Electrical effects on the proliferation of living HeLa cells cultured on optically transparent electrode surface.
J Biotechnol
; 14(3-4): 321-32, 1990 Jun.
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| ID: mdl-1366909
ABSTRACT
Low d.c. potential application induced changes of cellular morphology and growth of living cells on a potential-controlled electrode. At a potential range higher than +0.7 V (vs. Ag/AgCl), serious electric effects on cell viability, membrane permeability, and cytoskeletal morphology of HeLa cells were observed. On the other hand, at lower than +0.5 V no effect was observed. At the boundary potential range between +0.5 V to +0.7 V, where HeLa cells were cultured on the potential-controlled optically transparent In2O3 electrode (OTE) surface, intriguing effects on HeLa cells appeared. At this potential range, where HeLa cells cultured on a potential-applied OTE, all the cells were alive accompanying morphological change. The morphology of HeLa cells returned to their normal spindle shape, when potential application to the electrode was cut off. At a potential of +0.65 V, cell proliferation ratio of cultured cell on an electrode was about one-fifth of that on a non-controlled electrode. These results suggest that low d.c. electrical effects induce significant change in cellular morphology and function.
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Assunto principal:
Células HeLa
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Divisão Celular
Idioma:
En
Ano de publicação:
1990
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Article