Engineering Asymmetric Lipid Vesicles : Accurate and Convenient Control of the Outer Leaflet Lipid Composition

The asymmetric distribution of lipids between the two bilayer leaflets represents a typical feature of biological membranes. The loss of this asymmetry, for example the exposure of negatively charged lipids on the extracellular membrane leaflet of mammalian cells, is involved in apoptosis and occurs...

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Veröffentlicht in:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids. - 1992. - 34(2018), 5 vom: 06. Feb., Seite 1999-2005
1. Verfasser: Markones, Marie (VerfasserIn)
Weitere Verfasser: Drechsler, Carina, Kaiser, Michael, Kalie, Louma, Heerklotz, Heiko, Fiedler, Sebastian
Format: Online-Aufsatz
Sprache:English
Veröffentlicht: 2018
Zugriff auf das übergeordnete Werk:Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
Schlagworte:Journal Article Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't Membrane Lipids Unilamellar Liposomes
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Zusammenfassung:The asymmetric distribution of lipids between the two bilayer leaflets represents a typical feature of biological membranes. The loss of this asymmetry, for example the exposure of negatively charged lipids on the extracellular membrane leaflet of mammalian cells, is involved in apoptosis and occurs in tumor cells. Thus, the controlled production of asymmetric liposomes helps to better understand such crucial cellular processes. Here, we present an approach that allows us to design asymmetric model-membrane experiments on a rational basis and predict the fraction of exchanged lipid. In addition, we developed a label-free and nondestructive assay to quantify the asymmetric uptake of negatively charged lipids in terms of the zeta potential. This significantly enhances the applicability, impact, and predictive power of model membranes
Beschreibung:Date Completed 17.09.2018
Date Revised 17.09.2018
published: Print-Electronic
Citation Status MEDLINE
ISSN:1520-5827
DOI:10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03189