Disordering effect of ethanol at different depths in the bilayer of mouse brain membranes.
Disordering effect of ethanol at different depths in the bilayer of mouse brain membranes.
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乙醇在小鼠脑膜双层不同深度的紊乱作用。
DOI:
10.1111/j.1530-0277.1981.tb04898.x
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1981
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Chin,JH
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作者:
Goldstein,DB;Chin,JH
TEARIC acid derivatives are useful spin S labels for study of biomembranes because their position in the bilayer is known. Their long axes are oriented parallel to the acyl chains of phospholipids, and their carboxyl groups lie at the surface near the polar head groups of the phospholipids. Their electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) signal comes from the free radical in the'doxyl'group, which can be placed at different positions along the acyl chain. Thus, one can monitor the bilayer at different depths. Order parameters determined with these spin labels are spectral measures related to the amplitude and frequency of motion of the probe in the membrane. Membrane bilayers are more ordered near the surface than in the hydrophobic interior, as can be shown with these labeled stearic acid derivative^,'-^ as well as with nuclear magnetic~ esonance.~ There is a gradient of chain flexibility with increasing depth. These differences in physical characteristics at different locations in a bilayer provide opportunity to examine the site of action of ethanol. Using 5-doxylstearic acid as spin label, we have previously shown that the addition of ethanol in vitro disorders biomembranes? This