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Supplementary material from "Evaluating the predictive accuracy of ion channel models using data from multiple experimental designs"

Posted on 2025-02-03 - 09:42
Mathematical models are increasingly being relied upon to provide quantitatively accurate predictions of cardiac electrophysiology. Many such models concern the behaviour of particular subcellular components (namely, ion channels) which, together, allow the propagation of electrical signals through heart-muscle tissue—namely, the firing of action potentials. In particular, IKr, a voltage-sensitive potassium ion-channel current, is of interest owing to its central pore's propensity for blockage by various small molecules. We use newly collected data obtained from an ensemble of voltage-clamp experiments to validate the predictive accuracy of various dynamical models of IKr. To do this, we fit models to each protocol individually, and quantify the error in the resultant model predictions and the variability in parameter estimates. This allows the comparison of predictive accuracy for IKr models under a diverse collection of previously unexplored dynamics. Our results highlight heterogeneity between experiments performed on different cells, suggesting the presence of latent effects not yet accounted for in our models. This heterogeneity has a significant impact on our parameter estimates and suggests routes for model improvement.

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Philosophical Transactions of the Royal Society A: Mathematical, Physical & Engineering Sciences

AUTHORS (6)

Joseph Shuttleworth
Chon Lok Lei
Monique Windley
Adam Hill
Simon Preston
Gary R Mirams
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