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
2020
Maturation of Voltage-induced Shifts in SLC26a5 (Prestin) Operating Point during Trafficking and Membrane Insertion
Zhai F, Song L, Bai JP, Dai C, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Maturation of Voltage-induced Shifts in SLC26a5 (Prestin) Operating Point during Trafficking and Membrane Insertion. Neuroscience 2020, 431: 128-133. PMID: 32061780, PMCID: PMC8720582, DOI: 10.1016/j.neuroscience.2020.02.003.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane motor proteinVoltage-dependent proteinsMembrane insertionOuter hair cellsMotor proteinsPrestin densityHEK cell linesConformational changesBiophysical forcesOHC electromotilityProteinCell linesMembrane potentialCooperative interactionsPrestinHair cellsCochlear amplificationTransmembrane voltageNonlinear capacitanceMammalsTraffickingVoltage-induced shiftElectromotilityMaturationMembrane
2013
Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity
Bian S, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Real Time Measures of Prestin Charge and Fluorescence during Plasma Membrane Trafficking Reveal Sub-Tetrameric Activity. PLOS ONE 2013, 8: e66078. PMID: 23762468, PMCID: PMC3677934, DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0066078.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsObligate tetramerPlasma membraneMembrane motor proteinIntegral membrane proteinsTetracycline-inducible cell lineMembrane proteinsMotor proteinsPrestin densityTemperature blockPrestinFluorescence measuresMembrane fluorescenceCell linesNonlinear capacitanceCochlear amplificationProteinTetramerMembraneFluorescencePrevious observationsVoltage clampFluorescence methodCellsAmplification
2004
Protein- and Lipid-Reactive Agents Alter Outer Hair Cell Lateral Membrane Motor Charge Movement
Santos-Sacchi J, Wu M. Protein- and Lipid-Reactive Agents Alter Outer Hair Cell Lateral Membrane Motor Charge Movement. The Journal Of Membrane Biology 2004, 200: 83-92. PMID: 15520906, DOI: 10.1007/s00232-004-0699-2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Effects of membrane potential and tension on prestin, the outer hair cell lateral membrane motor protein
Santos‐Sacchi J, Shen W, Zheng J, Dallos P. Effects of membrane potential and tension on prestin, the outer hair cell lateral membrane motor protein. The Journal Of Physiology 2001, 531: 661-666. PMID: 11251048, PMCID: PMC2278494, DOI: 10.1111/j.1469-7793.2001.0661h.x.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsMembrane tensionMembrane motor proteinMembrane-bound proteinsHuman embryonic kidney cellsLateral plasma membraneEmbryonic kidney cellsMolecular basisPlasma membraneProtein prestinMotor proteinsConformational changesHigh-resolution analysisPrestin activityPrestinKidney cellsMembrane potential