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. 2016 May 17;5(5):283–291. doi: 10.1002/psp4.12081

Table 2.

List of model parameters (kon and KD are the only parameters that were fixed based on in vitro measurements and the rest were estimated in the model)

Name Description Value (Units)
CL Non‐specific elimination clearance of antibody 0.0039 (L/day/kg)
CLd Distribution clearance of antibody 0.0188 (L/day/kg)
kon Association rate of antibody to TfR (fixed) 17.9 (1/nM/day)
KD Dissociation constant for antibody binding to TfR (fixed) See Table 3 (ug/ml)
Vi Volume of central/peripheral compartment 0.0322/0.0289 (L/kg)
SynC/bR
Rate of TfR synthesis in central/brain compartment 886/341 (nM/day)
DegC/bR
Rate of TfR degradation in central/brain compartment 2‐1 / 7 (1/day)
DegCAbR
Rate of antibody‐TfR complex degradation in central compartment 0.305 (1/day)
kint Rate of antibody‐TfR complex internalization into brain 5.72 (1/day)
kbuns Rate of non‐specific uptake of antibody into the brain 0.016 (1/day)
ktrans Rate of antibody transcytosis into brain cortex 200 (1/day)
DegCortexC
Rate of antibody clearance from brain cortex 291 (1/day)
SynA β Rate of Aβ synthesis in the brain cortex 100 (nM/day)
DegCortexAβ
Rate of Aβ degradation in brain cortex 2.5 (1/day)
VmBACE
Maximum effect of BACE inhibition by antibody on AP production (fixed) 0.75 (dimensionless)
KmBACE
Antibody concentration at which its effect is half the maximum effect 6.67 (nM)

TfR, transferrin receptor.