Core-Shell Modeling of Light Scattering by Vesicles : Effect of Size, Contents, and Lamellarity

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Having a fast, reliable method for characterizing vesicles is vital for their use as model cell membranes in biophysics, synthetic biology, and origins of life studies. Instead of the traditionally used Rayleigh-Gans-Debye approximation, we use an exact extended Lorenz-Mie solution for how core-shell particles scatter light to model vesicle turbidity. This approach enables accurate interpretations of simple turbidimetric measurements and is able to accurately model highly scattering vesicles, such as larger vesicles, those with multiple layers, and those with encapsulated material. We uncover several surprising features, including that vesicle lamellarity has a larger effect on sample turbidity than vesicle size and that the technique can be used to measure the membrane thickness of vesicles. We also examine potential misinterpretations of turbidimetry and discuss when measurements are limited by forward and multiple scattering and by the geometry of the instrument.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2019

Erschienen:

2019

Enthalten in:

Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:116

Enthalten in:

Biophysical journal - 116(2019), 4 vom: 19. Feb., Seite 659-669

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Wang, Anna [VerfasserIn]
Chan Miller, Christopher [VerfasserIn]
Szostak, Jack W [VerfasserIn]

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Volltext

Themen:

1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylcholine
2UMI9U37CP
Journal Article
Lipid Bilayers
Oleic Acid
Phosphatidylcholines
Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't
Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.
TE895536Y5

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Date Completed 21.01.2020

Date Revised 06.10.2023

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1016/j.bpj.2019.01.006

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM293138109