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Oxidative lesions to membrane proteins were studied in human erythrocytes of different age and were evaluated on ghost membrane preparations by assaying thiol and methionine sulphoxide groups, and in situ on intact cells, after treating erythrocytes with the fluorochrome N-(7-dimethyl-amino-4-methyl-coumarinyl) maleimide (DACM). DACM reacts with thiol groups and the amount of this reagent bound by membrane proteins was quantified after SDS-PAGE separation. Results obtained show that during aging of normal cells the oxidative state of membrane proteins increases: this was better shown by the assay of methionine sulphoxide residues rather than by the thiol titration, when studies were carried out on ghost membranes. After separation of individual membrane proteins by SDS-PAGE, decreased accessibility of DACM to thiol groups of band 3 and of the main proteins of the membrane skeleton was evident in senescent erythrocytes. These results show that during aging, band 3 and membrane skeleton proteins undergo conformational changes and/or oxidation. Similar results were obtained when thiol distribution was studied in membrane proteins separated by SDS-PAGE in both reducing and non-reducing conditions.
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