Phosphatidylcholine and sphingomyelin containing an elaidoyl fatty acid can form cholesterol-rich lateral domains in bilayer membranes |
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Authors: | Anders Bjö rkbom,J. Peter Slotte |
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Affiliation: | Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Tykistökatu 6 A, FIN-20520 Turku, Finland |
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Abstract: | Elaidic acid is a trans-fatty acid found in many food products and implicated for having potentially health hazardous effects in humans. Elaidic acid is readily incorporated into membrane lipids in vivo and therefore affects processes regulating membrane physical properties. In this study the membrane properties of sphingomyelin and phosphatidylcholine containing elaidic acid (N-E-SM and PEPC) were determined in bilayer membranes with special emphasis on their interaction with cholesterol and participation in ordered domain formation. In agreement with previous studies the melting temperatures were found to be about 20 °C lower for the elaidoyl than for the corresponding saturated lipids. The trans-unsaturation increased the polarity at the membrane-water interface as reported by Laurdan fluorescence. Fluorescence quenching experiments using cholestatrienol as a probe showed that both N-E-SM and PEPC were incorporated in lateral membrane domains with sterol and saturated lipids. At low temperatures the elaidoyl lipids were even able to form sterol-rich domains without any saturated lipids present in the bilayer. We conclude from this study that the ability of N-E-SM and PEPC to form ordered domains together with cholesterol and saturated phospho- and sphingolipids in model membranes indicates that they might have an influence on raft formation in biological membranes. |
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Keywords: | 7SLPC, 1-palmitoyl-2-stearoyl-(7-doxyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine CTL, cholestatrienol β-CyD, β-cyclodextrin DPH, 1,6-diphenyl-1,3,5-hexatriene HDL, high-density lipoprotein Laurdan, 6-lauroyl-2-(N,N-dimethylamino)naphthalene LDL, low-density lipoprotein NMR, nuclear magnetic resonance N-E-SM, smallcaps" >d-erythro-N-elaidoyl-sphingomyelin N-O-SM, smallcaps" >d-erythro-N-oleoyl-sphingomyelin N-S-SM, smallcaps" >d-erythro-N-stearoyl-sphingomyelin PC, phosphatidylcholine PEPC, 1-palmitoyl-2-elaidoyl-sn-glycero-3-phopshocholine PGalCer, N-Palmitoyl-galactosylceramide PGlcCer, N-palmitoyl-glucosylceramide POPC, 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phopshocholine PSPC, 1-palmitoyl-2-stearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phopshocholine SM, sphingomyelin Tm, gel-liquid crystalline transition temperature tPA, trans-parinaric acid |
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