Abstract
Mechanical stimulation of voltage‐clamped Xenopus oocytes by inflation, aspiration, or local indentation failed to activate an increase in membrane conductance up to the point of causing visible oocyte damage. The absence of mechanosensitivity is not due to the vitelline membrane, rapid MG channel adaptation or tension‐sensitive recruitment of new membrane. Membrane capacitance measurements indicate that the oocyte surface area is at least 5 times larger than that predicted assuming a smooth sphere. We propose that this excess membrane area provides an immediate reserve that can ‘buffer’ membrane tension changes and thus prevent MG channel activation. High‐resolution images of tightly sealed patches and patch capacitance measurements indicate a smooth membrane that is pulled flat and perpendicular across the inside of the pipette. Brief steps of pressure or suction cause rapid and reversible membrane flexing and MG channel activation. We propose that changes in membrane geometry induced during cell growth and differentiation or as a consequence of specific physiological and pathological conditions may alter mechanosensitivity of a cell independently of the intrinsic properties of channel proteins.
References
50
Referenced
60
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_1_1', 'first-page': '85', 'article-title': 'Freeze‐fracture electron microscopy of membrane changes in progesterone‐induced maturing oocytes and eggs of Xenopus laevis', 'volume': '31', 'author': 'Bluemink J. G.', 'year': '1983', 'journal-title': 'European Journal of Cell Biology'}
/ European Journal of Cell Biology / Freeze‐fracture electron microscopy of membrane changes in progesterone‐induced maturing oocytes and eggs of Xenopus laevis by Bluemink J. G. (1983)10.1016/S0022-5320(76)80077-9
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_3_1', 'first-page': 'F697', 'article-title': 'Substrate activation of mechanosensitive, whole cell currents in renal proximal tubule', 'volume': '264', 'author': 'Cemerikic D.', 'year': '1993', 'journal-title': 'American Journal of Physiology'}
/ American Journal of Physiology / Substrate activation of mechanosensitive, whole cell currents in renal proximal tubule by Cemerikic D. (1993)10.1007/BF00238414
10.1101/SQB.1995.060.01.060
10.1523/JNEUROSCI.18-17-06681.1998
10.1152/ajpcell.1992.262.4.C1083
10.1242/jcs.6.2.451
/ Journal of Cell Science / The effect surface microvillion have on the water permeability of single toad oocytes by Dick E. G. (1970)10.1126/science.7973655
10.1002/jmor.1051360203
10.1016/S0076-6879(89)73003-2
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_12_1', 'first-page': '75', 'article-title': 'Three dimensional imaging and electrophysiology of Aplysia neurons during volume perturbations: confocal light and high voltage electron microscopy', 'volume': '1', 'author': 'Fejtl M.', 'year': '1995', 'journal-title': 'Journal Microscopic Society of America'}
/ Journal Microscopic Society of America / Three dimensional imaging and electrophysiology of Aplysia neurons during volume perturbations: confocal light and high voltage electron microscopy by Fejtl M. (1995)10.1074/jbc.273.3.1689
10.1113/jphysiol.1984.sp015317
10.1126/science.253.5021.800
10.1073/pnas.89.16.7462
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_17_1', 'first-page': '231', 'article-title': 'The pharmacology of mechanogated membrane ion channels', 'volume': '48', 'author': 'Hamill O. P.', 'year': '1996', 'journal-title': 'Pharmacological Reviews'}
/ Pharmacological Reviews / The pharmacology of mechanogated membrane ion channels by Hamill O. P. (1996)10.1146/annurev.physiol.59.1.621
10.1016/S0006-3495(82)84492-5
10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79577-2
10.1007/s004250050408
10.1007/s002329900145
10.1007/s004240050603
10.1007/BF00375058
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_25_1', 'first-page': '327', 'volume-title': 'Thermodynamics of Cell Surface Receptors', 'author': 'Martinac B.', 'year': '1993'}
/ Thermodynamics of Cell Surface Receptors by Martinac B. (1993)10.1007/BF00582635
10.1007/BF00370626
10.1007/BF01872883
10.1126/science.1706535
10.1126/science.2536958
10.1007/BF00581249
10.1083/jcb.112.1.125
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_33_1', 'first-page': '141', 'article-title': 'Mechanical transduction in biological systems', 'volume': '16', 'author': 'Sachs F.', 'year': '1988', 'journal-title': 'CRC Critcial Reviews in Biomedical Engineering'}
/ CRC Critcial Reviews in Biomedical Engineering / Mechanical transduction in biological systems by Sachs F. (1988)10.1007/BFb0004985
10.1038/ki.1995.397
{'key': 'e_1_2_5_36_1', 'volume-title': 'Single Channel Recording', 'author': 'Sakmann B.', 'year': '1983'}
/ Single Channel Recording by Sakmann B. (1983)10.1111/j.1469-7793.1997.343bn.x
10.1152/ajpcell.1994.267.2.C598
10.1083/jcb.111.2.599
10.1113/jphysiol.1988.sp017417
10.1152/ajpcell.1999.276.2.C318
10.1113/jphysiol.1994.sp020373
10.1007/BF00234157
- Zhang Y.(1998).Membrane patch and whole cell response ofXenopusoocytes to mechanical electrical and osmotic stimulation.PhD Dissertation University of Texas Medical Branch TX USA.
10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-1-00117.x
10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.t01-2-00083.x
10.1085/jgp.112.4.447
10.1002/j.1460-2075.1992.tb05355.x
10.1126/science.1716786
10.1016/0014-5793(93)80671-G
Dates
Type | When |
---|---|
Created | 21 years ago (Aug. 13, 2004, 3:40 a.m.) |
Deposited | 1 year, 11 months ago (Sept. 4, 2023, 5:18 p.m.) |
Indexed | 1 year, 2 months ago (June 17, 2024, 3:52 p.m.) |
Issued | 25 years, 7 months ago (Feb. 1, 2000) |
Published | 25 years, 7 months ago (Feb. 1, 2000) |
Published Online | 25 years, 7 months ago (Feb. 1, 2000) |
Published Print | 25 years, 7 months ago (Feb. 1, 2000) |
@article{Zhang_2000, title={On the discrepancy between whole‐cell and membrane patch mechanosensitivity in Xenopus oocytes}, volume={523}, ISSN={1469-7793}, url={http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00101.x}, DOI={10.1111/j.1469-7793.2000.00101.x}, number={1}, journal={The Journal of Physiology}, publisher={Wiley}, author={Zhang, Yong and Hamill, Owen P.}, year={2000}, month=feb, pages={101–115} }