Effects of environmental pollutants on the mitochondrial and red cell membranes.
Most environmental pollutants affect biological membranes more or less, resulting in an increase in permeability of mitochondrial and red cell membranes, which causes changes in potassium compartmentation, and also impairment of oxidative phosphorylation of mitochondria. Authors classified various environmental pollutants from the mode of action on biological membranes.
D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases / Q000378:metabolism; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate / Q000378:metabolism; D000818:Animals; D002463:Cell Membrane Permeability / Q000187:drug effects; D004579:Electron Transport / Q000187:drug effects; D004785:Environmental Pollutants / Q000633:toxicity*; D004910:Erythrocyte Membrane / Q000378:metabolism*; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000201:enzymology / Q000378:metabolism*; D010085:Oxidative Phosphorylation / Q000187:drug effects; D010101:Oxygen Consumption / Q000187:drug effects; D011188:Potassium / Q000378:metabolism; D011817:Rabbits; D051381:Rats
D004785:Environmental Pollutants; D000255:Adenosine Triphosphate; D000251:Adenosine Triphosphatases; D011188:Potassium