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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 111, 期 10, 页码 2286-2295出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.10.005
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- Ph.D. Grant program of Universite de Brest
- Bioelectromechanical Systems (BEMS) Laboratory at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA
- National Institutes of Health [5R21 CA173092-01]
- National Science Foundation [IGERT DGE-0966125]
- Universite de Brest
Many approaches for studying the transmembrane potential (TMP) induced during the treatment of biological cells with pulsed electric fields have been reported. From the simple analytical models to more complex numerical models requiring significant computational resources, a gamut of methods have been used to recapitulate multicellular environments in silico. Cells have been modeled as simple shapes in two dimensions as well as more complex geometries attempting to replicate realistic cell shapes. In this study, we describe a method for extracting realistic cell morphologies from fluorescence microscopy images to generate the piecewise continuous mesh used to develop a finite element model in two dimensions. The preelectroporation TMP induced in tightly packed cells is analyzed for two sets of pulse parameters inspired by clinical irreversible electroporation treatments. We show that high-frequency bipolar pulse trains are better, and more homogeneously raise the TMP of tightly packed cells to a simulated electroporation threshold than conventional irreversible electroporation pulse trains, at the expense of larger applied potentials. Our results demonstrate the viability of our method and emphasize the importance of considering multicellular effects in the numerical models used for studying the response of biological tissues exposed to electric fields.
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