BioelectricityPub Date : 2024-05-23eCollection Date: 2024-09-01DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2024.0008
Richard Nuccitelli, Michelle Martinez, David Kaufman, Darius Mehregan, Lauren Johnston, William A Knape
{"title":"Nano-Pulse Stimulation Therapy Initiates Regulated Cell Death in Skin, Unlike Bovie Radiofrequency Ablation and Cryoablation.","authors":"Richard Nuccitelli, Michelle Martinez, David Kaufman, Darius Mehregan, Lauren Johnston, William A Knape","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2024.0008","DOIUrl":"10.1089/bioe.2024.0008","url":null,"abstract":"<p><strong>Background: </strong>This study describes a unique new bioelectric approach for clearing skin lesions and illustrates the clinical and histological differences between this new method and the standards of cryoablation and Bovie<sup>®</sup> radiofrequency ablation (RFA).</p><p><strong>Objectives: </strong>To determine the advantage of stimulating regulated cell death with nanosecond pulsed electric fields over the necrosis response elicited by thermal ablation modalities.</p><p><strong>Methods: </strong>Human abdominal skin was treated with cryoablation, Bovie<sup>®</sup> RFA, and nano-pulse stimulation (NPS) therapy four times before an abdominoplasty procedure was performed to collect skin for histology. The clinical appearance and corresponding histology of each treatment were documented over time and compared.</p><p><strong>Results: </strong>NPS therapy triggered regulated cell death as indicated by the appearance of activated Caspase-3 at 2 h post treatment and the absence of nuclear staining 1 day post treatment. Epidermal regeneration follows without impacting the noncellular dermis in contrast to cryoablation and Bovie<sup>®</sup> RFA which trigger necrosis and often cause scarring, inflammation, or permanent pigmentary changes. The main differences between NPS therapy and other ablation modalities are the level of fibrosis, amount of scarring, elastic fiber concentration, and inflammation. An analysis of the skin thickness 30 days after the treatment indicates that NPS-treated skin is the most similar to untreated skin but cryoablated and RF-ablated skin were 2- and 3.5-fold thicker, respectively, suggesting that they initiate necrosis rather than regulated cell death.</p><p><strong>Conclusions: </strong>We conclude that NPS therapy is a unique nonthermal modality that may be applied for clearing benign skin lesions by initiating the skin's own programmed cell death pathway instead of necrosis as used by cryoablation and Bovie<sup>®</sup> RFA.</p>","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"6 3","pages":"167-173"},"PeriodicalIF":1.6,"publicationDate":"2024-05-23","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC11447482/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"142381787","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2024-03-01Epub Date: 2024-03-15DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2024.0006
Vaibhav P Pai, GuangJun Zhang, Michael Levin
{"title":"\"Bioelectricity in Development, Regeneration, and Cancers\" Cell Bio 2023: A Joint Meeting of the American Society of Cell Biology and European Molecular Biology Organization December 2-6, 2023, in Boston, MA, USA.","authors":"Vaibhav P Pai, GuangJun Zhang, Michael Levin","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2024.0006","DOIUrl":"10.1089/bioe.2024.0006","url":null,"abstract":"<p><p>Cell Bio conferences-organized jointly by the American Society of Cell Biology (ASCB) and European Molecular Biology Organization (EMBO)-showcase a diverse global community of the brightest researchers in Cell Biology and in emerging interdisciplinary topics, including bioelectricity. In this report, we briefly overview the Cell Bio 2023 subgroup meeting \"Bioelectricity in Development, Regeneration, and Cancers.\" This subgroup meeting featured 12 talks (7 Principal Investigators and 5 junior scientists) exploring the role of bioelectricity in endogenous and diseased states in model systems ranging from cells in culture to single-cell organisms such as yeast all the way to mammalian systems (including tools and technology developed for exploring bioelectricity and electrotaxis in cells and tissues). The subgroup meeting concluded with a discussion on the current challenges and opportunities for the field of bioelectricity.</p>","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"6 1","pages":"65-68"},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-03-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC10960164/pdf/","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"140207706","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"OA","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2024-01-08DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2023.0026
Katja Balantič, P. Kramar, D. Miklavčič
{"title":"In Silico Numerical Model of Aluminum and Iron Dissolution During Electric Pulse Application for Electroporation","authors":"Katja Balantič, P. Kramar, D. Miklavčič","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2023.0026","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2023.0026","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"53 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2024-01-08","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139448276","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2023.0034
Edward K. Looker, F. Aan, Christopher J. Hatch, Christopher C.W. Hughes, Michelle L. Matter, Jennifer S. Fang
{"title":"Cx40 Suppresses Sprouting Angiogenesis In Vitro","authors":"Edward K. Looker, F. Aan, Christopher J. Hatch, Christopher C.W. Hughes, Michelle L. Matter, Jennifer S. Fang","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2023.0034","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2023.0034","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":" 9","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"138611267","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2023.0012
Annabelle Collin, Tomás García-Sánchez, S. Corridore, Lluis M. Mir, C. Poignard
{"title":"Deciphering Immediate Post-Pulse Membrane Resealing from 4-Electrode Impedance Measurements by Numerical Modeling","authors":"Annabelle Collin, Tomás García-Sánchez, S. Corridore, Lluis M. Mir, C. Poignard","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2023.0012","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2023.0012","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"227 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139018581","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2023-12-01DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2023.29034.editorial
Mustafa B.A. Djamgoz, Michael Levin
{"title":"Bioelectricity Reaches a Milestone!","authors":"Mustafa B.A. Djamgoz, Michael Levin","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2023.29034.editorial","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2023.29034.editorial","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"276 3","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-12-01","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139020011","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2023-11-21DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2023.0015
Zachary Brian Rosenzweig, G. L. Thompson
{"title":"Potential Applications for Sublethal Pulsed Electric Field Exposures on Plant Cells and Bacteria","authors":"Zachary Brian Rosenzweig, G. L. Thompson","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2023.0015","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2023.0015","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"76 7","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-11-21","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"139251565","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}
BioelectricityPub Date : 2023-09-04DOI: 10.1089/bioe.2023.29032.rfs2022
Anna Tarasenko
{"title":"Rosalind Franklin Society Proudly Announces the 2022 Award Recipient for Bioelectricity","authors":"Anna Tarasenko","doi":"10.1089/bioe.2023.29032.rfs2022","DOIUrl":"https://doi.org/10.1089/bioe.2023.29032.rfs2022","url":null,"abstract":"","PeriodicalId":29923,"journal":{"name":"Bioelectricity","volume":"168 1","pages":""},"PeriodicalIF":2.3,"publicationDate":"2023-09-04","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":null,"resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":"84653037","PeriodicalName":null,"FirstCategoryId":null,"ListUrlMain":null,"RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":"","ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":"","EPubDate":null,"PubModel":null,"JCR":null,"JCRName":null,"Score":null,"Total":0}