The aim of this study was to provide a basis for the molecular mechanism underlying the pharmacological action of ethanol. We studied the effects of 1-propanol on the location of n-(9-anthroyloxy)palmitic acid or stearic acid (n-AS) within the phospholipids of synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles (SPMV). The SPMV were isolated from the bovine cerebral cortex and liposomes of total lipids (SPMVTL) and phospholipids (SPMVPL). 1-Propanol increased the rotational mobility of inner hydrocarbons, while decreasing the mobility of membrane interface, in native and model membranes. The degree of rotational mobility varied with the number of carbon atoms at positions 16, 12, 9, 6 and 2 in the aliphatic chain of phospholipids in the neuronal and model membranes. The sensitivity of increasing or decreasing rotational mobility of hydrocarbon interior or surface by 1-propanol varied with the neuronal and model membranes in the following order: SPMV, SPMVPL and SPMVTL.

본 논문에서는 Pebax-2533 판형 분리막을 1-프로판올과 n-부탄올 혼합용매를 이용하여 용해, 건조하여 제조하였고 time-lag 장치를 이용하여 CO2, N2 투과특성을 평가하였다. 제조된 분리막은 평가조건에 따라서 130-288 barrer의 CO2 투 과율을 가졌으며, CO2/N2 투과선택도는 5-8이었다. Time-lag 장치의 주입부 압력이 증가함에 따라서, 투과온도가 낮아짐에 따라서, 그리고 혼합용매의 n-부탄올 양이 증가함에 따라서 CO2 투과도는 감소하였다. 이러한 실험 자료는 Pebax-2533 분리 막의 CO2 투과율이 CO2 용해에 매우 의존할 것이라 예측과 달리, CO2 용해뿐만 아니라 CO2 확산도 매우 중요한 단계임을 의미하였다.

Endocrine disrupting compounds (EDC's) are chemicals that either mimic endogenous hormones interfering with pharmacokinetics or act by other mechanisms. Some endocrine disrupters were reported to be chemical substances that cause apoptosis in cells. A number of reports have indicated that 1,3-DCP, one of the EDC's may act as an endocrine disrupter and also has possible carcinogenic effects. 1,3-DCP, present in commercial protein hydrolysates used for human nutrition, are genotoxic and 1,3-dichloro-2-propanol induced tumors in rats. In the present study, it was investigated whether 1,3-DCP induces ROS generation and apotosis in A549 adenocarcinoma cells. Here we show that 1,3-DCP inhibits the growth of lung cancer cell lines and generates reactive oxygen species (ROS), a major cause of DNA damage and genetic instability. It was investigated that 1,3-DCP increases G1 phase cells after 12 hours, thereafter abruptly draws A549 cells to G0 state after 24 hours by flow cytometric analysis. 1,3-DCP induces p53 and p21Cip1/WAF1 activation time- and dose-dependently by 24 hours, while the level p21Cip1/WAF1 was decreased after 48 hours. These results suggest that 1,3-DCP, an EDC's generates ROS and regulates genes involved with cell cycle and apoptosis.