USE OF LAURDAN FLUORESCENCE IN STUDYING PLASMA MEMBRANE ORGANIZATION OF POLYMORPHONUCLEAR LEUKOCYTES DURING THE RESPIRATORY BURST
Open Access
- 1 March 1993
- journal article
- Published by Wiley in Photochemistry and Photobiology
- Vol. 57 (3) , 438-441
- https://doi.org/10.1111/j.1751-1097.1993.tb02315.x
Abstract
The changes in plasma membrane polarity of polymorphonuclear leukocytes (PMN) during the activation of the respiratory burst were investigated by measuring the steady-state fluorescence emission spectra of 2-dimethylamino(6-lauroyl) naphthalene (Laurdan), which is known to be incorporated at the hydrophobic-hydrophilic interface of the bilayer, displaying spectral sensitivity to the polarity of its surroundings. Laurdan shows a marked steady-state emission blue shift in nonpolar solvents, with respect to polar solvents. Our results show a blue shift of the fluorescence emission spectra of Laurdan during activation of PMN with phorbol myristate acetate or N-formyl-methionyl-leucyl-phenylalanine. These results suggest that the activation of the respiratory burst of PMN is accompanied by a decrease in polarity in the hydrophobic-hydrophilic interface of the plasma membrane.Keywords
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