title: Modeling stochastic Ca2+ release from a cluster of IP3-sensitive receptors.
abstract: We focused our attention on Ca(2+) release from the endoplasmic reticulum through a cluster of inositol(1,4,5)-trisphosphate (IP(3)) receptor channels. The random opening and closing of these receptors introduce stochastic effects that have been observed experimentally. Here, we present a stochastic version of Othmer-Tang model (OTM) for IP(3) receptor clusters. We address the average behavior of the channels in response to IP(3) stimuli. In our stochastic simulation we found that the fraction of open channels versus [IP(3)] follows a Hill curve, whose associate Hill coefficient increases when intracellular Ca(2+) level increase. This finding suggests that feedback from cytosolic Ca(2+) plays a key role in the channel response to IP(3). We also study several aspects of the stochastic properties of Ca(2+) release and we compare with experimental observations.
authors.affiliation: Instituto de Física de São Carlos, Universidade de São Paulo, Caixa Postal 369, Cep 13560-970, São Carlos SP, Brazil. diambra@if.sc.usp.br
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Diambra
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Guisoni
mesh_terms: D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000502:physiology; D003198:Computer Simulation; D003600:Cytosol / Q000502:physiology; D004721:Endoplasmic Reticulum / Q000378:metabolism; D025461:Feedback, Physiological; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D008954:Models, Biological; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D013269:Stochastic Processes
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D002118:Calcium