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. 1963 Jul;46(6):1123-40.
doi: 10.1085/jgp.46.6.1123.

SOME ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF A NUCLEAR MEMBRANE EXAMINED WITH A MICROELECTRODE

W R LOEWENSTEIN, Y KANNO

SOME ELECTRICAL PROPERTIES OF A NUCLEAR MEMBRANE EXAMINED WITH A MICROELECTRODE

W R LOEWENSTEIN et al. J Gen Physiol. 1963 Jul.

Abstract

Electrical potential and resistance were measured with microelectrodes in in situ and isolated nuclei of gland cells of Drosophila flavorepleta. The nucleus-cytoplasm boundary was found to be rather impermeable to ion diffusion. It presents a resistance of the order of 1 ohm cm(2) and sustains a "resting" potential, the nucleoplasm being about 15 mv negative with respect to the cytoplasm. Both the resistance and potential appear to be associated with the nuclear membrane: the potential declines to zero and the resistance to a fraction of its original value, when the membrane is perforated experimentally.

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