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Hypoxia-resistance heterogeneity in tumours: the impact of geometrical characterization of environmental niches and evolutionary trade-offs. A mathematical approach
Giulia Chiari1, 2, 3 ; Giada Fiandaca4 ; Marcello Edoardo Delitala1
1 Department of Mathematical Sciences “G. L. Lagrange”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
2 Department of Mathematics “G. Peano”, Università di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, 10124 Torino, Italy
3 Department of Mathematics, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
4 Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology - CIBIO, Università degli Studi di Trento, Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Povo (Trento), Italy
Mathematical modelling of natural phenomena, Tome 18 (2023), article no. 18.

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In the study of cancer evolution and therapeutic strategies, scientific evidence shows that a key dynamics lies in the tumour-environment interaction. In particular, oxygen concentration plays a central role in the determination of the phenotypic heterogeneity of cancer cell populations, whose qualitative and geometric characteristics are predominant factors in the occurrence of relapses and failure of eradication. We propose a mathematical model able to describe the eco-evolutionary spatial dynamics of tumour cells in their adaptation to hypoxic microenvironments. As a main novelty with respect to the existing literature, we combine a phenotypic indicator reflecting the experimentally-observed metabolic trade-off between the hypoxia-resistance ability and the proliferative potential with a 2d geometric domain, without the constraint of radial symmetry. The model is settled in the mathematical framework of phenotype-structured population dynamics and it is formulated in terms of systems of coupled non-linear integro-differential equations. The computational outcomes demonstrate that hypoxia-induced selection results in a geometric characterization of phenotypic-defined tumour niches that impact on tumour aggressiveness and invasive ability. Furthermore, results show how the knowledge of environmental characteristics provides a predictive advantage on tumour mass development in terms of size, shape, and composition.
DOI : 10.1051/mmnp/2023023

Giulia Chiari 1, 2, 3 ; Giada Fiandaca 4 ; Marcello Edoardo Delitala 1

1 Department of Mathematical Sciences “G. L. Lagrange”, Politecnico di Torino, Corso Duca degli Abruzzi 24, 10129 Torino, Italy
2 Department of Mathematics “G. Peano”, Università di Torino, Via Carlo Alberto 10, 10124 Torino, Italy
3 Department of Mathematics, Swinburne University of Technology, John Street, Hawthorn VIC 3122, Australia
4 Department of Cellular, Computational and Integrative Biology - CIBIO, Università degli Studi di Trento, Via Sommarive 9, 38123 Povo (Trento), Italy 
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Giulia Chiari; Giada Fiandaca; Marcello Edoardo Delitala. Hypoxia-resistance heterogeneity in tumours: the impact of geometrical characterization of environmental niches and evolutionary trade-offs. A mathematical approach. Mathematical modelling of natural phenomena, Tome 18 (2023), article  no. 18. doi : 10.1051/mmnp/2023023. http://geodesic.mathdoc.fr/articles/10.1051/mmnp/2023023/

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