The influence of NBD fluorescent probe on model membranes containing POPC and DPPC
MOLECULAR MEMBRANE BIOLOGY(2016)
Abstract
To investigate the effect of fluorescent probe on the properties of membranes, we studied model membranes composed of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) and 1-palmitoyl 2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) in the presence and absence of fluorescent probe. The morphology of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) has been observed as a function of temperature and composition by fluorescence microscopy using NBD-DOPE or C-6-NBD-PC as the probe. The phase behavior of model membranes containing no fluorescent probe was investigated by H-2-NMR spectroscopy. We found that the bright phase observed on GUVs was the fluid phase enriched in POPC and the dark phase was the gel phase enriched in DPPC. NBD-DOPE and C-6-NBD-PC preferentially participated in the fluid-phase domains when GUVs were in the gel + fluid phase coexistence. Inclusion of both fluorescent probes (1 mol%) lowered the transition temperature of POPC/DPPC membranes. In addition, C-6-NBD-PC exhibited a stronger effect than NBD-DOPE, which was considered to be associated with the structures of fluorescent molecules.
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Key words
POPC,DPPC,NBD-DOPE,C6-NBD-PC,fluorescence microscopy,2H NMR
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