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  • Title: Localization of cyanine dye binding to brush-border membranes by quenching of n-(9-anthroyloxy) fatty acid probes.
    Author: Cabrini G, Verkman AS.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1986 Nov 17; 862(2):285-93. PubMed ID: 3778893.
    Abstract:
    The location and orientation of 3,3'-dipropylthiodicarbocyanine (diS-C3-(5)) binding sites in renal brush-border membrane vesicles was examined from the quenching of n-(9-anthroyloxy) fatty acid (n-AS) fluorescence. Based on previous kinetic studies (Cabrini, G. and Verkman, A.S. (1986) J. Membrane Biol. 90, 163-175) monomeric aqueous diS-C3-(5) binds to brush-border membrane vesicles (BBMV) by an initial 6 ms association to form bound monomer, a 30-40 ms equilibrium between bound monomer (M) and bound dimer (D), and a 1-1.3 s translocation of D from the outer to inner membrane leaflet. Based on Stern-Volmer and lifetime analyses, M and D quench the fluorescence of the n-AS probes by a collisional mechanism. At low [diS-C3-(5)]/[BBMV] (R), where M predominates, the n-AS quenching efficiencies (Q) are similar (n = 2-16); at high R, where D predominates, Q increases with n (16 greater than 12 much much greater than 6 greater than 2), suggesting that M is oriented parallel, and D perpendicular, to the phospholipid chains deep within the membrane. Mixture of diS-C3-(5) with brush-border membrane vesicles containing n-AS in a stopped-flow apparatus gave a biexponential fluorescence decrease (excitation 390 nm, emission above 450 nm) with time constants 30-40 ms and 1-1.5 s; there was no 6 ms quenching process. These findings are incorporated into a model in which diS-C3-(5) adheres loosely to the outer membrane surface in 6 ms, binds parallel to the membrane phospholipid in 30-40 ms, dimerizes and rotates by 90 degrees in much less than 30 ms, and translocates to the opposite half of the bilayer in 1-15 s.
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