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
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
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Types de publication
Journal Article
Review
Langues
eng
Sous-ensembles de citation
IM
Pagination
101-110Informations de copyright
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