Cholesterol-free phospholipid domains may be the membrane feature selected by N epsilon-dansyl-L-lysine and merocyanine 540

Biochemical and Biophysical Research Communications
G M Humphries, J P Lovejoy

Abstract

We have used N epsilon-dansyl-L-lysine as a fluorescent membrane probe, to study cells taken from tissues concerned with immune function. There is a striking similarity between the staining selectivity of this compound and that reported by others for merocyanine 540. Both compounds stain leukemic, human, peripheral leukocytes, an erythroleukemia line, and some mouse bone marrow cells, suggesting common selectivity for a membrane feature of hemopoietic cells. Both compounds fail to stain red blood cells, normal human leukocytes, mouse spleen and thymus cells. We have recently reported that dansyl-lysine apparently selects for cholesterol-free phospholipid domains in liposomes and now report similar selectivity for merocyanine 540 staining of liposomes.

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