Shear and compression rheology of Langmuir monolayers of natural ceramides: solid character and plasticity.
Shear and compression rheology of Langmuir monolayers of natural ceramides: solid character and plasticity.
复制标题
天然神经酰胺朗缪尔单层的剪切和压缩流变学:固体特性和可塑性。
作者:
I. López;Elisa R Catapano;Gabriel Espinosa;L. R. Arriaga;D. Langevin;F. Monroy
The present work addresses the fundamental question of membrane elasticity of ceramide layers with a special focus on the plastic regime. The compression and shear viscoelasticity of egg-ceramide Langmuir monolayers were investigated using oscillatory surface rheology in the linear regime and beyond. High compression and shear moduli were measured at room temperature-a clear signature for a solid behavior. At deformations larger than one per mill, egg-ceramide monolayers display plastic features characterized by a decrease of the storage modulus followed by a viscous regime typical of fluid lipids. This behavior is accompanied by a marked decrease of the loss modulus with increasing stress above a yield point. The results permit to univocally classify ceramide monolayers as 2D solids able to undergo plastic deformations, at the difference of typical fluid lipid monolayers. These unusual features are likely to have consequences in the mechanical behavior of ceramide-rich emplacements in biological membranes.
DOI:
10.1073/pnas.84.12.4089
发表时间:
1987-06-01
影响因子:
11.1
作者:
MACDONALD, RC;SIMON, SA
通讯作者:
SIMON, SA
影响因子:
3.4
作者:
Rawicz, W;Olbrich, KC;Evans, E
通讯作者:
Evans, E
影响因子:
56.9
作者:
Bhalla, US;Iyengar, R
通讯作者:
Iyengar, R