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  • Title: Electron paramagnetic resonance studies of ethanol on membrane fluidity.
    Author: Chin JH, Goldstein DB.
    Journal: Adv Exp Med Biol; 1977; 85A():111-22. PubMed ID: 200116.
    Abstract:
    An optimum level of fluidity in the membrane appears to be important for some physiological functions. The present studies examined the effects of ethanol in erythrocyte and brain membrane preparations from Swiss Webster mice using electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) techniques with a fatty acid spin label. The spectral parameter measured was the order parmeter, S, an index of membrane fluidity. Synaptosomal membranes were more fluid than myelin but less fluid than mitochondrial membranes. In low concentrations of 1 and 2 mg/ml of ethanol membrane fluidity was increased in mitochondrial, synaptosomal, and erythrocyte membranes. Dose-related increases in membrane fluidity were also observed at higher concentrations of 4, 8 and 16 mg/ml of ethanol for all of the membranes except myelin. These data indicate that non-lethal concentrations of ethanol may increase membrane fluidity in vivo.
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