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Clinical Trial
. 2013 May;246(5):421-5.
doi: 10.1007/s00232-013-9554-7. Epub 2013 May 7.

Phospholipid composition and electric charge in healthy and cancerous parts of human kidneys

Barbara Szachowicz-Petelska  1 , Izabela Dobrzyńska, Marta Skrodzka, Barbara Darewicz, Zbigniew A Figaszewski, Jacek Kudelski
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Phospholipid composition and electric charge in healthy and cancerous parts of human kidneys

Barbara Szachowicz-Petelska et al. J Membr Biol. 2013 May.

Abstract

Phospholipids are ubiquitous in nature and are essential for the lipid bilayer of cell membranes. Their structural and functional properties are pivotal for the survival of the cell. In this study the phospholipids of healthy and cancerous human renal tissues from the same patients are compared with special reference to the electric charge of the membrane. A simple and highly effective normal-phase method is described for analyzing phospholipids content. This work is focused on changes of phospholipids content (PtdIns, phosphatidylinositol; PtdSer, phosphatidylserine; PtdEtn, phosphatidylethanoloamine; PtdCho, phosphatidylcholine) in cell membranes of renal cancer of pT1 stage, G2 grade, without metastasis. Surface charge density of healthy and cancerous human renal tissues was measured by electrophoresis. The measurements were carried out at various pH of solution. Depending on the surface charge density as a function of pH, acidic (C(TA)) and basic (C(TB)) functional group concentrations and their average association constants with hydrogen (K(AH)) or hydroxyl (K(BOH)) ions were evaluated. The process of cancer transformation was accompanied by an increase in total amount of phospholipids as well as an increase in C(TA) and K(BOH), whereas K(AH) and C(TB) were decreased compared with unchanged tumor cells.

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Content of phosphatidylinositol of cell membranes in human renal cancer of pT1 stage, G2 grade, without metastasis. Statistically significant differences for p < 0.05. x In comparison with control
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Content of phosphatidylserine of cell membranes in human renal cancer of pT1 stage, G2 grade, without metastasis. Statistically significant differences for p < 0.05. x In comparison with control
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Content of phosphatidylethanolamine of cell membranes in human renal cancer of pT1 stage, G2 grade, without metastasis. Statistically significant differences for p < 0.05. x In comparison with control
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Content of phosphatidylcholine of cell membranes in human renal cancer of pT1 stage, G2 grade, without metastasis. Statistically significant differences for p < 0.05. x In comparison with control
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Dependence on pH of surface charge density of normal and renal cancer cells from several patients
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