2017
Prestin: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Outer Hair Cell Electromotility
Santos-Sacchi J, Navaratnam D, Raphael R, Oliver D. Prestin: Molecular Mechanisms Underlying Outer Hair Cell Electromotility. Springer Handbook Of Auditory Research 2017, 62: 113-145. DOI: 10.1007/978-3-319-52073-5_5.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchOuter hair cellsMammalian inner earOuter Hair Cell ElectromotilityHair cell electromotilitySLC26 familyMolecular mechanismsMembrane lipidsConformational changesMechanical feedback mechanismMolecular motorsTension sensitivityPrestinHair cellsVoltage-sensor charge movementAnion transportersReceptor potentialProteinMolecular conformational changesInner earStructural determinationIntracellular chlorideCharge movementTraffickingFeedback mechanismMechanism
2002
Functional motor microdomains of the outer hair cell lateral membrane
Santos-Sacchi J. Functional motor microdomains of the outer hair cell lateral membrane. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 2002, 445: 331-336. PMID: 12466934, DOI: 10.1007/s00424-002-0928-4.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperating voltage rangeLateral membranesMammalian inner earOuter hair cell lateral membraneOuter hair cellsMotor proteinsFunctional variationMechanical deformationNeuroepithelial cellsVoltage rangeMicrodomainsWhole cellsMidpoint voltageHair cellsMotor chargeCell characteristicsMembraneCellsNonlinear capacitanceInner ear