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XB-ART-42184
Biophys J 2010 Apr 07;987:1170-81. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.12.4273.
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A mathematical analysis of agonist- and KCl-induced Ca(2+) oscillations in mouse airway smooth muscle cells.

Wang IY , Bai Y , Sanderson MJ , Sneyd J .


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Airway hyperresponsiveness is a major characteristic of asthma and is generally ascribed to excessive airway narrowing associated with the contraction of airway smooth muscle cells (ASMCs). ASMC contraction is initiated by a rise in intracellular calcium concentration ([Ca(2+)](i)), observed as oscillatory Ca(2+) waves that can be induced by either agonist or high extracellular K(+) (KCl). In this work, we present a model of oscillatory Ca(2+) waves based on experimental data that incorporate both the inositol trisphosphate receptor and the ryanodine receptor. We then combined this Ca(2+) model and our modified actin-myosin cross-bridge model to investigate the role and contribution of oscillatory Ca(2+) waves to contractile force generation in mouse ASMCs. The model predicts that: 1), the difference in behavior of agonist- and KCl-induced Ca(2+) waves results principally from the fact that the sarcoplasmic reticulum is depleted during agonist-induced oscillations, but is overfilled during KCl-induced oscillations; 2), regardless of the order in which agonist and KCl are added into the cell, the resulting [Ca(2+)](i) oscillations will always be the short-period, agonist-induced-like oscillations; and 3), both the inositol trisphosphate receptor and the ryanodine receptor densities are higher toward one end of the cell. In addition, our results indicate that oscillatory Ca(2+) waves generate less contraction than whole-cell Ca(2+) oscillations induced by the same agonist concentration. This is due to the spatial inhomogeneity of the receptor distributions.

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Species referenced: Xenopus
Genes referenced: actl6a

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