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The effect of pulsed electric fields on cell membranes were studied to investigate the effects of an electric field, per se, on biological systems, without the densometric and other technical problems associated with other forms of nonionizing radiation. Exposure of mouse splenocytes to a high voltage pulse resulted in an increase in membrane permeability to K+ that was dependent on both the electric field strength and the pulse duration. Exposure to a 2 μsec, 3.0 kV/cm pulse elicited a 50% loss of intracellular K+ indicating that the critical transmembrane potential (Vm) at breakdown was 1.26 volts for the membrane of mouse spleen cells. These results agreed with previous studies on erythrocytes and micro-organisms. Effects of a pulsed electric field on a cell's functional integrity were assessed by measuring 3H-thymidine incorporation by lymphocytes cultured in the presence and absence of various mitogens following exposure to an electrical pulse. No statistically significant effects on the response of mouse spleen lymphocytes to Con-A, PHA, or LPS were observed following exposure to a 2 usec electric pulse. Exposure to 10 μsec pulses ≥ 2.4 kV/cm produced a statistically significant reduction in the response of lymphocytes to LPS stimulation. While not statistically significant, results from both 2 and 10 usec experiments consistently indicated that exposure to pulses at sublethal electric field strengths may have a stimulatory effect on mouse spleen lymphocytes. This result is discussed and an experiment to resolve this issue is presented. Exposure of Ehrlich ascites tumor cells to 2 μsec electrical pulses produced no statistically significant alterations in the tumorigenicity of these cells. K+ release data indicated these cells are unusually resistant to the effects of pulsed electric fields having a high breakdown potential, Vm = 2.37 volts.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2001. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references. Available also from UMI/Dissertation Abstracts International.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--University of Texas at Austin, 2000. / Vita. Includes bibliographical references (leaves 145-154). Available also in a digital version from Dissertation Abstracts.

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Thesis (M.S.)--Mississippi State University. Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering. / Title from title screen. Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (Ph. D.)--Florida State University, 2004. / Advisor: Dr. Jim Zheng, Florida State University, College of Engineering, Dept. of Mechanical Engineering. Title and description from dissertation home page (viewed June 15, 2004). Includes bibliographical references.

Thesis (M.S.)--University of Michigan, 1966.

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