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. 2015 Jul 22;309(6):C415–C424. doi: 10.1152/ajpcell.00090.2015

Table 1.

Parameters for simulations of 1 and 2 compartment models

2 Compartment Model
Parameter 1 Compartment Model Compartment 1 Compartment 2 Parameter Definition
Vpipette, pl 4 × 104 4 × 104 Pipette volume (29, 30)
V, pl 2.048 0.048 2 Compartment volume (29, 30)
J2/3, l/s 1.6 × 10−13 N/A 1.6 × 10−13 Flux coefficient from pipette to cytosol (29, 30)
J1/2, l/s N/A 1.6 × 10−16 N/A Flux coefficient from compartment 1 to compartment 2 (29, 30)
EPDE4:Ci, μM/s 0.42 0.021 0.42 Maximal hydrolysis rate for PDE4 in indicated compartment*
Km-PDE4, μM 3 3 3 Michaelis constant for PDE4* (10, 16)
Ki-PDE4, μM 0.2 0.2 0.2 Inhibition constant for PDE4 (10, 16)
EPDE8MM:Ci, μM/s 0.17 0 0.17 Maximal hydrolysis rate for 8MM-IBMX sensitive PDE in indicated compartment*
Km-PDE8MM, μM 1 N/A 1 Michaelis constant of 8MM-IBMX sensitive PDE*
Ki-PDE8MM, μM 5 N/A 5 Inhibition constant of 8MM-IBMX-sensitive PDE (1, 31)
K1/2, μM 1 or 40 (as indicated) 1 or 40 (as indicated) N/A [cAMP] at which 50% of CNG channels are active (2931)
N 2 2 N/A Hill coefficient for CNG channel activation (2931)

PDE, phosphodiesterase; CNG, cyclic nucleotide gated; 8MM-IBMX, 8-methoxymethyl IBMX.

*

Parameters were measured experimentally.

Parameters were manually fit to data.