SOLUTE DISTRIBUTIONS AND TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES OBSERVED IN FREEZE-THAWED MULTILAMELLAR VESICLES
SOLUTE DISTRIBUTIONS AND TRAPPING EFFICIENCIES OBSERVED IN FREEZE-THAWED MULTILAMELLAR VESICLES
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10.1016/0005-2736(85)90084-7
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发表时间:
1985-01-01
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JANOFF, AS
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MAYER, LD;HOPE, MJ;JANOFF, AS
Mechanical dispersion of dry lipid in an aqueous buffer to form multilamellar vesicle (MLV) systems does not result in equilibrium trans-membrane distributions of solute. In particular, the entrapped buffer exhibits reduced solute concentrations. Egg phosphatidylcholine MLV systems dispersed in the presence of Mn2+ also exhibit non-equilibrium solute distributions, and repetitive freeze-thawing cycles can remove such solute heterogeneity . Further, the resulting freeze-thawing MLVs exhibit dramatically enhanced trapped volumes and trapping efficiencies. At 400 mg phospholipid per ml, for example, the trapping efficiencies can be as high as 90%. This is associated with a remarkable change in MLV morphology where large inter-bilayer separations are commonly observed.