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We examined the effects of volatile anesthetics on the structure of the bacteriorhodopsin in the purple membrane by measurements of the absorption spectrum and the visible circular dichroism (CD) spectrum and assay of the retinal composition. As the concentrations of halothane, enflurane and methoxyflurane were increased, the absorption at 560 nm decreased but that at 480 nm increased with an isosbestic point around 510 nm. These anesthetic-induced spectroscopic changes were reversible. The CD spectrum showed the biphasic pattern with a positive and a negative band. As the concentration of halothane was increased from 4 mM to 8mM, the negative band reversibly diminished more drastically than the positive band, and at 8 mM of halothane the positive band shifted to around 480 nm. These results show that halothane disturbed the exciton coupling among bacteriorhodopsin molecules. The retinal isomer composition was analyzed using high performance liquid chromatography. The ratio of 13-cis- to all-trans-retinal was 47:53, 34:66 and 19:81 at control, 7.4 mM and 14.9 mM enflurane, respectively. After elimination of enflurane, the ratio returned to the control value. These findings indicate that volatile anesthetic directly affect a bacteriorhodopsin in the purple membrane and induce conformational changes in it.
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