# Neuroprotective role of gap junctions in a neuron astrocyte network model # G. Huguet, A. Joglekar, L. Matamba Messi, R. Buckalew, S. Wong, D. Terman # Biophysical Journal, 111, 452-462, July 26, 2016 p R=8310 p Temp=310.0 p F=96485 frt=R*Temp/F # Volumes(um^3) and Area (um^2) of neuron units p S=922 p voln=2160 p delta=.1 vole=delta*voln #astrocyte surface p Sas=1600 #astrocyte volume p vola=2000 # Conversion factors from uA/cm^2 to mM/ms c1=10.0*s/(F*voln) c2=10.0*s/(F*vole) c3a=10*sas/(F*vola) c3e=10*sas/(F*vole) # All currents density have the unit uA/cm^2 as a consequence # since the voltage is in mV, all the conductances density have the unit mS/cm^2 # Fast sodium p gna=3 p thm=-34.,sigm=5. p phih=.05 minf(v)=1./(1.+exp(-(v-thm)/sigm)) ina(v,n,vna)=gna*minf(v)^3*(1-n)*(v-vna) # NaP p gnap=.4 p taubar=10000 p thmp=-40,sigmp=6 p thhp=-48,sighp=-6 p vt=-49,sig=6 minfp(v)=1./(1.+exp(-(v-thmp)/sigmp)) hinfp(v)=1./(1.+exp(-(v-thhp)/sighp)) tauhp(v)=taubar/cosh((v-vt)/(2*sig)) inap(v,hp,vna)=gnap*minfp(v)*hp*(v-vna) # IK p gk=5. p thn=-55.,sgn=14. p taun0=.05,taun1=.27,thnt=-40,sn=-12 p phin=.8 ninf(v)=1./(1.+exp(-(v-thn)/sgn)) taun(v)=taun0+taun1/(1+exp(-(v-thnt)/sn)) ik(v,n,vk)=gk*(n^4)*(v-vk) # Ileak p gl=.3 p vl=-70 il(v)=gl*(v-vl) p iapp=0 # We measure the flux of ions due to Na,K-ATPase as currents in the unit uA/cm^2 p rhon=10 ipump[1..30]=rhon/(((1+2/ke[j])^2)*(1+7.7/nai[j])^3) inapump[1..30]=3*ipump[j] ikpump[1..30]=-2*ipump[j] # Neurons Na and K Nernstian reversal potentials in mV vk[1..30]=frt*ln(ke[j]/ki[j]) vna[1..30]=frt*ln(nae[j]/nai[j]) # Ionic diffusion in mM/ms with diffusion factors in /ms kdiff[1..1]=d5*2*(ke[j+1]-ke[j]) kdiff[2..29]=d5*(ke[j+1]+ke[j-1]-2*ke[j]) kdiff[30..30]=d5*2*(ke[j-1]-ke[j]) nadiff[1..1]=d8*2*(nae[j+1]-nae[j]) nadiff[2..29]=d8*(nae[j+1]+nae[j-1]-2*nae[j]) nadiff[30..30]=d8*2*(nae[j-1]-nae[j]) # We have used a membrane capacitance density of 1 uF/cm^2. The unit of the capacitance is chosen # so that current densities are measured in uA/cm^2 v[1..30]'= (-(ina(v[j],n[j],vna[j])+inap(v[j],hp[j],vna[j])+ik(v[j],n[j],vk[j])+il(v[j])+ipump[j])+iapp) n[1..30]'= phin*(ninf(v[j])-n[j])/taun(v[j]) hp[1..30]'=phih*(hinfp(v[j])-hp[j])/tauhp(v[j]) # These ions are measured in mM #ke[1..5]'=eps*heav(-40-v[j])+c2*(ik(v[j],n[j],vk[j])+ikpump[j])+kdiff[j]+c3e*(ika(va[j],ke[j],kia[j])-2*ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])) ke[1..5]'=eps+c2*(ik(v[j],n[j],vk[j])+ikpump[j])+kdiff[j]+c3e*(ika(va[j],ke[j],kia[j])-2*ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])) ke[6..30]'=c2*(ik(v[j],n[j],vk[j])+ikpump[j])+kdiff[j]+c3e*(ika(va[j],ke[j],kia[j])-2*ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])) nai[1..30]'=-c1*(ina(v[j],n[j],vna[j])+inap(v[j],hp[j],vna[j])+inapump[j]) nae[1..30]'=c2*(ina(v[j],n[j],vna[j])+inap(v[j],hp[j],vna[j])+inapump[j])+nadiff[j]+c3e*(inaa(va[j],nae[j],naia[j])+3*ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])) ki[1..30]'=-c1*(ik(v[j],n[j],vk[j])+ikpump[j]) # K+ is injected into neurons 1-6 at rate eps. This turns off once v1 > -30. eps'=0 i eps=.005 global 1 {v1+30} {eps=0} #values used in the submitted version of the paper p d5=0.02 p d8=0.013 i v[1..30]=-70.53 i n[1..30]=0.25 i hp[1..30]=0.976 i ke[1..30]=5.8 i nai[1..30]=3.7 i nae[1..30]=145 i ki[1..30]=137 aux ipump[1..30]=ipump[j] ##### Astrocyte p pka=4.8e-06 P pnaa=.015e-06 p sigmagap=0. pkgap=sigmagap*pka pnagap=.8*pkgap p gkir=50 p gamma=.2 p rhoa=10 p cma=1 p iappa=0 p ncell=1 phia(v)=v/frt phigap(v1,v2)=(v1-v2)/frt ek(ke,ki)=frt*log(ke/ki) aux ek[1..30]=ek(ke[j],kia[j]) ika(v,ke,ki)=(1-gamma)*PKa*F*phia(v)*(ke*exp(-phia(v))-ki)/(exp(-phia(v))-1) inaa(v,nae,nai)=PNaa*F*phia(v)*(Nae*exp(-phia(v))-Nai)/(exp(-phia(v))-1) ipumpa(ke,nai)=rhoa/(((1+2/ke)^2)*(1+10/nai)^3) gap(x,y,a,b)=F*phigap(x,y)*((b*exp(-phigap(x,y))-a)/(exp(-phigap(x,y))-1)) kg(v1,v2,ki1,ki2)=pkgap*gap(v1,v2,ki1,ki2) nag(v1,v2,nai1,nai2)=pnagap*gap(v1,v2,nai1,nai2) ikga[1..25]=kg(va[j],va[j+1],kia[j],kia[j+1])+kg(va[j],va[j+2],kia[j],kia[j+2])+kg(va[j],va[j+3],kia[j],kia[j+3])+kg(va[j],va[j+4],kia[j],kia[j+4])+kg(va[j],va[j+5],kia[j],kia[j+5]) ikga[26..26]=kg(va[j],va[j+1],kia[j],kia[j+1])+kg(va[j],va[j+2],kia[j],kia[j+2])+kg(va[j],va[j+3],kia[j],kia[j+3])+kg(va[j],va[j+4],kia[j],kia[j+4]) ikga[27..27]=kg(va[j],va[j+1],kia[j],kia[j+1])+kg(va[j],va[j+2],kia[j],kia[j+2])+kg(va[j],va[j+3],kia[j],kia[j+3]) ikga[28..28]=kg(va[j],va[j+1],kia[j],kia[j+1])+kg(va[j],va[j+2],kia[j],kia[j+2]) ikga[29..29]=kg(va[j],va[j+1],kia[j],kia[j+1]) ikga[30..30]=0 ikgb[6..30]=kg(va[j],va[j-1],kia[j],kia[j-1])+kg(va[j],va[j-2],kia[j],kia[j-2])+kg(va[j],va[j-3],kia[j],kia[j-3])+kg(va[j],va[j-4],kia[j],kia[j-4])+kg(va[j],va[j-5],kia[j],kia[j-5]) ikgb[5..5]=kg(va[j],va[j-1],kia[j],kia[j-1])+kg(va[j],va[j-2],kia[j],kia[j-2])+kg(va[j],va[j-3],kia[j],kia[j-3])+kg(va[j],va[j-4],kia[j],kia[j-4]) ikgb[4..4]=kg(va[j],va[j-1],kia[j],kia[j-1])+kg(va[j],va[j-2],kia[j],kia[j-2])+kg(va[j],va[j-3],kia[j],kia[j-3]) ikgb[3..3]=kg(va[j],va[j-1],kia[j],kia[j-1])+kg(va[j],va[j-2],kia[j],kia[j-2]) ikgb[2..2]=kg(va[j],va[j-1],kia[j],kia[j-1]) ikgb[1..1]=0 ikgap[1..30]=ikga[j]+ikgb[j] inaga[1..25]=nag(va[j],va[j+1],naia[j],naia[j+1])+nag(va[j],va[j+2],naia[j],naia[j+2])+nag(va[j],va[j+3],naia[j],naia[j+3])+nag(va[j],va[j+4],naia[j],naia[j+4])+nag(va[j],va[j+5],naia[j],naia[j+5]) inaga[26..26]=nag(va[j],va[j+1],naia[j],naia[j+1])+nag(va[j],va[j+2],naia[j],naia[j+2])+nag(va[j],va[j+3],naia[j],naia[j+3])+nag(va[j],va[j+4],naia[j],naia[j+4]) inaga[27..27]=nag(va[j],va[j+1],naia[j],naia[j+1])+nag(va[j],va[j+2],naia[j],naia[j+2])+nag(va[j],va[j+3],naia[j],naia[j+3]) inaga[28..28]=nag(va[j],va[j+1],naia[j],naia[j+1])+nag(va[j],va[j+2],naia[j],naia[j+2]) inaga[29..29]=nag(va[j],va[j+1],naia[j],naia[j+1]) inaga[30..30]=0 inagb[6..30]=nag(va[j],va[j-1],naia[j],naia[j-1])+nag(va[j],va[j-2],naia[j],naia[j-2])+nag(va[j],va[j-3],naia[j],naia[j-3])+nag(va[j],va[j-4],naia[j],naia[j-4])+nag(va[j],va[j-5],naia[j],naia[j-5]) inagb[5..5]=nag(va[j],va[j-1],naia[j],naia[j-1])+nag(va[j],va[j-2],naia[j],naia[j-2])+nag(va[j],va[j-3],naia[j],naia[j-3])+nag(va[j],va[j-4],naia[j],naia[j-4]) inagb[4..4]=nag(va[j],va[j-1],naia[j],naia[j-1])+nag(va[j],va[j-2],naia[j],naia[j-2])+nag(va[j],va[j-3],naia[j],naia[j-3]) inagb[3..3]=nag(va[j],va[j-1],naia[j],naia[j-1])+nag(va[j],va[j-2],naia[j],naia[j-2]) inagb[2..2]=nag(va[j],va[j-1],naia[j],naia[j-1]) inagb[1..1]=0 inagap[1..30]=inaga[j]+inagb[j] igap[1..30]=ikgap[j]+inagap[j] aux ika[1..30]=ika(va[j],ke[j],kia[j]) va[1..30]'=-(ika(va[j],ke[j],kia[j])+inaa(va[j],nae[j],naia[j])+ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])+igap[j]-iappa)/cma kia[1..30]'=-c3a*(ika(va[j],ke[j],kia[j])-2*ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])+ikgap[j]) naia[1..30]'=-c3a*(inaa(va[j],nae[j],naia[j])+3*ipumpa(ke[j],naia[j])+inagap[j]) i va[1..30]=-81 i kia[1..30]=125 i naia[1..30]=5.6 ### XPP settings @ dt=.5,total=50000,meth=qualrk,tolerance=.0000001 @ xp=t,yp=v1,xlo=0,xhi=50000,ylo=-90,yhi=0.,bound=700000,maxstor=1000000 done