title: Models of the inositol trisphosphate receptor.
abstract: The inositol (1,4,5)-trisphosphate receptor (IPR) plays a crucial role in calcium dynamics in a wide range of cell types, and is often a central feature in quantitative models of calcium oscillations and waves. We review deterministic and stochastic mathematical models of the IPR, from the earliest ones of the 1970s and 1980s, to the most recent. The effects of IPR stochasticity on Ca2+ dynamics are briefly discussed.
authors.affiliation: Department of Mathematics, University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand. sneyd@math.auckland.ac.nz
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Sneyd
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Falcke
mesh_terms: D000495:Allosteric Site; D000818:Animals; D001703:Biophysics / Q000379:methods; D002118:Calcium / Q000378:metabolism*; D015220:Calcium Channels / Q000378:metabolism*; D020013:Calcium Signaling; D004594:Electrophysiology; D006801:Humans; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D015640:Ion Channel Gating; D007700:Kinetics; D008954:Models, Biological; D008962:Models, Theoretical; D011485:Protein Binding; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear / Q000378:metabolism*; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel / Q000378:metabolism; D015290:Second Messenger Systems; D013269:Stochastic Processes
chemical_list: D015220:Calcium Channels; C506926:ITPR1 protein, human; D053496:Inositol 1,4,5-Trisphosphate Receptors; D018160:Receptors, Cytoplasmic and Nuclear; D019837:Ryanodine Receptor Calcium Release Channel; D002118:Calcium