Depolarized light-scattering studies of bilayer structures in phospholipid vesicles |
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Authors: | Kiyoshi Mishima |
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Affiliation: | Department of Physics, Faculty of Science and Technology, Sophia University, Chiyoda-ku, Tokyo 102 Japan |
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Abstract: | Depolarized light scattering has been used to investigate the hydrocarbon chain packing of phospholipids in vesicles below the phase transition and ordering of their chains above the phase transition. The chain packing and ordering have been demonstrated for vesicles of l-α-dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine and some phosphatidylcholines of different hydrocarbon chain lenghts. Anisotropy ratios for phospholipid vesicles could be determined by measuring depolarization ratios for several vesicle sizes at low concentrations of the lipids. The following results were obtained. Hydrocarbon chains of l-α-dimyristoyl and distearoylphosphatidylcholines below their phase transitions pack at tilting angles in good agreement with X-ray diffraction data. On the other hand, hydrocarbon chains of dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine pack perpendicular to the bilayer surface. Values of the averaged order parameter for dimyristoyl, dipalmitoyl and distearoylphosphatidylcholines at 2.5°C above their phase transition are all the same and the value for dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine is in agreement with results from 2H-NMR experiments. The value of the order parameter for dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine is slightly larger than that for dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine. |
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Keywords: | Chain packing Depolarized light scattering Order parameter Phospholipid vesicle DPPE DMPC DPPC DSPC |
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