The Effect of Tetracaine.HCl on Rotational Mobility of n-(9-Anthroyloxy) Stearic Acid in Outer Monolayers of Neuronal and Model Membranes.
- Author:
Hyung Jin JOO
1
;
Jong Hyo RYU
;
Chin U PARK
;
Sun Il JUNG
;
Yun Seok CHA
;
Sang Young PARK
;
Jung Un PARK
;
Soon Gun KWON
;
Moon Kyung BAE
;
Soo Kyoung BAE
;
Hye Ock JANG
;
Il YUN
Author Information
1. Department of Dental Pharmacology and Biophysics, School of Dentistry and Research Institute for Oral Biotechnology, Yangsan Campus of Pusan National University, Beomeo-ri, Mulgeum-eup, Yangsan-si, Gyeongsangnam-do, 626-870, Korea. iyun@pusan.ac.kr
- Publication Type:Original Article
- Keywords:
neuronal and model membranes;
tetracaine.HCl;
fluorescence probe technique;
hydrocarbon interior;
membrane interface;
rotational mobility
- MeSH:
Anisotropy;
Carbon;
Cell Membrane;
Cerebral Cortex;
Fluorescence Polarization;
Liposomes;
Membranes;
Neurons;
Palmitic Acid;
Palmitic Acids;
Phospholipids;
Stearic Acids
- From:International Journal of Oral Biology
2010;35(4):159-167
- CountryRepublic of Korea
- Language:English
-
Abstract:
To provide a basis for studying the pharmacological actions of tetracaine.HCl, we analyzed the membrane activities of this local anesthetic. The n-(9-anthroyloxy) stearic and palmitic acid (n-AS) probes (n = 2, 6, 9, 12 and 16) have been used previously to examine fluorescence polarization gradients. These probes can report the environment at a graded series of depths from the surface to the center of the membrane bilayer structure. In a dose-dependent manner, tetracaine.HCl decreased the anisotropies of 6-AS, 9-AS, 12-AS and 16-AP in the hydrocarbon interior of synaptosomal plasma membrane vesicles isolated from bovine cerebral cortex (SPMV), and liposomes derived from total lipids (SPMVTL) and phospholipids (SPMVPL) extracted from the SPMV. However, this compound increased the anisotropy of 2-AS at the membrane interface. The magnitude of the membrane rotational mobility reflects the carbon atom numbers of the phospholipids comprising SPMV, SPMVTL and SPMVPL and was in the order of the 16, 12, 9, 6, and 2 positions of the aliphatic chains. The sensitivity of the effects of tetracaine.HCl on the rotational mobility of the hydrocarbon interior or surface region was dependent on the carbon atom numbers in the descending order 16-AP, 12-AS, 9-AS, 6-AS and 2-AS and on whether neuronal or model membranes were involved in the descending order SPMV, SPMVPL and SPMVTL.
