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A comment on the localization of cyanine dye binding to brush-border membranes by the fluorescence quenching of n-(9-anthroyloxy) fatty acid probes. 1990

J L Faria, and M Berberan-Santos, and M J Prieto

Centro de Química-Física Molecular, Instituto Superior Técnico, Lisboa, Portugal.

This work comments on the location and orientation of 3,3'-dipropylthiodicarbocyanine (diS-C3-(5)) in renal brush-border membrane vesicles (RBBMV) (Cabrini, G. and Verkman, A.S. (1986) Biochim. Biophys. Acta 862, 285-293) evaluated from collisional quenching of n-(9-anthroyloxy)stearic acid (n-AS) fluorescence. At variance with these authors, it is concluded that the quenching is due to resonance energy transfer. It is also shown that the fluorescence data are not clear evidence for the reported monomer and dimer locations.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D007668	Kidney	Body organ that filters blood for the secretion of URINE and that regulates ion concentrations.	Kidneys
D008081	Liposomes	Artificial, single or multilaminar vesicles (made from lecithins or other lipids) that are used for the delivery of a variety of biological molecules or molecular complexes to cells, for example, drug delivery and gene transfer. They are also used to study membranes and membrane proteins.	Niosomes,Transferosomes,Ultradeformable Liposomes,Liposomes, Ultra-deformable,Liposome,Liposome, Ultra-deformable,Liposome, Ultradeformable,Liposomes, Ultra deformable,Liposomes, Ultradeformable,Niosome,Transferosome,Ultra-deformable Liposome,Ultra-deformable Liposomes,Ultradeformable Liposome
D008871	Microvilli	Minute projections of cell membranes which greatly increase the surface area of the cell.	Brush Border,Striated Border,Border, Brush,Border, Striated,Borders, Brush,Borders, Striated,Brush Borders,Microvillus,Striated Borders
D011804	Quinolines
D002232	Carbocyanines	Compounds that contain three methine groups. They are frequently used as cationic dyes used for differential staining of biological materials.	Carbocyanine
D002627	Chemistry, Physical	The study of CHEMICAL PHENOMENA and processes in terms of the underlying PHYSICAL PHENOMENA and processes.	Physical Chemistry,Chemistries, Physical,Physical Chemistries
D004735	Energy Transfer	The transfer of energy of a given form among different scales of motion. (From McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific and Technical Terms, 6th ed). It includes the transfer of kinetic energy and the transfer of chemical energy. The transfer of chemical energy from one molecule to another depends on proximity of molecules so it is often used as in techniques to measure distance such as the use of FORSTER RESONANCE ENERGY TRANSFER.	Transfer, Energy
D005453	Fluorescence	The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis.
D005456	Fluorescent Dyes	Chemicals that emit light after excitation by light. The wave length of the emitted light is usually longer than that of the incident light. Fluorochromes are substances that cause fluorescence in other substances, i.e., dyes used to mark or label other compounds with fluorescent tags.	Flourescent Agent,Fluorescent Dye,Fluorescent Probe,Fluorescent Probes,Fluorochrome,Fluorochromes,Fluorogenic Substrates,Fluorescence Agents,Fluorescent Agents,Fluorogenic Substrate,Agents, Fluorescence,Agents, Fluorescent,Dyes, Fluorescent,Probes, Fluorescent,Substrates, Fluorogenic
D013229	Stearic Acids	A group of compounds that are derivatives of octadecanoic acid which is one of the most abundant fatty acids found in animal lipids. (Stedman, 25th ed)	Dihydrooleic Acids,Octadecanoic Acids,Tetrahydrolinoleic Acids,Acids, Dihydrooleic,Acids, Octadecanoic,Acids, Stearic,Acids, Tetrahydrolinoleic