Soybean phosphatidylcholine vesicles containing plant sterols: a fluorescence anisotropy study.
Biochim Biophys Acta
; 1028(1): 82-8, 1990 Sep 21.
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ABSTRACT
The typical plant sterols (sitosterol, stigmasterol and campesterol) were compared with respect to their ability to regulate membrane fluidity of soybean phosphatidylcholine (PC) vesicles. Fluidity changes were monitored by the steady-state fluorescence anisotropy with 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene as a probe and assigned to a measure of the acyl chain orientational order. Sitosterol and campesterol appear to be the most suitable sterols in ordering the acyl chains of soybean lecithin bilayers, even more efficient than cholesterol, the standard of reference for sterol effects on membranes, suggesting that they play a significant role in the regulation of plant membrane properties. Stigmasterol is shown to be much less active. Cycloartenol, a biosynthetic precursor of plant sterols, increases the acyl chain order with the same efficiency as cholesterol. We also investigated the effects of two unusual sterols, 24-methylpollinastanol and 14 alpha,24-dimethylcholest-8-en-3 beta-ol, which were shown to accumulate in plants treated with fungicides belonging to two important classes, N-substituted morpholines and triazoles, respectively. These two sterols exhibit a behavior very similar to that of stigmasterol. The results are discussed in terms of sterol effects on the molecular packing of soybean PC bilayers.
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Collection:
01-internacional
Database:
MEDLINE
Main subject:
Phosphatidylcholines
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Phytosterols
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Fluorescent Dyes
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Lipid Bilayers
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Membrane Fluidity
Language:
En
Journal:
Biochim Biophys Acta
Year:
1990
Document type:
Article
Affiliation country:
France