Electron-conformational transformations in nanoscopic RyR channels govern both the heart's contraction and beating
A. S. Moskvin+, A. M. Ryvkin+*, O. E. Solovyova, V. S. Markhasin*
+Department of Theoretical Physics, Ural State University, 620083 Ekaterinburg, Russia *Institute of Immunology and Physiology, Ural Branch of RAS, 620049 Ekaterinburg, Russia Department of Computational Mathematics, Ural State University, 620083 Ekaterinburg, Russia
Abstract
We show that a simple biophysically based electron-conformational
model of RyR channel is able to explain and describe on equal footing the
oscillatory regime of the heart's cell release unit both in sinoatrial node
(pacemaker) cells under normal physiological conditions and in ventricular
myocytes under Ca2+ SR overload.
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