/* * Mechanism of constant contractile efficiency under cooling inotropy * of myocardium: simulationy * * Model Status * * This model is known to run in both OpenCell and COR. It is an * accurate match to the paper equations but it does not recreate * all the published results. * * Model Structure * * Abstract: We have reported that, in canine hearts, cardiac cooling * to 29C enhanced left ventricular contractility but changed neither * the contractile efficiency of cross-bridge (CB) cycling nor * the excitation-contraction coupling energy. The mechanism of * this intriguing energetics remained unknown. To get insights * into this mechanism, we simulated myocardial cooling mechanoenergetics * using basic Ca2+ and CB kinetics. We assumed that both adenosinetriphosphatase * (ATPase)-dependent sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca2+ uptake and * CB detachment decelerated with cooling. We also assumed that * all the ATPase-independent SR Ca2+ release, Ca2+ binding to * and dissociation from troponin, and CB attachment remained unchanged. * The simulated cooling shifted the CB force-free Ca2+ concentration * curve to a lower Ca2+ concentration, increasing the Ca2+ responsiveness * of CB force generation, and increased the maximum Ca2+-activated * force. The simulation most importantly showed that these cooling * effects combined led to a constant contractile efficiency when * Ca2+ uptake and CB detachment rate constants changed appropriately. * This result seems to account for our experimentally observed * constant contractile efficiency under cooling inotropy. * * model diagram Schematic diagram of the Mikane et al model. The * effect of calcium and troponin on cross bridge (CB) cycling * is also demonstrated. * * The complete original paper reference is cited below: * * Mechanism of constant contractile efficiency under cooling inotropy * of myocardium: simulation, Takeshi Mikane, Junichi Araki, Kunihisa * Kohno, Yasunori Nakayama, Shunsuke Suzuki, Juichiro Shimizu, * Hiromi Matsubara, Masahisa Hirakawa, Miyako Takaki, and Hiroyuki * Suga, 1997, American Journal of Physiology, 273, H2891-H2898. * PubMed ID: 9435629 */ import nsrunit; unit conversion on; unit per_second=1 second^(-1); unit uM_per_kg=1E-6 kilogram^(-1)*mole^1; unit uM_per_kg_per_second=1E-6 kilogram^(-1)*second^(-1)*mole^1; unit kg_per_uM_per_second=1E6 kilogram^1*second^(-1)*mole^(-1); math main { realDomain time second; time.min=0; extern time.max; extern time.delta; real Ca_t(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) Ca_t=0; real TnCa_t(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) TnCa_t=0; real CB_on_t(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) CB_on_t=0; real Ca_released(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) Ca_released=0; real Ca_sequestered(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) Ca_sequestered=0; real cumCB_on_t(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) cumCB_on_t=0; real cumCB_off_t(time) uM_per_kg; when(time=time.min) cumCB_off_t=0; real Ca_release_rate(time) uM_per_kg_per_second; real dTnCa_t_dt(time) uM_per_kg_per_second; real Ca_tot_released uM_per_kg; Ca_tot_released=35; real total_Tn uM_per_kg; total_Tn=70; real total_CB uM_per_kg; total_CB=150; real k_1 kg_per_uM_per_second; k_1=5e6; real k_2 per_second; k_2=10; real k_3 per_second; k_3=1000; real f kg_per_uM_per_second; f=0.4e6; real g per_second; g=10; // // Ca_release_rate=(if (time>(.1 second)) (0 uM_per_kg_per_second) else (20 per_second)*Ca_tot_released*(1-(10 per_second)*time)); Ca_t:time=(Ca_release_rate-k_3*Ca_t-dTnCa_t_dt); TnCa_t:time=(k_1*Ca_t*(total_Tn-TnCa_t)-k_2*TnCa_t); dTnCa_t_dt=(k_1*Ca_t*(total_Tn-TnCa_t)-k_2*TnCa_t); CB_on_t:time=(f*TnCa_t*(total_CB-CB_on_t)-g*CB_on_t); Ca_released:time=Ca_release_rate; Ca_sequestered:time=(k_3*Ca_t); cumCB_on_t:time=(f*TnCa_t*(total_CB-CB_on_t)); cumCB_off_t:time=(g*CB_on_t); }