title: Electron spin resonance studies of changes in membrane fluidity of Chinese hamster ovary cells during the cell cycle.
abstract: Electron spin resonance (ESR) spin-label methods were used with 5-doxyl-stearic acid as a probe to investigate membrane fluidity of Chinese hamster ovary (CHO) cells during the cell cycle. A 35 GHz ESR technique was developed to study membrane fluidity of intact cells. This technique requires only about 1/6 the amount of cells compared to the conventional spin-label techniques. With this technique we observed a cyclic change of membrane fluidity during the cell cycle of CHO cells: cells in mitosis had the highest membrane fluidity, whereas cells in G1 and early S phases had the lowest membrane fluidity.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002453:Cell Cycle; D002460:Cell Line; D002462:Cell Membrane / Q000378:metabolism; D006224:Cricetinae; D003412:Cricetulus; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D005260:Female; D008560:Membrane Fluidity; D010053:Ovary / Q000166:cytology*