Issue 9, 2011

The effect of membrane fluidity on FRET parameters: an energy transfer study inside small unilamellar vesicle

Abstract

The fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a lipid bilayer system containing two different donors and one common acceptor at below and above transition temperature has been studied and all the FRET parameters are analyzed using steady state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Using dynamic light scattering measurement, we have followed the process of preparation of small unilamellar vesicles, and by following the FRET parameters of C-153–Rh6G and C-151–Rh6G pairs inside SUVs at 16 °C and 33 °C (Tm = 23.9 °C) we have noticed that there is greater effect of temperature on the FRET parameters in case of the C-153–Rh6G pair than that of the C-151–Rh6G pair. Finally we have concluded that this difference is due to their different location inside the lipid bilayer in which fluidity of the long alkyl chain markedly affects the FRET parameters for C-153–Rh6G pair embedded inside a small unilamellar vesicle of size 20–50 nm.

Graphical abstract: The effect of membrane fluidity on FRET parameters: an energy transfer study inside small unilamellar vesicle

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
24 Sep 2010
Accepted
04 Nov 2010
First published
20 Dec 2010

Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011,13, 3711-3720

The effect of membrane fluidity on FRET parameters: an energy transfer study inside small unilamellar vesicle

C. Ghatak, V. G. Rao, R. Pramanik, S. Sarkar and N. Sarkar, Phys. Chem. Chem. Phys., 2011, 13, 3711 DOI: 10.1039/C0CP01925A

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