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Effect of glycerol on the interfacial properties of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes as measured with merocyanine 540.
Authors:A C Biondi  E A Disalvo
Institution:Instituto de Investigacíones Fisicoquímicas Téoricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA) (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina.
Abstract:Liposomes of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) prepared in increasing glycerol/glucose ratios show an increase in the absorbance at 570 nm of merocyanine spectra at temperatures below the phase transition. Since this effect is not observed when liposomes are prepared in solutions containing solely glucose, it is attributed to specific interactions of glycerol with the membrane phase. The increase in the 570 nm absorbance is ascribed to a partial fluidification of the membrane interface and is dependent on the distribution of the dye between the inner and the outer compartments of the liposomes and on their osmotic state. The greatest differences in the absorbance ratio are obtained when merocyanine is added to the external media. In consequence, the changes in the spectra of MC are dependent on the surface state of the liposomes which can be modified by an increase of glycerol or glucose in the external media. The present results are examined in the light of the perturbations that glycerol can induce on the barrier properties of the bilayer.
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