Rate dependence and regulation of action potential and calcium transient in a canine cardiac ventricular cell model

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Model Structure

In the paper described here, Thomas Hund and Yoram Rudy present a detailed, and physiologically realistic, mathematical model of a canine ventricular cell. Model simulations are able to recreate the rate-dependent phenomena associated with ion-channel kinetics, action potential properties, and calcium ion handling. The model is based on an epicardial myocyte because these cells contain the largest transient outward potassium current (when compared with endocardial or midmyocardial myocytes). The calcium/calmodulin-dependent protein kinase (CaMKII) regulatory pathway was embedded within the electrophysiological model, incorporating calcium-release formulation, calcium subspace, and dynamic chloride handling. Results from the model simulations revealed CaMKII is an important determinant of the rate dependence of the calcium transient, but not of the action potential duration, which depends instead on the ion-channel kinetics.

The complete original paper reference is cited below:

Rate dependence and regulation of action potential and calcium transient in a canine cardiac ventricular cell model, Thomas J. Hund and Yoram Rudy, 2004, Circulation, 110, 3168-3174. (Full text and PDF versions of the article are available to journal subscribers on the Circulation website.) PubMed ID: 15505083