title: Stress-wave-induced membrane permeation of red blood cells is facilitated by aquaporins.
abstract: Stress waves generated by lasers and extracorporeal lithotripters have been shown to transiently increase the permeability of the plasma membrane, without affecting cell viability. Molecules present in the medium can diffuse into the cytoplasm under the concentration gradient. Molecular uptake under stress waves correlates with the presence of functioning aquaporins in the plasma membrane.
authors.affiliation: Wellman Laboratories of Photomedicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, Department of Dermatology, Harvard Medical School, Boston 02114, USA.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Lee
authors.forename: D J
authors.initials: DJ
authors.lastname: McAuliffe
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Xu
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Taitelbaum
authors.forename: T J
authors.initials: TJ
authors.lastname: Flotte
authors.forename: A G
authors.initials: AG
authors.lastname: Doukas
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability; D002470:Cell Survival; D002645:Chickens; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000502:physiology*; D005434:Flow Cytometry; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D006801:Humans; D007473:Ion Channels / Q000502:physiology*; D007834:Lasers; D008096:Lithotripsy; D012235:Rhodamines; D013314:Stress, Mechanical; D014867:Water / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D007473:Ion Channels; D012235:Rhodamines; D014867:Water