Transbilayer movement of phospholipids at the main phase transition of lipid membranes:: Implications for rapid flip-flop in biological membranes
Transbilayer movement of phospholipids at the main phase transition of lipid membranes:: Implications for rapid flip-flop in biological membranes
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DOI:
10.1016/s0006-3495(02)75332-0
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发表时间:
2002-12-01
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Müller, P
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作者:
John, K;Schreiber, S;Müller, P
The transbilayer movement of fluorescent phospholipid analogs in liposomes was studied at the lipid phase transition of phospholipid membranes. Two NBD-labeled analogs were used, one bearing the fluorescent moiety at a short fatty acid chain in the sn-2 position (C-6 NBD-PC) and one headgroup-labeled analog having two long fatty acyl chains (N-NBD-PE). The transbilayer redistribution of the analogs was assessed by a dithionite-based assay. We observed a drastic increase of the transbilayer movement of both analogs at the lipid phase transition of DPPC (T-c = 41degreesC) and DMPC (T-c = 23degreesC). The flip-flop of analogs was fast at the T-c of DPPC with a half-time (t(1/2)) of similar to6-10 min and even faster at the T-c of DMPC with t(1/2) on the order of