EPIDERMAL HELIX - MODEL FOR THE BILAYER COUPLE PHENOMENON

被引:1
作者
SHELLEY, WB [1 ]
JUHLIN, L [1 ]
机构
[1] UNIV UPPSALA,SCH MED,DEPT DERMATOL,S-75105 UPPSALA,SWEDEN
关键词
Contraction; Epidermis; Helix; Histamine; Osmosis;
D O I
10.1007/BF00407879
中图分类号
R75 [皮肤病学与性病学];
学科分类号
100206 ;
摘要
Narrow strips of isolated epidermis rapidly assume a helical conformation when placed in a dilute hypotonic aqueous solution of histamine as a free base. The same helical formations could be induced by dilute hypotonic solutions of alkalis or acids. This coiling resulted from damage to the malpighian cells, with consequent asymmetric osmotic swelling of the epidermis, thus producing torsional forces on the stratum corneum. In essence, the epidermal helix proved to be a pH dependent, osmotically induced, bilayer couple phenomenon. © 1979 Springer-Verlag.
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