# A physical model of nicotinic ACh receptor kinetics

Source: [A physical model of nicotinic ACh receptor kinetics](<https://www.sota2.com/research/paper/68fa5e961e209131ce9e39a1>)

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Authors: Ewa Nurowska, Mykola Bratiichuk, Beata Dworakowska, Roman J. Nowak

Published: 2008-12-31T12:14:05.000Z

## Abstract

We present a new approach to nicotinic receptor kinetics and a new model explaining random variabilities in the duration of open events. The model gives new interpretation on brief and long receptor openings and predicts (for two identical binding sites) the presence of three components in the open time distribution: two brief and a long. We also present the physical model of the receptor block. This picture naturally and universally explains receptor desensitization, the phenomenon of central importance in cellular signaling. The model is based on single-channel experiments concerning the effects of hydrocortisone (HC) on the kinetics of control wild-type (WT) and mutated alphaD200Q mouse nicotinic acetylcholine receptors (nAChRs), expressed in HEK 293 cells. The appendix contains an original result from probability renewal theory: a derivation of the probability distribution function for the duration of a process performed by two independent servers.

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## Original sources and implementation

[Original paper](<https://arxiv.org/abs/0901.0089>)

[PDF](<https://arxiv.org/pdf/0901.0089.pdf>)