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. 2009 Dec 16;97(12):3086–3094. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.08.060

Table 1.

Average rc of cellular components

Components SA node depolarization SA node repolarization Ventricular repolarization
p(o) of ion channels
INa 0.0009 0.0001 0.0124
ICaL 0.1615 0.5798 0.8729
ICaT 0.0082 0.0008 −0.0003
Ist 0.3746 0.1261
Iha 0.0520 −0.0038
IK1 0.0106 0.0011 0.2419
IKr 0.5925 0.2673 0.0261
IKs 0.0186 0.0868 0.0814
Ito −0.0045
IKpl −0.0124 −0.0684 −0.0012
Il(Ca) −0.0047 0.0143 0.0073
IKATP ∼0 ∼0 ∼0
IKACh 0.0058 0.0151
IVRCC -0.0008
ICFTR 0



Turnover rate of transporters
INaCa −0.1519 0.0087 −0.1264
INaK −0.0603 −0.0170 −0.0009
IPMCA 0.0040 ∼0 −0.0012



EXand f′(Vm)
K+ flux −0.0050 0.0313 0.0103
Na+ flux 0.0053 −0.0137 −0.0059
Ca+ flux 0.0004 −0.0286 −0.1122
Cl flux ∼0 ∼0 0.0011
Sum 1 1 1

The rc for p(o) of nongating currents, IbNSC, IClb, or ICab, is zero. Abbreviations for currents: INa, Na+ current; ICaL, L-type Ca2+ current; ICaT, T-type Ca2+ current; Ist, sustained inward current; Iha, hyperpolarization-activated cation current; IK1, inward rectifier K+ current; IKr, delayed rectifier K+ current, rapid component; IKs, delayed rectifier K+ current, slow component; Ito, transient outward current; IKpl, voltage-dependent K+ current (plateau current); Il(Ca), Ca2+-activated background cation current; IKATP, ATP-sensitive K+ current; IKACh, Acetylcholine-activated K+ current; IVRCC, volume-regulated Cl channel current; INaCa, Na+/Ca2+ exchange current; INaK, Na+/K+ pump current; IPMCA, plasma membrane Ca2+-ATPase current; IbNSC, background nonselective cation current; IClb, background Cl current; ICab, background Ca2+ current; ICFTR, cystic fibrosis transmembrane conductance regulator (CFTR) Cl channel current.

rc < 10−4.