Mechanisms of Oxygen Toxicity at the Cellular Level.
Abstract
The most significant finding has been the demonstration that even five minute exposures to oxygen at four atmospheres produces a severe, but reversible (upon removal from hyperoxia), inhibition of active transport of glucose, using Escherichia coli as a model cell system. Experimental data is so far consistent with the current operating theory that a site in membrane transport is the primary target in acute oxygen toxicity at the cell level. The inhibition of transport apparently is not due to lack of energy (ATP) for transport, nor to oxidative destruction of the membrane, but the true mechanism is unknown. (Modified author abstract)
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Jan 01, 1974
- Accession Number
- AD0777466
Entities
People
- Olen R. Brown
Organizations
- University of Missouri