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Kwarteng DO, Gangoda M, Kooijman EE. The effect of methylated phosphatidylethanolamine derivatives on the ionization properties of signaling phosphatidic acid. Biophys Chem 2023; 296:107005. [PMID: 36934676 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2023.107005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2023] [Accepted: 03/07/2023] [Indexed: 03/16/2023]
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Phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) and Phosphatidylcholine (PC) are the most abundant glycerophospholipids in eukaryotic membranes. The differences in the physicochemical properties of their headgroups have contrasting modulatory effects on their interaction with intracellular macromolecules. As such, their overall impact on membrane structure and function differs significantly. Enzymatic methylation of PE's amine headgroup produces two methylated derivatives namely monomethyl PE (MMPE) and dimethyl PE (DMPE) which have physicochemical properties that generally range between that of PE and PC. Additionally, their influence on membrane properties differs from both PE and PC. Although variations in headgroup methylation have been reported to affect signaling pathways, the direct influence that these differences exert on the ionization properties of signaling phospholipids have not been investigated. Here, we briefly review membrane function and structure that are mediated by the differences in headgroup methylation between PE, MMPE, DMPE and PC. In addition, using 31P MAS NMR, we investigate the effect of these four phospholipids on the ionization properties of the ubiquitous signaling anionic lipid phosphatidic acid (PA). Our results show that PA's ionization properties are differentially affected by changes in phospholipid headgroup methylation. This could have important implications for PA-protein binding and hence physiological functions in cells where signaling events lead to changes in abundance of methylated PE derivatives in the membrane.
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- Desmond Owusu Kwarteng
- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242, USA
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- Department of Biological Sciences, Kent State University, P.O. Box 5190, Kent, OH 44242, USA.
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Challenges of Current Anticancer Treatment Approaches with Focus on Liposomal Drug Delivery Systems. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2021; 14:ph14090835. [PMID: 34577537 PMCID: PMC8466509 DOI: 10.3390/ph14090835] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/29/2021] [Revised: 08/13/2021] [Accepted: 08/20/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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According to a 2020 World Health Organization report (Globocan 2020), cancer was a leading cause of death worldwide, accounting for nearly 10 million deaths in 2020. The aim of anticancer therapy is to specifically inhibit the growth of cancer cells while sparing normal dividing cells. Conventional chemotherapy, radiotherapy and surgical treatments have often been plagued by the frequency and severity of side effects as well as severe patient discomfort. Cancer targeting by drug delivery systems, owing to their selective targeting, efficacy, biocompatibility and high drug payload, provides an attractive alternative treatment; however, there are technical, therapeutic, manufacturing and clinical barriers that limit their use. This article provides a brief review of the challenges of conventional anticancer therapies and anticancer drug targeting with a special focus on liposomal drug delivery systems.
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Huang J, Hiraki S, Feigenson GW. Calculation of Liquid-Disordered/Liquid-Ordered Line Tension from Pairwise Lipid Interactions. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4949-4959. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c03329] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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- J. Huang
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, Texas Tech University, Box 41051, Lubbock, Texas 79409, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Kyushu University, 744 Motooka, Nishi-ku, Fukuoka, Japan
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- Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, United States
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Pereira Gomes I, Aparecida Duarte J, Chaves Maia AL, Rubello D, Townsend DM, Branco de Barros AL, Leite EA. Thermosensitive Nanosystems Associated with Hyperthermia for Cancer Treatment. Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 2019; 12:E171. [PMID: 31775273 PMCID: PMC6958340 DOI: 10.3390/ph12040171] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/09/2019] [Revised: 11/20/2019] [Accepted: 11/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Conventional chemotherapy regimens have limitations due to serious adverse effects. Targeted drug delivery systems to reduce systemic toxicity are a powerful drug development platform. Encapsulation of antitumor drug(s) in thermosensitive nanocarriers is an emerging approach with a promise to improve uptake and increase therapeutic efficacy, as they can be activated by hyperthermia selectively at the tumor site. In this review, we focus on thermosensitive nanosystems associated with hyperthermia for the treatment of cancer, in preclinical and clinical use.
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- Isabela Pereira Gomes
- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31279-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31279-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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- Department of Nuclear Medicine, Radiology, Neuroradiology, Medical Physics, Clinical Laboratory, Microbiology, Pathology, Trasfusional Medicine, Santa Maria della Misericordia Hospital, 45100 Rovigo, Italy
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- Department of Drug Discovery and Pharmaceutical Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC 29425, USA
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- Faculdade de Farmácia, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31279-901 Belo Horizonte, Brazil
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Dominguez Pardo JJ, Dörr JM, Iyer A, Cox RC, Scheidelaar S, Koorengevel MC, Subramaniam V, Killian JA. Solubilization of lipids and lipid phases by the styrene-maleic acid copolymer. EUROPEAN BIOPHYSICS JOURNAL : EBJ 2017; 46:91-101. [PMID: 27815573 PMCID: PMC5209432 DOI: 10.1007/s00249-016-1181-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 50] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2016] [Accepted: 10/11/2016] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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A promising tool in membrane research is the use of the styrene-maleic acid (SMA) copolymer to solubilize membranes in the form of nanodiscs. Since membranes are heterogeneous in composition, it is important to know whether SMA thereby has a preference for solubilization of either specific types of lipids or specific bilayer phases. Here, we investigated this by performing partial solubilization of model membranes and analyzing the lipid composition of the solubilized fraction. We found that SMA displays no significant lipid preference in homogeneous binary lipid mixtures in the fluid phase, even when using lipids that by themselves show very different solubilization kinetics. By contrast, in heterogeneous phase-separated bilayers, SMA was found to have a strong preference for solubilization of lipids in the fluid phase as compared to those in either a gel phase or a liquid-ordered phase. Together the results suggest that (1) SMA is a reliable tool to characterize native interactions between membrane constituents, (2) any solubilization preference of SMA is not due to properties of individual lipids but rather due to properties of the membrane or membrane domains in which these lipids reside and (3) exploiting SMA resistance rather than detergent resistance may be an attractive approach for the isolation of ordered domains from biological membranes.
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- Juan J Dominguez Pardo
- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Nanoscale Biophysics Group, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Nanoscale Biophysics Group, FOM Institute AMOLF, Science Park 104, 1098, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
- Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, De Boelelaan 1105, 1081, Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Membrane Biochemistry and Biophysics, Bijvoet Center for Biomolecular Research, Padualaan 8, 3584, Utrecht, The Netherlands.
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Triggering Mechanisms of Thermosensitive Nanoparticles Under Hyperthermia Condition. J Pharm Sci 2015; 104:2414-28. [DOI: 10.1002/jps.24536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/02/2015] [Revised: 05/15/2015] [Accepted: 05/18/2015] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Su C, Xia Y, Sun J, Wang N, Zhu L, Chen T, Huang Y, Liang D. Liposomes physically coated with peptides: preparation and characterization. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:6219-6227. [PMID: 24826785 DOI: 10.1021/la501296r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Physically coating liposomes with peptides of desirable functions is an economic, versatile, and less time-consuming approach to prepare drug delivery vehicles. In this work, we designed three peptides-Ac-WWKKKGGNNN-NH2 (W2K3), Ac-WWRRRGGNNN-NH2(W2R3), Ac-WWGGGGGNNN-NH2(W2G3)-and studied their coating ability on negatively charged liposomes. It was found that the coating was mainly driven by the electrostatic interaction between the peptides' cationic side groups and the acidic lipids, which also mediated the "anchoring " of Trp residuals in the interfacial region of lipid bilayers. At the same conditions, the amount of the coated W2R3 was more than that of W2K3, but the stability of the liposome coated with W2R3 was deteriorated. This was caused by the delocalized charge of the guanidinium group of arginine. The coating of the peptide rendered the liposome pH-responsive behavior but did not prominently change the phase transition temperature. The liposome coated with peptides displayed appropriate pH/temperature dual responsive characteristics and was able to release the content in a controlled manner.
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- Cuicui Su
- Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences and the Key Laboratory of Polymer Chemistry and Physics of Ministry of Education, College of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Peking University , Beijing 100871, China
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Ta T, Porter TM. Thermosensitive liposomes for localized delivery and triggered release of chemotherapy. J Control Release 2013; 169:112-25. [PMID: 23583706 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2013.03.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 237] [Impact Index Per Article: 21.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2012] [Revised: 03/29/2013] [Accepted: 03/30/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Liposomes are a promising class of nanomedicine with the potential to provide site-specific chemotherapy, thus improving the quality of cancer patient care. First-generation liposomes have emerged as one of the first nanomedicines used clinically for localized delivery of chemotherapy. Second-generation liposomes, i.e. stimuli-responsive liposomes, have the potential to not only provide site-specific chemotherapy, but also triggered drug release and thus greater spatial and temporal control of therapy. Temperature-sensitive liposomes are an especially attractive option, as tumors can be heated in a controlled and predictable manner with external energy sources. Traditional thermosensitive liposomes are composed of lipids that undergo a gel-to-liquid phase transition at several degrees above physiological temperature. More recently, temperature-sensitization of liposomes has been demonstrated with the use of lysolipids and synthetic temperature-sensitive polymers. The design, drug release behavior, and clinical potential of various temperature-sensitive liposomes, as well as the various heating modalities used to trigger release, are discussed in this review.
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- Terence Ta
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Boston University, 44 Cummington St., Room 403, Boston, USA.
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Ehrig J, Petrov EP, Schwille P. Near-critical fluctuations and cytoskeleton-assisted phase separation lead to subdiffusion in cell membranes. Biophys J 2011; 100:80-9. [PMID: 21190659 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2010.11.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 77] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2010] [Revised: 10/28/2010] [Accepted: 11/01/2010] [Indexed: 12/29/2022] Open
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We address the relationship between membrane microheterogeneity and anomalous subdiffusion in cell membranes by carrying out Monte Carlo simulations of two-component lipid membranes. We find that near-critical fluctuations in the membrane lead to transient subdiffusion, while membrane-cytoskeleton interaction strongly affects phase separation, enhances subdiffusion, and eventually leads to hop diffusion of lipids. Thus, we present a minimum realistic model for membrane rafts showing the features of both microscopic phase separation and subdiffusion.
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- Jens Ehrig
- Biophysics, BIOTEC, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany
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Chen J, Green-Church KB, Nichols KK. Shotgun lipidomic analysis of human meibomian gland secretions with electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. Invest Ophthalmol Vis Sci 2010; 51:6220-31. [PMID: 20671273 DOI: 10.1167/iovs.10-5687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022] Open
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PURPOSE The purpose of this investigation was to determine the major molecular components of the lipids in normal human meibomian gland secretions (meibum). METHODS The meibum samples were studied by direct infusion electrospray ionization (ESI), quadrupole time-of-flight mass spectrometry, and tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) analysis, in both positive and negative detection modes. RESULTS Hundreds of peaks were detected, among which the molecular compositions and subclasses of approximately 160 major peaks were confidently identified. The compositions and subclasses of these peaks were determined from collision-induced dissociation fragmentation patterns, high-resolution and high-mass-accuracy spectra, and references of literature reports. The major peaks detected in positive mode were those of nonpolar lipids, including wax esters, cholesteryl esters, triacylglycerols, and diesters, whereas in negative mode, the major peaks detected were those of polar lipids, including free fatty acids and (O-acyl)-ω-hydroxy fatty acids. CONCLUSIONS The analysis of intact lipids in meibum with direct infusion ESI-MS/MS analysis has the advantages of minimal sample preparation (no chromatography or pre-separation needed), mild experimental conditions, high throughput, and high sensitivity.
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- Jianzhong Chen
- Applied Biotechnology Branch, Air Force Research Laboratory, Dayton, Ohio, USA
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Garidel P, Johann C, Blume A. Thermodynamics of Lipid Organization and Domain Formation in Phospholipid Bilayers. J Liposome Res 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/08982100009029383] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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There is a growing awareness of the utility of lipid phase behavior data in studies of membrane-related phenomena. Such miscibility information is commonly reported in the form of temperature-composition (T-C) phase diagrams. The current index is a conduit to the relevant literature. It lists lipid phase diagrams, their components and conditions of measurement, and complete bibliographic information. The main focus of the index is on lipids of membrane origin where water is the dispersing medium. However, it also includes records on acylglycerols, fatty acids, cationic lipids, and detergent-containing systems. The miscibility of synthetic and natural lipids with other lipids, with water, and with biomolecules (proteins, nucleic acids, carbohydrates, etc.) and non-biological materials (drugs, anesthetics, organic solvents, etc.) is within the purview of the index. There are 2188 phase diagram records in the index, the bulk (81%) of which refers to binary (two-component) T-C phase diagrams. The remainder is made up of more complex (ternary, quaternary) systems, pressure-T phase diagrams, and other more exotic miscibility studies. The index covers the period from 1965 through to July, 2001.
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- Rumiana Koynova
- Biochemistry, Biophysics, Chemistry, The Ohio State University, 100 West 18th Avenue, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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Dimitrova MN, Matsumura H, Dimitrova A, Neitchev VZ. Interaction of albumins from different species with phospholipid liposomes. Multiple binding sites system. Int J Biol Macromol 2000; 27:187-94. [PMID: 10828364 DOI: 10.1016/s0141-8130(00)00123-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The interactions of three serum albumin species (rat, human, and bovine) with liposomes containing dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine, distearoylphosphatidylcholine or mixtures of both under different membrane fluidity conditions have been investigated using isothermal titration calorimetry and steady-state fluorescence anisotropy. Calorimetric titration studies of the binding of liposomes to the albumin species indicate in all cases exothermic processes with multiple sites of binding in the albumin molecules. Distinct saturation of the protein-lipid binding processes was observed at low or high molar lipid/protein ratio depending on the particular system. The thermodynamic parameters, including the association enthalpy and entropy, and the optimal values for the binding constants were thoroughly varied as a function of the number of identical binding sites, defining the best value of the parameter. Our experimental results, obtained using complementary biophysical techniques, provide experimental evidence for a significant difference in the association of the three protein species to phospholipid membranes. These observations also suggest a close relation between the binding parameters of the protein/lipid association and the lipid state of the phospholipid membranes.
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- M N Dimitrova
- Electrotechnical Laboratory, AIST, MITI, 305 8568, Tsukuba, Japan
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Inoue T, Nibu Y. Phase behavior of hydrated lipid bilayer composed of binary mixture of phospholipids with different head groups. Chem Phys Lipids 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(99)00061-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Phase behavior of hydrated bilayer of binary phospholipid mixtures composed of 1,2-distearoylphosphatidylcholine and 1-stearoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine or 1-oleoyl-2-stearoylphosphatidylcholine. Chem Phys Lipids 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s0009-3084(99)00007-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Lipid Model Membranes and Biomembranes. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1999. [DOI: 10.1016/s1573-4374(99)80006-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/07/2023]
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Movileanu L, Popescu D, Flonta ML. The hydrophobic acyl-chain effect in the lipid domains appearance through phospholipid bilayers. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 1998. [DOI: 10.1016/s0166-1280(98)00112-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Garidel P, Blume A. Miscibility of phospholipids with identical headgroups and acyl chain lengths differing by two methylene units: effects of headgroup structure and headgroup charge. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1998; 1371:83-95. [PMID: 9565658 DOI: 10.1016/s0005-2736(98)00005-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 47] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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We have investigated the influence of the chemical structure and charge of the hydrophillic headgroup on the miscibility of saturated phospholipids with acyl chain lengths differing by two methylene units, namely DMPA/DPPA, DMPC/DPPC, DMPE/DPPE and DMPG/DPPG (0.1 M NaCl). All four mixtures were analysed by DSC at pH 7. To study the influence of a change in headgroup charge, we additionally investigated DMPA/DPPA mixtures at pH 4 and 12, and DMPG/DPPG mixtures at pH 2. The experimental DSC thermograms were fitted using methods described before [Johann et al., Biophys. J. 71 (1996), 3215-3228] to obtain the temperatures of onset and end of melting and first approximations for the non-ideality parameters as a function of composition. The resulting phase diagrams were then fitted using a four non-ideality parameter model for non-ideal, non-symmetric mixing in both phases. The phase diagram of the system DMPG/DPPG has a lens-like shape, the non-ideality parameters rhog and rhol for the gel and the liquid-crystalline phase, respectively, are zero, indicating ideal mixing in both phases. For the other mixtures, differences in miscibility are observed depending on the structure of the headgroup. At pH 7, rhog > rhol, i.e., the miscibility in the liquid-crystalline phase is more ideal than in the gel state. All rhog values are positive and the sequence for rhog observed is PA>PE>PC>PG. Partial protonation of PA at pH 4 or complete deprotonation at pH 12 leads to negative non-ideality parameters for both phases, indicating a preference for mixed pair formation. Protonation of PG in DMPG/DPPG mixtures at pH 2 leads to positive non-ideality parameters for both phases, indicating a tendency for demixing. The results show, that the miscibility of phospholipids with identical headgroups but chain lengths differing by two methylene groups is dependent on headgroup structure and on headgroup charge.
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- P Garidel
- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Kaiserslautern, D-67653 Kaiserslautern, Germany
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Feigenson GW. Partitioning of a fluorescent phospholipid between fluid bilayers: dependence on host lipid acyl chains. Biophys J 1997; 73:3112-21. [PMID: 9414223 PMCID: PMC1181214 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78337-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023] Open
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The partition coefficient Kp was measured for a headgroup-labeled phospholipid (12:0,12:0)-N-(7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl)-PE (12-NBD-PE), equilibrated between LUV of a series of phosphatidylcholines (PC). Fluorescence resonance energy transfer between the 12-NBD-PE and a headgroup-rhodamine-labeled PE was used to find the equilibrium concentration of the 12-NBD-PE in the different LUV. Reliable equilibrium concentrations were obtained by monitoring the approach to equilibrium starting from a concentration below and from a concentration above the ultimate values. Using (16:0,18:1delta9)-PC as the reference lipid, Kp ranged from a high value of 1.65 favoring (16:0,18:1delta9)-PC over (16:1delta9,16:1delta9)-PC, to a low value of 0.90, favoring (22:1delta13,22:1delta13)-PC over (16:0,18:1delta9)-PC. The Kp values enabled calculation of the acyl chain contribution to the excess free energy of mixing for (12:0,12:0) acyl chains at infinite dilution in the L alpha phase of PC having acyl chains of (16:0,18:1delta9), (16:1delta9,16:1delta9), (18:1delta9,18:1delta9), (18:1delta6,18:1delta6), (20:1delta11,20:1delta11), and (22:1delta13,22:1delta13). (14:1delta9,14:1delta9)-PC was found to transfer so rapidly between LUV as to preclude reliable Kp measurement.
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- G W Feigenson
- Section of Biochemistry, Molecular and Cell Biology, Cornell University, Ithaca, New York 14853, USA.
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Garidel P, Johann C, Blume A. Nonideal mixing and phase separation in phosphatidylcholine-phosphatidic acid mixtures as a function of acyl chain length and pH. Biophys J 1997; 72:2196-210. [PMID: 9129822 PMCID: PMC1184414 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(97)78863-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 81] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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The miscibilities of phosphatidic acids (PAs) and phosphatidylcholines (PCs) with different chain lengths (n = 14, 16) at pH 4, pH 7, and pH 12 were examined by differential scanning calorimetry. Simulation of heat capacity curves was performed using a new approach that incorporates changes of cooperativity of the transition in addition to nonideal mixing in the gel and the liquid-crystalline phase as a function of composition. From the simulations of the heat capacity curves, first estimates for the nonideality parameters for nonideal mixing as a function of composition were obtained, and phase diagrams were constructed using temperatures for onset and end of melting, which were corrected for the broadening effect caused by a decrease in cooperativity. In all cases the composition dependence of the nonideality parameters indicated nonsymmetrical mixing behavior. The phase diagrams were therefore further refined by simulations of the coexistence curves using a four-parameter approximation to account for nonideal and nonsymmetrical mixing in the gel and the liquid-crystalline phase. The mixing behavior was studied at three different pH values to investigate how changes in headgroup charge of the PA influences the miscibility. The experiments showed that at pH 7, where the PA component is negatively charged, the nonideality parameters are in most cases negative, indicating that electrostatic effects favor a mixing of the two components. Partial protonation of the PA component at pH 4 leads to strong changes in miscibility; the nonideality parameters for the liquid-crystalline phase are now in most cases positive, indicating clustering of like molecules. The phase diagram for 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidic acid:1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine mixtures at pH 4 indicates that a fluid-fluid immiscibility is likely. The results show that a decrease in ionization of PAs can induce large changes in mixing behavior. This occurs because of a reduction in electrostatic repulsion between PA headgroups and a concomitant increase in attractive hydrogen bonding interactions.
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Popescu D, Movileanu L, Victor G, Turcu G. Stability and instability properties of aggregation of single chain amphiphiles into binary mixtures. Bull Math Biol 1997. [DOI: 10.1007/bf02459470] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Johann C, Garidel P, Mennicke L, Blume A. New approaches to the simulation of heat-capacity curves and phase diagrams of pseudobinary phospholipid mixtures. Biophys J 1996; 71:3215-28. [PMID: 8968592 PMCID: PMC1233810 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(96)79515-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023] Open
Abstract
A simulation program using least-squares minimization was developed to calculate and fit heat capacity (cp) curves to experimental thermograms of dilute aqueous dispersions of phospholipid mixtures determined by high-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry. We analyzed cp curves and phase diagrams of the pseudobinary aqueous lipid systems 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylglycerol/ 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3phosphatidylcholine (DMPG/DPPC) and 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidic acid/1, 2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DMPA/DPPC) at pH 7. The simulation of the cp curves is based on regular solution theory using two nonideality parameters rho g and rho l for symmetric nonideal mixing in the gel and the liquid-crystalline phases. The broadening of the cp curves owing to limited cooperativity is incorporated into the simulation by convolution of the cp curves calculated for infinite cooperativity with a broadening function derived from a simple two-state transition model with the cooperative unit size n = delta HVH/delta Hcal as an adjustable parameter. The nonideality parameters and the cooperative unit size turn out to be functions of composition. In a second step, phase diagrams were calculated and fitted to the experimental data by use of regular solution theory with four different model assumptions. The best fits were obtained with a four-parameter model based on nonsymmetric, nonideal mixing in both phases. The simulations of the phase diagrams show that the absolute values of the nonideality parameters can be changed in a certain range without large effects on the shape of the phase diagram as long as the difference of the nonideality parameters for rho g for the gel and rho l for the liquid-crystalline phase remains constant. The miscibility in DMPG/DPPC and DMPA/DPPC mixtures differs remarkably because, for DMPG/DPPC, delta rho = rho l -rho g is negative, whereas for DMPA/DPPC this difference is positive. For DMPA/DPPC, this difference is interpreted as being caused by a negative rho g value, indicating complex formation of unlike molecules in the gel phase.
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- C Johann
- Fachbereich Chemie, Universität Kaiserslautern, Germany
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