Temperature-induced changes in fluorescence properties as a probe of porphyrin microenvironment in lipid membranes. 2. The partition of hematoporphyrin and protoporphyrin in mitochondria.

The temperature dependence of hematoporphyrin and protoporphyrin fluorescence quantum yields (phi F) was studied after delivery to whole mitochondria or isolated inner (IMM) and outer (OMM) mitochondrial membranes, obtained from liver of Wistar rats. These studies are very sensitive to variations of the porphyrin lipid environment. Before incorporation, the porphyrins were dissolved in 0.01 M sodium phosphate, 0.15 M NaCl, pH 7.4) NaCl/Pi (only hematoporphyrin) or dispersed into liposomes of dipalmitoylphosphoglycerocholine (Pam2GroPCho), sometimes enriched with cholesterol or cardiolipin. Whole mitochondria show higher incorporation capacity of hematoporphyrin and protoporphyrin than isolated IMM and OMM, probably because additional, energy-sensitive transport mechanisms for the porphyrin uptake occur in intact organelles. A small decrease in protoporphyrin uptake is observed in OMM in comparison with IMM; in contrast, the decrease in hematoporphyrin uptake by OMM is rather significant. A comparison between the results obtained with IMM, OMM and whole mitochondria show that both porphyrins, when released to the intact organelles, preferentially localize in the IMM, irrespective of the lipid carrier used. NaCl/Pi-dissolved hematoporphyrin probably interacts with some membrane proteins, due to the similarity of the Arrhenius plots with those obtained for liposome-entrapped human serum albumin/hematoporphyrin complexes which were used as models to mimic hematoporphyrin-membrane protein binding sites. Liposomal hematoporphyrin and protoporphyrin bind to lipid domains. Hematoporphyrin accumulates in specific, localized lipid regions, perhaps in the boundary lipids area surrounding some inner-mitochondrial carriers; protoporphyrin accomodates in more rigid, lipid areas. On these bases, the higher photoactivity of hematoporphyrin, previously observed in mitochondria, in comparison with protoporphyrin, can be easily explained. Formation of linear dimers/aggregates, endowed with higher phi F than that of the monomers, are postulated to occur for both porphyrins only in the inner mitochondrial membrane.

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