Destabilization of a lipid non-bilayer phase by high pressure |
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Authors: | Paul Yager Eddie L Chang |
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Institution: | Optical Probes Branch, Code 6510, Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC 20375 U.S.A. |
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Abstract: | Pressure is found to destabilize the non-bilayer phase with respect to the bilayer in a model lipid system. The lamellar to inverted hexagonal (H11) phase transition of aqueous egg phosphatidylethanolamine is shifted to higher temperatures by hydrostatic pressure. The slope of the increase in transition temperature is constant to beyond 300 bar, and is greater than that seen for other lipid phase transitions. This behavior is consistent with the hypothesis that increasing chain disorder drives the conversion from the bilayer into the hexagonal phase. If this non-bilayer lipid phase is an intermediate in membrane fusion, then pressure should inhibit the process. This may explain the inhibition of chemical transmission at neural synapses by pressure. |
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Keywords: | Lipid non-bilayer Phase destabilization High pressure Hepes 4-(2-hydroxyethyl)-1-piperazineethanesulfonic acid |
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