Abstract
Phenylhydrazine-induced oxidative damage in red cells results in increased binding of merocyanine 540, a fluorescence probe sensitive to changes in lipid packing. Fluorescence polarization studies with diphenyl-hexatriene did not reveal major changes in order parameters both in intact red cells and lysates treated with phenylhydrazine. These fluorescence studies indicate that major changes are observed in membrane lipids. Analytical studies of membrane phospholipids revealed a significant decrease in phosphatidylethanolamine. The results of the fluorescence and lipid studies, taken in association with our previously reported findings on spectrin and other cytoskeletal protein degradation in red cells exposed to phenylhydrazine, suggests that degradation of cytoskeleton membrane proteins is also responsible for changes in the lipid bilayer surface of the red cell membrane.
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