2023
Megahertz Sampling of Prestin (SLC26a5) Voltage-Sensor Charge Movements in Outer Hair Cell Membranes Reveals Ultrasonic Activity that May Support Electromotility and Cochlear Amplification
Santos-Sacchi J, Bai J, Navaratnam D. Megahertz Sampling of Prestin (SLC26a5) Voltage-Sensor Charge Movements in Outer Hair Cell Membranes Reveals Ultrasonic Activity that May Support Electromotility and Cochlear Amplification. Journal Of Neuroscience 2023, 43: 2460-2468. PMID: 36868859, PMCID: PMC10082455, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.2033-22.2023.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsConformational switchingMammalian hearingMembrane motor proteinCochlear amplificationMotor protein prestinVoltage-sensor charge movementOuter hair cell electromotilityHair cell electromotilityProtein prestinMotor proteinsConformation switchingCharge movementPrestinPrestin activityCell membraneOHC electromotilityHair cell membraneElectromotilityTransmembrane voltageOrgan of CortiAmplificationMammalsMembrane capacitanceProtein
2003
New tunes from Corti’s organ: the outer hair cell boogie rules
Santos-Sacchi J. New tunes from Corti’s organ: the outer hair cell boogie rules. Current Opinion In Neurobiology 2003, 13: 459-468. PMID: 12965294, DOI: 10.1016/s0959-4388(03)00100-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsSpecial cell typesHair cellsOuter hair cell electromotilityHair cell electromotilityMolecular identificationCell typesMammalsMechanism of actionOuter hair cellsAdditional mechanismVertebratesCellsAmplificationMechanismKnockoutElectromotilityOrgansSuch amplificationCorti's organAcoustic stimuliRemarkable progress
2001
Non-uniform mapping of stress-induced, motility-related charge movement in the outer hair cell plasma membrane
Takahashi S, Santos-Sacchi J. Non-uniform mapping of stress-induced, motility-related charge movement in the outer hair cell plasma membrane. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 2001, 441: 506-513. PMID: 11212214, DOI: 10.1007/s004240000455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell plasma membranePlasma membraneLateral membranesOuter hair cell plasma membraneVoltage-dependent motilityMammalian cochlear amplifierOuter hair cell electromotilityMembrane microdomainsGating currentsHair cell electromotilityTurgor pressureOHC motorMolecular motorsElectromotile responseMembraneMotilityCytoskeletonCharge movementBell-shaped distributionMicrodomainsElectromotilityNon-uniform mappingPronase treatmentCochlear amplifierPronase