Effect of polymyxin B on the structure and the stability of lipid layers |
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Authors: | I R Miller D Bach M Teuber |
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Institution: | (1) Department of Membrane Research, The Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel;(2) Present address: Institut für Mikrobiologie, Bundesanstalt für Milchforschung, D-2300 Kiel, Germany |
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Abstract: | Summary Polymyxin B (PX) does not penetrate phospholipid monolayers and bilayers at low field strength across the lipid layers. The degree of penetration of PX is evaluated from its effect on the capacitance of the monolayers and on the conductance of the bilayers. PX added to one side of a bilayer causes its destabilization, it also enhances destabilization of lipid monolayers at positive electric fields across the surface layer in the direction of the adsorbed PX. PX lowers very little the fluorescence polarization of 1,6-diphenyl 1,3,5 hexatriene embedded in phospholipid vesicles. It is suggested that the penetration mechanism of PX into gram-negative bacteria is based on transient local breakdown of the plasma membrane. |
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