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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 1848, Issue 6, Pages 1424-1435Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.02.027
Keywords
Docosahexaenoic acid; Raft; Liquid-ordered phase; Oleic acid; PUFA
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- Bulgarian Fund [DTK02/5/2009, B02/23/2014]
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The understanding of the functional role of the lipid diversity in biological membranes is a major challenge. Lipid models have been developed to address this issue by using lipid mixtures generating liquid-ordered (L-o)/liquid-disordered (L-d) immiscibility. The present study examined mixtures comprising Egg sphingomyelin (SM), cholesterol (chol) and phosphatidylcholine (PC) either containing docosahexaenoic (PDPC) or oleic acid (POPC). The mixtures were examined in terms of their capability to induce phase separation at the micron- and nano-scales. Fluorescence microscopy, electron spin resonance (ESR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and calorimetty methods were used to analyze the lateral organization of the mixtures. Fluorescence microscopy of giant vesicles could show that the temperature of the micron-scale L-o/L-d miscibility is higher for PDPC than for POPC ternary mixtures. At 37 degrees C, no micron-scale L-o/L-d phase separation could be identified in the POPC containing mixtures while it was evident for PDPC. In contrast, a phase separation was distinguished for both PC mixtures by ESR and XRD, indicative that PDPC and POPC mixtures differed in micron vs nano domain organization. Compared to POPC, the higher line tension of the L-o domains observed in PDPC mixtures is assumed to result from the higher difference in L-o/L-d order parameter rather than hydrophobic mismatch. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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