PMID: 8593278Jan 31, 1996Paper

The role of efflux systems and the cell envelope in fluorescence changes of the lipophilic cation 2-(4-dimethylaminostyryl)-1-ethylpyridinium in Escherichia coli

Biochimica Et Biophysica Acta
E G Sedgwick, P D Bragg

Abstract

The interaction of the fluorescent dye 2-(4-dimethylaminostyryl)-1-ethlypyridinium cation (DMP+) with cells of Escherichia coli AN120 (uncA) and AS-1 (acrA) was studied to elucidate the role of the envelope and of efflux systems in the uptake of lipophilic cations. DMP+ bound to the two strains in a different manner. With AS-1 the bound dye was displaced only to a small extent by addition of Mg2+ or other divalent cations. By contract, 50% of the DMP+ was displaced by micromolar concentrations of Mg2+ from resting cells of AN120. Energization of the cells by substrate oxidation resulted in the loss in AN120 of 50% of the bound dye and a decrease of the fluorescence in the cell suspension. With AS-1, energization caused more DMP+ to be taken up from the medium. This was associated with an increase in fluorescence in the cell suspension. The extent of the quenching by addition of Mg2+ was not increased. Right-side out vesicles from AN120, like those of AS-1, showed DMP+ fluorescence behaviour which resembled that of intact cells of AS-1. Transformation of AS-1 with plasmids encoding the E. coli Mvr and EmrAB efflux systems resulted in the DMP+ fluorescence response of this strain becoming like that of AN120. It is suggested that ...Continue Reading

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