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  • Title: Multiple thermotropic state transitions in erythrocyte membranes. A laser-Raman study of the CH-stretching and acoustical regions.
    Author: Verma SP, Wallach DF.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1976 Jun 17; 436(2):307-18. PubMed ID: 945074.
    Abstract:
    1. We have examined the Raman scattering from erythrocyte ghosts at 2700 cm-1 -3000 cm-1 (CH-stretching region), that at low frequencies due to acoustical vibrations, as well as that due to v (-C=C-) and v (=C-C=) of beta-carotene, in the temperature range of -30 degrees C to +30 degrees C. For comparison we have also evaluated the Rama spectra of liposomes composed of lecithins+/-cholesterol. 2. Plots vs. temperature of the intensities (I) of the approx. 2880 cm-1 and 2932 cm-1 bands relative to the intensity of the thermally stable 2850 cm-1 band, i.e. the (I2880/I2850) and (I2932/I2850) ratios, revealed discontinuities in both erythrocyte membranes and liposomes. 3. In erythrocyte membranes, plots of (I approximately 2880/I2850) and (I approximately 2932/I 2850) reveal several discontinuities. Those reported by (I approximately 2880/I 2850) occur at +17 degrees C and approx. -4 degrees C. The ratio (I approximately 2932/I 2850) reveals a transition between -20 degrees C and +10 degrees C, 1/2 maximal at -8 degrees C. The ratio (I 1527/I 1158), representing the relative intensity of v (-C=C-) vs. v (=C-C=) of membrane-bound beta-carotene, changes discontinuously with the 17 degrees C transition, but is stable over the rest of the temperature change studied. 4. The data indicate that a major membrane-state transition takes place below 0 degrees C but that an additional transition occurs at approx. 17 degrees C.
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