This work contains the results of studies on the influence of new lysosomotropic substances on an erythrocyte membrane. The compounds studied were hydrochlorides of N,N-dimethylglycine alkyl esters (DMG-n) and N,N-dimethylalanine alkyl esters (DMAL-n) having two different-length alkyl chains (n = 12 and 16), oxalates of dimethylaminoalaninates (DMALs -n; n = 8, 10, 12, 14 and 16) and methobromides of glycinates and alaninates (DMALM-12 and DMGM-12). They were found to hemolyze erythrocytes, to change their osmotic resistance and to influence erythrocyte membrane fluidity. The results obtained indicate that observed changes were dependent on lipophilicities of the compounds. It was especially evident in the case of hemolytic efficiencies of the homologous series of alanine oxalates. Also, DMG-n and DMAL-n compounds significantly differed in their hemolytic properties. Again, slightly better hemolytic efficiency of DMG compounds in comparison with corresponding compounds having the same alkyl chain, DMAL, confirm such a conclusion. However, their hemolytic efficiencies were found to be moderate, which makes them potentially useful membrane modifiers. That feature is important for lysosomotropic compounds and its confirmation was the primary aim of the presented work. It is worth mentioning that DMGM and DMALM compounds exhibited better hemolytic efficiencies than all other compounds studied – which is probably caused by the fact that they were used as bromides. Bromides are commonly found to be more active than compounds with other counterions.
The purpose of these studies was to determine the effect of polyphenols contained in extracts from apple, strawberry and blackcurrant on the properties of the erythrocyte membrane, treated as a model of the biological membrane. To this end, the effect of the substances used on hemolysis, osmotic resistance and shape of erythrocytes, and on packing order in the hydrophilic region of the erythrocyte membrane was studied. The investigation was performed with spectrophotometric and fluorimetric methods, and using the optical microscope. The hemolytic studies have shown that the extracts do not induce hemolysis at the concentrations used. The results obtained from the spectrophotometric measurements of osmotic resistance of erythrocytes showed that the polyphenols contained in the extracts cause an increase in the resistance, rendering them less prone to hemolysis in hypotonic solutions of sodium chloride. The fluorimetric studies indicate that the used substances cause a decrease of packing order in the hydrophilic area of membrane lipids. The observations of erythrocyte shapes in a biological optical microscope have shown that, as a result of the substances’ action, the erythrocytes become mostly echinocytes, which means that the polyphenols of the extracts localize in the outer lipid monolayer of the erythrocyte membrane. The results obtained indicate that, in the concentration range used, the plant extracts are incorporated into the hydrophilic area of the membrane, modifying its properties.
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