Physical properties and surface interactions of bilayer membranes containing N-methylated phosphatidylethanolamines.
Physical properties and surface interactions of bilayer membranes containing N-methylated phosphatidylethanolamines.
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含有 N-甲基化磷脂酰乙醇胺的双层膜的物理性质和表面相互作用。
DOI:
10.1021/bi00337a022
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发表时间:
1985
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影响因子:
2.9
通讯作者:
Silvius,JR
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作者:
Gagné,J;Stamatatos,L;Diacovo,T;Hui,SW;Yeagle,PL;Silvius,JR
The structure and physical properties of aqueous dispersions of 1, 2-diacyl-5n-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamines (PE’s) and theirN-methylated analogues have been studied by scanning calorimetry, 31P nuclear magnetic resonance, and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. While successive N-methylations of a diacylphosphatidylethanolamine cause only modestdecreases in its gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition temperature, the introduction of even a single 7V-methyl group sharply increases the temperature at which the lipid forms a hexagonal II phase. However, 31P nuclear magnetic resonance and electron microscopy show that unlike pure PE species, N-methylated PE’s can form a variety of irregular nonlamellar structures at temperatures well below that at which a well-defined hexagonal II phase is formed. The rate of calcium-induced leakage of encapsulated carboxyfluorescein from large unilamellar vesicles composed of dioleoyl-or dielaidoylphosphatidylserine and the corresponding PE is strongly reduced when PE is replaced by N-methylated derivatives. The rate of calcium-induced intermixing of lipids of PE/phosphatidylserine (PS) vesicles steadily decreases as the PE component is successively replaced by its mono-, di-, and tri-N-methylated (phosphatidylcholine) derivatives. By correlating calorimetrically obtained phase diagrams with measurements of vesicle lipid intermixing, we conclude that dielaidoyl-TV-methylphosphatidylethanolamine, like PE, can support direct interactions between the surfaces of PS/N-methyl-PE vesicles without lateral separation of a PS (Ca2+)-rich phase, while dielaidoyl-AyV-dimethyl-PE (and phosphatidylcholine) cannot. When dioleoyl lipids are examined, however, both the monomethyl-and dimethyl-PE species can support lipid intermixing between the membranes of vesicles containing even low amounts of PS. The ability of PE to support PS/Ca2+-initiated interactions between vesicle surfaces is invariably superiorto that of its N-methylated derivatives, a fact that appears to reflect the higher hydrogen bond donating abilityof unsubstituted PE more than the relatively small size of its head group. l, 2-Diacyl-$ n-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PC) 1 and 1, 2-diacyl-.?/!-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (PE), the two major zwitterionic glycerolipids of mammalian cellular membranes, differ markedlyin their physical properties and in their con-tributions to membranefunction in vivo (Crocken & Nyc,