Ca-dependent K Channel: kinetics from rat muscle (Moczydlowski, Latorre 1983) XPP

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This is an XPP version of the classic KCa channel from Moczydlowski and Latorre 1983.
Reference:
1 . Moczydlowski E, Latorre R (1983) Gating kinetics of Ca2+-activated K+ channels from rat muscle incorporated into planar lipid bilayers. Evidence for two voltage-dependent Ca2+ binding reactions. J Gen Physiol 82:511-42 [PubMed]
2 . Wang YJ, Lin MW, Lin AA, Wu SN (2008) Riluzole-induced block of voltage-gated Na+ current and activation of BKCa channels in cultured differentiated human skeletal muscle cells. Life Sci 82:11-20 [PubMed]
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Model Type: Channel/Receptor;
Brain Region(s)/Organism:
Cell Type(s): Skeletal muscle cell;
Channel(s): I K,Ca;
Gap Junctions:
Receptor(s):
Gene(s):
Transmitter(s): Ions;
Simulation Environment: XPPAUT;
Model Concept(s): Ion Channel Kinetics;
Implementer(s): Wu, Sheng-Nan [snwu at mail.ncku.edu.tw];
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IKCa
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Ikca_Mocz.ode
                            
% ikca_Mocz.ode
% simplified mode for calcium-activated K+ current 
% (Ref: From Moczydlowski and Latorre (1983)  J. Gen. Physiol. 82:511-542.)
% Model 3. (Scheme R1 page 523)
% (Ref: From Wang et al (2008) J. Membr. Biol. 213:175-185.)
% Model has been briefly described in Computational Cell Biology (pp 88-90)
% Results are similar to those in 'cagk' in NEURON
% Equation was incorporated to model skeletal muscle cell (Wang et al., 2008)

% Initial values of the variables
init o=0.0

% Values of the model parameters; Units= mM, ms(-1), mV
% k1 and k2 are zero-voltage dissociation constants.
% d1 and d2 are fractional distances of the electric field.
% bbar is alpha in originanl paper (1983) (p 524)
par d1=0.84, d2=1.0, k1=0.18, k2=0.011, bbar=0.28, abar=0.48, celsius=20
par gkbar=0.01, cai=0.1
number fara=96.485
par ko=5.4, ki=140
par vhold=-65, vtest=20
par ton=2, toff=12
v = vhold + heav(t-ton)*heav(toff-t)*(vtest-vhold)

% Gating functions
ek = (8.313424*(273.15+celsius)/fara)*ln(ko/ki)
alp(v) = abar/(1+k1*exp(-2*d1*fara*v/8.313424/(273.15+celsius))/cai)
beta(v) = bbar/(1+cai/(k2*exp(-2*d2*fara*v/8.313424/(273.15+celsius))))
tau(v) = 1/(alp(v)+beta(v))
oinf(v) = alp(v)*tau(v)

% Differential equation
o' = (oinf(v)-o)/tau(v)
aux ikca = gkbar*o*(v-ek)
aux vm=v

% Numerical and plotting parameters for xpp
@ yp=ikca, xlo=0, xhi=18 ylo=-.04, yhi=1.0, total=18, dt=0.01, method=Euler, LT=1

done