title: Membrane dipole potential as measured by ratiometric 3-hydroxyflavone fluorescence probes: accounting for hydration effects.
abstract: We previously applied the electrochromic modulation of excited-state intramolecular proton-transfer (ESIPT) reaction for the design of novel 3-hydroxyflavone (3-HF) derivatives as fluorescent probes for measuring the dipole potential, Psi(D), in lipid bilayers (Klymchenko et al., Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA, 2003, 100, 11219). In the present work, this method was revisited to take into account the influence of the bilayer hydration on the emission ratiometric response of 3-HF probes. For this reason, it was necessary to deconvolute the whole fluorescence spectra into three bands corresponding to the non H-bonded forms, normal N* and tautomer T* forms, both participating to the ESIPT reaction, and to the H-bonded H-N* form, excluded from this reaction. This allowed us to determine the pure N*/T* intensity ratio, without any contribution from the H-N* form emission depending essentially on the bilayer hydration. This new approach allowed us to confirm the correlation we obtained between the response of 3-HF probes on dipole potential modifications and the corresponding response of the reference fluorescent probe di-8-ANEPPS, thus further confirming the potency of 3-HF probes as excellent emission ratiometric probes to measure dipole potential in lipid membranes.
authors.affiliation: Laboratoire de Pharmacologie et Physicochimie des Interactions Moléculaires et Cellulaires, Equipe Photophysique des Interactions Biomoléculaires, UMR 7034 du CNRS, Faculté de Pharmacie, Université Louis Pasteur, BP 60024, 67401, Illkirch, France.
authors.forename: Gora
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: M'Baye
authors.forename: Vasyl V
authors.initials: VV
authors.lastname: Shynkar
authors.forename: Andrey S
authors.initials: AS
authors.lastname: Klymchenko
authors.forename: Yves
authors.initials: Y
authors.lastname: Mély
authors.forename: Guy
authors.initials: G
authors.lastname: Duportail
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D002645:Chickens; D004530:Egg Yolk / Q000737:chemistry; D005260:Female; D005419:Flavonoids / Q000737:chemistry*; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes / Q000737:chemistry*; D006860:Hydrogen Bonding; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry; D008564:Membrane Potentials; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds / Q000737:chemistry; D012015:Reference Standards; D013050:Spectrometry, Fluorescence; D053835:Unilamellar Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: C089669:1-(3-sulfonatopropyl)-4-(beta-(2-(di-n-octylamino)-6-naphthyl)vinyl)pyridinium betaine; D005419:Flavonoids; D005456:Fluorescent Dyes; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D011726:Pyridinium Compounds; D053835:Unilamellar Liposomes; D014867:Water; C041477:3-hydroxyflavone