Computational Methods in Systems Biology - 17th International Conference, CMSB 2019, Trieste, Italy, September 18-20, 2019, Proceedings
Computational Methods in Systems Biology - 17th International Conference, CMSB 2019, Trieste, Italy, September 18-20, 2019, Proceedings
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系统生物学计算方法 - 第 17 届国际会议,CMSB 2019,意大利的里雅斯特,2019 年 9 月 18-20 日,会议记录
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10.1007/978-3-030-31304-3_7
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2019
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Piho P
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Piho P
We present a model of excitability in larvalDrosophilamuscles. Our model was initially based on modified Hodgkin-Huxley equations, adapted to represent variable, regenerative depolarisations (action potentials) we have occasionally observed in intracellular recordings and that can be triggered by excitatory junction potentials at neuromuscular synapses. We modified several kinetic equations describing voltage sensitiveandionic currents, previously used to predict excitability in muscle cells of the mammalian cardiac atrioventricular node. The resulting nonlinear differential equations had multiple unknown parameters. Thus, to fit the model to experimental observations of variable excitability, we developed a new implementation of particle swarm optimisation. This GPU-based implementation allows us to adopt an ensemble model approach in which each experimental observation is used to find a plausible parameterisation, resulting in a set of models accounting for cell-to-cell variability of muscle excitability inDrosophilalarvae, and with potential applications to population-based modeling of other excitable cell types.