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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
1991-4-12
pubmed:abstractText
This paper describes transverse oscillations, within the range 0.2-30 Hz, of the surface of different animal cells: human and frog erythrocytes, human lymphocytes and monocytes, cultured 3T6 fibroblasts, and rat cardiomyocytes. The minimal area of the cell surface which undergoes unidirectional transverse movement is equal to or less than 0.5 x 0.5 microns. The amplitude of the oscillations recorded on larger surface areas is lower than on the smaller ones because of the averaging of solitary oscillations. The oscillation amplitude is different in different cells. The highest amplitude is recorded in human erythrocytes (350-400 nm), the lowest one, in fibroblasts, lymphocytes and monocytes (20-30 nm). The oscillations of the human erythrocyte are suppressed on hypotonic swelling, after hardening of the cell membrane owing to adsorption at the surface of the impermeable dye Heliogen Blue, by treatment of the cell with 0.01% glutaraldehyde, by treatment with 0.5 mM 4-hydroxy-mercurybenzoate, and after crenation caused by 1-2 mM 2,4-dinitrophenol. The amplitude of the surface oscillations is decreased in spectrin deficient erythrocytes obtained from patients with hereditary spherocytosis, which indicates an essential role for spectrin in the rapid oscillations of the erythrocyte surface.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:issn
0175-7571
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
19
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
93-9
pubmed:dateRevised
2008-11-21
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1990
pubmed:articleTitle
Local mechanical oscillations of the cell surface within the range 0.2-30 Hz.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Cytology, Academy of Sciences, Leningrad, USSR.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article