[Role of lipid composition in the kinetics of free radical lipid oxidation in photoreceptor membranes].

The initial rate of lipid peroxidation (LPO) in photoreceptor membranes (PRM) of walleye pollock is 1.8--2.3 times higher than in frog PRM. Rhodopsin bleaching leads to an increase of LPO initial rate in PRM while having no effect on LPO in walleye pollack PRM. The content of unsaturated fatty acids in walleye pollock PRM is 1.4 times greater than in frog PRM. It is suggested that differences in LPO kinetics in PRM of walleye pollack and frog are caused by the differences in the lipid composition of the membranes (primarily by a high level of phospholipid molecular species with two unsaturated fatty acid residues in walleye pollock retina rod outer segments).