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ArticleScientific reports2017

Spontaneous charged lipid transfer between lipid vesicles.

Joanna L Richens, Arwen I I Tyler, Hanna M G Barriga, Jonathan P Bramble, Robert V Law, Nicholas J Brooks, John M Seddon, Oscar Ces, Paul O'Shea

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Article in Scientific reports, 2017. 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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Joanna L RichensSchool of Life Sciences, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.
Arwen I I TylerFood Colloids and Processing Group, School of Food Science and Nutrition, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, United Kingdom.ORCID 0000-0003-2116-1084
Hanna M G BarrigaDepartment of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden.
Jonathan P BrambleFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada.ORCID 0000-0002-3664-3206
Robert V LawDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Nicholas J BrooksDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
John M SeddonDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Oscar CesDepartment of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London, SW7 2AZ, United Kingdom.
Paul O'SheaFaculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, V6T 1Z3, Canada. paul.oshea@ubc.ca.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An assay to study the spontaneous charged lipid transfer between lipid vesicles is described. A donor/acceptor vesicle system is employed, where neutrally charged acceptor vesicles are fluorescently labelled with the electrostatic membrane probe Fluoresceinphosphatidylethanolamine (FPE). Upon addition of charged donor vesicles, transfer of negatively charged lipid occurs, resulting in a fluorescently detectable change in the membrane potential of the acceptor vesicles. Using this approach we have studied the transfer properties of a range of lipids, varying both the headgroup and the chain length. At the low vesicle concentrations chosen, the transfer follows a first-order process where lipid monomers are transferred presumably through the aqueous solution phase from donor to acceptor vesicle. The rate of transfer decreases with increasing chain length which is consistent with energy models previously reported for lipid monomer vesicle interactions. Our assay improves on existing methods allowing the study of a range of unmodified lipids, continuous monitoring of transfer and simplified experimental procedures.

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PMCPMC5626757

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