Calcium-activated K+ Channels in Pancreatic Beta-Cells
Catherine
Lloyd
Bioengineering Institute, University of Auckland
Model Status
This is the original unchecked version of the model imported from the previous
CellML model repository, 24-Jan-2006.
Model Structure
Pancreatic beta cells of the islets of Langerhans play an important role in the control of blood glucose levels by secreting insulin in response to an increase in extracellular glucose concentration. Increased glucose concentration also induces rhythmical electrical activity in beta cells. This activity consists of the periodic plateaus and spikes of Ca2+-dependent action potentials, which enhance Ca2+ influx and insulin secretion. Two KCa channels are present in beta cells: a voltage dependent, "fast", large conductance KCa, and a slowly activating and deactivating KCa current, Kslow. Kslow is thought to be responsible for islet pacemaking.
Experimental data suggest that both cytosolic calcium and calcium from the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) play an essential role in the activation of Kslow channels. In their 2002 paper, P.B. Goforth, R. Bertram, F.A. Khan, M. Zhang, A. Sherman, and L.S. Satin develop two mathematical models to test this theory (see below). Their first minimal model lacks a separate subspace, and they found that this two component model (cytosol and ER) was insufficient to explain Ca2+-induced activation of Kslow channels. However, their second model incorporated a localised pool of Ca2+ in a subspace located between the plasma membrane and the ER. In this model, subspace [Ca2+] is positively correlated with changes in cytosolic [Ca2+], but with a gradient that reflects Ca2+ efflux from the ER. The simulations from this model were consistent with experimental data.
The complete original paper reference is cited below:
Calcium-activated K+ Channels of Mouse Beta-cells are Controlled by Both Store and Cytoplasmic Ca2+: Experimental and Theoretical Studies, P.B. Goforth, R. Bertram, F.A. Khan, M. Zhang, A. Sherman, and L.S. Satin, 2002,
Journal of General Physiology
, 120, 307-322. (Full text and PDF versions of the article are available to subscribers on the Journal of General Physiology website.) PubMed ID: 12198088
The raw CellML descriptions of the model can be downloaded in various formats as described in .
cell_diagram
Schematic diagram of the model of Kslow activation by Ca2+. Ca2+ entering the beta-cell through voltage gated Ca2+ channels (ICa
) is either pumped out of the cell by the Ca2+ ATPase (JPMCA
), or by Na+/Ca2+ exchange, or it is pumped into the ER by SERCA (JSERCA
). Ca2+ leaves the ER through specialised channels close to the Kslow channels (JRELEASE
and JX
). This produces a local calcium concentration gradient in the subspace. Subspace calcium is passively exchanged with cytosolic calcium.
calcium dynamics
electrophysiology
Pancreatic Beta-Cell
beta cell
12198088
Arthur
Sherman
Added publication date information.
Goforth et al's 2002 mathematical model of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in
pancreatic beta cells.
pancreatic beta-cell
F
Khan
A
The University of Auckland, Bioengineering Institute
Leslie
Satin
S
2003-04-09
Catherine Lloyd
2005-04-20
The University of Auckland
The Bioengineering Institute
Made MathML id's unique
R
Bertram
Journal of General Physiology
This is the CellML description of Goforth et al's 2nd 2002 mathematical model of Ca2+-activated K+ channels in pancreatic beta cells. This model has a subspace between the ER and the plasma membrane.
Calcium-activated K+ Channels of Mouse Beta Cells are Controlled by Both Store and Cytoplasmic Ca2+: Experimental and Theoretical Studies
120
307
322
2002-11-06
c.lloyd@auckland.ac.nz
M
Zhang
Autumn
Cuellar
A
P
Goforth
B
Catherine
Lloyd
May
Peter
Villiger
J
keyword
2002-09-01