Sound pulses in lipid membranes and their potential function in biology.

Action potential Cell signaling Lipid membrane Phase transition

Journal

Progress in biophysics and molecular biology
ISSN: 1873-1732
Titre abrégé: Prog Biophys Mol Biol
Pays: England
ID NLM: 0401233

Informations de publication

Date de publication:
07 2021
Historique:
received: 10 03 2020
revised: 03 06 2020
accepted: 03 08 2020
pubmed: 30 8 2020
medline: 26 11 2021
entrez: 30 8 2020
Statut: ppublish

Résumé

Experimental observations in lipid monolayers at the air-water interface have demonstrated that solitary sound pulses can be excited. These pulses propagate electrical, chemical, and thermal variations in addition to the mechanical changes in lateral pressure and lipid density, and can interact with nearby ions, polymers, and water. In addition, it was demonstrated that sound pulses that reversibly traverse the melting transition between the so-called liquid-expanded and liquid-condensed phases display unusual nonlinear properties that are strikingly similar to those of action potentials in living cells. This review describes recent experimental and theoretical investigations of sound in lipid membranes and their potential function in biology.

Identifiants

pubmed: 32860806
pii: S0079-6107(20)30075-4
doi: 10.1016/j.pbiomolbio.2020.08.001
pii:
doi:

Substances chimiques

Lipids 0
Water 059QF0KO0R

Types de publication

Journal Article Review

Langues

eng

Sous-ensembles de citation

IM

Pagination

101-110

Informations de copyright

Copyright © 2020 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.

Auteurs

Matan Mussel (M)

Department of Physics, Technical University of Dortmund, 44227, Dortmund, Germany. Electronic address: matan.mussel@nih.gov.

Matthias F Schneider (MF)

Department of Physics, Technical University of Dortmund, 44227, Dortmund, Germany. Electronic address: matthias-f.schneider@tu-dortmund.de.

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