title: The effect of choline deficiency on the outer membranes of rat liver mitochondria.
abstract: The outer membranes of mitochondria prepared from the liver of rats kept 12 days on a choline-deficient diet were analyzed for changes in phospholipid and protein content. The total amount of phospholipid in the outer membranes was not affected by the deficiency. There was, however, a significant decrease in the amount of phosphatidylcholine and an increase in phosphatidylethanolamine. The alterations in the membrane phospholipids were reflected in a reduction in the fluorescence of the membrane probe, 8-anilino-1-naphthalene sulfonate. Choline deficiency also affected the protein composition of the outer membranes as judged by electrophoretic analysis; however, the activity of several enzymes which serve as markers for the outer membrane was not affected by the deficiency.
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002796:Choline Deficiency / Q000473:pathology*; D007425:Intracellular Membranes / Q000032:analysis*; D008297:Male; D008565:Membrane Proteins / Q000032:analysis; D008930:Mitochondria, Liver / Q000473:pathology*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000032:analysis; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines / Q000032:analysis; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000032:analysis; D051381:Rats; D011919:Rats, Inbred Strains
chemical_list: D008565:Membrane Proteins; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010714:Phosphatidylethanolamines; D010743:Phospholipids