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  • Mechanosensors  (1)
  • Model membranes  (1)
  • Modelling of stress-sensitivity  (1)
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    Flexoelectric effects in model and native membranes containing ion channels (1993)
    Springer
    European biophysics journal 22 (1993), S. 289-300 
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    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Lipid bilayer membranes ; Locust muscle membranes ; Patch clamp ; Mechano-electric transduction ; Flexoelectricity ; Ion channels
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract An experimental study of flexoelectricity in model membranes containing ion pores and native membranes containing ion channels has been undertaken with the objective of determining the relationship, if any, between flexoelectricity and ion transport. Model membrane patches containing ion pores induced by a bluegreen algal toxin, microcystin-LR, and locust muscle membrane patches containing potassium channels were studied using patch-clamp techniques. A correspondence was established between the presence of open channels and pores and the amplitude of the 1st harmonic of the total membrane current when the membranes or patches were subjected to pressure oscillations. The 2nd harmonic of the membrane current provided a measure of the amplitude of a membrane curvature induced by pressure, thus making it possible to determine the membrane flexoelectric coefficient. This study shows that flexoelectricity could be an effective driving force for ion transport through membrane pores and channels, thus further highlighting the possible biological significance of this mechano-electric phenomenon.
    Type of Medium: Electronic Resource
    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00180263
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    Mechanosensitivity of cell membranes (1994)
    Springer
    European biophysics journal 23 (1994), S. 1-19 
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    ISSN: 1432-1017
    Keywords: Mechanosensitivity ; Mechanotransduction ; Cell membrane complex ; Ion channels ; Modelling of stress-sensitivity ; Lipid matrix ; Cytoskeleton ; Mechano-electric phenomena ; Flexoelectricity ; Model membranes ; Mechanosensors
    Source: Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
    Topics: Biology , Physics
    Notes: Abstract Physical and biophysical mechanisms of mechano-sensitivity of cell membranes are reviewed. The possible roles of the lipid matrix and of the cytoskeleton in membrane mechanoreception are discussed. Techniques for generation of static strains and dynamic curvatures of membrane patches are considered. A unified model for stress-activated and stress-inactivated ion channels under static strains is described. A review of work on stress-sensitive pores in lipid-peptide model membranes is presented. The possible role of flexoelectricity in mechano-electric transduction, e.g. in auditory receptors is discussed. Studies of flexoelectricity in model lipid membranes, lipid-peptide membranes and natural membranes containing ion channels are reviewed. Finally, possible applications in molecular electronics of mechanosensors employing some of the recognized principles of mechano-electric transduction in natural membranes are discussed.
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    URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00192201
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