Schoffeniels / Alexander / Bacq Cellular Aspects of Membrane Permeability

International Series of Monographs in Pure and Applied Biology: Modern Trends in Physiological Sciences
1. Auflage 2017
ISBN: 978-1-4831-4910-3
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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E-Book, Englisch, 282 Seiten, Web PDF

Cellular Aspects of Membrane Permeability describes the state of knowledge on permeability problems and interprets experimental results within the framework of working hypotheses. The book discusses membrane permeability with some biochemical perspective presented to explain the origin and adaptations of animal life. The text explains the process and the driving forces affecting the permeability characteristics of the experimental object. It then discusses the distribution of ions and molecules between two phases separated by a living membrane. Then the text analyzes the chemical nature of the molecular architecture that causes such permeability characteristics. The book addresses the electrical potential profiles of epithelial tissues, and then discusses the conducting membranes. It also explains the relationships between inorganic ions, sugar, amino acids, fatty acids, and bioelectric potentials. The book also explains the physical nature of such chemical nature and structure of living membranes. The text then describes the structure of the cellular surface and the structural organization of the cell. The selection can prove useful for biologists, microbiologists, zoologists, and students and professors of biology and its related disciplines.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Schoffeniels, E.

Alexander, P.

Bacq, Z. M.

Inhaltsverzeichnis

1;Front Cover;1
2;Cellular Aspects of Membrane Permeability;4
3;Copyright Page;5
4;Dedication;6
5;Table of Contents;8
6;Introduction;10
7;Acknowledgements;14
8;PART I: THE PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MEMBRANES;16
8.1;CHAPTER 1. DISTRIBUTION OF IONS AND MOLECULES BETWEEN TWO PHASES SEPARATED BY A LIVING MEMBRANE;18
8.1.1;1. Ionic Composition of Rat Aortic Smooth Muscle Fibres;21
8.1.2;2. Kinetics of Release of Radioactive Sodium, Sulphate and Sucrose from the Frog Sartorius Muscle;28
8.1.3;3. Amino Acid Composition of Biological Fluids;34
8.2;CHAPTER 2. NATURE OF THE FORCES RESPONSIBLE FOR THE MOVEMENT OF IONS AND MOLECULES ACROSS LIVING MEMBRANES;36
8.2.1;1. Inorganic Ions;36
8.2.2;2. Organic Ions;42
8.2.3;3. Organic Molecules;59
8.3;CHAPTER 3. ORIGIN OF THE ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL DIFFERENCE EXISTING ACROSS MOST OF THE LIVING MEMBRANES;63
8.3.1;1. Electrokinetic Phenomena;63
8.3.2;2. Orientation of Fixed Charges;64
8.3.3;3. Electrochemical Potential;65
8.3.4;4. Electrogenic Nature of Active Ion Transport;69
8.4;CHAPTER 4. SIGNIFICANCE OF THE ACTIVE TRANSPORT OF CATIONS;70
8.5;CHAPTER 5. ENZYMATIC ASPECTS OF MEMBRANE PERMEABILITY;77
8.5.1;1. Active Transport in Relation to Cell Metabolism;77
8.5.2;2. Identification in Crab Nerve of an Enzyme System Hydrolysing ATP;81
8.5.3;3. Isolation of a Specific ATPase from other Cells;84
8.5.4;4. The Effect of Cardiac Glycosides;84
8.5.5;5. Relationship between ATP Hydrolysis and the Transport of Cations;86
8.6;CHAPTER 6. HORMONES AND PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MEMBRANES;88
8.6.1;1. Neurohypophyseal Hormones;88
8.6.2;2. Insulin;92
8.6.3;3. Parathormone;92
8.6.4;4. Aldosterone;93
8.6.5;5. Other Hormones;94
8.6.6;6. Summary;94
8.7;CHAPTER 7. ALKALINE EARTHS AND PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS OF LIVING MEMBRANES;96
8.7.1;1. Passive Permeability;96
8.7.2;2. Active Transport;99
8.7.3;3. Possible Mechanism of Action;100
9;PART II: CELLULAR DIFFERENTIATION AND TEMPORO-SPATIAL DISTRIBUTION OF PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS;102
10;CHAPTER 8. ELECTRICAL POTENTIAL PROFILES OF EPITHELIAL TISSUES;103
10.1;1. Skin and Urinary Bladder of Amphibians;103
10.2;2. Structural Organization of Amphibian Skin in Relation to Function;119
10.3;3. Intestinal Epithelium of the Tortoise;127
10.4;4. Respiratory Epithelium;142
11;CHAPTER 9. CONDUCTING MEMBRANES;145
11.1;1. The Action Potential;145
11.2;2. Nature of the Permeability Change;150
11.3;3. The Permeability Change;153
11.4;4. Energy Requirements;160
11.5;5. Adaptations;161
12;CHAPTER 10. NERVOUS CONTROL OF PERMEABILITY CHARACTERISTICS;165
13;CHAPTER 11. RELATIONSHIPS BETWEEN INORGANIC IONS, SUGAR, AMINO ACIDS, FATTY ACIDS AND BIOELECTRIC POTENTIALS;173
14;CHAPTER 12. OSMOREGULATION AND NITROGEN METABOLISM;184
14.1;1. Osmoregulatory Function of Amino Acids;184
14.2;2. Some Factors Affecting the Metabolism of Amino Acids;192
14.3;3. Activity of the L-Glutamic Acid Dehydrogenase in Relation to the Regulation of the Pool of Free Amino Acids;201
14.4;4. Urea as Osmotic Effector;209
15;PART III: CHEMICAL NATURE AND PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF LIVING MEMBRANES IN RELATION TO FUNCTION;214
16;CHAPTER 13. CHEMICAL NATURE OF LIVING MEMBRANES;216
17;CHAPTER 14. PHYSICAL STRUCTURE OF LIVING MEMBRANES;227
17.1;1. From Chemistry to Ultrastructure;227
17.2;2. The Structure of the Cellular Surface;230
17.3;3. Structural Organization as Deduced from Function;238
18;CHAPTER 15. CONCLUDING REMARKS;252
19;BIBLIOGRAPHY;256
20;INDEX;290
21;OTHER TITLES IN THE DIVISION;294