Effect of a laminin amphiphatic sequence on DPPC ordered bilayers. |
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Authors: | F Reig A Juvé A Ortiz P Sospedra M A Alsina |
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Institution: | Peptides Department, Institute for Environmental and Biological Chemistry, CSIC, Jordi Girona 18, 08034 Barcelona, Spain. |
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Abstract: | A peptide sequence, stearoyl-GESIKVAVS(NH2), related to a laminin fragment, has been synthesized. Formation of aggregates was controlled by titrating a sodium anilinonaphthalene sulphonate (ANS) solution with peptide and recording fluorescence intensity increases. The results show that this system experiences a sudden increase in fluorescence at peptide concentrations around 2.5 x 10(-4) mol/L. The interaction of this hydrophobic peptide with DPPC vesicles has been studied using fluorescence techniques. Its influence on the microviscosity of bilayers was determined by studying polarization/temperature dependence for ANS and diphenyl hexatriene (DPH) fluorescent probes. With both markers the presence of peptide promotes a clear increase in anisotropy values. This indicates a rigidifying effect. Leakage studies carried out with liposomes loaded with carboxyfluorescein (CF) indicate a stabilizing effect of the peptide on bilayers, in agreement with results obtained with fluorescent probes. |
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