Effects of low concentrations of ethanol on the fluidity of spin-labeled erythrocyte and brain membranes.
Effects of low concentrations of ethanol on the fluidity of spin-labeled erythrocyte and brain membranes.
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低浓度乙醇对自旋标记红细胞和脑膜流动性的影响。
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发表时间:
1977
影响因子:
3.6
通讯作者:
Dora B. Goldstein
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作者:
J. H. Chin;Dora B. Goldstein
The effects of ethanol on membrane fluidity at 37° have been assessed by a sensitive electron paramagnetic resonance technique. Erythrocyte and brain membranes from DBA/2J mice were spin-labeled with 5-doxylstearic acid ( N -oxyl-49,49-dimethyloxazolidine derivative of 5-ketostearic acid). The molecular motion of the spin label was measured from the EPR spectrum by determining the order parameter S , an index of membrane fluidity. The fluidity of both erythrocyte and synaptosomal membranes was greater than that of myelin but less than that of mitochondrial membranes. The addition of low concentrations (0.02 or 0.04 M) of ethanol in vitro increased fluidity in erythrocyte, mitochondrial, and synaptosomal membranes. This fluidizing effect of ethanol was dose-related up to 0.35 M in all the membranes except myelin. These data suggest that nonlethal concentrations of ethanol may increase membrane fluidity in vivo .