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BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES
Volume 1838, Issue 12, Pages 3069-3077Publisher
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DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2014.07.004
Keywords
DPPC/cholesterol binary bilayer; Buoyant density measurement; Fluorescence decay; Liquid-ordered phase; Partial molecular volume; L-d/L-o phase coexistence
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- MEXT [S1201027]
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We examined the volumetric behavior of the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC)/cholesterol binary bilayer system with high accuracy and more cholesterol concentrations to reveal the detailed molecular states in the liquid-disordered (L-d) phase, the liquid-ordered (L-o) phase and the gel phase. We measured the average specific volume of the binary bilayer at several temperatures by the neutral flotation method and calculated the average volume per molecule to estimate the partial molecular volumes of DPPC and cholesterol in each phase. As a result, we found that the region with intermediate cholesterol concentrations showed a more complicated behavior than expected from simple coexistence of Ld and 10 domains. We also measured fluorescence decay of transparinaric acid (tPA) added into the binary bilayer with more cholesterol concentrations to get further insight into the cholesterol-induced formation of the L-o phase. On the basis of these results we discuss the molecular interaction between DPPC and cholesterol molecule in the Lo phase and the manner of L-d/L-o phase coexistence. (C) 2014 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
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