Effects of pyrethroids and endosulfan on fluidity of mitochondria membrane in Chilo suppressalis (Walker)

The effects of pyrethroids and endosulfan on fluidity of mitochondrial membranes from Chilo suppressalis were investigated at different temperatures by steady-state fluorescence polarization using 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene (DPH) molecule as probe. The results showed that changes in DPH polarization caused by the pyrethroids tested were more at lower temperature than at higher temperature, which showed a negative temperature coefficient of the pyrethroids. On the contrary, change in DPH polarization caused by endosulfan was more at higher temperature than at lower temperature. Endosulfan displayed a positive temperature coefficient. Moreover, these effects of pyrethroids and endosulfan on changes of DPH polarization were dose-dependent in mitochondrial membranes of C. suppressalis. DPH polarization value increased in the mitochondrial membranes treated by all concentrations of pyrethroids and decreased by endosulfan, and changes caused by pyrethroids were more pronounced than by endosulfan.