Hyperthyroidism: increase in the electrical stability of membranes from liver mitochondria lipids
Parnev, O.M.; Puchkova, T.V.; Marzoev, A.I.; Vladimirov, I.A.
Biulleten' Eksperimental'noi Biologii i Meditsiny 91(10): 436-438
1981
ISSN/ISBN: 0365-9615 PMID: 7317602 Document Number: 176371
Electrical stability of the membranes was assessed in bilayer lipid membranes and liposomes. It was shown that the break down potential of the membranes prepared from mitochondrial phospholipids of hyperthyroid rabbits' liver is higher than that for the membranes from mitochondrial lipids of the control animals. It is suggested that the increased electrical stability of the membranes is consequent on the changes in the phospholipid content of liver mitochondrial membranes in hyperthyrosis.