Self-association of the polyene antibiotic nystatin in dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles: a time-resolved fluorescence study

Biophysical Journal
Ana Coutinho, M Prieto

Abstract

The interaction between Nystatin and small unilamellar vesicles of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, both in gel (T = 21 degrees C) and in liquid-crystalline (T = 45 degrees C) phases, was studied by steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements by taking advantage of the intrinsic tetraene fluorophore present in this antibiotic. It was shown that Nystatin aggregates in aqueous solution with a critical concentration of 3 microM. The enhancement in the fluorescence intensity of the antibiotic was applied to study the membrane binding of Nystatin, and it was shown that the antibiotic had an almost fivefold higher partition coefficient for the vesicles in a gel (P = (1.4 +/- 0.1) x 10(3)) than in a liquid-crystalline phase (P = (2.9 +/- 0.1) x 10(2)). Moreover, a time-resolved fluorescence study was used to examine Nystatin aggregation in the membrane. The emission decay kinetics of Nystatin was described by three and two exponentials in the lipid membrane at 21 degrees C and 45 degrees C, respectively. Nystatin mean fluorescence lifetime is concentration-dependent in gel phase lipids, increasing steeply from 11 to 33 ns at an antibiotic concentration of 5-6 microM, but the fluorescence decay parameters of Ny...Continue Reading

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