Abstract
Two spin-labeled derivatives of the hydrophobic anion trinitrophenol have been synthesized and characterized in lipid vesicles. In the presence of lipid vesicles, the electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectra of these probes are a composite of both membrane-bound and aqueous populations; as a result, the membrane-aqueous partitioning can be determined from their electron paramagnetic resonance spectra. The effect of transmembrane potentials on the membrane-aqueous partitioning of these spin-labeled hydrophobic ions was examined in phosphatidylcholine vesicles formed by extrusion. Inside positive membrane potentials promote an increase in the binding of these probes that is quantitatively accounted for by a simple thermodynamic model used previously to describe the partitioning of paramagnetic phosphonium ions. The transmembrane migration rates of these ions are dependent on the dipole potential, indicating that these ions transit the membrane in a charged form. The partitioning of the probe is also sensitive to the membrane surface potential, and this dependence is accurately accounted for using the Gouy-Chapman Stern formalism. As a result of the membrane dipole potential, these probes exhibit a stronger binding and a more rapid transmembrane migration rate compared with positive hydrophobic ion spin labels and provide a new set of negatively charged hydrophobic ion probes to investigate membrane electrostatics.
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