#D.P.Dougherty 2010 #Model of mouse ORN #The XPP file is configured to demonstrate the slow transduction #current generated during a prolonged odorant presentation #Alphabetically sorted listing of all model parameters (descriptions given below). param cap=0.0035 param cc1lin=2.6 param cc2=40.231 param ck1lin=40 param ck2=2.412 param clmax=0.8294 param cnmax=3.6417 param ef=7.832 param gl=15.4267 param hmc1=1.5965 param hmc2=7.6415 param inf=1.4654 param inhmax=0.98 param k1=2.2748 param k2lin=42.0896 param kI=16.5304 param kinh=1.3875 param kinhcng=0.2242 param n1=5.6384 param n2=3.4161 param ninh=8.4067 param ninhcng=0.6306 param pd=7.3132 param r1=9.4574 param r2=12.5485 param smax=63.0987 param vcl=-7.3248 param vcng=0.4641 param vl=-69.6653 #cap #Capacitance of ORN ciliary membrane# nF #cc1lin #Rate at which Ca2+ associates with CaM to form CaCaM # s^-1 #cc2 #Rate at which CaCaM dissociates to Ca2+ and CaM # s^-1 #ck1lin #Rate at which CaCaM activates CaMK # s^-1 #ck2 #Rate at which active CaMK deactivates # s^-1 #clmax #Maximal conductance of ANO2 Cl(Ca) channels # nS #cnmax #Maximal conductance of CNG channels # nS #ef #Maximum calcium efflux (assumed sodium & potassium independent) #s^-1 #gl #Maximum leak (generic) conductance # nS #hmc1 #Concentration of cAMP needed to achieve half-maximal activation (K1/2) of the CNG channel # uM #hmc2 #Concentration of Ca2+ needed to achieve half-maximal activation (K1/2) of the Cl(Ca) channel| # uM #inf #Net calcium inward flux via CNG channel # uM*pC^-1 #inhmax #Maximum inhibition of CNG by CaCAM # unitless #k1 #Receptor affinity for ligand # (um*s)^-1 #k2lin #Rate of G-protein activation per bound receptor complex # s^-1 #kinh #Concentration of aCaMK needed for half-maximal inhibition (IC50) of cAMP production # uM #kinhcng #Concentration of CaCaM needed for half-maximal inhibition of the CNG channel # uM #n1 #Hill coefficient of the CNG channel activation function # unitless #n2 #Hill coefficient of the Cl(Ca) channel activation function # unitless #ninh #Steepness of the decreasing sigmoid representing aCaMK-mediated inhibition of cAMP synthesis # unitless #ninhcng #Steepness of the sigmoid inhcng representing inhibition of CNG channel by CaCaM # unitless #pd #Rate at which a cAMP molecule is degraded by phosphodiesterase # s^-1 #r1 #Rate of unbinding of odorant from receptor # s^-1 #r2 #Rate at which a G-protein becomes deactivate rate # s^-1 #smax #Maximal (uninhibited) rate of cAMP production by adenylyl cyclase per active G-protein # uM*s^-1 #vcl #Reversal potential of Cl(Ca) channels # mV #vcng #Reversal potential of CNG channels # mV #vl #Effective reversal potential for leak current # mV #Below here are non-physiological parameters related to the experimental design: #Micromolar concentration of odorant at full concentration param ostim=100 #Sharpness of odorant plume param SHARPNESS=0.0001 %hv defines a "heaviside-like" pulse but with adjustable steepness parameter. %Use this to describe a smeared odorant plume reaching the neuron. hv(x,s)=1/(1+exp(-x/s)) PULSE(t)=(hv(t-1,SHARPNESS) - hv(t-60,SHARPNESS)) OD(t) = ostim*PULSE(t) #The vertebrate ORN model has 3 compartments i) Cilia, ii) Dendrite, and iii) Soma. #### Cilia Compartment #### dbLR/dt = k1*OD(t)*(1-bLR)-r1*bLR daG/dt = k2lin*bLR*(1-aG) - r2*aG dcAMP/dt = (aG*smax)/(1 + ((CAMK/kinh)^ninh)) - pd*cAMP dCa/dt = inf*Icng(cAMP,Vcilia) - ef*Ca + (-cc1lin*Ca + cc2*CaCAM) dCaCAM/dt = cc1lin*Ca - cc2*CaCAM dCAMK/dt = ck1lin*CaCAM - ck2*CAMK dVcilia/dt = (1/cap)*(Icng(cAMP,Vcilia) + Icacl(Ca,Vcilia) + Il(Vcilia)) inhcng(CaCAM) = 1+(inhmax-1)*((CaCAM^ninhcng)/(CaCAM^ninhcng + kinhcng^ninhcng)) #Current models: Icng(cAMP,Vcilia) = ((cnmax*cAMP^n1)/(cAMP^n1 + (inhcng(CaCAM)*hmc1)^n1))*(vcng-Vcilia) Icacl(Ca,Vcilia) = ((clmax*Ca^n2)/(Ca^n2 + hmc2^n2))*(vcl-Vcilia) Il(Vcilia) = gl*(vl-Vcilia) #These auxilliary functions simply model what is actually measured by suction pipette recording #from whole cell. aux Icilia = -(Icng(cAMP,Vcilia) + Icacl(Ca,Vcilia)) aux WholeCell = -(Icng(cAMP,Vcilia) + Icacl(Ca,Vcilia)) aux Odorant = 100*PULSE(t) #The number 100 is used above simply to give the pulses a nice magnitude when plotted in the #same axes as the currrents. A double y-axis is not possible in XPP apparently. #Initial conditions. Note that we actually run the model to steady-state in the absence #of odorant for a second before simulation of the experiment. See T0 option below. init bLR=1.e-6 init aG=1.e-6 init cAMP=1.e-6 init Ca=1.e-6 init CaCAM=1.e-6 init CAMK=1.e-6 init Vcilia=-70 @ BUT=RunModel:ig,BUT=FitAxes:wf,MAXSTOR=8000000 @ meth=cvode,T0=-1,DT=0.0001,DTMIN=0.0001, DTMAX=2,NOUT=100000 @ TOTAL=60.0,BOUND=100000,XLO=0,XHI=60,YLO=-300,YHI=110 @ NPLOT=2,YP=WholeCell,YP2=Odorant done