2005
N-Terminal-Mediated Homomultimerization of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein
Navaratnam D, Bai JP, Samaranayake H, Santos-Sacchi J. N-Terminal-Mediated Homomultimerization of Prestin, the Outer Hair Cell Motor Protein. Biophysical Journal 2005, 89: 3345-3352. PMID: 16113116, PMCID: PMC1366831, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.105.068759.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchMeSH KeywordsAllosteric SiteAmino Acid SequenceAnimalsCell MembraneCell SeparationCHO CellsCricetinaeDimerizationElectric CapacitanceElectric ConductivityElectrophysiologyFlow CytometryFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferGerbillinaeGreen Fluorescent ProteinsHair Cells, Auditory, OuterMechanotransduction, CellularMembrane PotentialsMicroscopy, ConfocalMicroscopy, FluorescenceModels, BiologicalMolecular Motor ProteinsMolecular Sequence DataMutationProtein BindingProtein ConformationProtein Structure, TertiaryProteinsTransfectionConceptsOuter Hair Cell Motor ProteinStructure-function relationsNormal membrane targetingMammalian cochlear amplificationIntact N-terminusMembrane targetingDomain proteinsMembrane topologyFluorescence resonance energy transferCell mechanical responsePrestin moleculesMembrane motorMotor proteinsN-terminusShort truncationsPrestinResonance energy transferIntracellular terminiAllosteric modulationProteinTerminusCochlear amplificationVoltage sensingHomomultimerizationModified activity
1991
Isolated supporting cells from the organ of Corti: Some whole cell electrical characteristics and estimates of gap junctional conductance
Santos-Sacchi J. Isolated supporting cells from the organ of Corti: Some whole cell electrical characteristics and estimates of gap junctional conductance. Hearing Research 1991, 52: 89-98. PMID: 2061216, DOI: 10.1016/0378-5955(91)90190-k.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsInput resistanceWhole-cell voltage clamp studiesAverage input resistanceHensen's cellsOrgan of CortiVoltage-clamp studiesGuinea pig organJunctional resistanceClamp studiesCell levelPig organsSingle-cell levelGap junctional conductanceG omegaElectrical activityExternal TEACell couplingCortiJunctional conductanceCellsOrgansSensitive indicatorSmall groupCell values
1989
Asymmetry in voltage-dependent movements of isolated outer hair cells from the organ of Corti
Santos-Sacchi J. Asymmetry in voltage-dependent movements of isolated outer hair cells from the organ of Corti. Journal Of Neuroscience 1989, 9: 2954-2962. PMID: 2769373, PMCID: PMC6569687, DOI: 10.1523/jneurosci.09-08-02954.1989.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsWhole-cell voltage-clamp techniqueHair cellsNormal resting potentialsOrgan of CortiVoltage-clamp techniqueCell shorteningAcoustic stimulationReceptor potentialResting potentialsResponse magnitudeOHC movementsReported productionStimulationHyperpolarizationComparable levelsNeural tuningCell length changesDepolarizationLength changesCellsBasilar membraneVoltage stimulation