2011
The still magnificent outer hair cell
Santos-Sacchi J. The still magnificent outer hair cell. Otology Japan 2011, 17: 2-7. DOI: 10.11289/otoljpn1991.17.2.Peer-Reviewed Original Research
2001
Non-uniform mapping of stress-induced, motility-related charge movement in the outer hair cell plasma membrane
Takahashi S, Santos-Sacchi J. Non-uniform mapping of stress-induced, motility-related charge movement in the outer hair cell plasma membrane. Pflügers Archiv - European Journal Of Physiology 2001, 441: 506-513. PMID: 11212214, DOI: 10.1007/s004240000455.Peer-Reviewed Original ResearchConceptsCell plasma membranePlasma membraneLateral membranesOuter hair cell plasma membraneVoltage-dependent motilityMammalian cochlear amplifierOuter hair cell electromotilityMembrane microdomainsGating currentsHair cell electromotilityTurgor pressureOHC motorMolecular motorsElectromotile responseMembraneMotilityCytoskeletonCharge movementBell-shaped distributionMicrodomainsElectromotilityNon-uniform mappingPronase treatmentCochlear amplifierPronase
1995
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