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ArticleCommunications chemistry2024

Manipulation of encapsulated artificial phospholipid membranes using sub-micellar lysolipid concentrations.

Pantelitsa Dimitriou, Jin Li, William David Jamieson, Johannes Josef Schneider, Oliver Kieran Castell, David Anthony Barrow

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Article in Communications chemistry, 2024. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Not yet cited in PubMed.

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6 authors.

Pantelitsa DimitriouSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK. dimitrioup@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-4769-4700
Jin LiSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK. lij40@cardiff.ac.uk.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-4672-6806
William David JamiesonSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, Kind Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0001-8260-5211
Johannes Josef SchneiderInstitute of Applied Mathematics and Physics, School of Engineering, Zurich University of Applied Sciences, Technikumstr. 9, 8401, Winterthur, Switzerland.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6921-9049
Oliver Kieran CastellSchool of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Biomedical and Life Sciences, Cardiff University, Redwood Building, Kind Edward VII Avenue, Cardiff, CF10 3NB, UK.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0002-6059-8062
David Anthony BarrowSchool of Engineering, Cardiff University, Queen's Buildings, Cardiff, CF24 3AA, UK.

Funding

EC | Horizon 2020 Framework Programme (EU Framework Programme for Research and Innovation H2020) 824060
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Droplet Interface Bilayers (DIBs) constitute a commonly used model of artificial membranes for synthetic biology research applications. However, their practical use is often limited by their requirement to be surrounded by oil. Here we demonstrate in-situ bilayer manipulation of submillimeter, hydrogel-encapsulated droplet interface bilayers (eDIBs). Monolithic, Cyclic Olefin Copolymer/Nylon 3D-printed microfluidic devices facilitated the eDIB formation through high-order emulsification. By exposing the eDIB capsules to varying lysophosphatidylcholine (LPC) concentrations, we investigated the interaction of lysolipids with three-dimensional DIB networks. Micellar LPC concentrations triggered the bursting of encapsulated droplet networks, while at lower concentrations the droplet network endured structural changes, precisely affecting the membrane dimensions. This chemically-mediated manipulation of enclosed, 3D-orchestrated membrane mimics, facilitates the exploration of readily accessible compartmentalized artificial cellular machinery. Collectively, the droplet-based construct can pose as a chemically responsive soft material for studying membrane mechanics, and drug delivery, by controlling the cargo release from artificial cell chassis.

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PMCPMC11144220

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