Mechanism for the photoinduced increase in the lysosomal K permeability is still unknown. In this study, we investigated the effect of photodamage-induced membrane rigidification on the lysosomal K permeability by measuring the membrane potential with bis(3-propyl-5-oxoisoxazol-4-yl)pentamethine oxonol and by monitoring proton leakage with p-nitrophenol. Membrane fluidity was measured by the steady-state fluorescence anisotropy of 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene. Methylene blue–mediated photodamage to lysosomes decreased their membrane fluidity and increased their K permeability. The photoinduced increase in the K permeability can be reversed by fluidizing the rigidified lysosomal membranes with benzyl alcohol. The results suggest that the membrane rigidification induced by photodamage may increase lysosomal K permeability. This conclusion is supported by the observation that rigidifying lysosomal membranes by the treatment with membrane rigidifier cholesteryl hemisuccinate also enhanced the lysosomal K permeability.
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1 May 2000
Effects of Photoinduced Membrane Rigidification on the Lysosomal Permeability to Potassium Ions
Yi-gang Zhong,
Guo-jiang Zhang,
Lu Yang,
Yan-Zhen Zheng
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Photochemistry and Photobiology
Vol. 71 • No. 5
May 2000
Vol. 71 • No. 5
May 2000