/* * Multiple Modes of Calcium-induced Calcium Release in Sympathetic * Neurons * * Model Status * * This model is consistently represented within the CellML but * contains sets of algebraic equations that prevent the model * from being solved in currently available software - 03/08. * * Model Structure * * Calcium is an important signalling ion, and changes in Ca2+ * concentration ([Ca2+]) regulate diverse processes in many cellular * compartments. In excitable cells, depolarisation-induced Ca2+ * entry increases [Ca2+]i, leading to secondary changes in [Ca2+] * within organelles such as mitochondria and ER that regulate * specific Ca2+-sensitive targets within these organelles. Although * mitochondria accumulate Ca2+ in response to depolarisation-evoked * [Ca2+]i elevations (see The Colegrove et al Model Of Mitochondrial * Ca2+ Uptake And Release, 2000), the ER has been described as * either a Ca2+ source or sink. Different modes of net ER Ca2+ * transport are expected to have very different effects on cytoplasmic * and intraluminal Ca2+ signals and on the processes they regulate. * * In their 2001 model, Meredith A. Albrecht, Stephen L. Colegrove, * Jarin Hongpaisan, Natalia B. Pivovarova, S. Brian Andrews and * David D. Friel have examined the relationship between changes * in [Ca2+]i and [Ca2+]ER during weak depolarisation in sympathetic * neurons. The total Ca2+ flux during the recovery phase following * membrane depolarisation was divided into four components (see * below). One representing net Ca2+ extrusion across the plasma * membrane (Jextru), one representing Ca2+ entry through voltage-gated * Ca2+ channels (JICa), one representing ER Ca2+ uptake via a * Ca2+ ATPase (JSERCA) and one representing passive ER Ca2+ release. * This mathematical model has been translated into a CellML description * which can be downloaded in various formats as described in . * * The complete original paper reference is cited below: * * Multiple Modes of Calcium-induced Calcium Release in Sympathetic * Neurons I: Attenuation of Endoplasmic Reticulum Ca2+ Accumulation * at Low [Ca2+]i during Weak Depolarisation, Meredith A. Albrecht, * Stephen L. Colegrove, Jarin Hongpaisan, Natalia B. Pivovarova, * S. Brian Andrews and David D. Friel, 2001, The Journal Of General * Physiology, 118, 83-100. (Full text and PDF versions of the * article are available for Journal Members on the JGP website.) * PubMed ID: 11429446 * * cell schematic for the model * * [[Image file: albrecht_2001.png]] * * Schematic of the model indicating Ca2+ compartmentation in the * extracellular matrix, cytosol and the ER and pathways for Ca2+ * ion movement between the compartments. */ import nsrunit; unit conversion on; unit per_second=1 second^(-1); // unit millivolt predefined // unit millimolar predefined // unit micromolar predefined // unit nanomolar predefined unit nanomolar_per_second=1E-6 meter^(-3)*second^(-1)*mole^1; unit micromolar_per_second=1E-3 meter^(-3)*second^(-1)*mole^1; unit micro_litre=1E-9 meter^3; unit coulomb_per_millimole=1E3 second^1*ampere^1*mole^(-1); unit picoA=1E-12 ampere^1; math main { //Warning: the following variables were set 'extern' or given // an initial value of '0' because the model would otherwise be // underdetermined: v_i, k_i, I_Ca, Ca_i, Ca_ER, k_ER realDomain time second; time.min=0; extern time.max; extern time.delta; real J_ICa nanomolar_per_second; extern real v_i micro_litre; extern real k_i dimensionless; real F coulomb_per_millimole; F=96.5; extern real I_Ca picoA; real J_pm(time) nanomolar_per_second; real J_extru(time) nanomolar_per_second; real k_leak per_second; k_leak=0.00000015; real Vmax_extru nanomolar_per_second; Vmax_extru=25.0; real EC50_extru nanomolar; EC50_extru=386.0; real n_extru dimensionless; n_extru=2.4; real Ca_o millimolar; Ca_o=2.0; real Ca_i(time) nanomolar; //Warning: Assuming zero initial condition; nothing provided in original CellML model. when(time=time.min) Ca_i=0; real J_SERCA(time) nanomolar_per_second; real Vmax_SERCA nanomolar_per_second; Vmax_SERCA=70.0; real EC50_SERCA nanomolar; EC50_SERCA=700.0; real n_SERCA dimensionless; n_SERCA=1.0; real J_ER(time) nanomolar_per_second; real P_ER(time) per_second; real P_basal per_second; P_basal=0.0000178; real Pmax_RyR per_second; Pmax_RyR=0.0009; real EC50_RyR micromolar; EC50_RyR=1.0; real n_RyR dimensionless; n_RyR=1.0; real J_release(time) nanomolar_per_second; real Ca_ER(time) nanomolar; //Warning: Assuming zero initial condition; nothing provided in original CellML model. when(time=time.min) Ca_ER=0; real J_i(time) nanomolar_per_second; real v_ER micro_litre; extern real k_ER dimensionless; real gamma_ER dimensionless; gamma_ER=0.01; // // J_ICa=(I_Ca/(2*F*v_i*k_i)); // J_pm=(J_extru+J_ICa); J_extru=(k_leak*(Ca_i-Ca_o)+Vmax_extru/(1+(EC50_extru/Ca_i)^n_extru)); // J_SERCA=(Vmax_SERCA/(1+(EC50_SERCA/Ca_i)^n_SERCA)); // J_release=(P_ER*(Ca_i-Ca_ER)); J_ER=(J_SERCA+J_release); P_ER=(P_basal+Pmax_RyR/(1+(EC50_RyR/Ca_i)^n_RyR)); // Ca_i:time=((-1)*J_i); J_i=(J_pm+J_ER); // Ca_ER:time=(J_ER/gamma_ER); gamma_ER=(v_ER*k_ER/(v_i*k_i)); }