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  • Title: The effect of hypericin and hypocrellin-A on lipid membranes and membrane potential of 3T3 fibroblasts.
    Author: Chaloupka R, Obsil T, Plásek J, Sureau F.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1999 Apr 14; 1418(1):39-47. PubMed ID: 10209209.
    Abstract:
    Hypericin (HY) and Hypocrellin-A (HA) photosensitization induce rapid depolarization of plasma membrane in 3T3 cells as revealed by confocal microspectrofluorimetry using diO-C5(3) fluorescent probe. HY and HA are also able to rigidify the lipid membrane of DMPC liposomes as indicated by the decrease of pyrene excimer fluorescence used as a marker of the lipid membrane fluidity. We have also observed a nonspecific inhibition of Na+,K+-ATPase activity due to the HY and HA photosensitization. The described effects are concentration- and light dose-dependent and generally more pronounced for HA than for HY. All these observations suggest that the lipid membranes can play an important role in the photosensitization process induced by HY and HA at the cellular level. It can be hypothesized that for HA and HY the secondary mechanism following type I or type II photosensitization process can be the peroxidation of membrane lipids as well, and thus intracellular membranes seem to be one of the most important targets of these photosensitizers.
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