Abstract
Pulsed nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy is employed to determine the time dependence of the change in erythrocyte water permeability following exposure to p-chloromercuribenzoate (PCMB) or p-chloromercuribenzene sulfonic acid (PCMBS). pH variation was used to examine the environment of the sulfhydryl groups reactive to these drugs. PCMB reacted with at least two sulfhydryl groups which affect water permeability. This was shown by the double exponential character of the change in erythrocyte diffusional permeability with time after PCMB addition. However, only one inhibition rate process could be distinguished following PCMBS exposure, suggesting that one site bound by PCMB is not accessible to PCMBS. This site is postulated to be located in a hydrophobic region of the membrane, whereas the site reached by both drugs is located in the normal anion permeation channel. The effect of pH on the degree of inhibition due to each component and the inhibition rates is explained in terms of its effect on solubility of the reagents in the membrane and variation of the dissociated-to-undissociated ratio of PCMB.
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