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On optimal chemotherapy with a strongly targeted agent for a model of tumor-immune system interactions with generalized logistic growth

Urszula Ledzewicz 1, , Omeiza Olumoye 1, and  Heinz Schättler 2,

1. 

Dept. of Mathematics and Statistics, Southern Illinois University Edwardsville, Edwardsville, Illinois, 62026-1653, United States
2. 

Dept. of Electrical and Systems Engineering, Washington University, St. Louis, Mo 63130

Received  September 2012 Revised  January 2013 Published  April 2013

In this paper, a mathematical model for chemotherapy that takes tumor immune-system interactions into account is considered for a strongly targeted agent. We use a classical model originally formulated by Stepanova, but replace exponential tumor growth with a generalised logistic growth model function depending on a parameter $\nu$. This growth function interpolates between a Gompertzian model (in the limit $\nu\rightarrow0$) and an exponential model (in the limit $\nu\rightarrow\infty$). The dynamics is multi-stable and equilibria and their stability will be investigated depending on the parameter $\nu$. Except for small values of $\nu$, the system has both an asymptotically stable microscopic (benign) equilibrium point and an asymptotically stable macroscopic (malignant) equilibrium point. The corresponding regions of attraction are separated by the stable manifold of a saddle. The optimal control problem of moving an initial condition that lies in the malignant region into the benign region is formulated and the structure of optimal singular controls is determined.
Keywords: Optimal control, generalized logistic growth., tumor immune system interactions, targeted chemotherapy.
Mathematics Subject Classification: Primary: 49K15, 92C50; Secondary: 93C9.
Citation: Urszula Ledzewicz, Omeiza Olumoye, Heinz Schättler. On optimal chemotherapy with a strongly targeted agent for a model of tumor-immune system interactions with generalized logistic growth. Mathematical Biosciences & Engineering, 2013, 10 (3) : 787-802. doi: 10.3934/mbe.2013.10.787
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G. P. Dunn, L. J. Old and R. D. Schreiber, The three ES of cancer immunoediting,, Annual Review of Immunology, 22 (2004), 322.  doi: 10.1146/annurev.immunol.22.012703.104803.  Google Scholar

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[8]

J. Guckenheimer and P. Holmes, "Nonlinear Oscillations, Dynamical Systems, and Bifurcations of Vector Fields,", Springer Verlag, (1983).   Google Scholar

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[11]

D. Kirschner and J. C. Panetta, Modeling immunotherapy of the tumor-immune interaction,, J. of Mathematical Biology, 37 (1998), 235.  doi: 10.1007/s002850050127.  Google Scholar

[12]

C. M. Koebel, W. Vermi, J. B. Swann, N. Zerafa, S. J. Rodig, L. J. Old, M. J. Smyth and R. D. Schreiber, Adaptive immunity maintains occult cancer in an equilibrium state,, Nature, 450 (2007), 903.  doi: 10.1038/nature06309.  Google Scholar

[13]

V. A. Kuznetsov, I. A. Makalkin, M. A. Taylor and A. S. Perelson, Nonlinear dynamics of immunogenic tumors: Parameter estimation and global bifurcation analysis,, Bulletin of Mathematical Biology, 56 (1994), 295.   Google Scholar

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[15]

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[16]

U. Ledzewicz, M. Naghnaeian and H. Schättler, Optimal response to chemotherapy for a mathematical model of tumor-immune dynamics,, J. of Mathematical Biology, 64 (2012), 557.  doi: 10.1007/s00285-011-0424-6.  Google Scholar

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[18]

A. Matzavinos, M. Chaplain and V. A. Kuznetsov, Mathematical modelling of the spatio-temporal response of cytotoxic T-lymphocytes to a solid tumour,, Mathematical Medicine and Biology, 21 (2004), 1.   Google Scholar

[19]

A. d'Onofrio, A general framework for modeling tumor-immune system competition and immunotherapy: mathematical analysis and biomedical inferences,, Physica D, 208 (2005), 220.  doi: 10.1016/j.physd.2005.06.032.  Google Scholar

[20]

A. d'Onofrio, Tumor-immune system interaction: Modeling the tumor-stimulated proliferation of effectors and immunotherapy,, Mathematical Models and Methods in Applied Sciences, 16 (2006), 1375.  doi: 10.1142/S0218202506001571.  Google Scholar

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[22]

A. d'Onofrio, Metamodeling tumor-immune system interaction, tumor evasion and immunotherapy,, Mathematical and Computational Modelling, 47 (2008), 614.  doi: 10.1016/j.mcm.2007.02.032.  Google Scholar

[23]

A. d'Onofrio, Cellular growth: Linking the mechanistic to the phenomenological modeling and vice-versa,, Chaos, 41 (2009), 875.  doi: 10.1016/j.chaos.2008.04.014.  Google Scholar

[24]

A. d'Onofrio and A. Ciancio, Simple biophysical model of tumor evasion from immune system control,, Physical Review E, 84 (2011).  doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.84.031910.  Google Scholar

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K. Pietras and D. Hanahan, A multitargeted, metronomic, and maximum-tolerated dose "chemo-switch'' regimen is antiangiogenic, producing objective responses and survival benefit in a mouse model of cancer,, J. of Clinical Oncology, 23 (2005), 939.  doi: 10.1200/JCO.2005.07.093.  Google Scholar

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L. G. de Pillis, A. Radunskaya and C. L. Wiseman, A validated mathematical model of cell-mediated immune response to tumor growth,, Cancer Research, 65 (2005), 7950.   Google Scholar

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L. S. Pontryagin, V. G. Boltyanskii, R. V. Gamkrelidze and E. F. Mishchenko, "The Mathematical Theory of Optimal Processes,", MacMillan, (1964).   Google Scholar

[31]

H. Schättler and U. Ledzewicz, "Geometric Optimal Control: Theory, Methods and Examples,", Springer Verlag, (2012).  doi: 10.1007/978-1-4614-3834-2.  Google Scholar

[32]

N. V. Stepanova, Course of the immune reaction during the development of a malignant tumour,, Biophysics, 24 (1980), 917.   Google Scholar

[33]

J. B. Swann and M. J. Smyth, Immune surveillance of tumors,, J. of Clinical Investigations, 117 (2007), 1137.  doi: 10.1172/JCI31405.  Google Scholar

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H. P. de Vladar and J. A. González, Dynamic response of cancer under the influence of immunological activity and therapy,, J. of Theoretical Biology, 227 (2004), 335.  doi: 10.1016/j.jtbi.2003.11.012.  Google Scholar

[35]

S. D. Weitman, E. Glatstein and B. A. Kamen, Back to the basics: the importance of concentration $\times$ time in oncology,, J. of Clinical Oncology, 11 (1993), 820.   Google Scholar

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