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. 2009 Aug 31;9:16. doi: 10.1186/1472-6793-9-16

Table 3.

Modified parameter values of the previously published model components

Symbol Description Criteria for Modification Value
GNa Maximum conductance of fast Na+ current (mS/μF) Increasing dV/dtmax of Vm 14.5
Inline graphic Maximum Ca2+ transport rate of PMCA (pA/pF) Adjusting Ca2+ circulation fraction 0.05
GCab Conductance of background Ca2+ current (mS/μF) Adjusting SR calcium content 3.4 × 10-4
Inline graphic Maximum conductance of NKA (pA/pF) Matching to recent data of ref. [67] 1.4
Km, Nai Half maximal [Na+]i sensitive activation (mM) (same as above) 18.6
nNKA Exponent of NKA Hill equation (same as above) 3.2
Inline graphic Ca2+ on-rate for troponin high-affinity sites (μM-1ms-1) Adapted from ref. [81] 2.37 × 10-3
Inline graphic Ca2+ off-rate for troponin high-affinity sites (ms-1) (same as above) 3.2 × 10-5
Inline graphic Ca2+ on-rate for troponin low-affinity sites (μM-1ms-1) Lowering of the baseline tension according to data of [21,22] 0.07
SL Sarcomere length (μm) Adapted from ref. [22] 2.0
fφ Scaling factor for the speed of contraction generation'(see eq. A111 in ref.) Matching the force transient to data of refs. [21,22] 2.3
Inline graphic Scaling factor for the half maximal transition rate of tropomyosin from permissive to nonpermissive (see eq. A112 and A113 in ref.) (same as above) 2.8
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