1st International ICST Conference on Bio Inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems

Research Article

A molecular communication interface using liposomes with gap junction proteins

  • @INPROCEEDINGS{10.1145/1315843.1315866,
        author={Yuki Moritani and Shin-ichiro M.  Nomura and Satoshi  Hiyama and Kazunari  Akiyoshi and Tatsuya  Suda},
        title={A molecular communication interface using liposomes with gap junction proteins},
        proceedings={1st International ICST Conference on Bio Inspired Models of Network, Information and Computing Systems},
        publisher={ACM},
        proceedings_a={BIONETICS},
        year={2006},
        month={12},
        keywords={},
        doi={10.1145/1315843.1315866}
    }
    
  • Yuki Moritani
    Shin-ichiro M. Nomura
    Satoshi Hiyama
    Kazunari Akiyoshi
    Tatsuya Suda
    Year: 2006
    A molecular communication interface using liposomes with gap junction proteins
    BIONETICS
    ACM
    DOI: 10.1145/1315843.1315866
Yuki Moritani1,*, Shin-ichiro M. Nomura2,3, Satoshi Hiyama1, Kazunari Akiyoshi2,3, Tatsuya Suda1,4
  • 1: Research Laboratories, NTT DoCoMo Inc., 3-5 Hikarino-oka, Yokosuka, Kanagawa 239-8536, Japan
  • 2: Institute of Biomaterials and Bioengineering, Tokyo Medical and Dental University,
  • 3: 2-3-10 Kanda-Surugadai, Tokyo 101-0062, Japan
  • 4: Information and Computer Science, University of California, Irvine, CA 92697, USA
*Contact email: moritani@nttdocomo.co.jp

Abstract

Molecular communication [1]-[2] is an emerging communication paradigm that uses molecules as a communication medium. Molecular communication allows biological and artificially created nano- or cell-scale devices to communicate with each other. In molecular communication, senders encode information onto molecules (called information molecules), and information molecules are then loaded onto carrier molecules and transported to a receiver. Upon arriving at a receiver, information molecules are unloaded from carrier molecules, and the receiver reacts biochemically to the information molecules. This paper proposes a molecular communication system that uses liposomes with gap junction proteins as an interface. A liposome acts as a container of information molecules, and information molecules propagate through gap junctions [3] from a sender to a liposome and also from a liposome to a receiver.