Spectral behavior of novel benzanthrone probe in model membranes
Keywords:
benzanthrone dye, liposomes, phosphatidylcholine, cardiolipin, cholesterol, lysozymeAbstract
The present study was undertaken to evaluate the sensitivity of a newly synthesized benzanthrone dye to
the changes in physicochemical properties of lipid bilayer. It was shown that the dye under study is nonemissive in buffer but exhibites strong fluorescence in lipid phase. Partitioning of AM15 into model
membranes composed of zwitterionic lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC) and its mixtures with anionic lipid
cardiolipin and cholesterol was followed by significant increase of fluorescence quantum yield. Analysis
of the partition coefficients showed that inclusion of cardiolipin and choleterol into phosphatidylcholine
bilayer gives rise to the decrease of AM15 incorporation into lipid phase compared to the neat
phosphatidylcholine membrane. It is assumed that AM15 resides in the hydrophobic bilater region, being
oriented parallel to the lipid acyl chains
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