Interactions between rhodamine dyes and model membrane systems—insights from molecular dynamics simulations

N Magalhães, GM Simões, C Ramos, J Samelo… - Molecules, 2022 - mdpi.com
N Magalhães, GM Simões, C Ramos, J Samelo, AC Oliveira, HAL Filipe, JPP Ramalho
Molecules, 2022mdpi.com
Background: rhodamines are dyes widely used as fluorescent tags in cell imaging, probing
of mitochondrial membrane potential, and as P-glycoprotein model substrates. In all these
applications, detailed understanding of the interaction between rhodamines and
biomembranes is fundamental. Methods: we combined atomistic molecular dynamics (MD)
simulations and fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize the interaction between
rhodamines 123 and B (Rh123 and RhB, respectively) and POPC bilayers. Results: while …
Background
rhodamines are dyes widely used as fluorescent tags in cell imaging, probing of mitochondrial membrane potential, and as P-glycoprotein model substrates. In all these applications, detailed understanding of the interaction between rhodamines and biomembranes is fundamental.
Methods
we combined atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) simulations and fluorescence spectroscopy to characterize the interaction between rhodamines 123 and B (Rh123 and RhB, respectively) and POPC bilayers.
Results
while the xanthene moiety orients roughly parallel to the membrane plane in unrestrained MD simulations, variations on the relative position of the benzoic ring (below the xanthene for Rh123, above it for RhB) were observed, and related to the structure of the two dyes and their interactions with water and lipids. Subtle distinctions were found among different ionization forms of the probes. Experimentally, RhB displayed a lipid/water partition coefficient more than two orders of magnitude higher than Rh123, in agreement with free energy profiles obtained from umbrella sampling MD.
Conclusions
this work provided detailed insights on the similarities and differences in the behavior of bilayer-inserted Rh123 and RhB, related to the structure of the probes. The much higher affinity of RhB for the membranes increases the local concentration and explains its higher apparent affinity for P-glycoprotein reconstituted in model membranes.
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