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January  2016, 36(1): 151-169. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.151

## Stabilization in a chemotaxis model for tumor invasion

 1 Department of Mathematics, Tokyo University of Science, Tokyo 162-8601, Japan 2 Center for the Advancement of Higher Education, Faculty of Engineering, Kinki University, Takayaumenobe 1, Higashihiroshimashi, Hiroshima 739-2116 3 Institut für Mathematik, Universität Paderborn, 33098 Paderborn 4 Department of Mathematics, Science University of Tokyo, 26 Wakamiya-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8601

Received  August 2014 Revised  April 2015 Published  June 2015

This paper deals with the chemotaxis system $\begin{cases} u_t=\Delta u - \nabla \cdot (u\nabla v), \qquad x\in \Omega, \ t>0, \\ v_t=\Delta v + wz, \qquad x\in \Omega, \ t>0, \\ w_t=-wz, \qquad x\in \Omega, \ t>0, \\ z_t=\Delta z - z + u, \qquad x\in \Omega, \ t>0, \end{cases}$ in a smoothly bounded domain $\Omega \subset \mathbb{R}^n$, $n \le 3$, that has recently been proposed as a model for tumor invasion in which the role of an active extracellular matrix is accounted for.
It is shown that for any choice of nonnegative and suitably regular initial data $(u_0,v_0,w_0,z_0)$, a corresponding initial-boundary value problem of Neumann type possesses a global solution which is bounded. Moreover, it is proved that whenever $u_0\not\equiv 0$, these solutions approach a certain spatially homogeneous equilibrium in the sense that as $t\to\infty$,
$u(x,t)\to \overline{u_0}$ ,    $v(x,t) \to \overline{v_0} + \overline{w_0}$,    $w(x,t) \to 0$    and     $z(x,t) \to \overline{u_0}$,     uniformly with respect to $x\in\Omega$, where $\overline{u_0}:=\frac{1}{|\Omega|} \int_{\Omega} u_0$, $\overline{v_0}:=\frac{1}{|\Omega|} \int_{\Omega} v_0$    and    $\overline{w_0}:=\frac{1}{|\Omega|} \int_{\Omega} w_0$.
Citation: Kentarou Fujie, Akio Ito, Michael Winkler, Tomomi Yokota. Stabilization in a chemotaxis model for tumor invasion. Discrete & Continuous Dynamical Systems - A, 2016, 36 (1) : 151-169. doi: 10.3934/dcds.2016.36.151
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##### References:
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Gawlinski, A reaction-diffusion model of cancer invasion,, Cancer Res., 56 (1996), 5745. Google Scholar [7] M. A. Herrero and J. J. L. Velázquez, A blow-up mechanism for a chemotaxis model,, Ann. Scuola Norm. Sup. Pisa Cl. Sci., 24 (1997), 633. Google Scholar [8] T. Hillen, K. J. Painter and M. Winkler, Convergence of a cancer invasion model to a logistic chemotaxis model,, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 23 (2013), 165. doi: 10.1142/S0218202512500480. Google Scholar [9] K. Kang, A. Stevens and J. J. L. Velázquez, Qualitative behavior of a Keller-Segel model with non-diffusive memory,, Commun. Partial Differ. Equations, 35 (2010), 245. doi: 10.1080/03605300903473400. Google Scholar [10] E. F. Keller and L. A. Segel, Initiation of slime mold aggregation viewed as an instability,, J. Theor. Biol., 26 (1970), 399. doi: 10.1016/0022-5193(70)90092-5. Google Scholar [11] O. A. Ladyzenskaja, V. A. Solonnikov and N. N. Ural'ceva, Linear and Quasi-Linear Equations of Parabolic Type,, Amer. Math. Soc. Transl., (1968). Google Scholar [12] G. Liţcanu and C. Morales-Rodrigo, Asymptotic behaviour of global solutions to a model of cell invasion,, Math. Mod. Meth. Appl. Sci., 20 (2010), 1721. doi: 10.1142/S0218202510004775. Google Scholar [13] A. Marciniak-Czochra and M. Ptashnyk, Boundedness of solutions of a haptotaxis model,, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 20 (2010), 449. doi: 10.1142/S0218202510004301. Google Scholar [14] C. Morales-Rodrigo, Local existence and uniqueness of regular solutions in a model of tissue invasion by solid tumours,, Math. Comput. Modelling, 47 (2008), 604. doi: 10.1016/j.mcm.2007.02.031. Google Scholar [15] N. Mizoguchi and M. Winkler, Blow-up in the two-dimensional Keller-Segel system,, preprint., (). Google Scholar [16] T. Nagai, T. Senba and K. Yoshida, Application of the Trudinger-Moser inequality to a parabolic system of chemotaxis,, Funkc. Ekvacioj, 40 (1997), 411. Google Scholar [17] K. Osaki and A. Yagi, Finite dimensional attractor for one-dimensional Keller-Segel equations,, Funkcialaj Ekvacioj, 44 (2001), 441. Google Scholar [18] P. Quittner and P. Souplet, Superlinear Parabolic Problems. Blow-up, Global Existence and Steady States,, Birkhäuser Advanced Texts, (2007). Google Scholar [19] C. Stinner, C. Surulescu and M. Winkler, Global weak solutions in a PDE-ODE system modeling multiscale cancer cell invasion,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 46 (2014), 1969. doi: 10.1137/13094058X. Google Scholar [20] Z. Szymańska, C. Morales-Rodrigo, M. Lachowicz and M. A. J. Chaplain, Mathematical modelling of cancer invasion of tissue: The role and effect of nonlocal interactions,, Math. Models Methods Appl. Sci., 19 (2009), 257. doi: 10.1142/S0218202509003425. Google Scholar [21] Y. Tao, Global existence of classical solutions to a combined chemotaxis-haptotaxis model with logistic source,, J. Math. Anal. Appl., 354 (2009), 60. doi: 10.1016/j.jmaa.2008.12.039. Google Scholar [22] Y. Tao, Global existence for a haptotaxis model of cancer invasion with tissue remodeling,, Nonlinear Anal. Real World Appl., 12 (2011), 418. doi: 10.1016/j.nonrwa.2010.06.027. Google Scholar [23] Y. Tao and M. Wang, A combined chemotaxis-haptotaxis system: The role of logistic source,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 41 (2009), 1533. doi: 10.1137/090751542. Google Scholar [24] Y. Tao and M. Winkler, Boundedness and stabilization in a multi-dimensional chemotaxis-haptotaxis model,, Proc. Roy. Soc. Edinburgh Sect. A, 144 (2014), 1067. doi: 10.1017/S0308210512000571. Google Scholar [25] Y. Tao and M. Winkler, Dominance of chemotaxis in a chemotaxis-haptotaxis model,, Nonlinearity, 27 (2014), 1225. doi: 10.1088/0951-7715/27/6/1225. Google Scholar [26] Y. Tao and M. Winkler, Energy-type estimates and global solvability in a two-dimensional chemotaxis-haptotaxis model with remodeling of non-diffusible attractant,, J. Differential Equations, 257 (2014), 784. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2014.04.014. Google Scholar [27] C. Walker and G. F. Webb, Global existence of classical solutions for a haptotaxis model,, SIAM J. Math. Anal., 38 (2007), 1694. doi: 10.1137/060655122. Google Scholar [28] M. Winkler, Aggregation vs. global diffusive behavior in the higher-dimensional Keller-Segel model,, J. Differential Equations, 248 (2010), 2889. doi: 10.1016/j.jde.2010.02.008. Google Scholar [29] M. Winkler, Finite-time blow-up in the higher-dimensional parabolic-parabolic Keller-Segel system,, Journal de Mathématiques Pures et Appliquées, 100 (2013), 748. doi: 10.1016/j.matpur.2013.01.020. Google Scholar
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