Geometrical effects on nonlinear electrodiffusion in cell physiology

DOI10.1007/S00332-017-9393-2zbMATH Open1379.35063arXiv1705.02527OpenAlexW2612515459WikidataQ58051965 ScholiaQ58051965MaRDI QIDQ1685148FDOQ1685148

Authors: J. Cartailler, D. Holcman, Zeev Schuss 

Publication date: 13 December 2017

Published in: Journal of Nonlinear Science (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We report here new electrical laws, derived from nonlinear electro-diffusion theory, about the effect of the local geometrical structure, such as curvature, on the electrical properties of a cell. We adopt the Poisson-Nernst-Planck (PNP) equations for charge concentration and electric potential as a model of electro-diffusion. In the case at hand, the entire boundary is impermeable to ions and the electric field satisfies the compatibility condition of Poisson's equation. We construct an asymptotic approximation for certain singular limits to the steady-state solution in a ball with an attached cusp-shaped funnel on its surface. As the number of charge increases, they concentrate at the end of cusp-shaped funnel. These results can be used in the design of nano-pipettes and help to understand the local voltage changes inside dendrites and axons with heterogenous local geometry.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1705.02527

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zbMATH Keywords

Poisson equationPoisson-Nernst-Planck equationelectrical properties of a cell

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Laplace operator, Helmholtz equation (reduced wave equation), Poisson equation (35J05) Nonlinear boundary value problems for nonlinear elliptic equations (35J66) Biophysics (92C05)

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