In the present study the relationship between lipid sole pathway for PS formation. Sundler et al. [3] reported that peroxidation, changes in the redox state of membrane and in isolated rat hepatocytes, at physiological concentrations of phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) synthesis via base exchange ethanolamine (25 ~tM), 8-9% of the total PE synthesis could reaction in rat liver microsomes was investigated. It was found be attributed to Ca2+-dependent incorporation of ethanolthat PE synthesis is enhanced in the presence of antioxidants, amine via the BE reaction. The reaction does not result in a butylated hydroxytoluene (BHT), or unsaturated free fatty acids, net increase of the total PE content, but is rather responsible Prooxidants, tert-butyl hydroxyperoxide (BHP), ferrous ions for significant remodelling of preexisting membrane phosphocombined with ascorbate or NADPH (via cytochrome P450-lipids. The most abundant molecular species of PS and PE are dependent proteins), increased the amount of lipid peroxidation known to contain long-chain polyunsaturated fatty acids: araproducts in the membrane, and in consequence inhibited the chidonic (20:4), docosatetraenoic (22:4)and docosahexaenoic reaction. The effect of BHP was fully reversed by reduced (22:6) in the sn-2 position of their glycerol moiety [4]. glutathione and dithiothreitol (DTT), whereas the effect of other compounds could be reversed only by BHT. In contrast, a Furthermore, Ellingson and Seenaiah [5] have documented reversal of the inhibitory effect of cadmium ions on base that stearoyl-polyunsaturated molecular species of PE and exchange activity was observed in the presence of DTT, but PC are preferentially converted to PS by the phospholipid not BHT. Therefore, both the -SH/-S-S-ratio in the membrane, BE reaction in rat liver microsomes. affected by BlIP and cadmium ions, and the lipid hydroxyper-PE, kept in a bilayer configuration by interactions with oxides (rather than aldehydes), generated by ferrous ions and other membrane phospholipid molecules, is able to induce ascorbate or NADPH, are equally responsible for the inactivalocal nonbilayer structures by creating hexagonal phases [6]. tion of the ethanolamine base exchange enzyme in rat liverThis property of PE may be responsible for regulation of the microsomes. This may suggest that the synthesis of PE via the activity of many membranous enzymes, for example cytobase exchange reaction may be considered an element of the chrome P450 [7]. The latter class of enzymes participates in superfine cellular machinery involved in the repair of damage to unsaturated fatty acid chains of phospholipids caused by reactive hydroxylation processes of different hydrophobic molecules, oxygen species under oxidative stress, like fatty and bile acids, phospholipids, steroid hormones and/or xenobiotics [8]. Moreover, the PE hexagonal phase