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. 2008 May 16;95(4):1795–1812. doi: 10.1529/biophysj.108.130195

TABLE 1.

Parameter and initial condition values used in 3D simulations

Parameter Description Value Comments
IP3_basal Basal IP3 concentration 0.16 μm (30)
k_PIP2hyd Rate of PIP2 hydrolysis by PLC_act_PM 1.188 s−1 Appropriate for IP3 production
kBasalSynPIP Rate of basal synthesis of PIP 0.0015 s−1 Similar to Xu et al. (26)
kBasalSynPIP2 Rate of basal synthesis of PIP2 0.045 s−1 Similar to Xu et al. (26)
Kf Forward rate of PIP2 binding to sink protein 0.003 s−1 Appropriate for IP3 production
KfPLCact Forward rate of PLC activation 10 s−1 Appropriate for PIP2 hydrolysis
kIP3deg IP3 degradation rate 0.14 s−1 (30)
Kr Reverse rate of PIP2 binding to sink protein 1 s−1 Appropriate for IP3 production
krPLCact Reverse rate of PLC activation 2 s−1 Appropriate for PIP2 hydrolysis
kStimSynPIP Rate of stimulated synthesis of PIP 3 s−1 Appropriate for IP3 production
kStimSynPIP2 Rate of stimulated synthesis of PIP2 150 s−1 Appropriate for IP3 production
PIP_basal Basal PIP concentration 2857 mol/μm2 (26)
PIP2_basal Basal PIP2 concentration 4000 mol/μm2 (26)
PIP2syndecay Decay rate factor for PIP2 synthesis 0.8 s Appropriate for PIP2 synthesis
PIPsyndecay Decay rate factor for PIP synthesis 0.8 s Appropriate for PIP synthesis
stimdecay Decay rate factor for PLC_act_PM 0.8 s Appropriate for PIP2 hydrolysis
τ0 Time at which stimulation is introduced 0.1 s
τPIP2syn Time at which stimulation is introduced 0.1 s
τPIPsyn Time at which stimulation is introduced 0.1 s
DAG_PM_init Initial DAG concentration 2000 mol/μm2 Model from Xu et al. (26)
IP3_Cyt_init Initial IP3 concentration 0.16 μm (30)
PI_PM_init Initial PI concentration 142,857 mol/μm2 (30)
PIP_PM_init Initial PIP concentration 2857 mol/μm2 (30)
PIP2_bound_PM_init Initial amount of sink protein bound to PIP2 36,003 mol/μm2 Appropriate for IP3 production
PIP2_PM_init Initial PIP2 concentration 4000 mol/μm2 (26)
PIP2Sink_PM_init Initial amount of PIP2 sink protein 2997 mol/μm2 Appropriate for IP3 production
PLC_act_PM_init Initial concentration of activated PLC 0 mol/μm2 (26)
PLC_PM_init Initial concentration of inactive PLC 100 mol/μm2 (26)