Electromagnetic communication between cells through tunnelling nanotubes

0533899 - FZÚ 2021 RIV GB eng J - Journal Article
Pokorný, Jan - Pokorný, Jiří - Vrba, J.
Electromagnetic communication between cells through tunnelling nanotubes.
International Journal of Microwave and Wireless Technologies. Roč. 12, č. 9 (2020), s. 831-838. ISSN 1759-0787. E-ISSN 1759-0795
R&D Projects: GA ČR GA16-12757S
Institutional support: RVO:68378271
Keywords : waveguides and resonators in living cells * tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) * electromagnetic cell-to-cell communication * UV technology in living cells
OECD category: Biophysics
Impact factor: 1.064, year: 2020
Method of publishing: Limited access
https://doi.org/10.1017/S175907872000046X

Structures of tunneling nanotubes (TNTs) of the circular cross-section of 50 and 200 nm and length up to 1 mm form a communication system between cells. While transport of material such as endocytic vesicles, mitochondria, proteins, cytoplasmic molecules, etc., is experimentally proven, a possible transfer of electric and electromagnetic energy across TNTs corresponding to electrotechnical processes of excitation, propagation, and amplification in cavity systems is yet in a beginning stage of research. Main features of corrugated periodic structures, electromagnetic circular waveguides, the Manley–Rowe amplification, the Fröhlich non-linear interaction of coherent electric polar vibrations, and description of cut-off frequency propagating limits in the waveguide and cavities and along periodic structures are discussed. We suggest that cell-to-cell connection with TNTs may form a unified cavity system which enables simultaneity and mutual cooperation in multicellular organisms.

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