期刊
BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
卷 1611, 期 1-2, 页码 180-186出版社
ELSEVIER SCIENCE BV
DOI: 10.1016/S0005-2736(03)00053-1
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Ca2+-effect; freezing; galactolipid; liposome; non-bilayer lipid; osmotic stress
Membranes containing either negatively charged lipids or glycolipids can be aggregated by millimolar concentrations of Ca2+. In the case of membranes made from the negatively charged phospholipid phosphatidylserine, aggregation leads to vesicle fusion and leakage. However, some glycolipid-containing biological membranes such as plant chloroplast thylakoid membranes naturally occur in an aggregated state. In the present contribution, the effect of Ca2+-induced aggregation on membrane stability during freezing and in highly concentrated salt solutions (NaCl +/- CaCl2) has been determined in membranes containing different fractions of uncharged galactolipids, or a negatively charged sulfoglucolipid, or the negatively charged phospholipid phosphatidylglycerol (PG), in membranes made from the uncharged phospholipid phosphatidylcholine (PC). In the case of the glycolipids, aggregation did not lead to fusion or leakage even under stress conditions, while it did lead to fusion and leakage in PG-containing liposomes. Liposomes made from a mixture of glycolipids and PG that approximates the lipid composition of thylakoids were very unstable, both during freezing and at high solute concentrations and leakage and fusion were increased in the presence of Ca2+. Collectively, the data indicate that the effects of Ca2+-induced aggregation of liposomes on membrane stability depend critically on the type of lipid involved in aggregation. While liposomes aggregated through glycolipids are highly stable, those aggregated through negatively charged lipids are severely destabilized. (C) 2003 Elsevier Science B.V. All rights reserved.
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