Membrane composition modulates thiopental partitioning in bilayers and biomembranes |
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Authors: | Klaus Korten Toby J Sommer Keith W Miller |
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Institution: | 1. Harvard Medical School, Departments of Anesthesia and Pharmacology Boston, MA U.S.A.;2. Peter Bent Brigham Hospital and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | The nonspecific interaction of thiopental with erythrocyte ghosts, synaptic membranes, microsomes and mitochondria has been measured at 25°C and pH 6.6. In cholesterol-depleted erythrocyte ghosts the partition coefficient decreases with increasing cholesterol content. In sonicated liposomes made from egg lecithin and cholesterol the partition coefficient also decreases with increasing cholesterol content. The dependence of the partition coefficient on cholesterol content in the biological membranes, on average, parallels that in the lipid bilayers. The partition coefficient in lipid bilayers made from lipids extracted from erythrocyte ghosts was comparable to that in the corresponding egg lecithin/cholesterol bilayer. The partition coefficients of all the biomembranes are consistently lower than those in the corresponding egg lecithin/cholesterol bilayer, the free energy of transfer between biomembrane and corresponding bilayer being ?1 kcal/mol. |
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Keywords: | Cholesterol content Partition coefficient Thiopental (Bilayer Biomembrane) |
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