Electroporation by subnanosecond pulses.
Electroporation by subnanosecond pulses.
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DOI:
10.1016/j.bbrep.2016.05.002
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发表时间:
2016-07
影响因子:
2.7
通讯作者:
Pakhomov AG
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作者:
Semenov I;Xiao S;Pakhomov AG
Electropermeabilization of cell membranes by micro- and nanosecond-duration stimuli has been studied extensively, whereas effects of picosecond electric pulses (psEP) remain essentially unexplored. We utilized whole-cell patch clamp and Di-8-ANEPPS voltage-sensitive dye measurements to characterize plasma membrane effects of 500 ps stimuli in rat hippocampal neurons (RHN), NG108, and CHO cells. Even a single 500-ps pulse at 190 kV/cm increased membrane conductance and depolarized cells. These effects were augmented by applying brief psEP bursts (5–125 pulses), whereas the rate of pulse delivery (8 Hz–1 kHz) played little role. psEP-treated cells displayed large inward current at negative membrane potentials but modest or no conductance changes at positive potentials. A 1-kHz burst of 25 pulses increased the whole-cell conductance in the range (−100)–(−60) mV to 22–26 nS in RHN and NG108 cells (from 3 and 0.7 nS, respectively), but only to 5 nS in CHO (from 0.3 nS). The conductance increase was reversible within about 2 min. Such pattern of cell permeabilization, with characteristic inward rectification and slow recovery, was similar to earlier reported effects of 60- and 600-ns pulses, pointing to the similarity of structural membrane rearrangements in spite of a different membrane charging mechanism. 500-ps pulses at 190 kV/cm electroporate mammalian cells. Cells lose membrane potential and increase conductance at negative potentials. Permeabilization is enhanced by increasing pulse number but not the rate. Membrane resealing takes minutes.