PREPARATION OF UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES OF INTERMEDIATE SIZE (0.1-0.2-MUMM) BY A COMBINATION OF REVERSE PHASE EVAPORATION AND EXTRUSION THROUGH POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANES
PREPARATION OF UNILAMELLAR LIPOSOMES OF INTERMEDIATE SIZE (0.1-0.2-MUMM) BY A COMBINATION OF REVERSE PHASE EVAPORATION AND EXTRUSION THROUGH POLYCARBONATE MEMBRANES
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10.1016/0005-2736(80)90558-1
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1980-01-01
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PAPAHADJOPOULOS, D
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SZOKA, F;OLSON, F;PAPAHADJOPOULOS, D
Liposomes can be prepared by a combination of reverse phase evaporation and sequential extrusion through polycarbonate membranes. The vesicles have diameters in the range 0.05-0.5 .mu.m and are mostly unilamellar as indicated by EM, capture volume and availability of reactive groups to periodate oxidation. Sequential extrusion leads to a decrease in the encapsulation efficiency by 2-4-fold, depending upon the lipid composition. The inclusion of cholesterol at a 1:1 molar ratio of cholesterol-to-phospholipid increases the mean size and the size heterogeneity of the liposomes as measured by negative-stain EM. The mean size of vesicles with an equal molar ratio of cholesterol-to-phospholipid after extrusion through a 0.1 .mu.m membrane is 0.140 .mu.m. Vesicles composed of phosphatidylglycerol/phosphatidylcholine (1:4) have a mean size of 0.08 .mu.m after extrusion through a 0.1 .mu.m membrane. The intermediate-size (0.1-0.2 .mu.m) vesicles formed by this process have an aqueous space-to-lipid ratio of 3:5 and capture between 12 and 25% of the aqueous phase. The procedure is relatively simple, rapid and yields almost quantitative recovery of vesicles that encapsulate a large percentage of the total aqueous space.