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. 2013 Jun 21;305(5):H676–H686. doi: 10.1152/ajpheart.00797.2012

Table A2.

Cell shortening model parameters fit to 6-mo-old midmyocardial cell measurements

Value Units Description
Markov model parameters
    kCa+ 350 μM−1 · s−1 TnC-Ca binding rate
    kCa 1.15e3 s−1 TnC-Ca dissociation rate
    kB+ 3.00e5 s−1 Tropomyosin nonpermissive to permissive transition rate
    kB 330 s−1 Tropomyosin permissive to nonpermissive transition rate
    γB 350 Interregulatory unit cooperativity coefficient
    q 0.5 Forward-reverse weighting coefficient for kinetic effects of cooperativity
    pf 0.25 RLC phosphorylation effect coefficient for cross-bridge binding
    ϵBS 2.00e-3 N/m Baseline myosin stiffness
    ϵRLCP 2.20e-3 N/m Myosin stiffness under RLC phosphorylation
    T 298 K Temperature
    f 200 s−1 Cross-bridge binding rate
    g 70.0 s−1 Cross-bridge dissociation rate (prepower-stroke)
    hf 2.38e3 s−1 Cross-bridge forward power-stroke rate
    hb 306 s−1 Cross-bridge reverse power-stroke rate
    gxb 225 s−1 Cross-bridge detachment rate (postpower-stroke)
    ξ 2.84 Universal cross-bridge kinetic scaling coefficient
    Qp 0.54 Fractional phosphorylation of RLC at baseline
Cross-bridge distortion and strain dependence parameters
    xpo0 7.00e-9 m Cross-bridge distortion induced by power-stroke
    σ+ 8.03 Cross-bridge detachment strain modifier for negative distortion values
    σ 3.90 Cross-bridge detachment strain modifier for positive distortion values
    σh 6.00 Cross-bridge forward power-stroke strain-dependent modifier
Cell mechanics parameters
    η 1.92e9 N · s · m−1 Myocyte viscous constant
    kp 1.07e5 N/m2 Scaling coefficient for nonlinear myocyte stiffness
    τp 5.22 Exponential coefficient for nonlinear myocyte stiffness
    SLslack 1.8 μm Slack sarcomere length
    Nxb 1e17 m−2 Cross bridges per unit cross-sectional area