Pressure-induced variations of K+-permeability as related to a possible reversible electrical breakdown in human erythrocytes.
Above a hydrostatic pressure of about 600 b a pronounced reversible increase in the net K+-efflux from human erythrocytes is observed. The effect is explained in terms of an electro-mechanical compression of the membrane, resulting in a reversible breakdown of the membrane.
D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D004553:Electric Conductivity; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D006801:Humans; D007700:Kinetics; D011188:Potassium / Q000097:blood*; D011312:Pressure
D011188:Potassium