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BIOPHYSICAL JOURNAL
Volume 85, Issue 4, Pages 2333-2341Publisher
BIOPHYSICAL SOCIETY
DOI: 10.1016/S0006-3495(03)74657-8
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The effects of three so-called kosmotropic solutes, namely, betaine, sucrose, and choline chloride on 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine large unilamellar vesicles, were studied by measuring the generalized polarization (GP) for the fluorescence emission of the membrane partitioning probe Laurdan. The latter has been shown to be sensitive to the depth of water penetration into phospholipid bilayers. At equal osmotic pressures the three solutes produced different increments in GP, with a qualitative positive correlation. However, the increments in GP correlated also quantitatively with the increase of air-water surface tension caused by the three kosmotropes. Our findings suggest surface tension to determine the impact of these solutes on the lateral packing of the lipid bilayer. Based on the changes in area/lipid at different surface tensions, the equilibrium lateral pressure for a 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer at 25degreesC was estimated to be similar to34 mN/m.
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