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Interaction of the herbicide atrazine with model membranes. II: Effect of atrazine on fusion of phospholipid vesicles

✍ Scribed by Giovanna Zolese; Annarina Ambrosini; Enrico Bertoli; Giovanna Curatola; Fabio Tanfani

Publisher: Elsevier Science
Year: 1990
Tongue: English
Weight: 520 KB
Volume: 56
Category: Article
ISSN: 0009-3084
DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(90)90093-7

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✦ Synopsis

The effect of atrazine on Ca2+ induced fusion of cardiolipin(CL) and phosphatidylserine (PS) vesicles is studied by Tb3+/dipicolinic acid fluorescence and turbidity measurements. The interaction of herbicide with CL and PS membranes is studied by DPH fluorescence polarization. At low concentrations the pesticide partially inhibits fusion, especially in CL vesicles. Higher concentrations of atrazine decrease inhibition of fusion in CL, while fusion is slightly increased in PS. The Ca2(+)-induced increase of turbidity is not affected by atrazine in both PS and CL aggregation experiments. DPH polarization measurements show a perturbation only of the membrane hydrophobic core of PS, in presence of Ca2+. It is hypothesized that this biphasic effect shown by low and high atrazine concentrations on Ca2(+)-induced fusion of vesicles is due to a different localization of the pesticide in the membrane.

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