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A model for the diffusion of fluorescent probes in the septate giant axon of earthworm. Axoplasmic diffusion and junctional membrane permeability.
Authors:P R Brink and  S V Ramanan
Abstract:The diffusion of the three fluorescent probes dichlorofluorescein, carboxyfluorescein, and Lucifer Yellow within the septate median giant axon of the earthworm was monitored using fluorometric methods. A diffusion model was derived that allowed computation of the apparent axoplasmic diffusion coefficient, junctional membrane permeability (septal membranes), and plasma membrane permeability for each probe. Dichlorofluorescein and carboxyfluorescein have similar apparent axoplasmic diffusion coefficients, which were reduced by a factor of eight relative to that predicted from the Einstein-Stokes equation. Nonspecific reversible binding appears to be the major cause of the retarded diffusion coefficients. Junctional membrane permeability for dichlorofluorescein was 4.7 to 73-fold greater than that for carboxyfluorescein. This difference could not be explained on the basis of molecular size but can be explained by the difference in charge between the two molecules. Diffusion coefficients and junctional membrane permeabilities remained constant with time for both dyes. The diffusion of Lucifer Yellow within the axoplasm and permeability through the junctional membranes did not remain constant with time but declined. From this it was inferred that Lucifer Yellow experienced a slow, irreversible binding to axoplasmic elements. All three probes had finite plasma membrane permeabilities.
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