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Table 2 Comparison of Ca2+ handling properties of E-C coupling in the developed model and experiments

From: Regulation of excitation-contraction coupling in mouse cardiac myocytes: integrative analysis with mathematical modelling

Magnitude

Simulated value

Experimental value

Diastolic [Ca2+]i (μM)

0.10

0.100 ± 0.012 [66]; 0.099 ± 0.011 [21]; 0.200 ± 0.021 [20]

Systolic [Ca2+]i (μM)

0.46

0.458 ± 0.073 [66]; 0.314 ± 0.028 [21]; 0.425 ± 0.026 [20]

Decay constant of Ca2+ transient (ms)

190

166 ± 12 (0.25 Hz) [66]; 293 ± 19 [20];

188 ± 14 (0.5 Hz) [19]; 210 (0.5 Hz) [2]

∫ICa, L dt (μM)

1.0

1.5 [22]

Maximum JREL (μmol/Lcytosol/ms)

2.2

3 (rat) [72, 81]

Diastolic SR Ca2+ content (μM)

92

142 ± 9 [20]; 102 (0.5 Hz) [19]; 64.3 ± 13.0 (0.5 Hz) [73]

Fractional release (%)

28

29 ± 3 [20]

SERCA Ca2+ removal fraction (%)

89

88 [20]; 90.3 (0.5 Hz) [19]; 88 (0.5 Hz) [73]

NCX Ca2+ removal fraction (%)

10

12 [20]; 9.2 (0.5 Hz) [19]; 12 (0.5 Hz) [73]

Slow Ca2+ removal fraction (%)

0.56

0.5 (0.5 Hz) [19]

FDAR (Ï„1 Hz/Ï„4 Hz)

2.36

2.06 ± 0.08 (τ0.5 Hz/τ4 Hz) [20]; 1.87 ± 0.06 (τ1 Hz/τ5 Hz) [74]

  1. Simulation results are shown for 1 Hz pacing steady-state. All concentrations are in cytosol volume.