Adhesion of Living Fibroblasts to Electrically Charged Zinc Surfaces

Abstract

The rate of adhesion of living fibroblasts (suspended in Hank's balanced salt solution) to vertically placed zinc electrodes was observed using a metallographic microscope. The results indicate that, contrary to the prediction of the DVLO theory, the adhesion rate of cells does not increase monotonically with the electric potential at the substrate interface, but that it has a maximum at -1,250 mV as measured with respect to a saturated calomel electrode.