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  • Title: Effect of cholesterol on human erythrocyte membrane. A spin label study.
    Author: Suda T, Maeda N, Shiga T.
    Journal: J Biochem; 1980 Jun; 87(6):1703-13. PubMed ID: 6249797.
    Abstract:
    The effect of cholesterol on the membrane fluidity of human erythrocytes has been studied by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy, sensing the motion of androstane and fatty acid spin labeles in the cell membrane and in vesicles made from extracted phospholipids. 1. Androstane spin label (ASL) was incorporated from ASL-containing phospholipid vesicles into the erythrocyte membrane, essentially by a partition mechanism in proportion to their phospholipid contents. 2. On increasing the cholesterol or ASl content in the cell membrane, the spin label was gradually immobilized. 3. ASL motion in the cell membrane seemed to be primarily determined by the cholesterol/phospholipid molar ratio, regardless of the membrane protein-lipid interaction, as judged from the temperature effects on the ESR spectra of both membranes. 4. However, glutaraldehyde pretreatment induced considerable changes of the cholesterol-lipid interaction in the cell membrane, i.e., strong immobilization and cluster formation of ASL were observed.
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