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
2021
Coupling between outer hair cell electromotility and prestin sensor charge depends on voltage operating point
Santos-Sacchi J, Tan WJT. Coupling between outer hair cell electromotility and prestin sensor charge depends on voltage operating point. Hearing Research 2021, 423: 108373. PMID: 34776274, PMCID: PMC9054947, DOI: 10.1016/j.heares.2021.108373.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOperating voltage rangeFrequency responseAC voltage excitationSlow frequency responseVoltage operating pointNonlinear capacitanceOperating voltageOperating pointVoltage excitationVoltage rangeSpecial Issue Outer hair cellJoseph Santos-SacchiVoltageKumar NavaratnamLoadVoltage-sensor charge movement
2019
Voltage Does Not Drive Prestin (SLC26a5) Electro-Mechanical Activity at High Frequencies Where Cochlear Amplification Is Best
Santos-Sacchi J, Tan W. Voltage Does Not Drive Prestin (SLC26a5) Electro-Mechanical Activity at High Frequencies Where Cochlear Amplification Is Best. IScience 2019, 22: 392-399. PMID: 31812809, PMCID: PMC6911985, DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2019.11.036.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchPrestin kinetics and corresponding frequency dependence augment during early development of the outer hair cell within the mouse organ of Corti
Bai JP, Navaratnam D, Santos-Sacchi J. Prestin kinetics and corresponding frequency dependence augment during early development of the outer hair cell within the mouse organ of Corti. Scientific Reports 2019, 9: 16460. PMID: 31712635, PMCID: PMC6848539, DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-52965-1.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsPostnatal dayVoltage-sensor charge movementAltricial animalsPostnatal developmentCochlear placeElectrical correlatesHair cellsMouse organsCochlear amplificationEarly developmentAuditory frequencyPrestin activityAuditory capabilitiesCellsCharge movementHigh frequencyResponse increasesPrestin functionMiceActivityMonthsCourse
2018
High frequency measures of OHC nonlinear capacitance (NLC) and their significance: Why measures stray away from predictions
Santos-Sacchi J. High frequency measures of OHC nonlinear capacitance (NLC) and their significance: Why measures stray away from predictions. AIP Conference Proceedings 2018, 1965: 060004. DOI: 10.1063/1.5038477.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
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
2008
Anion Control of Voltage Sensing by the Motor Protein Prestin in Outer Hair Cells
Rybalchenko V, Santos-Sacchi J. Anion Control of Voltage Sensing by the Motor Protein Prestin in Outer Hair Cells. Biophysical Journal 2008, 95: 4439-4447. PMID: 18658219, PMCID: PMC2567960, DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.108.134197.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsOuter hair cellsHair cellsCochlear amplificationSLC26 anion transporter familyMotor protein prestinMammalian cochlear amplificationVoltage-sensor charge movementAuditory responsivenessCorti's organAnion transporter familyTransporter familyProtein prestinMolecular motorsCharge movementPrestinOrgansCellsComplicated roleVoltage sensing