Selective laser spectroscopy of 1-phenylnaphthylamine in phospholipid membranes.

Time-resolved and steady-state spectra and kinetics of anisotropy of 1-phenylnaphthylamine (1-AN) fluorescent probe in phosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes have been examined using a nanosecond laser spectrofluorimeter. In this system we consider two kinds of inhomogeneous broadening of spectra, the first of which is due to different probe locations in membrane, while the second one is due to the statistical distribution of interaction energy within a given location. This broadening causes the red shift of the fluorescence spectrum at red-edge excitation, the specific dependences of instantaneous fluorescence and fluorescence anisotropy spectra on the wavelength of excitation. A field diagram is presented which, by describing the free energy levels of the polar fluorescent probe in membranes, makes it possible to unambiguously interpret the whole set of experimental data. It is suggested that the release of potential energy of intermolecular interactions which occurs in the process of relaxation, results in accelerated (light-induced) rotation of the probe inside the membrane.

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