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  • Title: Pressure dependence of pyrene excimer fluorescence in human erythrocyte membranes.
    Author: Flamm M, Okubo T, Turro NJ, Schachter D.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1982 Apr 23; 687(1):101-4. PubMed ID: 7074103.
    Abstract:
    The intensity of pyrene excimer fluorescence in human erythrocyte membranes and in sonicated dispersions of the membrane lipid (liposomes) was examined as a function of pressure (1-2080 bar) and temperature (5-40 degrees C). Higher pressure or lower temperature decreased the excimer/monomer intensity ratios. A thermotropic transition was detected in both membranes and liposomes by plots of the logarithm of the excimer/monomer intensity ratio versus 1/K. The transition temperature of the membranes was 19-21 degrees C at 1 bar and 28-31 degrees C at 450 bar, a shift with pressure of approx. 20-22 K per kbar. Corresponding transition temperatures of the liposomes were 21 degrees C at 1 bar and 33 degrees C at 450 bar, a shift of approx. 27 K per kbar. The observed pressure dependence of the thermotropic transition temperature is similar to that reported for phospholipid bilayers and greatly exceeds that of protein conformation changes. In concert with the liposome studies the results provide direct evidence for a lipid transition in the erythrocyte membrane.
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