PMID- 25123231 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20150227 LR - 20211021 IS - 1752-0509 (Electronic) IS - 1752-0509 (Linking) VI - 8 DP - 2014 Aug 16 TI - Modeling the dependence of respiration and photosynthesis upon light, acetate, carbon dioxide, nitrate and ammonium in Chlamydomonas reinhardtii using design of experiments and multiple regression. PG - 96 LID - 10.1186/s12918-014-0096-0 [doi] AB - BACKGROUND: In photosynthetic organisms, the influence of light, carbon and inorganic nitrogen sources on the cellular bioenergetics has extensively been studied independently, but little information is available on the cumulative effects of these factors. Here, sequential statistical analyses based on design of experiments (DOE) coupled to standard least squares multiple regression have been undertaken to model the dependence of respiratory and photosynthetic responses (assessed by oxymetric and chlorophyll fluorescence measurements) upon the concomitant modulation of light intensity as well as acetate, CO(2), nitrate and ammonium concentrations in the culture medium of Chlamydomonas reinhardtii. The main goals of these analyses were to explain response variability (i.e. bioenergetic plasticity) and to characterize quantitatively the influence of the major explanatory factor(s). RESULTS: For each response, 2 successive rounds of multiple regression coupled to one-way ANOVA F-tests have been undertaken to select the major explanatory factor(s) (1st-round) and mathematically simulate their influence (2nd-round). These analyses reveal that a maximal number of 3 environmental factors over 5 is sufficient to explain most of the response variability, and interestingly highlight quadratic effects and second-order interactions in some cases. In parallel, the predictive ability of the 2nd-round models has also been investigated by k-fold cross-validation and experimental validation tests on new random combinations of factors. These validation procedures tend to indicate that the 2nd-round models can also be used to predict the responses with an inherent deviation quantified by the analytical error of the models. CONCLUSIONS: Altogether, the results of the 2 rounds of modeling provide an overview of the bioenergetic adaptations of C. reinhardtii to changing environmental conditions and point out promising tracks for future in-depth investigations of the molecular mechanisms underlying the present observations. FAU - Gerin, Stephanie AU - Gerin S FAU - Mathy, Gregory AU - Mathy G FAU - Franck, Fabrice AU - Franck F AD - Laboratory of Bioenergetics, Department of Life Sciences, Faculty of Sciences, University of Liege, Boulevard du Rectorat 27, Liege, 4000, Belgium. f.franck@ulg.ac.be. LA - eng PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20140816 PL - England TA - BMC Syst Biol JT - BMC systems biology JID - 101301827 RN - 0 (Acetates) RN - 0 (Ammonium Compounds) RN - 0 (Culture Media) RN - 0 (Nitrates) RN - 142M471B3J (Carbon Dioxide) SB - IM MH - Acetates/*pharmacology MH - Ammonium Compounds/*pharmacology MH - Carbon Dioxide/*pharmacology MH - Cell Respiration/drug effects/radiation effects MH - Chlamydomonas reinhardtii/drug effects/*metabolism/radiation effects MH - Culture Media MH - *Light MH - *Models, Biological MH - Nitrates/*pharmacology MH - Photosynthesis/drug effects/radiation effects MH - Regression Analysis PMC - PMC4236732 EDAT- 2014/08/16 06:00 MHDA- 2015/02/28 06:00 PMCR- 2014/08/16 CRDT- 2014/08/16 06:00 PHST- 2014/04/23 00:00 [received] PHST- 2014/08/04 00:00 [accepted] PHST- 2014/08/16 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2014/08/16 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/02/28 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2014/08/16 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - s12918-014-0096-0 [pii] AID - 10.1186/s12918-014-0096-0 [doi] PST - epublish SO - BMC Syst Biol. 2014 Aug 16;8:96. doi: 10.1186/s12918-014-0096-0.