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Area of Science:

  • Biophysics
  • Materials Science
  • Chemical Biology

Background:

  • Lipid membranes exhibit varying order and tension, crucial for cellular functions.
  • Existing probes often lack selectivity or sensitivity to these dynamic membrane properties.
  • Amphiphilic molecules offer potential for membrane interaction and sensing.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To design, synthesize, and evaluate a novel amphiphilic dyad for simultaneous sensing of lipid membrane order and tension.
  • To investigate the Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) process within the dyad for enhanced sensing capabilities.
  • To demonstrate the dyad's utility in probing mechanobiology phenomena.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of a subphthalocyanine-flipper (SubPc-Flipper) amphiphilic dyad.
  • Spectroscopic characterization of the dyad's photophysical properties.
  • Evaluation of the dyad's sensing capabilities in giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) with varying membrane orders and tensions.

Main Results:

  • The SubPc-Flipper dyad successfully combines mechanosensitive flipper probes with subphthalocyanine (SubPc) fluorophores.
  • Förster Resonance Energy Transfer (FRET) between the components enables simultaneous sensing of membrane order and tension.
  • The dyad demonstrated high emission, selectivity, and significant sensitivity to membrane tension (Δτ = 3.5 ns) in GUVs.

Conclusions:

  • The SubPc-Flipper dyad is a powerful tool for simultaneous sensing of lipid membrane order and tension.
  • This advancement expands the application of flipper probes and dyads in mechanobiology.
  • The dyad offers a promising platform for studying membrane dynamics and mechanotransduction.