title: Electrophoresis and diffusion in the plane of the cell membrane.
abstract: Electrophoretic and diffusional movements of concanavalin A (Con A) receptors and acetylcholine (ACh) receptors in the plane of the plasma membrane of mononucleate, spherical Xenopus myoblasts were studied by microfluorimetry and iontophoresis. We found that (a) a uniform electric field of 10 V/cm applied along the cell surface produces a partial accumulation of both types of receptors toward the cathodal pole of the cell within 30 min: (b) post-field relaxation of the culture results in the complete recovery of the uniform distribution of the Con A receptors within 10 min; and (c) in contrast to the Con A receptor in general, accumulation of ACh receptors by the electric field results in the formation of stable, localized receptor aggregates. Theoretical analyses were carried out for the distribution of charged membrane receptors at equilibrium between electrophoresis and diffusion, and for the rate of back diffusion after the removal of the field. These analyses indicated that, at 22 degrees C, the average electrophoretic mobility of the electrophoretically mobile population of the Con A receptors is about 1.9 X 10(-3) micron/s per V/cm, while their average diffusion coefficient is 5.1 X 10(-9) cm2/s.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000502:physiology* / Q000648:ultrastructure; D002478:Cells, Cultured; D004058:Diffusion; D008433:Mathematics; D008954:Models, Biological; D009132:Muscles / Q000502:physiology*; D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic / Q000378:metabolism*; D011952:Receptors, Concanavalin A / Q000378:metabolism*; D014981:Xenopus
chemical_list: D011950:Receptors, Cholinergic; D011952:Receptors, Concanavalin A
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