LIPID STRUCTURAL ORDER PARAMETERS (RECIPROCAL OF FLUIDITY) IN BIOMEMBRANES DERIVED FROM STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS
LIPID STRUCTURAL ORDER PARAMETERS (RECIPROCAL OF FLUIDITY) IN BIOMEMBRANES DERIVED FROM STEADY-STATE FLUORESCENCE POLARIZATION MEASUREMENTS
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(81)90390-4
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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VANDERMEER, BW
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VANBLITTERSWIJK, WJ;VANHOEVEN, RP;VANDERMEER, BW
This paper presents an interpretation of fluorescence polarization measurements in lipid membranes which are labelled with the apolar probe 1, 6-diphenyl-1, 3, 5-hexatriene. The steady-state fluorescence anisotropy, r S, is resolved into a fast decaying or kinetic component, r f, and an infinitely slow decaying or static component, r∞. The latter contribution, which predominates in biological membranes, is exclusively determined by the degree of molecular packing (order) in the apolar regions of the membrane; r∞ is proportional to the square of the lipid order parameter. An empirical relation between r S and r∞ is presented, which is in agreement with a prediction based on a theory of rotational dynamics in liquid crystals. This relation enabled us to estimate a lipid structural order parameter directly from simple steady-state fluorescence polarization measurements in a variety of isolated biological membranes. It is shown that major factors determining the order parameter in biomembranes are the temperature, the cholesterol and sphingomyelin content and (in a few systems) the membrane intrinsic proteins.