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Elias TM, Brown EB, Brown EB. Expanding the applicability of multiphoton fluorescence recovery after photobleaching by incorporating shear stress in laminar flow. JOURNAL OF BIOMEDICAL OPTICS 2023; 28:076502. [PMID: 37484975 PMCID: PMC10362154 DOI: 10.1117/1.jbo.28.7.076502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2023] [Revised: 07/10/2023] [Accepted: 07/11/2023] [Indexed: 07/25/2023]
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Significance Multi-photon fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (MPFRAP) is a nonlinear microscopy technique used to measure the diffusion coefficient of fluorescently tagged molecules in solution. Previous MPFRAP fitting models calculate the diffusion coefficient in systems with diffusion or diffusion in laminar flow. Aim We propose an MPFRAP fitting model that accounts for shear stress in laminar flow, making it a more applicable technique for in vitro and in vivo studies involving diffusion. Approach Fluorescence recovery curves are generated using high-throughput molecular dynamics simulations and then fit to all three models (diffusion, diffusion and flow, and diffusion and shear flow) to define the limits within which accurate diffusion coefficients are produced. Diffusion is simulated as a random walk with a variable horizontal bias to account for shear flow. Results Contour maps of the accuracy of the fitted diffusion coefficient as a function of scaled velocity and scaled shear rate show the parameter space within which each model produces accurate diffusion coefficients; the shear-flow model covers a larger area than the previous models. Conclusion The shear-flow model allows MPFRAP to be a viable optical tool for studying more biophysical systems than previous models.
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- Tresa M. Elias
- University of Rochester, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
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- Manhattan College, Department of Physics, Riverdale, New York, United States
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- University of Rochester, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Rochester, New York, United States
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Anosov A, Astanina P, Proskuryakov I, Koplak O, Morgunov R. Surface and Structure of Phosphatidylcholine Membranes Reconstructed with CoFe 2O 4 Nanoparticles. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:14517-14526. [PMID: 36383134 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02659] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Structural changes in phosphatidylcholine lipid membranes caused by the introduction of insoluble CoFe2O4 nanoparticles (NPs) are analyzed. Changes in nuclear magnetic resonance spectrum, infrared spectrum, and ionic conductivity of membranes are observed with the addition of NPs. The presence of NPs in membranes is proved by atomic force and magnetic force microscopy. Structural changes in the membranes in the vicinity of the lipid C-O bonds caused by NPs are observed by Scanning near-field optical microscopy. Analysis of nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectra allowed us to identify the affected atomic groups in the membrane surface layers. Conductivity measurements of the bilayer membranes were performed in DC as well as in time-resolved modes. Hydrophobic NPs stimulate surface distortion and creation of pores, which depending on NP concentration leads to an increase in the ionic conductivity of membranes. Concentration dependence demonstrating percolation threshold was analyzed in the frame of the fractal theory approach.
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- Andrey Anosov
- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119435 Moscow, Russia
- Kotelnikov Institute of Radio Engineering and Electronics, Russian Academy of Sciences, 125009 Moscow, Russia
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- Federal Research Center of Problem of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moscow, Russia
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- Institute of Basic Biological Problems, Russian Academy of Sciences, Pushchino, 142290 Moscow, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119435 Moscow, Russia
- Federal Research Center of Problem of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moscow, Russia
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- I.M. Sechenov First Moscow State Medical University, 119435 Moscow, Russia
- Federal Research Center of Problem of Chemical Physics and Medicinal Chemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Chernogolovka, 142432 Moscow, Russia
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Moud AA. Fluorescence Recovery after Photobleaching in Colloidal Science: Introduction and Application. ACS Biomater Sci Eng 2022; 8:1028-1048. [PMID: 35201752 DOI: 10.1021/acsbiomaterials.1c01422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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FRAP (fluorescence recovery after photo bleaching) is a method for determining diffusion in material science. In industrial applications such as medications, foods, Medtech, hygiene, and textiles, the diffusion process has a substantial influence on the overall qualities of goods. All these complex and heterogeneous systems have diffusion-based processes at the local level. FRAP is a fluorescence-based approach for detecting diffusion; in this method, a high-intensity laser is made for a brief period and then applied to the samples, bleaching the fluorescent chemical inside the region, which is subsequently filled up by natural diffusion. This brief Review will focus on the existing research on employing FRAP to measure colloidal system heterogeneity and explore diffusion into complicated structures. This description of FRAP will be followed by a discussion of how FRAP is intended to be used in colloidal science. When constructing the current Review, the most recent publications were reviewed for this assessment. Because of the large number of FRAP articles in colloidal research, there is currently a dearth of knowledge regarding the growth of FRAP's significance to colloidal science. Colloids make up only 2% of FRAP papers, according to ISI Web of Knowledge.
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- Aref Abbasi Moud
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, The University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia V6T 1Z3, Canada
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Gettel DL, Sanborn J, Patel MA, de Hoog HP, Liedberg B, Nallani M, Parikh AN. Mixing, Diffusion, and Percolation in Binary Supported Membranes Containing Mixtures of Lipids and Amphiphilic Block Copolymers. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:10186-9. [DOI: 10.1021/ja5037308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science & Engineering , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science & Engineering , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science & Engineering , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
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- Centre for Biomimetic Sensor Science, School of Materials Science & Engineering , Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 639798
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Sullivan KD, Brown EB. Multiphoton fluorescence recovery after photobleaching in bounded systems. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2011; 83:051916. [PMID: 21728580 PMCID: PMC3413246 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.83.051916] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/28/2010] [Revised: 01/17/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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Multiphoton fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (MP-FRAP) is a laser microscopy technique used to measure diffusion coefficients of macromolecules in biological systems. The three-dimensional resolution and superior depth penetration within scattering samples offered by MP-FRAP make it an important tool for investigating both in vitro and in vivo systems. However, biological systems frequently confine diffusion within solid barriers, and to date the effect of such barriers on the measurement of absolute diffusion coefficients via MP-FRAP has not been studied. We have used Monte Carlo simulations of diffusion and MP-FRAP to understand the effect of barriers of varying geometries and positions relative to the two-photon focal volume. Furthermore, we supply ranges of barrier positions within which MP-FRAP can confidently be employed to measure accurate diffusion coefficients. Finally, we produce two new MP-FRAP models that can produce accurate diffusion coefficients in the presence of a single plane boundary or parallel infinite plane boundaries positioned parallel to the optical axis, up to the resolution limit of the multiphoton laser scanning microscope.
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- Kelley D. Sullivan
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, New York 14627, USA
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Lorén N, Nydén M, Hermansson AM. Determination of local diffusion properties in heterogeneous biomaterials. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2009; 150:5-15. [PMID: 19481193 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2009.05.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2009] [Revised: 05/11/2009] [Accepted: 05/12/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The coupling between structure and diffusion properties is essential for the functionality of heterogeneous biomaterials. Structural heterogeneity is defined and its implications for time-dependent diffusion are discussed in detail. The effect of structural heterogeneity in biomaterials on diffusion and the relevance of length scales are exemplified with regard to different biomaterials such as gels, emulsions, phase separated biopolymer mixtures and chocolate. Different diffusion measurement techniques for determination of diffusion properties at different length and time scales are presented. The interplay between local and global diffusion is discussed. New measurement techniques have emerged that enable simultaneous determination of both structure and local diffusion properties. Special emphasis is given to fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). The possibilities of FRAP at a conceptual level is presented. The method of FRAP is briefly reviewed and its use in heterogeneous biomaterials, at barriers and during dynamic changes of the structure is discussed.
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Lustyik G. Photobleaching measurements of diffusion in cell membranes and aqueous cell compartments. CURRENT PROTOCOLS IN CYTOMETRY 2008; Chapter 2:Unit 2.12. [PMID: 18770695 DOI: 10.1002/0471142956.cy0212s16] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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This commentary unit discusses in great detail the theoretical nature of fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP). This information is crucial to an understanding of how and why FRAP works in a cell system. Further, understanding how to interpret the data sets requires a sound knowledge of the processes involved. Of primary importance are the nature of membrane diffusion and the nature of the multiple compartments into which fluorescent dyes can enter. The unit provides a complete discussion of all aspects of FRAP from the perspective of cellular measurements.
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- G Lustyik
- University of Pécs, Faculty of Medicine, Pécs, Hungary
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Saleem M, Meyer MC, Breitenstein D, Galla HJ. The Surfactant Peptide KL4 in Lipid Monolayers. J Biol Chem 2008; 283:5195-207. [DOI: 10.1074/jbc.m705944200] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022] Open
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Waharte F, Brown CM, Coscoy S, Coudrier E, Amblard F. A two-photon FRAP analysis of the cytoskeleton dynamics in the microvilli of intestinal cells. Biophys J 2004; 88:1467-78. [PMID: 15596489 PMCID: PMC1305148 DOI: 10.1529/biophysj.104.049619] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The molecular structure of the brush-border of enterocytes has been investigated since the 1980s, but the dynamics of this highly specialized subcellular domain have been difficult to study due to its small size. To perform a detailed analysis of the dynamics of cytoskeleton proteins in this domain, we developed two-photon fluorescence recovery after photobleaching and a theoretical framework for data analysis. With this method, fast dynamics of proteins in the microvilli of the brush border of epithelial intestinal cells can be measured on the millisecond timescale in volumes smaller than 1 microm3. Two major proteins of the cytoskeleton of the microvilli, actin and myosin 1a (Myo1a; formerly named brush border myosin I), are mobile in the brush-border of Caco-2 cells, an enterocyte-like cellular model. However, the mobility of actin is very different from that of Myo1a and they appear to be unrelated (diffusion coefficient of 15 microm2 s(-1) with a mobile fraction of 60% for actin, and 4 microm2 s(-1) with a mobile fraction of 90% for Myo1a). Furthermore, we show for the first time, in vivo, that the dynamics of Myo1a in microvilli reflect its motor activity.
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- A S Verkman
- Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, California 94143-0521, USA
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de Almeida RFM, Loura LMS, Fedorov A, Prieto M. Nonequilibrium phenomena in the phase separation of a two-component lipid bilayer. Biophys J 2002; 82:823-34. [PMID: 11806924 PMCID: PMC1301891 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75444-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 68] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Lipid bilayers composed of two phospholipids with significant acyl-chain mismatch behave as nonideal mixtures. Although many of these systems are well characterized from the equilibrium point of view, studies concerning their nonequilibrium dynamics are still rare. The kinetics of lipid demixing (phase separation) was studied in model membranes (large unilamellar vesicles of 1:1 dilauroylphosphatidylcholine (C(12) acyl chain) and distearoylphosphatidylcholine (C(18) acyl chain)). For this purpose, photophysical techniques (fluorescence intensity, anisotropy, and fluorescence resonance energy transfer) were applied using suitable probes (gel phase probe trans-parinaric acid and fluid phase probe N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)-dilauroylphosphatidylethanolamine). The nonequilibrium situation was induced by a sudden thermal quench from a one-fluid phase equilibrium situation (higher temperature) to the gel/fluid coexistence range (lower temperature). We verified that the attainment of equilibrium is a very slow process (occurs in a time scale of hours), leading to large domains at infinite time. The nonequilibrium structure stabilization is due essentially to temporarily rigidified C(12) chains in the interface between gel/fluid domains, which decrease the interfacial tension by acting as surfactants. The relaxation process becomes faster with the increase of the temperature drop. In addition, heterogeneity is already present in the supposed homogeneous fluid mixture at the higher temperature.
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- Rodrigo F M de Almeida
- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal
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Anomalous subdiffusion is hindered diffusion in which the mean-square displacement of a diffusing particle is proportional to some power of time less than one. Anomalous subdiffusion has been observed for a variety of lipids and proteins in the plasma membranes of a variety of cells. Fluorescence photobleaching recovery experiments with anomalous subdiffusion are simulated to see how to analyze the data. It is useful to fit the recovery curve with both the usual recovery equation and the anomalous one, and to judge the goodness of fit on log-log plots. The simulations show that the simplest approximate treatment of anomalous subdiffusion usually gives good results. Three models of anomalous subdiffusion are considered: obstruction, fractional Brownian motion, and the continuous-time random walk. The models differ significantly in their behavior at short times and in their noise level. For obstructed diffusion the approach to the percolation threshold is marked by a large increase in noise, a broadening of the distribution of diffusion coefficients and anomalous subdiffusion exponents, and the expected abrupt decrease in the mobile fraction. The extreme fluctuations in the recovery curves at and near the percolation threshold result from extreme fluctuations in the geometry of the percolation cluster.
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- M J Saxton
- Institute of Theoretical Dynamics, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA.
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Smorodin V, Melo E. Shape and Dimensions of Gel-Domains in Phospholipid Bilayers: A Theoretical Study. J Phys Chem B 2001. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0043322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Vladimir Smorodin
- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Center for Chemical Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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- Instituto de Tecnologia Química e Biológica, Oeiras, Portugal, Faculty of Chemistry, Moscow State University, Moscow, Russia, Center for Chemical Physics, University of Western Ontario, London, Canada, and Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal
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Pokorny A, Almeida PF, Vaz WL. Association of a fluorescent amphiphile with lipid bilayer vesicles in regions of solid-liquid-disordered phase coexistence. Biophys J 2001; 80:1384-94. [PMID: 11222299 PMCID: PMC1301330 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(01)76111-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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The effects of solid-fluid phase separations on the kinetics of association of a single-chain fluorescent amphiphile were investigated in two different systems: pure DMPC (dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine) and a 1:1 mixture of DMPC and DSPC (distearoylphosphatidylcholine). In pure DMPC vesicles, solid (s) and fluid (l(d)) phases coexist at the phase transition temperature, T(m), whereas a 1:1 mixture of DMPC and DSPC shows a stable s-l(d) phase separation over a large temperature interval. We found that in single-component bilayers, within the main phase transition, the experimental kinetics of association are clearly not single-exponential, the deviation from that function becoming maximal at the T(m). This observation can be accounted for by a rate of desorption that is slower than desorption from either fluid or solid phases, leaving the rates of insertion unchanged, but a treatment in terms of stable fluid and solid domains may not be adequate for the analysis of the association of an amphiphile with pure DMPC vesicles at the T(m). In DMPC/DSPC mixtures with solid-fluid phase coexistence, association occurs overall faster than expected based on phase composition. The observed kinetics can be described by an increase in the rate of insertion, leaving the desorption rates unchanged. The fast kinetics of insertion of the amphiphile into two-phase bilayers in two-component vesicles is attributed to a more rapid insertion into defect-rich regions, which are most likely phase boundaries between solid and fluid domains. A two-component mixture of lipids that shows a stable phase separation between l(d)-s phases over a large temperature interval thus behaves very differently from a single-component bilayer at the T(m), with respect to insertion of amphiphiles.
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- A Pokorny
- Departamento de Química, Universidade de Coimbra, 3004-535 Coimbra, Portugal.
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Loura LM, Fedorov A, Prieto M. Partition of membrane probes in a gel/fluid two-component lipid system: a fluorescence resonance energy transfer study. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1467:101-12. [PMID: 10930513 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(00)00211-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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A non-ideal lipid binary mixture (dilauroylphosphatidylcholine/distearoylphosphatidylcholine), which exhibits gel/fluid phase coexistence for wide temperature and composition ranges, was studied using photophysical techniques, namely fluorescence anisotropy, lifetime and resonance energy transfer (FRET) measurements. The FRET donor, N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)-dilauroylphosphatidylethanol amine, and a short-tailed FRET acceptor, 1,1'-didodecil-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine (DiIC12(3)), were shown to prefer the fluid phase by both intrinsic anisotropy, lifetime and FRET measurements, in agreement with published reports. The other studied FRET acceptor, long-tailed probe 1,1'-dioctadecil-3,3,3',3'-tetramethylindocarbocyanine (DiIC18(3)), is usually reported in the literature as partitioning mainly to the gel. While intrinsic lifetime studies indeed indicated preferential partition of DiIC18(3) into a rigidified environment, FRET analysis pointed to an increased donor-acceptor proximity as a consequence of phase separation. These apparently conflicting results were rationalized on the basis of segregation of DiIC18(3) to the gel/fluid interphase. In order to fluid-located donors sense these interphase-located acceptors, fluid domains should be small (not exceed approximately 10-15 nm). It is concluded that membrane probes which apparently prefer the gel phase may indeed show a non-random distribution in this medium, and tend to locate in an environment which simultaneously leads to less strict packing constraints and to favorable hydrophobic matching interactions.
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- L M Loura
- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal.
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Loura LMS, Fedorov A, Prieto M. Membrane Probe Distribution Heterogeneity: A Resonance Energy Transfer Study. J Phys Chem B 2000. [DOI: 10.1021/jp000246q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Luís M. S. Loura
- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, and Departamento de Química, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, P-7000−671 Évora, Portugal
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- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, and Departamento de Química, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, P-7000−671 Évora, Portugal
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- Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, P-1049-001 Lisboa, Portugal, and Departamento de Química, Universidade de Évora, Rua Romão Ramalho, 59, P-7000−671 Évora, Portugal
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Periasamy N, Verkman AS. Analysis of fluorophore diffusion by continuous distributions of diffusion coefficients: application to photobleaching measurements of multicomponent and anomalous diffusion. Biophys J 1998; 75:557-67. [PMID: 9649418 PMCID: PMC1299730 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(98)77545-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 148] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023] Open
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Fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP) is widely used to measure fluorophore diffusion in artificial solutions and cellular compartments. Two new strategies to analyze FRAP data were investigated theoretically and applied to complex systems with anomalous diffusion or multiple diffusing species: 1) continuous distributions of diffusion coefficients, alpha(D), and 2) time-dependent diffusion coefficients, D(t). A regression procedure utilizing the maximum entropy method was developed to resolve alpha(D) from fluorescence recovery curves, F(t). The recovery of multi-component alpha(D) from simulated F(t) with random noise was demonstrated and limitations of the method were defined. Single narrow Gaussian alpha(D) were recovered for FRAP measurements of thin films of fluorescein and size-fractionated FITC-dextrans and Ficolls, and multi-component alpha(D) were recovered for defined fluorophore mixtures. Single Gaussian alpha(D) were also recovered for solute diffusion in viscous media containing high dextran concentrations. To identify anomalous diffusion from FRAP data, a theory was developed to compute F(t) and alpha(D) for anomalous diffusion models defined by arbitrary nonlinear mean-squared displacement <x2> versus time relations. Several characteristic alpha(D) profiles for anomalous diffusion were found, including broad alpha(D) for subdiffusion, and alpha(D) with negative amplitudes for superdiffusion. A method to deduce apparent D(t) from F(t) was also developed and shown to provide useful complementary information to alpha(D). alpha(D) and D(t) were determined from photobleaching measurements of systems with apparent anomalous subdiffusion (nonuniform solution layer) and superdiffusion (moving fluid layer). The results establish a practical strategy to characterize complex diffusive phenomena from photobleaching recovery measurements.
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- N Periasamy
- Department of Medicine, Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of California, San Francisco, California 94143, USA
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