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Stochastic model of endothelial TRPV4 calcium sparklets: effect of bursting and cooperativity on EDH.


ABSTRACT: We examined the endothelial transient receptor vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel's vasodilatory signaling using mathematical modeling. The model analyzes experimental data by Sonkusare and coworkers on TRPV4-induced endothelial Ca(2+) events (sparklets). A previously developed continuum model of an endothelial and a smooth muscle cell coupled through microprojections was extended to account for the activity of a TRPV4 channel cluster. Different stochastic descriptions for the TRPV4 channel flux were examined using finite-state Markov chains. The model also took into consideration recent evidence for the colocalization of intermediate-conductance calcium-activated potassium channels (IKCa) and TRPV4 channels near the microprojections. A single TRPV4 channel opening resulted in a stochastic localized Ca(2+) increase in a small region (i.e., few ?m(2) area) close to the channel. We predict micromolar Ca(2+) increases lasting for the open duration of the channel sufficient for the activation of low-affinity endothelial KCa channels. Simulations of a cluster of four TRPV4 channels incorporating burst and cooperative gating kinetics provided quantal Ca(2+) increases (i.e., steps of fixed amplitude), similar to the experimentally observed Ca(2+) sparklets. These localized Ca(2+) events result in endothelium-derived hyperpolarization (and SMC relaxation), with magnitude that depends on event frequency. The gating characteristics (bursting, cooperativity) of the TRPV4 cluster enhance Ca(2+) spread and the distance of KCa channel activation. This may amplify the EDH response by the additional recruitment of distant KCa channels.

SUBMITTER: Parikh J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC4375679 | biostudies-literature | 2015 Mar

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Stochastic model of endothelial TRPV4 calcium sparklets: effect of bursting and cooperativity on EDH.

Parikh Jaimit J   Kapela Adam A   Tsoukias Nikolaos M NM  

Biophysical journal 20150301 6


We examined the endothelial transient receptor vanilloid 4 (TRPV4) channel's vasodilatory signaling using mathematical modeling. The model analyzes experimental data by Sonkusare and coworkers on TRPV4-induced endothelial Ca(2+) events (sparklets). A previously developed continuum model of an endothelial and a smooth muscle cell coupled through microprojections was extended to account for the activity of a TRPV4 channel cluster. Different stochastic descriptions for the TRPV4 channel flux were e  ...[more]

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