Imaging of Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers by a High-Pressure Fluorescence Technique: Detection of the Packing Difference

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  • Hitoshi Matsuki
    Department of Life System, Institute of Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima
  • Masaki Goto
    Department of Preventive Dentistry, Institute of Health Bioscience, The University of Tokushima
  • Masataka Kusube
    Department of Material Science, Wakayama National College of Technology
  • Nobutake Tamai
    Department of Life System, Institute of Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima

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<jats:title>Abstract</jats:title> <jats:p>The packing states in phosphatidylcholine (PC) bilayers under high pressure were studied from fluorescence measurements using a polarity-sensitive probe Prodan. By using the Prodan fluorescence data, three-dimensional image plots, which can visually evaluate the bilayer packing, were constructed for the C16PC bilayer. It turned out from the shape of contours in the image plot constructed by the second-derivative spectra that the Prodan molecules can be distributed into multiple sites in the bilayer and move around the head-group region depending on the phase state. Furthermore, comparing the plot to those for the C17PC and C18PC bilayers, the slight difference in hydrophobicity among the PC molecules produced a marked difference in quantity of the Prodan molecules distributed among the bilayer gel, nonbilayer gel, and liquid crystalline phases of the PC membranes. The present study shows that the imaging using Prodan is useful for the evaluation of lipid bilayer packing.</jats:p>

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