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. 1968 Apr;107(3):381–385. doi: 10.1042/bj1070381

The action of digitonin on rat liver mitochondria. Phospholipid content

H A I Newman 1, Stanley E Gordesky 1,*, Charles Hoppel 1, Cecil Cooper 1
PMCID: PMC1198674  PMID: 4297045

Abstract

1. The amount and types of phospholipid and the fatty acid composition of the various phospholipids were examined in intact rat liver mitochondria, in mitochondria devoid of their outer membrane (preparation A) and in very small pieces derived from the disruption of the inner-membrane complexes (preparation B). The latter two preparations were obtained by digitonin treatment and carry out oxidative phosphorylation. 2. The ratio μg.atoms of phospholipid P/mg. of protein was 0·163 for intact mitochondria, decreased to 0·118 on removal of the outer membrane and increased markedly to 0·292 on disruption of the inner-membrane complex. 3. Examination of the various types of phospholipid present showed that the molar proportions cardiolipin:phosphatidylcholine:phosphatidylethanolamine were approx. 1:6:6 for intact mitochondria and 1:3:3 for preparations A and B. 4. There was a correlation between the recovery of cardiolipin and adenosine triphosphatase activity in the conversion of intact mitochondria into preparations A and B. 5. The fatty acid contents of the various types of phospholipid purified by thin-layer chromatography were identical in all three preparations. Our results show a considerably higher content of arachidonic acid and lower content of oleic acid for phosphatidylcholine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylinositol than have previously been reported for mitochondrial phospholipids.

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