A Note on Vestigial Osmotic Pressure

Autor: Hao Wu, Zhong-Can Ou-Yang, Rudolf Podgornik
Jazyk: angličtina
Rok vydání: 2023
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Zdroj: Membranes, Vol 13, Iss 3, p 332 (2023)
Druh dokumentu: article
ISSN: 2077-0375
DOI: 10.3390/membranes13030332
Popis: Recent experiments have indicated that at least a part of the osmotic pressure across the giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV) membrane was balanced by the rapid formation of the monodisperse daughter vesicles inside the GUVs through an endocytosis-like process. Therefore, we investigated a possible osmotic role played by these daughter vesicles for the maintenance of osmotic regulation in the GUVs and, by extension, in living cells. We highlighted a mechanism whereby the daughter vesicles acted as osmotically active solutes (osmoticants), contributing an extra vestigial osmotic pressure component across the membrane of the parent vesicle, and we showed that the consequences were consistent with experimental observations. Our results highlight the significance of osmotic regulation in cellular processes, such as fission/fusion, endocytosis, and exocytosis.
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