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ArticleBiophysical journal2005

Electrochemical and PM-IRRAS studies of the effect of cholesterol on the structure of a DMPC bilayer supported at an Au (111) electrode surface, part 1: properties of the acyl chains.

Xiaomin Bin, Sarah L Horswell, Jacek Lipkowski

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2005. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Xiaomin BinDepartment of Chemistry, University of Guelph, Guelph, Ontario, Canada N1G 2W1.
Sarah L Horswell
Jacek Lipkowski

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Abstract

Charge density measurements and polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy were employed to investigate the spreading of small unilamellar vesicles of a dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC)/cholesterol (7:3 molar ratio) mixture onto an Au (111) electrode surface. The electrochemical experiments demonstrated that vesicles fuse and spread onto the Au (111) electrode surface, forming a bilayer, at rational potentials -0.4 V < (E - Epzc) < 0.4 V or field strength <6 x 10(7) V m(-1). Polarization modulation infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy experiments provided information concerning the conformation and orientation of the acyl chains of DMPC molecules. Deuterated DMPC was used to subtract the contribution of C-H stretching bands of cholesterol and of the polar head region of DMPC from spectra in the C-H stretching region. The absorption spectra of the C-H stretch bands in the acyl chains were determined in this way. The properties of the DMPC/cholesterol bilayer have been compared with the properties of a pure DMPC bilayer. The presence of 30% cholesterol gives a thicker and more fluid bilayer characterized by a lower capacity and lower tilt angle of the acyl chains.

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CarbonCholesterolDimyristoylphosphatidylcholineElectrochemistryElectrodesGoldHydrogenLipid BilayersLipidsMembrane FluidityPeptidesPhosphatidylcholinesSpectrophotometrySpectrophotometry, InfraredSpectroscopy, Fourier Transform InfraredSurface PropertiesCarbonCholesterolDimyristoylphosphatidylcholineGoldHydrogenLipid BilayersLipidsPeptidesPhosphatidylcholines

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PMID15849259
PMCPMC1366559

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