Synthetic polycations, such as nylon-3 copolymers, are regarded to be good functional mimics of antimicrobial peptides acting mostly by permeabilizing bacterial membranes. Understanding more complex membrane behavior behind permeabilization, e.g. vesicle aggregation and fusion, has major implications for the better interpretation different mechanisms actions. The interactions two types copolyme...

Lysosomal permeabilization is a key feature of hepatocyte lipotoxicity, yet the mechanisms mediating this critical cellular event are unclear. This study examined the mechanisms involved in free fatty acid (FFA)-induced lysosomal permeabilization and the role of Bax, a Bcl-2 family member, in this event. Exposure of liver cells to palmitate induced Bax activation and translocation to lysosomes....

We used an assay based on the uptake of SYTOX Green, an organic compound that fluoresces upon interaction with nucleic acids and penetrates cells with compromised plasma membranes, to investigate membrane permeabilization in fungi. Membrane permeabilization induced by plant defensins in Neurospora crassa was biphasic, depending on the plant defensin dose. At high defensin levels (10 to 40 micro...

Membrane permeabilization due to pulsed electric field (PEF) treatment of gram-positive Lactobacillus cells was investigated by using propidium iodide uptake and single-cell analysis with flow cytometry. Electric field strength, energy input, treatment time, and growth phase affected membrane permeabilization of Lactobacillus plantarum during PEF treatment. A correlation between PEF inactivatio...

background and objectives : the attempts were made to describe the development of a whole cell immobilization of p. pastoris by entrapping the cells in polyacrylamide gel beads. the alcohol oxidase activity of the whole cell pichia pastoris was evaluated in comparison with yeast biomass production. materials and methods : methylotrophic yeast p. pastoris was obtained from collection of standard...

Title of Document: CERAMIDE PERMEABILIZATION OF MITOCHONDRIAL OUTER MEMBRANE: PHARMACOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION AND RELATION TO MAC AND BAX Suzanne J. Hudak, Master of Science, 2005 Directed By: Dr. Marco Colombini, Professor, Biology and Biochemistry Departments In apoptosis, the mitochondrial outer membrane (MOM) becomes permeable, releasing proteins. This permeability has been attributed to t...

Biotransformation processes accompanied by whole yeast cells as biocatalyst are a promising area of food industry. Among the chemical sanitizers currently used in food technology, hydrogen peroxide is a very effective microbicidal and bleaching agent. In this paper, permeabilization has been applied to Saccharomyces cerevisiae yeast cells aiming at increased intracellular catalase activity for ...

background: various fixation and permeabilization techniques have been developed for detection of intracellular antigens by flow cytometry; however, there are few studies using flow cytometry to detect the frequency of intracellular nucleic acids, particularly rna. we tested six different permeabilization methods in order to gain access to a high quality method with minimal damage to intracellu...

BACKGROUND Tissue permeabilization by electroporation (EP) is a promising technique to treat certain cancers. Non-invasive methods for verification of induced permeabilization are important, especially in deep-seated cancers. In this study we evaluated diffusion-weighted magnetic resonance imaging (DW-MRI) as a quantitative method for detecting EP-induced membrane permeabilization of brain tiss...

Many antimicrobial peptides permeabilize the bacterial cytoplasmic membrane. However, it is unclear how membrane permeabilization and antimicrobial activity are related for distinct peptides. This study investigated the relationship between Staphylococcus aureus membrane permeabilization and cell death due to the following antistaphylococcal peptides: thrombin-induced platelet microbicidal prot...