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Factors altering the membrane fluidity of spinach thylakoid as determined by fluorescence polarization

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Alterations in fluidity of thylakoid membranes isolated from spinach chloroplasts in response to sodium bisulfite (NaHSO3), hydrogen peroxide (H2O2), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), bovine serum albumin (BSA), and free linoleic acid (LA) were investigated by means of a fluorescence polarization study with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene as the fluorescence probe. A decrease in fluidity and an increase in microviscosity of membrane were caused by NaHSO3 and H2O2 treatment. In contrast, SDS and BSA were found to increase thylakoid membranes fluidity and decrease microviscosity, in which the corresponding correlation coefficients were −0.9995 to −0.9516 (SDS) and −0.9359 (BSA), respectively. No changes in thylakoid membranes fluidity induced by free LA were found until its concentration above 5 mM where the polarization value (P value) declined (increased fluidity). The results suggest that the changes in thylakoids membrane fluidity might depend on the characteristics, mechanism and extent of the interactions between membrane components and compounds added.

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Abbreviations

DPH:

1,6-Diphenyl-1,3,5,-hexatriene

SDS:

Sodium dodecyl sulfate.

LA:

Linoleic acid

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The current study was supported by the Knowledge Innovation Program of the Chinese Academy of Sciences, Grant No. KSCX2-EW-J-28 and Scientific Start-up Foundation of Ministry of Education for Returned Oversea Scientist.

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    Zhi Fang Lin, Nan Liu & Gui Zhu Lin

  2. College of Life Science, South China Normal University, Guangzhou, 510631, China

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Lin, Z.F., Liu, N., Lin, G.Z. et al. Factors altering the membrane fluidity of spinach thylakoid as determined by fluorescence polarization. Acta Physiol Plant 33, 1019–1024 (2011). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11738-011-0737-5

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