Studies of the ethanol-induced interdigitated gel phase in phosphatidylcholines using the fluorophore 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
Studies of the ethanol-induced interdigitated gel phase in phosphatidylcholines using the fluorophore 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene.
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使用荧光团 1,6-二苯基-1,3,5-己三烯研究乙醇诱导的磷脂酰胆碱交错凝胶相。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00426a015
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发表时间:
1988
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
McIntosh,TJ
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作者:
Nambi,P;Rowe,ES;McIntosh,TJ
Revised Manuscript Received July 18, 1988 abstract: It is now well established that a number of amphiphilic molecules such as ethanol can induce the formation of the fully interdigitated gelphase in phosphatidylcholines. We have shown earlier that alcohols such as ethanol induce biphasic melting behavior in phosphatidylcholines [Rowe, E. S.(1983) Biochemistry 22, 3299-3305] but not in phosphatidylethanolamines [Rowe, E. S.(1985) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 813, 321-330]. Simonand McIntosh [(1984) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 773, 169-172] showed that the alcohol-induced biphasic melting behavior in phosphatidylcholines is a consequence of acyl chain interdigitation. In the present study we demonstrate the detection of the transition of DPPC and DSPC to the interdigitated phase in thepresence of ethanol using the fluorescence properties of the commonly used fluorophore 1, 6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene (DPH). By correlating fluorescence and X-ray diffraction results, we have demonstrated the use of fluorescence to study the phase transition from the noninterdigitated to the in-terdigitated phase. Using this method, we have investigated the temperature and ethanol concentration dependence of the induction of the interdigitated phase in DSPCand DPPC and shown that the induction of interdigitation by ethanol is temperature dependent, with higher temperature favoring interdigitation.