: Calcium ion accumulation with radial diffusion, buffering and pumping
NEURON {
THREADSAFE
SUFFIX cadp
USEION ca READ cao, cai, ica WRITE cai, ica
RANGE ica_pmp, diam_factor, TotalPump, ca, CaEndBuffer, EndBuffer, pump, pumpca
GLOBAL vrat, TotalEndBuffer, k1, k2, k3, k4, k1bufend, k2bufend
: USEION dep READ depi VALENCE 1
NONSPECIFIC_CURRENT icont
}
:DEFINE Nannuli 4
UNITS {
(molar) = (1/liter)
(mM) = (millimolar)
(um) = (micron)
(mA) = (milliamp)
FARADAY = (faraday) (10000 coulomb)
PI = (pi) (1)
(mol) = (1)
}
PARAMETER {
DCa = 0.6 (um2/ms)
k1bufend = 100 (/mM-ms) : Yamada et al. 1989
k2bufend = 0.1 (/ms)
TotalEndBuffer = 0.003 (mM)
k1bufex = 100 (/mM-ms)
k2bufex = 0.017 (/ms) : Based on OGB-1 kd
TotalExBuffer = 0.04 (mM) :
k1 = 1 (/mM-ms)
k3 = 1 (/ms)
: to eliminate pump, set TotalPump to 0 in hoc
TotalPump = 1e-14 (mol/cm2)
fl_ratio=14 (1)
diam_factor=1 (1)
: dep_factor=1 (1)
}
ASSIGNED {
diam (um)
L (um)
ica (mA/cm2)
cai (mM)
: vrat[Nannuli] : numeric value of vrat[i] equals the volume
: of annulus i of a 1um diameter cylinder
: multiply by diam^2 to get volume per um length
: depi
k2 (/ms)
k4 (/mM-ms)
ka_end (/mM)
: ka_ex (/mM)
B0end (mM)
: B0ex (mM)
cao (mM)
ica_pmp (mA/cm2)
icont (mA/cm2)
parea (um)
: AvgCaExBuffer (mM) : [CaExBuffer] averaged over all shells.
:f (1)
diamf (um)
}
CONSTANT { volo = 1e10 (um2) }
STATE {
: ca[0] is equivalent to cai
: ca[] are very small, so specify absolute tolerance
:ca[Nannuli] (mM) <1e-10>
ca (mM) <1e-10>
CaEndBuffer (mM)
EndBuffer (mM)
:CaExBuffer[Nannuli] (mM)
:ExBuffer[Nannuli] (mM)
pump (mol/cm2)
pumpca (mol/cm2)
}
BREAKPOINT {
SOLVE state METHOD sparse
ica = ica_pmp
icont = -ica_pmp
:AvgCaExBuffer = 0.0
:FROM i=0 TO Nannuli-1 {
: AvgCaExBuffer = AvgCaExBuffer + (CaExBuffer[i] * vrat[i])
:}
:AvgCaExBuffer = AvgCaExBuffer * (4/PI)
:f = TotalExBuffer + (fl_ratio - 1) * AvgCaExBuffer
}
LOCAL factors_done
INITIAL {
k2=sqrt(cai/cao) :Set the equilibrium at cai0_ca_ion
k4=sqrt(cai/cao)
diamf=diam*diam_factor
parea = PI*diamf
vrat = PI*0.25
pump = TotalPump/(1 + (cai*k1/k2))
pumpca = TotalPump - pump
: if (factors_done == 0) { : flag becomes 1 in the first segment
: factors_done = 1 : all subsequent segments will have
: factors() : vrat = 0 unless vrat is GLOBAL
: }
ka_end = k1bufend/k2bufend
:ka_ex = k1bufex/k2bufex
B0end = TotalEndBuffer/(1 + ka_end*cai)
:B0ex = TotalExBuffer/(1 + ka_ex*cai)
: ex_buffer_ratio = 0.0
EndBuffer = B0end
CaEndBuffer = TotalEndBuffer - B0end
ca=cai
: FROM i=0 TO Nannuli-1 {
: ca[i] = cai
: EndBuffer[i] = B0end
: CaEndBuffer[i] = TotalEndBuffer - B0end
: ExBuffer[i] = B0ex
: CaExBuffer[i] = TotalExBuffer - B0ex
: :ex_buffer_ratio = ex_buffer_ratio + (CaExBuffer[i] * vrat[i])
: }
:ex_buffer_ratio=(ex_buffer_ratio/(PI/4))/(TotalExBuffer - (ex_buffer_ratio/(PI/4)))
}
:LOCAL frat[Nannuli] : scales the rate constants for model geometry
:PROCEDURE factors() {
: LOCAL r, dr2
: r = 1/2 : starts at edge (half diam)
: dr2 = r/(Nannuli-1)/2 : full thickness of outermost annulus,
: : half thickness of all other annuli
: vrat[0] = 0
: frat[0] = 2*r
: FROM i=0 TO Nannuli-2 {
: vrat[i] = vrat[i] + PI*(r-dr2/2)*2*dr2 : interior half
: r = r - dr2
: frat[i+1] = 2*PI*r/(2*dr2) : outer radius of annulus
: : div by distance between centers
: r = r - dr2
: vrat[i+1] = PI*(r+dr2/2)*2*dr2 : outer half of annulus
: }
:}
LOCAL dsq, dsqvol : can't define local variable in KINETIC block
: or use in COMPARTMENT statement
KINETIC state {
COMPARTMENT diamf*diamf*vrat {ca CaIndBuffer IndBuffer}
COMPARTMENT (1e10)*parea {pump pumpca}
COMPARTMENT volo {cao}
:LONGITUDINAL_DIFFUSION DCa*diamf*diamf*vrat {ca}
:pump
~ ca + pump <-> pumpca (k1*parea*(1e10), k2*parea*(1e10))
~ pumpca <-> pump + cao (k3*parea*(1e10), k4*parea*(1e10))
CONSERVE pump + pumpca = TotalPump * parea * (1e10)
ica_pmp = 2*FARADAY*(f_flux - b_flux)/parea
: all currents except pump
~ ca << (-(ica-ica_pmp)*PI*diamf/(2*FARADAY)) : ica is Ca efflux
:FROM i=0 TO Nannuli-2 {
: ~ ca[i] <-> ca[i+1] (DCa*frat[i+1], DCa*frat[i+1])
:}
dsqvol = diamf*diamf*vrat
~ ca + EndBuffer <-> CaEndBuffer (k1bufend*dsqvol, k2bufend*dsqvol)
cai=ca
: FROM i=0 TO Nannuli-1 {
: dsqvol = dsq*vrat[i]
: ~ ca[i] + EndBuffer[i] <-> CaEndBuffer[i] (k1bufend*dsqvol, k2bufend*dsqvol)
: ~ ca[i] + ExBuffer[i] <-> CaExBuffer[i] (k1bufex*dsqvol, k2bufex*dsqvol):
:
: }
: cai = ca[0]
}