32 results on '"Michailova, Anushka"'
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2. Automatic design optimization using parallel workflows
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Abramson, David, Bethwaite, Blair, Enticott, Colin, Garic, Slavisa, Peachey, Tom, Michailova, Anushka, and Amirriazi, Saleh
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- 2010
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3. Modeling transmural heterogeneity of [K.sub.ATP] current in rabbit ventricular myocytes
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Michailova, Anushka, Lorentz, William, and McCulloch, Andrew
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Heart cells -- Chemical properties ,Rabbits -- Physiological aspects ,Ion channels -- Physiological aspects ,Anion exchangers (Biology) -- Chemical properties ,Anion exchangers (Biology) -- Physiological aspects ,Adenosine triphosphatase -- Physiological aspects ,Action potentials (Electrophysiology) -- Chemical properties ,Biological sciences - Abstract
To investigate the mechanisms regulating excitation-metabolic coupling in rabbit epicardial, midmyocardial, and endocardial ventricular myocytes we extended the LabHEART model (Puglisi JL and Bets DM. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 281: C2049-C2060, 2001). We incorporated equations for [Ca.sup.2+] and [Mg.sup.2+] buffering by ATP and ADP, equations for nucleotide regulation of ATP-sensitive [K.sup.+] channel and L-type [Ca.sup.2+] channel, [Na.sup.+]-[K.sup.+]-ATPase, and sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic [Ca.sup.2+]-ATPases, and equations describing the basic pathways (creatine and adenylate kinase reactions) known to communicate the flux changes generated by intracellular ATPases. Under normal conditions and during 20 rain of ischemia, the three regions were characterized by different [I.sub.Na],[I.sub.to], [I.sub.Kr][I.sub.Ks] and [I.sub.Kp] channel properties. The results indicate that the ATP-sensitive [K.sup.+] channel is activated by the smallest reduction in ATP in epicardial cells and largest in endocardial cells when cytosolic ADP, AMP, PCr, Cr, [P.sub.i], total [Mg.sup.2+], [Na.sup.+], [K.sup.+], [Ca.sup.2+], and pH diastolic levels are normal. The model predicts that only [K.sub.ATP] ionophore (Kit6.2 subunit) and not the regulatory subunit (SUR2A) might differ from endocardium to epicardium. The analysis suggests that during ischemia, the inhomogeneous accumulation of the metabolites in the tissue sublayers may alter in a very irregular manner the KATP channel opening through metabolic interactions with the endogenous PI cascade (PI[P.sub.2], PIP) that in turn may cause differential action potential shortening among the ventricular myocyte subtypes. The model predictions are in qualitative agreement with experimental data measured under normal and ischemic conditions in rabbit ventricular myocytes. ATP-sensitive [K.sup.+] channel; creatine and adenylate kinase reactions; phosphatidylinositol phosphates; heart; mathematical model
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- 2007
4. Modelling cardiac calcium sparks in a three-dimensional reconstruction of a calcium release unit
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Hake, Johan, Edwards, Andrew G., Yu, Zeyun, Kekenes-Huskey, Peter M., Michailova, Anushka P., McCammon, Andrew J., Holst, Michael J., Hoshijima, Masahiko, and McCulloch, Andrew D.
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- 2012
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5. Modeling regulation of cardiac KATP and L-type Ca2+ currents by ATP, ADP, and Mg2+
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Michailova, Anushka, Saucerman, Jeffrey, Belik, Mary Ellen, and McCulloch, Andrew D
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Life Sciences (General) - Abstract
Changes in cytosolic free Mg(2+) and adenosine nucleotide phosphates affect cardiac excitability and contractility. To investigate how modulation by Mg(2+), ATP, and ADP of K(ATP) and L-type Ca(2+) channels influences excitation-contraction coupling, we incorporated equations for intracellular ATP and MgADP regulation of the K(ATP) current and MgATP regulation of the L-type Ca(2+) current in an ionic-metabolic model of the canine ventricular myocyte. The new model: 1), quantitatively reproduces a dose-response relationship for the effects of changes in ATP on K(ATP) current, 2), simulates effects of ADP in modulating ATP sensitivity of K(ATP) channel, 3), predicts activation of Ca(2+) current during rapid increase in MgATP, and 4), demonstrates that decreased ATP/ADP ratio with normal total Mg(2+) or increased free Mg(2+) with normal ATP and ADP activate K(ATP) current, shorten action potential, and alter ionic currents and intracellular Ca(2+) signals. The model predictions are in agreement with experimental data measured under normal and a variety of pathological conditions.
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- 2005
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6. 33 - Calcium Signaling in Cardiomyocyte Models With Realistic Geometries
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Edwards, Andrew G., Hake, Johan, Michailova, Anushka P., Hoshijima, Masahiko, and McCulloch, Andrew D.
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- 2018
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7. Modeling beta-adrenergic control of cardiac myocyte contractility in silico
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Saucerman, Jeffrey J, Brunton, Laurence L, Michailova, Anushka P, McCulloch, Andrew D, and McCullough, A. D
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Life Sciences (General) - Abstract
The beta-adrenergic signaling pathway regulates cardiac myocyte contractility through a combination of feedforward and feedback mechanisms. We used systems analysis to investigate how the components and topology of this signaling network permit neurohormonal control of excitation-contraction coupling in the rat ventricular myocyte. A kinetic model integrating beta-adrenergic signaling with excitation-contraction coupling was formulated, and each subsystem was validated with independent biochemical and physiological measurements. Model analysis was used to investigate quantitatively the effects of specific molecular perturbations. 3-Fold overexpression of adenylyl cyclase in the model allowed an 85% higher rate of cyclic AMP synthesis than an equivalent overexpression of beta 1-adrenergic receptor, and manipulating the affinity of Gs alpha for adenylyl cyclase was a more potent regulator of cyclic AMP production. The model predicted that less than 40% of adenylyl cyclase molecules may be stimulated under maximal receptor activation, and an experimental protocol is suggested for validating this prediction. The model also predicted that the endogenous heat-stable protein kinase inhibitor may enhance basal cyclic AMP buffering by 68% and increasing the apparent Hill coefficient of protein kinase A activation from 1.0 to 2.0. Finally, phosphorylation of the L-type calcium channel and phospholamban were found sufficient to predict the dominant changes in myocyte contractility, including a 2.6x increase in systolic calcium (inotropy) and a 28% decrease in calcium half-relaxation time (lusitropy). By performing systems analysis, the consequences of molecular perturbations in the beta-adrenergic signaling network may be understood within the context of integrative cellular physiology.
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- 2003
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8. Contributors
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Aagaard, Philip, Abrams, Dominic James, Abriel, Hugues, Adkisson, Wayne O., Agullo-Pascual, Esperanza, Alvarado, Francisco J., Amin, Ahmad S., Antzelevitch, Charles, Anumonwo, Justus M.B., Armaganijan, Luciana, Arya, Arash, Asirvatham, Samuel, Atienza, Felipe, Backx, Peter H., Ballou, Lisa M., Balse, Elise, Balulad, Sujata, Barbuti, Andrea, Bardy, Gust H., Bassil, Guillaume, Benditt, David G., Berenfeld, Omer, Bers, Donald M., Binah, Ofer, Bogun, Frank, Bongianino, Rossana, Boyle, Noel G., Boyle, Patrick M., Breithardt, Günter, Brini, Marisa, Brink, Peter R., Brugada, Pedro, Buch, Eric, Bukauskas, Feliksas F., Calkins, Hugh, Callans, David J., Caples, Sean M., Carafoli, Ernesto, Catterall, William A., Cerrone, Marina, Chaumeil, Arnaud, Chen, Caressa, Chen, Lan S., Chen, Peng-Sheng, Cheng, Jianding, Chiamvimonvat, Nipavan, Christini, David J., Chugh, Aman, Climent, Andreu M., Cohen, Ira S., Connolly, Stuart J., Cooper, Lebron, Crespo, Eric M., Crotti, Lia, Csepe, Thomas A., Cuoco, Frank, Curtis, Anne B., Damiano, Ralph J., Jr., Darbar, Dawood, Das, Mithilesh K., d’Avila, Andre, Delmar, Mario, Delpón, Eva, Denegri, Marco, Denis, Arnaud, Derval, Nicolas, Deschênes, Isabelle, Deshmukh, Abhishek, Di Biase, Luigi, Dickfeld, Timm M., Dierckx, Hans, Dinov, Borislav, Dixit, Sanjay, Dobrev, Dobromir, Dubois, Remi, Eckardt, Lars, Edwards, Andrew G., Ellenbogen, Kenneth A., Ellinor, Patrick T., Estes, N.A. Mark, III, Fabritz, Larissa, Fedorov, Vadim V., Fernandez, Antonio B., Teijeira Fernández, Elvis, Filgueiras-Rama, David, Fishbein, Michael C., Fishman, Glenn I., Frankel, David S., Friedman, Paul, Frontera, Antonio, Gami, Apoor S., Garabelli, Paul, George, Alfred L., Jr., Gerstenfeld, Edward P., Gizurarson, Sigfus, Gold, Michael R., Goldberger, Jeffrey J., Grace, Andrew, Grassi, Guido, Greenfield, Ruth Ann, Gross, Wendy L., Grubb, Blair P., Guillem, María S., Györke, Sándor, Haïssaguerre, Michel, Hake, Johan, Halperin, Henry R., Hansen, Brian J., Hatem, Stéphane, Hayes, David L., Heijman, Jordi, Herron, Todd J., Hindricks, Gerhard, Hocini, Mélèze, Hohnloser, Stefan H., Holmes, David R., Jr., Hoshijima, Masahiko, Hund, Thomas J., Hutchinson, Mathew D., Ilkhanoff, Leonard, Ingles, Jodie, Ip, James E., Jackman, Warren M., Jackson, Nicholas, Jaïs, Pierre, Jalife, José, Jhun, Bong Sook, John, Roy M., Jongbloed, Monique, Jordaens, Luc, Kalman, Jonathan M., Kamp, Timothy J., Kanj, Mohamed H., Kapa, Suraj, Karabin, Beverly, Karakikes, Ioannis, Katritsis, Demosthenes G., Kaur, Kuljeet, Kirchhof, Paulus, Kléber, André G., Klein, George J., Kohl, Peter, Koneru, Jayanthi N., Koruth, Jacob S., Krahn, Andrew D., Krogh-Madsen, Trine, Kuck, Karl Heinz, Kumar, Saurabh, Kushnir, Alexander, Lakdawala, Neal K., Laksman, Zachary W.M., Latchamsetty, Rakesh, Lau, Dennis H., Lerman, Bruce B., Lin, Richard Z., Lin, Shien-Fong, Link, Mark S., Liu, Bin, Liu, Christopher F., Lockwood, Deborah J., Lopatin, Anatoli N., Lubitz, Steven A., Mahajan, Rajiv, Makielski, Jonathan C., Malik, Marek, Marchlinski, Francis E., Markowitz, Steven M., Maron, Barry J., Maron, Martin S., Marx, Steven O., Massé, Stéphane, McCulloch, Andrew D., McKelvie-Sebileau, Pippa, Melby, Spencer J., Metzner, Andreas, Michailova, Anushka P., Michaud, Gregory F., Miller, John M., Mishra, Jyotsna, Mitrani, Raul D., Mohler, Peter J., Morady, Fred, Myerburg, Robert J., Nakagawa, Hiroshi, Nalliah, Chrishan Joseph, Nanthakumar, Kumaraswamy, Napolitano, Carlo, Narayan, Sanjiv M., Natale, Andrea, Nattel, Stanley, Nazarian, Saman, Nguyen, Thao P., Nogami, Akihiko, Noujaim, Sami F., Nubret Le Coniat, Karine, Olshansky, Brian, O-Uchi, Jin, Oudit, Gavin Y., Ouyang, Feifan, Ozcan, Cevher, Packer, Douglas L., Pandit, Sandeep V., Panfilov, Alexander V., Park, David S., Patocskai, Bence, Pauza, Dainius H., Pauziene, Neringa, Piccini, Jonathan P., Pitt, Geoffrey S., Po, Sunny S., Prasad, Abhiram, Priori, Silvia G., Radwański, Przemysław B., Rappel, Wouter-Jan, Reiser, Michelle, Restrepo, Alejandro Jimenez, Robinson, Richard B., Roden, Dan M., Rosen, Michael R., Rosso, Raphael, Rudy, Yoram, Rysevaite-Kyguoliene, Kristina, Sabbah, Hani N., Sacher, Frederic, Sachse, Frank B., Saguner, Ardan M., Sanders, Prashanthan, Sanguinetti, Michael C., Santangeli, Pasquale, Sarraf, Mohammad, Satin, Jonathan, Schalij, Martin Jan, Scherlag, Benjamin J., Schill, Matthew R., Schleifer, J. William, Schuessler, Richard B., Schwartz, Peter J., Seeger, Timon, Semsarian, Christopher, Seravalle, Gino, Shah, Ashok J., Shaw, Robin M., Shen, Mark J., Shen, Win–Kuang, Sheu, Shey-Shing, Shivkumar, Kalyanam, Silva, Jennifer N.A., Skanes, Allan C., Soejima, Kyoko, Somers, Virend K., Sorajja, Dan, Stavrakis, Stavros, Steinberg, Christian, Stevenson, Lynne Warner, Stevenson, William G., Sweeney, Michael O., Swerdlow, Charles, Takigawa, Masateru, Tamargo, Juan, Tandri, Harikrishna, Tedrow, Usha B., Thompson, Nathaniel, Thompson, Paul D., Tomaselli, Gordon F., Towbin, Jeffrey A., Trayanova, Natalia A., Tristani-Firouzi, Martin, Tseng, Zian H., Ueda, Akiko, Valdivia, Héctor H., Valiunas, Virginijus, van der Werf, Christian, Van Hare, George F., Vidmar, David, Viskin, Sami, Voigt, Niels, Walsh, Edward P., Wang, Paul J., Wehrens, Xander H.T., Weiss, Mark S., Wilde, Arthur A.M., Wilkoff, Bruce L., Woo, Y. Joseph, Wu, Joseph C., Yee, Raymond, Zaman, Junaid A.B., Zarzoso, Manuel, Zeitler, Emily P., Zeppenfeld, Katja, Zghaib, Tarek, Zhang, Xiao-Dong, and Zipes, Douglas P.
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- 2018
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9. Multi-Scale Modeling in Rodent Ventricular Myocytes: Contributions of structural and functional heterogeneities to excitation-contraction coupling
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Lu, Shaoying, Michailova, Anushka, Saucerman, Jeffrey, Cheng, Yuhui, Yu, Zeyun, Kaiser, Timothy, Li, Wilfred, Bank, Randolph E., Holst, Michael, McCammon, J. Andrew, Hayashi, Takeharu, Hoshijima, Masahiko, Arzberger, Peter, and McCulloch, Andrew D.
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Aniline Compounds ,Calcium Channels, L-Type ,Heart Ventricles ,Finite Element Analysis ,Models, Cardiovascular ,Article ,Rats ,Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ,Xanthenes ,Animals ,Calcium ,Computer Simulation ,Myocytes, Cardiac ,Calcium Signaling ,Algorithms ,Software ,Fluorescent Dyes - Abstract
There is a growing body of experimental evidence suggesting that the Ca(2+) signaling in ventricular myocytes is characterized by a high gradient near the cell membrane and a more uniform Ca(2+) distribution in the cell interior [1]--[7]. An important reason for this phenomenon might be that in these cells the t-tubular system forms a network of extracellular space, extending deep into the cell interior. This allows the electrical signal, that propagates rapidly along the cell membrane, to reach the vicinity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), where intracellular Ca(2+) required for myofilament activation is stored [1], [8]--[11]. Early studies of cardiac muscle showed that the t-tubules are found at intervals of about 2 lm along the longitudinal cell axis in close proximity to the Z-disks of the sarcomeres [12]. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that the t-tubular system has also longitudinal extensions [9]--[11], [13].
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10. Robust workflows for science and engineering.
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Abramson, David, Bethwaite, Blair, Enticott, Colin, Garic, Slavisa, Peachey, Tom, Michailova, Anushka, Amirriazi, Saleh, and Chitters, Ramya
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- 2009
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11. MULTISCALE MODELING AND SIMULATION SESSION: FROM MOLECULES TO CELLS TO ORGANISMS.
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JUNG-CHI LIAO, REINBOLT, JEFF, KERCKHOFFS, ROY, MICHAILOVA, ANUSHKA, and ARZBERGER, PETER
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DATA analysis ,MOLECULAR structure ,MOLECULAR conformation ,CHEMICAL chains ,TRANSLATIONAL research - Published
- 2007
12. Sensitivity of Rabbit Ventricular Action Potential and Ca2+ Dynamics to Small Variations in Membrane Currents and Ion Diffusion Coefficients.
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Yuan Hung Lo, Peachey, Tom, Abramson, David, McCulloch, Andrew, and Michailova, Anushka
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Little is known about how small variations in ionic currents and Ca
2+ and Na+ diffusion coefficients impact action potential and Ca2+ dynamics in rabbit ventricular myocytes. We applied sensitivity analysis to quantify the sensitivity of Shannon et al. model (Biophys. J., 2004) to 5%-10% changes in currents conductance, channels distribution, and ion diffusion in rabbit ventricular cells. We found that action potential duration and Ca2+ peaks are highly sensitive to 10% increase in L-type Ca2+ current; moderately influenced by 10% increase in Na+ -Ca2+ exchanger, Na+ -K+ pump, rapid delayed and slow transient outward K+ currents, and Cl-background current; insensitive to 10% increases in all other ionic currents and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca2+ fluxes. Cell electrical activity is strongly affected by 5% shift of L-type Ca2+ channels and Na+ -Ca2+ exchanger in between junctional and submembrane spaces while Ca2+ -activated Cl--channel redistribution has the modest effect. Small changes in submembrane and cytosolic diffusion coefficients for Ca2+ , but not in Na+ transfer, may alter notably myocyte contraction. Our studies highlight the need for more precise measurements and further extending and testing of the Shannon et al. model. Our results demonstrate usefulness of sensitivity analysis to identify specific knowledge gaps and controversies related to ventricular cell electrophysiology and Ca2+ signaling. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2013
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13. Modeling effects of L-type Ca2+ current and Na+-Ca2+ exchanger on Ca2+ trigger flux in rabbit myocytes with realistic t-tubule geometries.
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Kekenes-Huskey, Peter M., Cheng, Yuhui, Hake, Johan E., Sachse, Frank B., Bridge, John H., Holst, Michael J., McCammon, J. Andrew, McCulloch, Andrew D., and Michailova, Anushka P.
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LABORATORY rabbits ,MUSCLE cells ,ELECTRIC properties of cell membranes ,ALLOSTERIC regulation ,GEOMETRIC modeling ,VOLTAGE-clamp techniques (Electrophysiology) - Abstract
The transverse tubular system of rabbit ventricular myocytes consists of cell membrane invaginations (t-tubules) that are essential for efficient cardiac excitation-contraction cou-pling. In this study, we investigate how t-tubule micro-anatomy, L-type Ca
2+ channel (LCC) clustering, and allosteric activation of Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger by L-type Ca2+ current affects intracellular Ca2+ dynamics. Our model includes a realistic 3D geometry of a single t-tubule and its surrounding half-sarcomeres for rabbit ventricular myocytes. The effects of spatially distributed membrane ion-transporters (LCC, Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger, sarcolemmal Ca2+ pump, and sarcolemmal Ca2+ leak), and stationary and mobile Ca2+ buffers (troponin C, ATP, calmodulin, and Fluo-3) are also considered.We used a coupled reaction-diffusion system to describe the spatio-temporal concentration profiles of free and buffered intracel-lular Ca2+ .We obtained parameters from voltage-clamp protocols of L-type Ca2+ current and line-scan recordings of Ca2+ concentration profiles in rabbit cells, in which the sar-coplasmic reticulum is disabled. Our model results agree with experimental measurements of global Ca2+ transient in myocytes loaded with 50 μM Fluo-3.We found that local Ca2+ concentrations within the cytosol and sub-sarcolemma, as well as the local trigger fluxes of Ca2+ crossing the cell membrane, are sensitive to details of t-tubule micro-structure and membrane Ca2+ flux distribution. The model additionally predicts that local Ca2+ trigger fluxes are at least threefold to eightfold higher than the whole-cell Ca2+ trigger flux. We found also that the activation of allosteric Ca2+ -binding sites on the Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger could provide a mechanism for regulating global and local Ca2+ trigger fluxes in vivo. Our studies indicate that improved structural and functional models could improve our under-standing of the contributions of L-type and Na+ /Ca2+ exchanger fluxes to intracellular Ca2+ dynamics. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2012
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14. Editorial: TBME Letters Special Issue on Multiscale Modeling and Analysis in Computational Biology and Medicine—Part-2.
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Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Frangi, Alejandro F., Peng, Grace C.Y., D’Argenio, David Z., Marmarelis, Vasilis Z., and Michailova, Anushka
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BIOMEDICAL engineering ,COMPUTATIONAL biology - Abstract
An introduction is presented in which the editor discusses various papers within the issue on topics including biomedical engineering, computational biology and the role of ontologies in biology.
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- 2011
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15. Editorial: Special Issue on Multiscale Modeling and Analysis in Computational Biology and Medicine—Part-1.
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Frangi, Alejandro F., Coatrieux, Jean-Louis, Peng, Grace C. Y., D’Argenio, David Z., Marmarelis, Vasilis Z., and Michailova, Anushka
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EDITORIALS ,MULTISCALE modeling ,BIOMEDICAL engineering ,COMPUTATIONAL biology ,BIOLOGICAL systems ,BIOCHIPS - Published
- 2011
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16. Multiscale Modeling of Calcium Dynamics in Ventricular Myocytes With Realistic Transverse Tubules.
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Yu, Zeyun, Yao, Guangming, Hoshijima, Masahiko, Michailova, Anushka, and Holst, Michael
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MYOCARDIUM ,MUSCLE cells ,CALCIUM ,MULTISCALE modeling ,FINITE element method ,MESHFREE methods ,REACTION-diffusion equations - Abstract
Spatial-temporal Ca^2+ dynamics due to Ca^2+ release, buffering, and reuptaking plays a central role in studying excitation–contraction (E–C) coupling in both normal and diseased cardiac myocytes. In this paper, we employ two numerical methods, namely, the meshless method and the finite element method, to model such Ca^2+ behaviors by solving a nonlinear system of reaction–diffusion partial differential equations at two scales. In particular, a subcellular model containing several realistic transverse tubules (or t-tubules) is investigated and assumed to reside at different locations relative to the cell membrane. To this end, the Ca^2+ concentration calculated from the whole-cell modeling is adopted as part of the boundary constraint in the subcellular model. The preliminary simulations show that Ca^2+ concentration changes in ventricular myocytes are mainly influenced by calcium release from t-tubules. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2011
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17. Numerical Analysis of Ca2+ Signaling in Rat Ventricular Myocytes with Realistic Transverse-Axial Tubular Geometry and Inhibited Sarcoplasmic Reticulum.
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Yuhui Cheng, Zeyun Yu, Hoshijima, Masahiko, Holst, Michael J., McCulloch, Andrew D., McCammon, J. Andrew, and Michailova, Anushka P.
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CALCIUM in the body ,MUSCLE cells ,SARCOLEMMA ,NUMERICAL analysis ,LABORATORY mice - Abstract
The t-tubule's of mammalian ventricular myocytes are invaginations of the cell membrane that occur at each Z-line. These invaginations branch within the cell to form a complex network that allows rapid propagation of the electrical signal, and hence synchronous rise of intracellular calcium (Ca
2+ ). To investigate how the t-tubulemicroanatomy and the distribution of membrane Ca2+ flux affect cardiac excitation-contraction coupling we developed a 3-D continuum model of Ca2+ signaling, buffering and diffusion in rat ventricular myocytes. The transverse-axial t-tubule geometry was derived from light microscopy structural data. To solve the nonlinear reaction-diffusion system we extended SMOL software tool (http://mccammon.ucsd.edu/smol/). The analysis suggests that the quantitative understanding of the Ca2+ signaling requires more accurate knowledge of the t-tubule ultra-structure and Ca2+ flux distribution along the sarcolemma. The results reveal the important role for mobile and stationary Ca2+ buffers, including the Ca2+ indicator dye. In agreement with experiment, in the presence of fluorescence dye and inhibited sarcoplasmic reticulum, the lack of detectible differences in the depolarization-evoked Ca2+ transients was found when the Ca2+ flux was heterogeneously distributed along the sarcolemma. In the absence of fluorescence dye, strongly non-uniform Ca2+ signals are predicted. Even at modest elevation of Ca2+ , reached during Ca2+ influx, large and steep Ca2+ gradients are found in the narrow sub-sarcolemmal space. The model predicts that the branched t-tubule structure and changes in the normal Ca2+ flux density along the cell membrane support initiation and propagation of Ca2+ waves in rat myocytes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]- Published
- 2010
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18. Multiscale Modeling in Rodent Ventricular Myocytes.
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Shaoying Lu, Michailova, Anushka P., Saucerman, Jeffrey J., Yuhui Cheng, Zeyun Yu, Kaiser, Timothy H., Li, Wilfred W., Bank, Randolph E., Holst, Michael J., McCammon, J. Andrew, Hayashi, Takeharu, Hoshijima, Masahiko, Arzberger, Peter, and McCulloch, Andrew D.
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MUSCLE cells ,CALCIUM ions ,LABORATORY rats ,DIFFUSION processes ,VENTRICULAR remodeling ,MYOCARDIAL infarction complications ,EXCITABLE membranes ,HETEROGENEITY ,EXCITATION (Physiology) - Abstract
The article presents a discussion on the developed three dimensional (3-D) continuum model used for the laboratory observation of calcium ion (Ca
2+ ) properties on rat myocytes. It provides information on the geometrical model and structural data observed and gathered on the rat's ventricular muscle cell. It also investigates mechanisms involving the basic principles of excitation-contraction (EC) coupling propagation in the observed ventricular myocytes. The study also reveals that the local Ca2+ spatiotemporal features signals that relies on the axial and cell surface diffusion distances.- Published
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19. Modeling transmural heterogeneity of KATP current in rabbit ventricular myocytes .
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Michailova, Anushka, Lorentz, William, and McCulloch, Andrew
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MUSCLE cells , *HEART cells , *LABORATORY rabbits , *HEART , *ADENOSINE triphosphatase - Abstract
To investigate the mechanisms regulating excitation-metabolic coupling in rabbit epicardial, midmyocardial, and endocardial ventricular myocytes we extended the LabHEART model (Puglisi JL and Bers DM. Am J Physiol Cell Physiol 281: C2049-C2060, 2001). We incorporated equations for Ca2+ and Mg2+ buffering by ATP and ADP, equations for nucleotide regulation of ATP-sensitive K+ channel and L-type Ca2+ channel, Na+-K+-ATPase, and sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic Ca2+-ATPases, and equations describing the basic pathways (creatine and adenylate kinase reactions) known to communicate the flux changes generated by intracellular ATPases. Under normal conditions and during 20 mm of ischemia, the three regions were characterized by different INa, Ito, IKr, IKs, and IKp channel properties. The results indicate that the ATP-sensitive K+ channel is activated by the smallest reduction in ATP in epicardial cells and largest in endocardial cells when cytosolic ADP, AMP, PCr, Cr, Pi, total Mg2+, Na+, K+, Ca2+, and pH diastolic levels are normal. The model predicts that only KATP ionophore (Kir6.2 subunit) and not the regulatory subunit (SUR2A) might differ from endocardium to epicardium. The analysis suggests that during ischemia, the inhomogeneous accumulation of the metabolites in the tissue sublayers may alter in a very irregular manner the KATP channel opening through metabolic interactions with the endogenous PI cascade (PIP2, PIP) that in turn may cause differential action potential shortening among the ventricular myocyte subtypes. The model predictions are in qualitative agreement with experimental data measured under normal and ischemic conditions in rabbit ventricular myocytes. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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20. Embedding optimization in computational science workflows.
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Abramson, David, Bethwaite, Blair, Enticott, Colin, Garic, Slavisa, Peachey, Tom, Michailova, Anushka, and Amirriazi, Saleh
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PARALLEL computers ,AUTOMATIC identification ,INTELLIGENT agents ,INDUSTRIAL engineering - Abstract
Abstract: Workflows support the automation of scientific processes, providing mechanisms that underpin modern computational science. They facilitate access to remote instruments, databases and parallel and distributed computers. Importantly, they allow software pipelines that perform multiple complex simulations (leveraging distributed platforms), with one simulation driving another. Such an environment is ideal for computational science experiments that require the evaluation of a range of different scenarios “in silico” in an attempt to find ones that optimize a particular outcome. However, in general, existing workflow tools do not incorporate optimization algorithms, and thus whilst users can specify simulation pipelines, they need to invoke the workflow as a stand-alone computation within an external optimization tool. Moreover, many existing workflow engines do not leverage parallel and distributed computers, making them unsuitable for executing computational science simulations. To solve this problem, we have developed a methodology for integrating optimization algorithms directly into workflows. We implement a range of generic actors for an existing workflow system called Kepler, and discuss how they can be combined in flexible ways to support various different design strategies. We illustrate the system by applying it to an existing bio-engineering design problem running on a Grid of distributed clusters. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2010
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21. Theoretical model and computer simulation of excitation-contraction coupling of mammalian cardiac muscle
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Michailova, Anushka P. and Spassov, Velin Z.
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22. Slow Calcium-Depolarization-Calcium waves may initiate fast local depolarization waves in ventricular tissue
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Tveito, Aslak, Lines, Glenn Terje, Edwards, Andrew G., Maleckar, Mary M., Michailova, Anushka, Hake, Johan, and McCulloch, Andrew
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MUSCLE cells , *MYOCARDIUM , *MUSCLE contraction , *GAP junctions (Cell biology) , *HEART ventricles , *PHYSIOLOGICAL effects of calcium , *HEART cells - Abstract
Abstract: Intercellular calcium waves in cardiac myocytes are a well-recognized, if incompletely understood, phenomenon. In a variety of preparations, investigators have reported multi-cellular calcium waves or triggered propagated contractions, but the mechanisms of propagation and pathological importance of these events remain unclear. Here, we review existing experimental data and present a computational approach to investigate the mechanisms of multi-cellular calcium wave propagation. Over the past 50 years, the standard modeling paradigm for excitable cardiac tissue has seen increasingly detailed models of the dynamics of individual cells coupled in tissue solely by intercellular and interstitial current flow. Although very successful, this modeling regime has been unable to capture two important phenomena: 1) the slow intercellular calcium waves observed experimentally, and 2) how intercellular calcium events resulting in delayed after depolarizations at the cellular level could overcome a source-sink mismatch to initiate depolarization waves in tissue. In this paper, we introduce a mathematical model with subcellular spatial resolution, in which we allow both inter- and intracellular current flow and calcium diffusion. In simulations of coupled cells employing this model, we observe: a) slow inter-cellular calcium waves propagating at about 0.1 mm/s, b) faster Calcium-Depolarization-Calcium (CDC) waves, traveling at about 1 mm/s, and c) CDC-waves that can set off fast depolarization-waves (50 cm/s) in tissue with varying gap-junction conductivity. [Copyright &y& Elsevier]
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23. Computer simulation of excitation-contraction coupling of mammalian cardiac muscle
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Michailova, Anushka P and Spassov, Velin Z
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- 1992
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24. Calcium and IP3 dynamics in cardiac myocytes: experimental and computational perspectives and approaches.
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Hohendanner F, McCulloch AD, Blatter LA, and Michailova AP
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Calcium plays a crucial role in excitation-contraction coupling (ECC), but it is also a pivotal second messenger activating Ca(2+)-dependent transcription factors in a process termed excitation-transcription coupling (ETC). Evidence accumulated over the past decade indicates a pivotal role of inositol 1,4,5-trisphosphate receptor (IP3R)-mediated Ca(2+) release in the regulation of cytosolic and nuclear Ca(2+) signals. IP3 is generated by stimulation of plasma membrane receptors that couple to phospholipase C (PLC), liberating IP3 from phosphatidylinositol 4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2). An intriguing aspect of IP3 signaling is the presence of the entire PIP2-PLC-IP3 signaling cascade as well as the presence of IP3Rs at the inner and outer membranes of the nuclear envelope (NE) which functions as a Ca(2+) store. The observation that the nucleus is surrounded by its own putative Ca(2+) store raises the possibility that nuclear IP3-dependent Ca(2+) release plays a critical role in ETC. This provides a potential mechanism of regulation that acts locally and autonomously from the global cytosolic Ca(2+) signal underlying ECC. Moreover, there is evidence that: (i) the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) and NE are a single contiguous Ca(2+) store; (ii) the nuclear pore complex is the major gateway for Ca(2+) and macromolecules to pass between the cytosol and the nucleoplasm; (iii) the inner membrane of the NE hosts key Ca(2+) handling proteins including the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger (NCX)/GM1 complex, ryanodine receptors (RyRs), nicotinic acid adenine dinucleotide phosphate receptors (NAADPRs), Na(+)/K(+) ATPase, and Na(+)/H(+) exchanger. Thus, it appears that the nucleus represents a Ca(2+) signaling domain equipped with its own ion channels and transporters that allow for complex local Ca(2+) signals. Many experimental and modeling approaches have been used for the study of intracellular Ca(2+) signaling but the key to the understanding of the dual role of Ca(2+) mediating ECC and ECT lays in quantitative differences of local [Ca(2+)] in the nuclear and cytosolic compartment. In this review, we discuss the state of knowledge regarding the origin and the physiological implications of nuclear Ca(2+) transients in different cardiac cell types (adult atrial and ventricular myocytes) as well as experimental and mathematical approaches to study Ca(2+) and IP3 signaling in the cytosol and nucleus. In particular, we focus on the concept that highly localized Ca(2+) signals are required to translocate and activate Ca(2+)-dependent transcription factors (e.g., nuclear factor of activated T-cells, NFAT; histone deacetylase, HDAC) through phosphorylation/dephosphorylation processes.
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25. Molecular and subcellular-scale modeling of nucleotide diffusion in the cardiac myofilament lattice.
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Kekenes-Huskey PM, Liao T, Gillette AK, Hake JE, Zhang Y, Michailova AP, McCulloch AD, and McCammon JA
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- Adenosine Diphosphate metabolism, Adenosine Triphosphatases metabolism, Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Anisotropy, Hydrolysis, Mitochondria metabolism, Molecular Conformation, Nucleotides chemistry, Reproducibility of Results, Sarcomeres metabolism, Diffusion, Intracellular Space metabolism, Models, Molecular, Myofibrils metabolism, Nucleotides metabolism
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Contractile function of cardiac cells is driven by the sliding displacement of myofilaments powered by the cycling myosin crossbridges. Critical to this process is the availability of ATP, which myosin hydrolyzes during the cross-bridge cycle. The diffusion of adenine nucleotides through the myofilament lattice has been shown to be anisotropic, with slower radial diffusion perpendicular to the filament axis relative to parallel, and is attributed to the periodic hexagonal arrangement of the thin (actin) and thick (myosin) filaments. We investigated whether atomistic-resolution details of myofilament proteins can refine coarse-grain estimates of diffusional anisotropy for adenine nucleotides in the cardiac myofibril, using homogenization theory and atomistic thin filament models from the Protein Data Bank. Our results demonstrate considerable anisotropy in ATP and ADP diffusion constants that is consistent with experimental measurements and dependent on lattice spacing and myofilament overlap. A reaction-diffusion model of the half-sarcomere further suggests that diffusional anisotropy may lead to modest adenine nucleotide gradients in the myoplasm under physiological conditions., (Copyright © 2013 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.)
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- 2013
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26. Sensitivity of rabbit ventricular action potential and Ca²⁺ dynamics to small variations in membrane currents and ion diffusion coefficients.
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Lo YH, Peachey T, Abramson D, McCulloch A, and Michailova A
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- Animals, Calcium physiology, Heart Ventricles metabolism, Ions, Myocytes, Cardiac physiology, Rabbits, Sodium metabolism, Action Potentials physiology, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Signaling, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism
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Little is known about how small variations in ionic currents and Ca²⁺ and Na⁺ diffusion coefficients impact action potential and Ca²⁺ dynamics in rabbit ventricular myocytes. We applied sensitivity analysis to quantify the sensitivity of Shannon et al. model (Biophys. J., 2004) to 5%-10% changes in currents conductance, channels distribution, and ion diffusion in rabbit ventricular cells. We found that action potential duration and Ca²⁺ peaks are highly sensitive to 10% increase in L-type Ca²⁺ current; moderately influenced by 10% increase in Na⁺-Ca²⁺ exchanger, Na⁺-K⁺ pump, rapid delayed and slow transient outward K⁺ currents, and Cl⁻ background current; insensitive to 10% increases in all other ionic currents and sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca²⁺ fluxes. Cell electrical activity is strongly affected by 5% shift of L-type Ca²⁺ channels and Na⁺-Ca²⁺ exchanger in between junctional and submembrane spaces while Ca²⁺-activated Cl⁻-channel redistribution has the modest effect. Small changes in submembrane and cytosolic diffusion coefficients for Ca²⁺, but not in Na⁺ transfer, may alter notably myocyte contraction. Our studies highlight the need for more precise measurements and further extending and testing of the Shannon et al. model. Our results demonstrate usefulness of sensitivity analysis to identify specific knowledge gaps and controversies related to ventricular cell electrophysiology and Ca²⁺ signaling.
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27. Modeling effects of L-type ca(2+) current and na(+)-ca(2+) exchanger on ca(2+) trigger flux in rabbit myocytes with realistic T-tubule geometries.
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Kekenes-Huskey PM, Cheng Y, Hake JE, Sachse FB, Bridge JH, Holst MJ, McCammon JA, McCulloch AD, and Michailova AP
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The transverse tubular system of rabbit ventricular myocytes consists of cell membrane invaginations (t-tubules) that are essential for efficient cardiac excitation-contraction coupling. In this study, we investigate how t-tubule micro-anatomy, L-type Ca(2+) channel (LCC) clustering, and allosteric activation of Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger by L-type Ca(2+) current affects intracellular Ca(2+) dynamics. Our model includes a realistic 3D geometry of a single t-tubule and its surrounding half-sarcomeres for rabbit ventricular myocytes. The effects of spatially distributed membrane ion-transporters (LCC, Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger, sarcolemmal Ca(2+) pump, and sarcolemmal Ca(2+) leak), and stationary and mobile Ca(2+) buffers (troponin C, ATP, calmodulin, and Fluo-3) are also considered. We used a coupled reaction-diffusion system to describe the spatio-temporal concentration profiles of free and buffered intracellular Ca(2+). We obtained parameters from voltage-clamp protocols of L-type Ca(2+) current and line-scan recordings of Ca(2+) concentration profiles in rabbit cells, in which the sarcoplasmic reticulum is disabled. Our model results agree with experimental measurements of global Ca(2+) transient in myocytes loaded with 50 μM Fluo-3. We found that local Ca(2+) concentrations within the cytosol and sub-sarcolemma, as well as the local trigger fluxes of Ca(2+) crossing the cell membrane, are sensitive to details of t-tubule micro-structure and membrane Ca(2+) flux distribution. The model additionally predicts that local Ca(2+) trigger fluxes are at least threefold to eightfold higher than the whole-cell Ca(2+) trigger flux. We found also that the activation of allosteric Ca(2+)-binding sites on the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger could provide a mechanism for regulating global and local Ca(2+) trigger fluxes in vivo. Our studies indicate that improved structural and functional models could improve our understanding of the contributions of L-type and Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger fluxes to intracellular Ca(2+) dynamics.
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28. Numerical analysis of Ca2+ signaling in rat ventricular myocytes with realistic transverse-axial tubular geometry and inhibited sarcoplasmic reticulum.
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Cheng Y, Yu Z, Hoshijima M, Holst MJ, McCulloch AD, McCammon JA, and Michailova AP
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- Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Algorithms, Animals, Calmodulin metabolism, Cells, Cultured, Computer Simulation, Imaging, Three-Dimensional, Myocytes, Cardiac chemistry, Myocytes, Cardiac ultrastructure, Rats, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum chemistry, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum ultrastructure, Software, Calcium Signaling physiology, Computational Biology methods, Models, Biological, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum metabolism
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The t-tubules of mammalian ventricular myocytes are invaginations of the cell membrane that occur at each Z-line. These invaginations branch within the cell to form a complex network that allows rapid propagation of the electrical signal, and hence synchronous rise of intracellular calcium (Ca(2+)). To investigate how the t-tubule microanatomy and the distribution of membrane Ca(2+) flux affect cardiac excitation-contraction coupling we developed a 3-D continuum model of Ca(2+) signaling, buffering and diffusion in rat ventricular myocytes. The transverse-axial t-tubule geometry was derived from light microscopy structural data. To solve the nonlinear reaction-diffusion system we extended SMOL software tool (http://mccammon.ucsd.edu/smol/). The analysis suggests that the quantitative understanding of the Ca(2+) signaling requires more accurate knowledge of the t-tubule ultra-structure and Ca(2+) flux distribution along the sarcolemma. The results reveal the important role for mobile and stationary Ca(2+) buffers, including the Ca(2+) indicator dye. In agreement with experiment, in the presence of fluorescence dye and inhibited sarcoplasmic reticulum, the lack of detectible differences in the depolarization-evoked Ca(2+) transients was found when the Ca(2+) flux was heterogeneously distributed along the sarcolemma. In the absence of fluorescence dye, strongly non-uniform Ca(2+) signals are predicted. Even at modest elevation of Ca(2+), reached during Ca(2+) influx, large and steep Ca(2+) gradients are found in the narrow sub-sarcolemmal space. The model predicts that the branched t-tubule structure and changes in the normal Ca(2+) flux density along the cell membrane support initiation and propagation of Ca(2+) waves in rat myocytes.
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29. Multiscale modeling in rodent ventricular myocytes.
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Lu S, Michailova A, Saucerman J, Cheng Y, Yu Z, Kaiser T, Li W, Bank R, Holst M, McCammon J, Hayashi T, Hoshijima M, Arzberger P, and McCulloch A
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- Algorithms, Aniline Compounds metabolism, Animals, Calcium metabolism, Computer Simulation, Finite Element Analysis, Fluorescent Dyes metabolism, Rats, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum metabolism, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum physiology, Software, Xanthenes metabolism, Calcium Channels, L-Type physiology, Calcium Signaling physiology, Heart Ventricles cytology, Models, Cardiovascular, Myocytes, Cardiac physiology
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There is a growing body of experimental evidence suggesting that the Ca(2+) signaling in ventricular myocytes is characterized by a high gradient near the cell membrane and a more uniform Ca(2+) distribution in the cell interior [1]--[7]. An important reason for this phenomenon might be that in these cells the t-tubular system forms a network of extracellular space, extending deep into the cell interior. This allows the electrical signal, that propagates rapidly along the cell membrane, to reach the vicinity of the sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR), where intracellular Ca(2+) required for myofilament activation is stored [1], [8]--[11]. Early studies of cardiac muscle showed that the t-tubules are found at intervals of about 2 lm along the longitudinal cell axis in close proximity to the Z-disks of the sarcomeres [12]. Subsequent studies have demonstrated that the t-tubular system has also longitudinal extensions [9]--[11], [13].
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30. Effects of Mg2+, pH and PCr on cardiac excitation-metabolic coupling.
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Michailova A and McCulloch AD
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- Adenosine Diphosphate metabolism, Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Animals, Calcium metabolism, Hydrogen-Ion Concentration, Magnesium pharmacology, Models, Biological, Myocytes, Cardiac drug effects, Rabbits, Signal Transduction drug effects, Signal Transduction physiology, Magnesium metabolism, Myocytes, Cardiac metabolism, Phosphocreatine metabolism
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A tight coupling between ionic currents, intracellular Ca2+ homeostasis, cytosolic [ADP] and deltaG of ATP hydrolysis underlies the regulation of cardiac cell function. As more experimental detail on the biochemistry and biophysics of these complex processes and their interactions accumulates, the intuitive interpretation of the new findings becomes increasingly impractical. For this reason we developed detailed biophysical model that couples Ca2+ signaling, cell electrophysiology and bioenergetics with the main interactions between phosphorylated species (ATP, ADP, AMP, PCr, Cr, P(i)) and Lewis cytosolic acids (Na+, K+, Mg2+, H+). The results indicate that the increase in free cytosolic Mg2+ (0.2-5 mM) systematically shortens the action potential duration. The analysis suggests that that under physiological conditions a pH decrease accompanied by a free Mg2+ increase tends to counteract an [ADP] increase due to PCr depletion. The model reproduces qualitatively a sequence of events that correlates well with the experimental data.
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31. Effects of magnesium on cardiac excitation-contraction coupling.
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Michailova AP, Belik ME, and McCulloch AD
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- Action Potentials, Calcium-Transporting ATPases, Electric Conductivity, Humans, Ion Transport, Models, Biological, Myocardium cytology, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum Calcium-Transporting ATPases, Adenosine Diphosphate metabolism, Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Calcium metabolism, Ion Pumps metabolism, Magnesium metabolism, Myocardium metabolism
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Objective: Magnesium regulates a large number of cellular processes. Small changes in intracellular free Mg(2+) ([Mg(2+)](i)) may have important effects on cardiac excitability and contractility. We investigated the effects of [Mg(2+)](i) on cardiac excitation-contraction coupling., Methods: We used our ionic-metabolic model that incorporates equations for Ca(2+) and Mg(2+) buffering and transport by ATP and ADP and equations for MgATP regulation of ion transporters (Na(+)-K(+) pump, sarcolemmal and sarcoplasmic Ca(2+) pumps)., Results: Model results indicate that variations in cytosolic Mg(2+) level might sensitively affect diastolic and systolic Ca(2+), sarcoplasmic Ca(2+) content, Ca(2+) influx through L-type channels, efficiency of the Na(+)/Ca(2+) exchanger and action potential shape. The analysis suggests that the most important reason for the observed effects is a modified normal function of sarcoplasmic Ca(2+)-ATPase pump by altered diastolic MgATP levels., Conclusion: The model is able to reproduce qualitatively a sequence of events that correspond well with experimental observations during cardiac excitation-contraction coupling in mammalian ventricular myocytes.
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32. Spatiotemporal features of Ca2+ buffering and diffusion in atrial cardiac myocytes with inhibited sarcoplasmic reticulum.
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Michailova A, DelPrincipe F, Egger M, and Niggli E
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- Adenosine Triphosphate metabolism, Animals, Buffers, Calcium Signaling drug effects, Cells, Cultured, Computer Simulation, Diffusion, Guinea Pigs, Heart Atria drug effects, Heart Atria metabolism, Membrane Potentials drug effects, Membrane Potentials physiology, Microscopy, Confocal methods, Microscopy, Fluorescence methods, Models, Chemical, Muscle Cells cytology, Muscle Cells drug effects, Myocardium metabolism, Patch-Clamp Techniques, Ryanodine pharmacology, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum drug effects, Thapsigargin pharmacology, Calcium metabolism, Calcium Signaling physiology, Models, Cardiovascular, Muscle Cells physiology, Sarcoplasmic Reticulum metabolism
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Ca(2+) signaling in cells is largely governed by Ca(2+) diffusion and Ca(2+) binding to mobile and stationary Ca(2+) buffers, including organelles. To examine Ca(2+) signaling in cardiac atrial myocytes, a mathematical model of Ca(2+) diffusion was developed which represents several subcellular compartments, including a subsarcolemmal space with restricted diffusion, a myofilament space, and the cytosol. The model was used to quantitatively simulate experimental Ca(2+) signals in terms of amplitude, time course, and spatial features. For experimental reference data, L-type Ca(2+) currents were recorded from atrial cells with the whole-cell voltage-clamp technique. Ca(2+) signals were simultaneously imaged with the fluorescent Ca(2+) indicator Fluo-3 and a laser-scanning confocal microscope. The simulations indicate that in atrial myocytes lacking T-tubules, Ca(2+) movement from the cell membrane to the center of the cells relies strongly on the presence of mobile Ca(2+) buffers, particularly when the sarcoplasmic reticulum is inhibited pharmacologically. Furthermore, during the influx of Ca(2+) large and steep concentration gradients are predicted between the cytosol and the submicroscopically narrow subsarcolemmal space. In addition, the computations revealed that, despite its low Ca(2+) affinity, ATP acts as a significant buffer and carrier for Ca(2+), even at the modest elevations of [Ca(2+)](i) reached during influx of Ca(2+).
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