title: Temperature and cholesterol composition-dependent behavior of 1-myristoyl-2-[12-[(5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalenesulfonyl)amino]dodecanoyl]-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine in 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine membranes.
abstract: We present a steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence emission spectra analysis of the membrane probe 1-myristoyl-2-[12-[(5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalenesulfonyl)amino]dodecanoyl]-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DANSYL) in 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and cholesterol multi-lamellar vesicles (MLV) prepared by modified rapid solvent exchange. We report that the dose-dependent cholesterol-induced blue shifts in the steady-state fluorescence emission spectra observed in DMPC MLV are due to complex solvent effects that include time-dependent dipolar relaxation and the formation of internal charge transfer (ICT) states. A key finding of this investigation is identification of two distinguishable DANSYL populations existing at both shallow and deep locations in the membrane; these two DANSYL populations are evidence of laterally phase-separated domains at cholesterol compositions between X(chol) = 0.30 and 0.60 at 30 degrees C in DMPC MLV.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, Drexel University, 3141 Chestnut Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104, USA.
authors.forename: Gregory M
authors.initials: GM
authors.lastname: Troup
authors.forename: Steven P
authors.initials: SP
authors.lastname: Wrenn
mesh_terms: D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry*; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D044367:Phase Transition; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D013696:Temperature
chemical_list: C496906:1-myristoyl-2-(12-((5-dimethylamino-1-naphthalenesulfonyl)amino)dodecanoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D002784:Cholesterol; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine