Membrane tension directly shifts voltage dependence of outer hair cell motility and associated gating charge
Kakehata S, Santos-Sacchi J. Membrane tension directly shifts voltage dependence of outer hair cell motility and associated gating charge. Biophysical Journal 1995, 68: 2190-2197. PMID: 7612863, PMCID: PMC1282124, DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(95)80401-7.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsIntracellular turgor pressureCortical cytoskeletal networkIntracellular pressureOuter hair cellsCytoskeletal networkCell motilityMammalian basilar membraneCytoskeletal elementsTurgor pressureOHC motorMembrane tensionCell collapseMechanical vibrationNonlinear capacitanceVoltage-dependent capacitanceHair cell motilityGating chargeHair cellsCell configurationCapacitanceMembrane stressOuter hair cell motilityWhole-cell voltage-clamp configurationMotility