Model number
0031

Hemoglobin O2 saturation curve using Adair's 4-site equation.

Description

 Hb-O2 saturation curves modeled using parameter values for successive site 
affinities at Hb's 4 sites and accounting for the cooperativity. (Adair, 1925).
Solutions are steady-state, calculated algebraically.
The program finds Hemoglobin saturation at a range of PO2s (mmHg).   
The Adair Equation is an empirical fit to data, and is good at high PO2s, 
as assessed by Roughton 1972,1973) and by Winslow(1977), and 
re-evaluated by Severinghaus.(1979).
  A comparison may be made between Adair's coeffs and others using SHbO2.opt where 
the default values are set equal to the Adair values, but then the d's and the e's 
may be optimized to fit the Severinghaus data curve of 1979.

Equations

The equations for this model may be viewed by running the JSim model applet and clicking on the Source tab at the bottom left of JSim's Run Time graphical user interface. The equations are written in JSim's Mathematical Modeling Language (MML). See the Introduction to MML and the MML Reference Manual. Additional documentation for MML can be found by using the search option at the Physiome home page.

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References
Adair GS: The hemoglobin system. VI. The oxygen dissociation curve of hemoglobin. J Biol
Chem 63: 529-545, 1925.

Hill AV: The possible effects of the aggregation of the molecules of haemoglobin on its
dissociation curves. J Physiol 40: iv-vii, 1910

Hill R: Oxygen dissociation curves of muscle hemoglobin. Proc Roy Soc Lond B
120: 472-480, 1936.

Roughton FJW, Deland EC, Kernohan JC, and Severinghaus JW: Some recent studies of the
oxyhemoglobin dissociation curve of human blood under physiological conditions and the
fitting of the Adair equation to the standard curve. In: Oxygen Affinity of Hemoglobin and
Red Cell Acid Base Status. Proceedings of the Alfred Benzon Symposium IV Held at the
Premises of the Royal Danish Academy of Sciences and Letters, Copenhagen 17-22 May,
1971, edited by Rorth M and Astrup P. Copenhagen: Munksgaard, 1972, p. 73-81.

Severinghaus JW: Simple, accurate equations for human blood O2 dissociation computations.
J. Appl. Physiol. 46(3) 599-602, 1979.

Winslow RM, Swenberg M-L, Berger RL, Shrager RI, Luzzana M, Samaja M,and
Rossi-Bernardi L: Oxygen equilibrium curve of normal human blood and its evaluation by
Adair's equation. J Biol Chem 252: 2331-2337, 1977.
Key terms
hemoglobin
oxygen
carbon dioxide
saturation
Haldane
Bohr
acidity
pH
blood gases
Hill equation
solubility
cooperativity
Acknowledgements

Please cite https://www.imagwiki.nibib.nih.gov/physiome in any publication for which this software is used and send one reprint to the address given below:
The National Simulation Resource, Director J. B. Bassingthwaighte, Department of Bioengineering, University of Washington, Seattle WA 98195-5061.

Model development and archiving support at https://www.imagwiki.nibib.nih.gov/physiome provided by the following grants: NIH U01HL122199 Analyzing the Cardiac Power Grid, 09/15/2015 - 05/31/2020, NIH/NIBIB BE08407 Software Integration, JSim and SBW 6/1/09-5/31/13; NIH/NHLBI T15 HL88516-01 Modeling for Heart, Lung and Blood: From Cell to Organ, 4/1/07-3/31/11; NSF BES-0506477 Adaptive Multi-Scale Model Simulation, 8/15/05-7/31/08; NIH/NHLBI R01 HL073598 Core 3: 3D Imaging and Computer Modeling of the Respiratory Tract, 9/1/04-8/31/09; as well as prior support from NIH/NCRR P41 RR01243 Simulation Resource in Circulatory Mass Transport and Exchange, 12/1/1980-11/30/01 and NIH/NIBIB R01 EB001973 JSim: A Simulation Analysis Platform, 3/1/02-2/28/07.