed go-or-grow model. We demonstrate that the tumor in the proposed go-or-grow model exhibits a higher growth rate than the tumor in the reduced generalist-phenotype model under a slow oxygen consumption rate.
ER -