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Table 5 Description and ranges for the Land-model parameters used for parameter identifiability analysis

From: Insight into model mechanisms through automatic parameter fitting: a new methodological framework for model development

Parameter

Description

Minimum value

Maximum value

Default value

T ref

Reference tension (kPa)

100

140

120

Ca 50ref

Calcium sensitivity at resting sarcomere length (μM)

0.5

0.8

0.7

TRPN 50

Troponin C sensitivity

0.25

0.5

0.35

n TRPN

Hill coefficient for cooperative binding of Ca to TnC

1

2.5

2

k TRPN

Unbinding rate of Ca from TnC (ms-1)

0

0.5

0.1

n xb

Hill coefficient for cooperative crossbridge action

3

7

5

k xb

Scaling factor for the rate of crossbridge binding (ms-1)

0

0.6

0.1

β 1

Magnitude of length-dependent activation effects

-2

-1

-1.5

β 0

Magnitude of filament overlap effects

1

5

1.65