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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
卷 111, 期 7, 页码 1528-1540出版社
CELL PRESS
DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2016.08.020
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- NWO-Rubicon [825.12.026]
- Marie Curie Actions Intra-European Fellowship (IEF) [329018]
- EPSRC [EP/I003983/1]
- KU Leuven Research Fund [GOA2011/03, IDO/13/008]
- Flemish government through long term structural funding Methusalem [CASAS2, Meth/15/04]
- Hercules foundation [HER/08/021, HER/11/14]
- Belgian Federal Science Policy Office [IAP-VI/27]
- EPSRC [EP/I003983/1, EP/K030760/1] Funding Source: UKRI
- Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council [EP/K503381/1, EP/K030760/1, EP/I003983/1] Funding Source: researchfish
The viscosity is a highly important parameter within the cell membrane, affecting the diffusion of small molecules and, hence, controlling the rates of intracellular reactions. There is significant interest in the direct, quantitative assessment of membrane viscosity. Here we report the use of fluorescence lifetime imaging microscopy of the molecular rotor BODIPY C10 in the membranes of live Escherichia coli bacteria to permit direct quantification of the viscosity. Using this approach, we investigated the viscosity in live E. coli cells, spheroplasts, and liposomes made from E. coli membrane extracts. For live cells and spheroplasts, the viscosity was measured at both room temperature (23 degrees C) and the E. coli growth temperature (37 degrees C), while the membrane extract liposomes were studied over a range of measurement temperatures (5-40 degrees C). At 37 degrees C, we recorded a membrane viscosity in live E. coli cells of 950 cP, which is considerably higher than that previously observed in other live cell membranes (e.g., eukaryotic cells, membranes of Bacillus vegetative cells). Interestingly, this indicates that E. coli cells exhibit a high degree of lipid ordering within their liquid-phase plasma membranes.
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