Filipin-induced lesions in planar phospholipid bilayers imaged by atomic force microscopy.
Filipin-induced lesions in planar phospholipid bilayers imaged by atomic force microscopy.
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通过原子力显微镜成像的平面磷脂双层中菲律宾诱导的损伤。
DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77627-1
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发表时间:
1998
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Castanho,MA
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作者:
Santos,NC;Ter-Ovanesyan,E;Zasadzinski,JA;Prieto,M;Castanho,MA
Filipin is a macrolide polyene with antifungal activity belonging to the same family of antibiotics as amphotericin B and nystatin. Despite the spectroscopy and electron microscopy studies of its interaction with natural membranes and membrane model systems, several aspects of its biochemical action, such as the role of membrane sterols, remain to be completely understood. We have used atomic force microscopy (AFM) to study the effect of filipin on dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine bilayers in the presence and absence of cholesterol. The bilayers were prepared by Langmuir-Blodgett deposition over mica and imaged under water. It was shown that filipin-induced lesions could only be found in membranes with cholesterol. In close agreement with electron microscopy results, we have reported the presence of densely packed circular protrusions in the membrane with a mean diameter of 19nm (corrected for convolution with AFM tip) and 0.4nm height. Larger circular protrusions (90nm diameter and 2.5nm height) and doughnut-shaped lesions were also detected. These results demonstrate that filipin-induced lesions in membranes previously observed by electron microscopy are not biased by artifacts resulting from sample preparation. Filipin aggregates in aqueous solution could also be imaged for the first time. These polydisperse spherical structures were observed in samples with and without cholesterol.