Phospholipid composition of inner and outer mitochondrial membranes isolated from Yoshida hepatoma AH-130.

Outer and inner membranes isolated from hepatoma AH-130 and rat liver mitochondria were used to study phospholipid composition. The phosphatidylethanolamine content increased and that of phosphatidylcholine decreased in ;whole mitochondria and isolated membranes. The ratio between the 2 phospholipids increased 47% and 117% in the inner and outer membranes respectively. A small decrease of diphosphatidylglycerol also occurred in the hepatoma mitochondria inner membrane. In contrast to the results of previous work, no sphingomyelin was found in hepatoma mitochondria and isolated membranes.