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MEMBRANES
卷 12, 期 8, 页码 -出版社
MDPI
DOI: 10.3390/membranes12080781
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lipid membrane; phase separation; monounsaturated fatty acid; osmotic pressure; line tension
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- Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) [JP26289311]
The study investigated the effects of different monounsaturated fatty acids on line tension in lipid membranes, finding that shorter fatty acids decreased line tension while longer fatty acids altered the membrane properties. Osmotic pressure increase led to higher line tension even in the presence of fatty acids, suggesting a possible control of line tension through a combination of chemical and physical approaches.
Line tension at phase-separated lipid domain boundaries is an important factor that governs the stability of the phase separation. We studied the control of the line tension in lipid membranes composed of dioleoylphosphocholine (DOPC), dipalmitoylphosphocholine (DPPC), and cholesterol (Chol) by the addition of the following three monounsaturated fatty acids (MUFAs) with different chain lengths: palmitoleic acid (PaA), oleic acid (OA), and eicosenoic acid (EiA). In addition, we attempted to alter the line tension by applying osmotic pressure. The phase behavior of the MUFA-containing lipid membranes in the presence and absence of osmotic stress was observed by fluorescence and confocal laser scanning microscopy. The line tension was quantitatively measured from the domain boundary fluctuation by flicker spectroscopy, and the interactions between the lipids and MUFAs were examined by differential scanning calorimetry. PaA and OA, which are shorter MUFAs, decreased the line tension, whereas EiA changed the liquid domain to a solid domain. The osmotic pressure increased the line tension, even in the presence of MUFAs. It may be possible to control the line tension by combining the chemical approach of MUFA addition and the physical approach of applying osmotic pressure.
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