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Nanosecond-Duration Electric Pulses Open Nanometer-Size Pores in Cell Plasma Membrane
- Source :
- IFMBE Proceedings ISBN: 9783642038945
- Publication Year :
- 2009
- Publisher :
- Springer Berlin Heidelberg, 2009.
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Abstract
- We found that ultra-short electric pulses (60 or 600 ns duration) applied to mammalian cells cause profound, dose-dependent increase of plasma membrane electrical conductance. This effect is detectable even minutes after the exposure and is explained by formation of long-lived, voltagesensitive, inward-rectifying pores of nanometer diameter (”nanopores”). The phenomenon of nanoelectroporation and the extended lifetime of nanopores can also be demonstrated by a surge of Tl + uptake in the presence of K + channel blockers, as well as in CHO cells that express no endogenous voltage-gated K + channels. Due to their long lifetime, nanopores can have significant impact on cell physiology.
Details
- ISBN :
- 978-3-642-03894-5
- ISBNs :
- 9783642038945
- Database :
- OpenAIRE
- Journal :
- IFMBE Proceedings ISBN: 9783642038945
- Accession number :
- edsair.doi...........9ed4053df16dc32cc860902629878afc