EFFECT OF POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) ON PHOSPHOLIPID HYDRATION AND POLARITY OF THE EXTERNAL PHASE
EFFECT OF POLY(ETHYLENE GLYCOL) ON PHOSPHOLIPID HYDRATION AND POLARITY OF THE EXTERNAL PHASE
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(83)90444-3
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发表时间:
1983-01-01
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GAWRISCH, K
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作者:
ARNOLD, K;PRATSCH, L;GAWRISCH, K
The hydration properties of phosphatidylcholine (PC)/water dispersions on the addition of poly(ethylene glycol) [PEG] were studied by 2H-NMR. The quadrupole splittings and their temperature dependences correspond to measurements of PC/water dispersions at low water content. The bound water is partly extracted by PEG but the binding properties of the water in the inner hydration shell of about 5 water molecules are not changed. The ability of some phospholipid/water dispersions to undergo phase transitions to nonlamellar structures upon dehydration is discussed. Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and egg phosphatidylcholine do not form nonlamellar structures on addition of purified PEG, as was demonstrated by 31P-NMR. PEG decreases the polarity of the aqueous phase and the partition of hydrophobic molecules between the membrane and the external phase is changed. This was demonstrated using the excimer fluorescence of pyrene in a ghost suspension. The changes in polarity and hydration on the addition of PEG may contribute to the alterations in the membrane surface observed under conditions of membrane contact and fusion.