Abstract
Mitochondria in skeletal muscle cells deal with large intracellular calcium oscillations.Although calcium activates mitochondrial metabolism, the net effects of these oscillations oncell energetics are mostly qualitatively known. A model has been developed to test (i) ifoscillatory behavior is transferred to cytosolic thermodynamic potential of ATP hydrolysis(DGpi), (ii) if oscillatory behavior is dampened by CK/AK buffering and (iii) if multistep feedforwardactivation improves energy homeostasis and explains the empirical sigmoidal relationbetween steady-state ATP production rate (JATPss) and the primary feedback signal controllingthis flux : cytoplasmic ADP (ADPiss) [1].
Original language | English |
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Title of host publication | Proceedings of the First Dutch Conference on Bio-Medical Engineering (BME 2007) 18-19 January 2007, Egmond aan zee, The Netherlands |
Publication status | Published - 2007 |