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CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS OF LIPIDS
Volume 122, Issue 1-2, Pages 137-145Publisher
ELSEVIER SCI IRELAND LTD
DOI: 10.1016/S0009-3084(02)00184-6
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lipid domains; lipid bilayers; giant unilamellar vesicles
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The direct observation of temperature-dependent lipid phase equilibria, using two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy on giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) composed of different lipid mixtures, provides novel information about the physical characteristics of lipid domain coexistence. Physical characteristics such as shape, size, and time evolution of different lipid domains are not directly accessible from the traditional experimental approaches that employ either small and large unilamellar vesicles or multilamellar vesicles. In this short presentation, I will address the most relevant findings reported from our laboratory, regarding the direct observation of lipid domain coexistence at the level of single vesicles in artificial and natural lipid mixtures. In addition, key points concerning our experimental approach will be discussed. The unique advantages of the fluorescent probe 6-dodecanoyl-2-dimethylaminonaphthalene (LAURDAN) under the two-photon excitation fluorescence microscopy will be particularly addressed, especially, the possibility to obtain information about the phase-state of different lipid domains directly from the fluorescent images. (C) 2002 Elsevier Science Ireland Ltd. All rights reserved.
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