Short infrared (IR) laser pulses can induce nanoporation

Caleb C. Roth; Ronald A. Barnes Jr.; Bennett L. Ibey; Randolph D. Glickman; Hope T. Beier

doi:10.1117/12.2214892

9 March 2016 Short infrared (IR) laser pulses can induce nanoporation

Caleb C. Roth, Ronald A. Barnes Jr., Bennett L. Ibey, Randolph D. Glickman, Hope T. Beier

Proceedings Volume 9690, Clinical and Translational Neurophotonics; Neural Imaging and Sensing; and Optogenetics and Optical Manipulation; 96901L (2016) https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214892
Event: SPIE BiOS, 2016, San Francisco, California, United States

Abstract

Short infrared (IR) laser pulses on the order of hundreds of microseconds to single milliseconds with typical wavelengths of 1800-2100 nm, have shown the capability to reversibly stimulate action potentials (AP) in neuronal cells. While the IR stimulation technique has proven successful for several applications, the exact mechanism(s) underlying the AP generation has remained elusive. To better understand how IR pulses cause AP stimulation, we determined the threshold for the formation of nanopores in the plasma membrane. Using a surrogate calcium ion, thallium, which is roughly the same shape and charge, but lacks the biological functionality of calcium, we recorded the flow of thallium ions into an exposed cell in the presence of a battery of channel antagonists. The entry of thallium into the cell indicated that the ions entered via nanopores. The data presented here demonstrate a basic understanding of the fundamental effects of IR stimulation and speculates that nanopores, formed in response to the IR exposure, play an upstream role in the generation of AP.

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Caleb C. Roth, Ronald A. Barnes Jr., Bennett L. Ibey, Randolph D. Glickman, and Hope T. Beier "Short infrared (IR) laser pulses can induce nanoporation", Proc. SPIE 9690, Clinical and Translational Neurophotonics; Neural Imaging and Sensing; and Optogenetics and Optical Manipulation, 96901L (9 March 2016); https://doi.org/10.1117/12.2214892

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