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Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 5. Electrodestruction of cellular membrane in alternating electric field.

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Pawłowski, P; Szutowicz, I; Marszałek, P; Fikus, M
Published in: Biophysical journal
July 1993

Recently proposed analysis of the extensil stress developed in a cellular membrane subjected to an alternating electric field (Pawłowski, P., and M. Fikus, 1993. Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 4. Analysis of the extensil deformation of the membrane in an alternating field. Biophys. J. 65:535-540) was applied in calculations of extensil stress threshold values, sigma eo[d], producing experimentally observed electrodestruction of cells within the frequency range of 7 x 10(1) - 3 x 10(5) Hz. It was shown that the susceptibility (s[d] = 1/sigma eo[d]), of the membrane to this process varies with field frequency and depends on the type of cells. Electrodestruction is facilitated in the 10(5)-Hz field. A rheological hypothesis explaining the experimentally observed dependence of membrane stability on electric field frequency was proposed and successfully tested for two other phenomena: electroporation and electrofusion.

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Biophysical journal

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EISSN

1542-0086

ISSN

0006-3495

Publication Date

July 1993

Volume

65

Issue

1

Start / End Page

541 / 549

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Rheology
  • Neurospora crassa
  • Models, Biological
  • Mice
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Membrane Fusion
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Cell Membrane
  • Cell Line
 

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Pawłowski, P., Szutowicz, I., Marszałek, P., & Fikus, M. (1993). Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 5. Electrodestruction of cellular membrane in alternating electric field. Biophysical Journal, 65(1), 541–549. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81056-7
Pawłowski, P., I. Szutowicz, P. Marszałek, and M. Fikus. “Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 5. Electrodestruction of cellular membrane in alternating electric field.Biophysical Journal 65, no. 1 (July 1993): 541–49. https://doi.org/10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81056-7.
Pawłowski P, Szutowicz I, Marszałek P, Fikus M. Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 5. Electrodestruction of cellular membrane in alternating electric field. Biophysical journal. 1993 Jul;65(1):541–9.
Pawłowski, P., et al. “Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 5. Electrodestruction of cellular membrane in alternating electric field.Biophysical Journal, vol. 65, no. 1, July 1993, pp. 541–49. Epmc, doi:10.1016/s0006-3495(93)81056-7.
Pawłowski P, Szutowicz I, Marszałek P, Fikus M. Bioelectrorheological model of the cell. 5. Electrodestruction of cellular membrane in alternating electric field. Biophysical journal. 1993 Jul;65(1):541–549.
Journal cover image

Published In

Biophysical journal

DOI

EISSN

1542-0086

ISSN

0006-3495

Publication Date

July 1993

Volume

65

Issue

1

Start / End Page

541 / 549

Related Subject Headings

  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Rheology
  • Neurospora crassa
  • Models, Biological
  • Mice
  • Membrane Potentials
  • Membrane Fusion
  • Electromagnetic Fields
  • Cell Membrane
  • Cell Line