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Monotone dynamics of two cells dynamically coupled by a voltage-dependent gap junction

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<mark>Journal publication date</mark>7/11/2009
<mark>Journal</mark>Journal of Theoretical Biology
Issue number1
Volume261
Number of pages6
Pages (from-to)120-125
Publication StatusPublished
<mark>Original language</mark>English

Abstract

We introduce and analyse a simple model for two non-excitable cells that are dynamically coupled by a gap junction, a plaque of aqueous channels that electrically couple the cells. The gap junction channels have a low and high conductance state, and the transition rates between these states are voltage-dependent. We show that the number and stability of steady states of the system has a simple relationship with the determinant of the Jacobian matrix. For the case that channel opening rates decrease with increasing trans-junctional voltage, and closing rates increase with increasing trans-junctional voltage, we show that the system is monotone, with tridiagonal Jacobian matrix, and hence every initial condition evolves to a steady state, but that there may be multiple steady states.