/* * Complex intracellular calcium oscillations. A theoretical exploration * of possible mechanisms * * Model Status * * This CellML model runs in both OpenCell and COR to reproduce * the published output (figure 12). The units have been checked * and they are consistent. * * Model Structure * * ABSTRACT: Intracellular Ca2+ oscillations are commonly observed * in a large number of cell types in response to stimulation by * an extracellular agonist. In most cell types the mechanism of * regular spiking is well understood and models based on Ca2+-induced * Ca2+ release (CICR) can account for many experimental observations. * However, cells do not always exhibit simple Ca2+ oscillations. * In response to given agonists, some cells show more complex * behaviour in the form of bursting, i.e. trains of Ca2+ spikes * separated by silent phases. Here we develop several theoretical * models, based on physiologically plausible assumptions, that * could account for complex intracellular Ca2+ oscillations. The * models are all based on one- or two-pool models based on CICR. * We extend these models by (i) considering the inhibition of * the Ca2+-release channel on a unique intracellular store at * high cytosolic Ca2+ concentrations, (ii) taking into account * the Ca2+-activated degradation of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate * (IP3), or (iii) considering explicitly the evolution of the * Ca2+ concentration in two different pools, one sensitive and * the other one insensitive to IP3. Besides simple periodic oscillations, * these three models can all account for more complex oscillatory * behaviour in the form of bursting. Moreover, the model that * takes the kinetics of IP3 into account shows chaotic behaviour. * * Complex intracellular calcium oscillations. A theoretical exploration * of possible mechanisms, Jose A.M. Borghans, Genevieve Dupont, * Albert Goldbeter, 1997, Biophysical Chemistry, 66, 25-41. PubMed * ID: 17029867 * * cell diagram * * [[Image file: borghans_1997c.png]] * * Schematic representation of the two-pool model for complex Ca2+ * oscillations. */ import nsrunit; unit conversion on; unit min=60 second^1; unit per_min=.01666667 second^(-1); unit uM=1E-3 meter^(-3)*mole^1; unit per_uM4=1E12 meter^12*mole^(-4); unit uM_per_min=1.6666667E-5 meter^(-3)*second^(-1)*mole^1; math main { realDomain time min; time.min=0; extern time.max; extern time.delta; real Z(time) uM; when(time=time.min) Z=0.0; real Y(time) uM; when(time=time.min) Y=0.0; real X(time) uM; when(time=time.min) X=0.5; real V_in uM_per_min; real V_2i(time) uM_per_min; real V_3i(time) uM_per_min; real V_2s(time) uM_per_min; real V_3s(time) uM_per_min; real K_f per_min; K_f=0.5; real K per_min; K=1; real beta dimensionless; beta=1; real v_0 uM_per_min; v_0=0.015; real v_1 uM_per_min; v_1=0.012; real V_M2i uM_per_min; V_M2i=3.1; real K_2i uM; K_2i=0.005; real V_M3i uM_per_min; V_M3i=25; real K_3z uM; K_3z=0.022; real K_3y uM; K_3y=0.065; real V_M2s uM_per_min; V_M2s=1.5; real K_2s uM; K_2s=0.0265; real V_M3s uM_per_min; V_M3s=0.169; real K_3s uM; K_3s=0.1; // // Z:time=(V_in+(-1)*V_2i+V_3i+K_f*Y+(-1)*V_2s+V_3s+K_f*X+(-1)*(K*Z)); Y:time=(V_2i+(-1)*V_3i+(-1)*(K_f*Y)); X:time=(V_2s+(-1)*V_3s+(-1)*(K_f*X)); // // V_in=(v_0+v_1*beta); // V_2i=(V_M2i*(Z^2/(K_2i^2+Z^2))); // V_3i=(V_M3i*(Y^2/(K_3y^2+Y^2))*(Z^2/(K_3z^2+Z^2))); // V_2s=(V_M2s*(Z^2/(K_2s^2+Z^2))); // V_3s=(beta*V_M3s*(X^2/(K_3s^2+X^2))); }