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ArticleBiophysical journal2010

Gating of two mechanoelectrical transducer channels associated with a single tip link.

Bora Sul, Kuni H Iwasa

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2010. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 3 papers.

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3 · Its place in the literature

Who cites it

3 citing papers in PubMed, 7 citations in OpenAlex.

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  2. Lipid bilayer mediates ion-channel cooperativity in a model of hair-cell mechanotransduction.Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences of the United States of America · 2017
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4 · The record

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

2 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Bora SulBiophysics Section, Laboratory of Cellular Biology, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders, National Institutes of Health, Rockville, Maryland, USA. sulb@nidcd.nih.gov
Kuni H Iwasa
National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders · US

Funding

Biophysical Study Of Sensory Transduction MechanismsZIADC000010 · NIDCD · NATIONAL INSTITUTE ON DEAFNESS AND OTHER COMMUNICATION DISORDERS · PI IWASA, KUNI H · 2009 to 2010
$1.3M
Intramural NIH HHS
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Although gating of mechanoelectrical transducer (MET) channels has been successfully described by assuming that one channel is associated with a tip link in the hair bundle, recent reports indicate that a single tip link is associated with more than one channel. To address the consistency of the model with the observations, gating of MET channels is described here by assuming that each tip link is associated with two identical MET channels, which are connected either in series or in parallel. We found that series connection does not lead to a single minimum of stiffness with respect to hair bundle displacement unless the minimum is above a certain positive value. Thus, negative stiffness must appear in pairs in the displacement axis. In contrast, parallel connection of the two channels predicts gating compliance similar to that predicted by the one-channel-per-tip-link model of channel gating, within the physiological range of parameters. Parallel connection of MET channels is, therefore, a reasonable assumption to explain most experimental observations. However, the compatibility with series connection cannot be ruled out for experimental data on turtle hair cells.

Indexed as

ElectricityModels, BiologicalAnimalsAnuraHair Cells, Auditory, OuterIon Channel GatingMechanotransduction, CellularRatsSaccule and UtricleTurtles

Identifiers

PMID20712985
PMCPMC2920626
OpenAlexW2068616574

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