Fluorescence Lifetime Tuning-A Novel Approach to Study Flip-Flop Kinetics in Supported Phospholipid Bilayers

0342761 - ÚFCH JH 2011 RIV US eng J - Journal Article
Kulakowska-Zań, Anna - Jurkiewicz, Piotr - Sýkora, Jan - Benda, Aleš - Mely, Y. - Hof, Martin
Fluorescence Lifetime Tuning-A Novel Approach to Study Flip-Flop Kinetics in Supported Phospholipid Bilayers.
Journal of Fluorescence. Roč. 20, č. 2 (2010), s. 563-569. ISSN 1053-0509. E-ISSN 1573-4994
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LC06063; GA AV ČR GEMEM/09/E006
Institutional research plan: CEZ:AV0Z40400503
Keywords : flip-flop dynamics * lateral diffusion * fluorescence lifetime tuning
Subject RIV: CF - Physical ; Theoretical Chemistry
Impact factor: 1.966, year: 2010

In the present work we introduce a straightforward fluorescent assay that can be applied in studies of the transbilayer movement (flip-flop) of fluorescent lipid analogues across supported phospholipid bilayers (SPBs). The assay is based on the distance dependent fluorescence quenching by light absorbing surfaces. Applied to SPBs this effect leads to strong differences in fluorescence lifetimes when the dye moves from the outer lipid leaflet to the leaflet in contact with the support. Herein, we present the basic principles of this novel approach, and comment on its advantages over the commonly used methods for investigating flip-flop dynamics across lipid bilayers. We test the assay on the fluorescent lipid analog Atto633-DOPE and the 3-hydroxyflavone F2N12S probe in SPBs composed of DOPC/ DOPS lipids. Moreover, we compare and discuss the flip-flop rates of the probes with respect to their lateral diffusion coefficients.
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