Selection of intracellular calcium patterns in a model with clustered Ca2+ release channels

Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys. 2003 Mar;67(3 Pt 1):031905. doi: 10.1103/PhysRevE.67.031905. Epub 2003 Mar 13.

Abstract

A two-dimensional model is proposed for intracellular Ca2+ waves, which incorporates both the discrete nature of Ca2+ release sites in the endoplasmic reticulum membrane and the stochastic dynamics of the clustered inositol 1,4,5-triphosphate (IP3) receptors. Depending on the Ca2+ diffusion coefficient and concentration of IP3, various spontaneous Ca2+ patterns, such as calcium puffs, local waves, abortive waves, global oscillation, and tide waves, can be observed. We further investigate the speed of the global waves as a function of the IP3 concentration and the Ca2+ diffusion coefficient and under what conditions the spatially averaged Ca2+ response can be described by a simple set of ordinary differential equations.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Animals
  • Binding Sites
  • Calcium / metabolism*
  • Calcium Channels / metabolism
  • Diffusion
  • Dose-Response Relationship, Drug
  • Endoplasmic Reticulum
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
  • Models, Statistical
  • Oocytes / metabolism
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / metabolism
  • Xenopus

Substances

  • Calcium Channels
  • Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors
  • Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear
  • Calcium