The permeability of human red blood cell membranes to hydrogen peroxide is independent of aquaporins
Florencia Orrico, Ana Claudia López, Daniela Saliwonczyk, Cecilia Acosta, Ismael Rodriguez-Grecco, Isabelle Mouro-Chanteloup, Mariano A. Ostuni, Ana Denicola, Leonor Thomson, Matías N. Möller
Abstract
does not diffuse into RBCs through aquaporins but rather through the lipid fraction or a still unidentified membrane protein.
Topics & Concepts
AquaporinMembraneChemistryPermeationHydrogen peroxidePermeability (electromagnetism)BiophysicsPartition coefficientRed blood cellBiological membraneLipid bilayerBiochemistryChromatographyBiologyErythrocyte Function and PathophysiologyLipid Membrane Structure and BehaviorProtein Structure and Dynamics