Single lipid extraction : the anchoring strength of cholesterol in liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered phases

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Cholesterol is important for the formation of microdomains in supported lipid bilayers and is enriched in the liquid-ordered phase. To understand the interactions leading to this enrichment, we developed an AFM-based single-lipid-extraction (SLX) approach that enables us to determine the anchoring strength of cholesterol in the two phases of a phase-separated lipid membrane. As expected, the forces necessary for extracting a single cholesterol molecule from liquid-ordered phases are significantly higher than for extracting it from the liquid-disordered phases. Interestingly, application of the Bell model shows two energy barriers that correlate with the head and full length of the cholesterol molecule. The resulting lifetimes for complete extraction are 90 s and 11 s in the liquid-ordered and liquid-disordered phases, respectively. Molecular dynamics simulations of the very same experiment show similar force profiles and indicate that the stabilization of cholesterol in the liquid-ordered phase is mainly due to nonpolar contacts.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2014

Erschienen:

2014

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:107

Enthalten in:

Biophysical journal - 107(2014), 5 vom: 02. Sept., Seite 1167-1175

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Stetter, Frank W S [VerfasserIn]
Cwiklik, Lukasz [VerfasserIn]
Jungwirth, Pavel [VerfasserIn]
Hugel, Thorsten [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine
1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylethanolamine
10015-88-0
97C5T2UQ7J
Cholesterol
Journal Article
Lipid Bilayers
Phosphatidylcholines
Phosphatidylethanolamines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
TE895536Y5
Unilamellar Liposomes

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Date Completed 02.09.2015

Date Revised 21.10.2021

published: Print

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bpj.2014.07.018

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM241562090