Abstract
Calcium (Ca$^2+$)-induced Ca$^2+$ release (CICR) in cardiac
myocytes exhibits high gain and is graded. These properties result
from local control of Ca$^2+$ release. Existing local control
models of Ca$^2+$ release in which interactions between L-Type
Ca$^2+$ channels (LCCs) and ryanodine-sensitive Ca$^2+$ release
channels (RyRs) are simulated stochastically are able to reconstruct
these properties, but only at high computational cost. Here we present
a general analytical approach for deriving simplified models of local
control of CICR, consisting of low-dimensional systems of coupled
ordinary differential equations, from these more complex local control
models in which LCC-RyR interactions are simulated stochastically.
The resulting model, referred to as the coupled LCC-RyR gating model,
successfully reproduces a range of experimental data, including L-Type
Ca$^2+$ current in response to voltage-clamp stimuli, inactivation
of LCC current with and without Ca$^2+$ release from the sarcoplasmic
reticulum, voltage-dependence of excitation-contraction coupling
gain, graded release, and the force-frequency relationship. The model
does so with low computational cost.
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- action
- adaptor
- adrenergic,
- algorithms,
- amino
- amp-dependent
- animals,
- beta-1,
- biological,
- biophysics,
- calcium
- calcium,
- cardiac,
- cardiovascular,
- cell
- cells,
- chains,
- channel
- channel,
- channels,
- comparative
- complexes,
- computer
- conduction
- contraction,
- cyclic
- dependent
- dogs,
- electrophysiology,
- expression
- extramural,
- factors,
- gating,
- gene
- gov't,
- guinea
- heart
- humans,
- interaction
- ion
- ions,
- isoproterenol,
- kinase,
- kinases,
- l-type,
- long
- mapping,
- markov
- membrane
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