Abstract
We have developed a model of Ca$^2+$ handling in ferret ventricular
myocytes. This model includes a novel L-type Ca$^2+$ channel,
detailed intracellular Ca$^2+$ movements, and graded Ca$^2+$-induced
Ca$^2+$ release (CICR). The model successfully reproduces data
from voltage-clamp experiments, including voltage- and time-dependent
changes in intracellular Ca$^2+$ concentration (Ca$^2+$(i)),
L-type Ca$^2+$ channel current (I(CaL)) inactivation and recovery
kinetics, and Ca$^2+$ sparks. The development of graded CICR
is critically dependent on spatial heterogeneity and the physical
arrangement of calcium channels in opposition to ryanodine-sensitive
release channels. The model contains spatially distinct subsystems
representing the subsarcolemmal regions where the junctional sarcoplasmic
reticulum (SR) abuts the T-tubular membrane and where the L-type
Ca$^2+$ channels and SR ryanodine receptors (RyRs) are localized.
There are eight different types of subsystems in our model, with
between one and eight L-type Ca$^2+$ channels distributed binomially.
This model exhibits graded CICR and provides a quantitative description
of Ca$^2+$ dynamics not requiring Monte-Carlo simulations. Activation
of RyRs and release of Ca$^2+$ from the SR depend critically
on Ca$^2+$ entry through L-type Ca$^2+$ channels. In turn,
Ca$^2+$ channel inactivation is critically dependent on the release
of stored intracellular Ca$^2+$. Inactivation of I(CaL) depends
on both transmembrane voltage and local Ca$^2+$(i) near the
channel, which results in distinctive inactivation properties. The
molecular mechanisms underlying many I(CaL) gating properties are
unclear, but Ca$^2+$(i) dynamics clearly play a fundamental
role.
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- action
- animals,
- calcium
- calcium,
- cardiac,
- cardiovascular,
- channel
- channels,
- chloride
- computer
- conductivity,
- electric
- ferrets,
- function,
- gating,
- gov't,
- homeostasis,
- ion
- l-type,
- mice,
- models,
- myocytes,
- non-p.h.s.,
- non-u.s.
- p.h.s.,
- patch-clamp
- potassium
- potentials,
- research
- reticulum,
- sarcoplasmic
- simulation,
- sodium
- support,
- techniques,
- u.s.
- ventricular
- voltage-gated,
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