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. 2015 Jan 20;593(Pt 5):1083–1111. doi: 10.1113/jphysiol.2014.279232

Table 1.

Initial ranges for the Land model parameters used in the model parameterisation

Fitting to mouse data Fitting to rat and human data
Parameter set
from original Minimum Maximum Minimum Maximum
Parameter Description publication value value value value
Tref Reference tension (kPa) 120 100 140 90 140
Ca50ref Calcium sensitivity at resting sarcomere length (μm) 0.6–0.8 0.5 0.8 0.5 2
TRPN50 Troponin C sensitivity 0.35 0.25 0.5 0.3 0.5
nTRPN Hill coefficient for cooperative binding of Ca2+ to TnC 2 1 2.5 1 2
kTRPN Unbinding rate of Ca2+ from TnC (ms−1) 0.1 0 0.5 0.05 0.4
nxb Hill coefficient for cooperative crossbridge action 5 3 7 2 7
kxb Scaling factor for the rate of crossbridge binding (ms−1) 0.1 0 0.6 0 0.1
β1 Magnitude of length-dependent activation effects −1.5 −2 −1 −1.5* −1.5*
β0 Magnitude of filament overlap effects 1.65 1 5 1.65* 1.65*
*

β1 and β0 were not varied in the model parameterisation to rat and human data, as only resting sarcomere length was used.