THE ROLE OF ELECTROOSMOSIS IN THE ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED MOVEMENT OF CHARGED MACROMOLECULES ON THE SURFACES OF CELLS
THE ROLE OF ELECTROOSMOSIS IN THE ELECTRIC-FIELD-INDUCED MOVEMENT OF CHARGED MACROMOLECULES ON THE SURFACES OF CELLS
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(81)84838-2
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
POO, MM
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作者:
MCLAUGHLIN, S;POO, MM
The surfaces of most cells bear a net negative charge. The imposition of an electric field parallel to the surface of the cell should produce an electro-osmotic flow of fluid towards the cathodal side of the cell. Analysis of a simple model of the cell surface indicates that a negatively charged mobile macromolecule will be swept by this electro-osmotic flow of fluid to the cathodal side of the cell if its zeta potential, .zeta.1, is less negative than the zeta potential of the cell surface, .zeta.2. If .zeta.2 is less negative than .zeta.1, the negatively charged macromolecule will accumulate at the anodal side of the cell. Experimental results demonstrate that concanavalin A (Con A) receptors on embryonic [Xenopus] muscle cells normally accumulate at the cathodal side of the cell, but that they can be induced to accumulate at the anodal side of the cell by preincubating the myotubes either with neuraminidase, a treatment that removes negatively charged sialic acid residues, or with the lipid diI [3,3''dioctadecylindocarbocyanine iodide], a treatment that adds positive charges to the surface of the cell. Addition of the negatively charged lipid monosialoganglioside (GM1) enhances the accumulation of Con A receptors at the cathodal side of the cell.