Table 1.
MUSICO parameters for the simulations of twitch contractions in intact rat trabeculae at fixed length and at temperature 27.2°C in Fig. 5 (Caremani et al., 2016) and at 27.5°C in Fig. 6 (Janssen et al., 2002)
DescriptionParameterIsometric trabeculaeNotes
Cross-bridge cycle    
Myosin–actin binding rate k+Ao 226 s−1  
Myosin–actin detachment ratea kAo 46 s−1  
Myosin stroke cap rate k+Picap 1,000 s−1 Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Myosin reverse stroke cap rate k-Picap 100 s−1 Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Power stroke Gibbs energy change ΔGstroke −13 kBT Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Working stroke d 10.5 nm Duke, 1999; Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Second working stroke δ 1 nm Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
ADP release ratea k+Do 60 s−1  
ATP binding and myosin detachmenta k+T 106 s−1  
Hydrolysis forward ratea k+H 100 s−1  
Hydrolysis backward ratea k-H 10 s−1  
Cross-bridge stiffness κ 1.3 pN/nm Duke, 1999; Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
kBT at 27.5°C kBT 4.147 pN·nm  
Calcium kinetics    
Calcium binding to TnC equilibrium rate K˜Ca 1 µM−1 Smith and Geeves, 2003; Geeves et al., 2011  
Calcium binding rate to TnC k˜Ca 75.4 µM−1·s−1 Smith and Geeves, 2003; Geeves et al., 2011  
Calcium dissociation rate from TnC k-Ca 75.4 s−1 Kreutziger et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2012, 2013  
TnI–actin equilibrium rate constant At high Ca2+ λ 10  
TnI–actin backward rate constant λ- 375 s−1  
Allosteric TnC–TnI–actin–Ca2+ parameter εo 0.01 Smith and Geeves, 2003; Geeves et al., 2011  
CFC    
Tpm pinning angle ϕ −25° Poole et al., 2006  
Myosin Tm angular displacements ϕ+ 10° Poole et al., 2006  
Angular SD of free CFC σ0 29.7° Pirani et al., 2005; Mijailovich et al., 2012  
Persistence length of Tm–Tn confined chain 1 50 nm Mijailovich et al., 2012  
PS    
Transition rate to PS k-PS 200 s−1 Assumed 
Baseline rate kPS0 5 s−1 Assumed 
Amplitude kPSmax 400 s−1 Assumed 
Calcium Hill function slope b Assumed 
Half-activation point of the Hill function [Ca2+]50 1 µM Assumed 
Sarcomere    
Length of sarcomere SL 2.2 µm  
Length of actin filament La 1.1 µm Robinson and Winegrad, 1977, 1979  
Interfilament spacing d10 33.83 nm Irving and Maughan, 2000  
Thin-filament elastic modulus AEa 65 nN Huxley et al., 1994; Kojima et al., 1994  
Thick-filament elastic modulus AEm 132 nN Huxley et al. 1994  
DescriptionParameterIsometric trabeculaeNotes
Cross-bridge cycle    
Myosin–actin binding rate k+Ao 226 s−1  
Myosin–actin detachment ratea kAo 46 s−1  
Myosin stroke cap rate k+Picap 1,000 s−1 Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Myosin reverse stroke cap rate k-Picap 100 s−1 Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Power stroke Gibbs energy change ΔGstroke −13 kBT Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Working stroke d 10.5 nm Duke, 1999; Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
Second working stroke δ 1 nm Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
ADP release ratea k+Do 60 s−1  
ATP binding and myosin detachmenta k+T 106 s−1  
Hydrolysis forward ratea k+H 100 s−1  
Hydrolysis backward ratea k-H 10 s−1  
Cross-bridge stiffness κ 1.3 pN/nm Duke, 1999; Mijailovich et al., 2016, 2019  
kBT at 27.5°C kBT 4.147 pN·nm  
Calcium kinetics    
Calcium binding to TnC equilibrium rate K˜Ca 1 µM−1 Smith and Geeves, 2003; Geeves et al., 2011  
Calcium binding rate to TnC k˜Ca 75.4 µM−1·s−1 Smith and Geeves, 2003; Geeves et al., 2011  
Calcium dissociation rate from TnC k-Ca 75.4 s−1 Kreutziger et al., 2011; Wang et al., 2012, 2013  
TnI–actin equilibrium rate constant At high Ca2+ λ 10  
TnI–actin backward rate constant λ- 375 s−1  
Allosteric TnC–TnI–actin–Ca2+ parameter εo 0.01 Smith and Geeves, 2003; Geeves et al., 2011  
CFC    
Tpm pinning angle ϕ −25° Poole et al., 2006  
Myosin Tm angular displacements ϕ+ 10° Poole et al., 2006  
Angular SD of free CFC σ0 29.7° Pirani et al., 2005; Mijailovich et al., 2012  
Persistence length of Tm–Tn confined chain 1 50 nm Mijailovich et al., 2012  
PS    
Transition rate to PS k-PS 200 s−1 Assumed 
Baseline rate kPS0 5 s−1 Assumed 
Amplitude kPSmax 400 s−1 Assumed 
Calcium Hill function slope b Assumed 
Half-activation point of the Hill function [Ca2+]50 1 µM Assumed 
Sarcomere    
Length of sarcomere SL 2.2 µm  
Length of actin filament La 1.1 µm Robinson and Winegrad, 1977, 1979  
Interfilament spacing d10 33.83 nm Irving and Maughan, 2000  
Thin-filament elastic modulus AEa 65 nN Huxley et al., 1994; Kojima et al., 1994  
Thick-filament elastic modulus AEm 132 nN Huxley et al. 1994  
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Based on mouse and human α myosin values in (Deacon et al., 2012a, 2012b) with corrections for temperature; ionic strength is as documented in (Mijailovich et al., 2017).

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