Phospholipid reorientation at the lipid/water interface measured by high resolution 31P field cycling NMR spectroscopy.
Phospholipid reorientation at the lipid/water interface measured by high resolution 31P field cycling NMR spectroscopy.
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通过高分辨率 31P 场循环 NMR 光谱测量脂质/水界面处的磷脂重新取向。
DOI:
10.1016/j.bpj.2009.03.057
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发表时间:
2009
影响因子:
3.4
通讯作者:
Mohanty,Udayan
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作者:
Roberts,MaryF;Redfield,AlfredG;Mohanty,Udayan
The magnetic field dependence of the31P spin-lattice relaxation rate,R1, of phospholipids can be used to differentiate motions for these molecules in a variety of unilamellar vesicles. In particular, internal motion with a 5- to 10-ns correlation time has been attributed to diffusion-in-a-cone of the phosphodiester region, analogous to motion of a cylinder in a liquid hydrocarbon. We use the temperature dependence of31PR1at low field (0.03–0.08 T), which reflects this correlation time, to explore the energy barriers associated with this motion. Most phospholipids exhibit a similar energy barrier of 13.2 ± 1.9 kJ/mol at temperatures above that associated with their gel-to-liquid-crystalline transition (Tm); at temperatures belowTm, this barrier increases dramatically to 68.5 ± 7.3 kJ/mol. This temperature dependence is broadly interpreted as arising from diffusive motion of the lipid axis in a spatially rough potential energy landscape. The inclusion of cholesterol in these vesicles has only moderate effects for phospholipids at temperatures above theirTm, but significantly reduces the energy barrier (to 17 ± 4 kJ/mol) at temperatures below theTmof the pure lipid. Very-low-fieldR1data indicate that cholesterol inclusion alters the averaged disposition of the phosphorus-to-glycerol-proton vector (both its average length and its average angle with respect to the membrane normal) that determines the31P relaxation.