title: Effect of thiol reagents and ionizing radiation on the permeability of erythrocyte membrane for spin-labeled non-electrolytes.
abstract: Four different thiol reagents: p-chloromercuribenzoic acid (pCMB), mercuric chloride (HgCl2), N-ethylmaleimide (NEM), and 5,5'-dithiobis-(2-nitrobenzoic acid) (DTNB) were employed as agents modifying the transport of a hydrophilic and hydrophobic non-electrolyte spin labels: 4-hydroxy-2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPOL) and 2,2,6,6-tetramethylpiperidine-1-oxyl (TEMPO) into bovine erythrocytes. Gamma-irradiation of erythrocytes amplified the effects of pCMB, HgCl2 and NEM of inhibition of TEMPOL transport and attenuated them in the case of TEMPO transport. These results suggest that the transport of TEMPOL across the erythrocyte membrane is controlled by both superficially and more deeply located membrane -SH groups while only superficial -SH groups control the transport of TEMPO. The lower extent of inhibition of TEMPO transport indicates a higher contribution of diffusion through the lipid phase to the transport of TEMPO across the erythrocyte membrane as compared with TEMPOL.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002417:Cattle; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects / Q000528:radiation effects*; D002729:Chloromercuribenzoates / Q000494:pharmacology; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid / Q000494:pharmacology; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism* / Q000528:radiation effects; D004912:Erythrocytes / Q000378:metabolism*; D005033:Ethylmaleimide / Q000494:pharmacology; D005720:Gamma Rays; D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D008628:Mercury / Q000494:pharmacology; D013113:Spin Labels; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents / Q000494:pharmacology*; D020245:p-Chloromercuribenzoic Acid
chemical_list: D002729:Chloromercuribenzoates; D003037:Cobalt Radioisotopes; D003497:Cyclic N-Oxides; D013113:Spin Labels; D013439:Sulfhydryl Reagents; D008627:Mercuric Chloride; D020245:p-Chloromercuribenzoic Acid; D004228:Dithionitrobenzoic Acid; D008628:Mercury; D005033:Ethylmaleimide; C001803:tempol; C003959:TEMPO