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  • Title: [alpha-Tocopherol--a modifier of the phase state of a lipid bilayer].
    Author: Skrypin VI, Erin AN, Bratkovskaia LB, Kagan VE.
    Journal: Biull Eksp Biol Med; 1984 Dec; 98(12):673-5. PubMed ID: 6095952.
    Abstract:
    Using 1H-NMR high resolution spectroscopy it was demonstrated that alpha-tocopherol modifies the character of phase transition in the membrane lipid bilayer. Injection of 5 mol% tocopherol into the lipid bilayer from dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) decreased the temperature and increased the width of the phase transition. Similar action was produced by injection into the bilayer from DPPC of 15-20 mol% linoleic acid. Injection of an equimolar amount of alpha-tocopherol into the bilayer from DPPC predestabilized by linoleic acid exerted a stabilizing action, the mode of phase transition being similar to that observed for pure DPPC. It is assumed that the stabilizing effect of alpha-tocopherol in question is a mechanism via which alpha-tocopherol protects the membrane from the damage-inducing action of free fatty acids.
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