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ArticleBiophysical journal2008

Effects of oscillatory electric fields on internal membranes: an analytical model.

Vijayanand Vajrala, James R Claycomb, Hugo Sanabria, John H Miller

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2008. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 9 papers.

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9 citing papers in PubMed.

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4 authors.

Vijayanand VajralaDepartment of Physics and Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas, USA.
James R Claycomb
Hugo Sanabria
John H Miller

Funding

NCI NIH HHS R21CA122153
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

We derive an analytical model of the potential differences induced across plasma and internal organelle membranes in suspended cells exposed to oscillatory electric fields. Multiple shells are modeled using iterative applications of the single-shell calculation with mobile charges. This work is motivated, in part, by recent results suggesting the ability to use alternating current (ac) fields to noninvasively monitor enzyme activity within internal membranes, particularly the mitochondrial electron transport chain. Previous work, on induced transmembrane voltages in cells subjected to ac fields, has mainly been limited to oscillatory potentials across the plasma membrane. Here we first develop a three-membrane model, consisting of a plasma membrane surrounding inner and outer membranes representing an internal organelle, such as a mitochondrion. Frequency-dependent transmembrane potentials are modeled for spherical, weakly conducting membrane shells enclosing a conductive cytoplasm surrounding an idealized internal organelle. We then use a two-shell model to simulate induced ac membrane potentials of a suspended isolated mitochondrion in which the outer membrane is usually much more permeable than the inner membrane.

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OscillometryAdenosine TriphosphateAnimalsBiophysicsCell MembraneElectromagnetic FieldsElectrophysiologyHumansMembrane PotentialsMitochondriaModels, StatisticalMolecular ConformationPatch-Clamp TechniquesPoisson DistributionThermodynamicsAdenosine Triphosphate

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PMID18065483
PMCPMC2257880

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