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11286976

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
2
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-4-5
pubmed:abstractText
The fluorescent membrane probe 6-propionyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (Prodan) displays a high sensitivity to the polarity and packing properties of lipid membrane. Contrary to 6-lauroyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (Laurdan), Prodan can also monitor the properties of the membrane surface, i.e., the polar-head pretransition. In bilayers composed of coexisting gel and liquid-crystalline phases, Prodan shows a preferential partitioning in the latter, so that the detected membrane properties mainly belong to fluid domains. In the presence of cholesterol, the packing properties of the gel phase phospholipids are modified in such a way that Prodan can penetrate and label the membrane. Although Prodan labeling of the gel phase is a function of cholesterol concentration, 3 mol percent cholesterol is sufficient for a 60% Prodan labeling with respect to the maximum labeling reached at 15 mol percent cholesterol. We present steady-state and dynamical fluorescence measurements of Prodan in bilayers in the presence of cholesterol. Our results fit the liquid-ordered/liquid-disordered phase model for cholesterol-containing membranes and show that the presence of cholesterol, in addition to modification to the phase state of the hydrophobic portion of the bilayer, strongly affects the packing and the polarity of the membrane hydrophobic-hydrophilic interface.
pubmed:grant
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
2
pubmed:volume
1511
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
330-40
pubmed:dateRevised
2007-11-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2001
pubmed:articleTitle
Surface properties of cholesterol-containing membranes detected by Prodan fluorescence.
pubmed:affiliation
Istituto di Neurobiologia e Medicina Molecolare, CNR, Viale Marx 15-43, 00137 Rome, Italy.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't