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ArticleBiochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes2026

Nanodomain formation in lipid bilayers II: The influence of mixed-chain saturated lipids.

Deeksha Mehta, Emily H Chaisson, Averi M Cooper, Maryam Ahmed, M Neal Waxham, Frederick A Heberle

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Article in Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes, 2026. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 4 papers.

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Deeksha MehtaDepartment of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA.
Emily H ChaissonDepartment of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA.
Averi M CooperDepartment of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA.
Maryam AhmedDepartment of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA.
M Neal WaxhamDepartment of Neurobiology and Anatomy, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX, 77030, USA.
Frederick A HeberleDepartment of Chemistry, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37916, USA; Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden. Electronic address: fheberle@utk.edu.

Funding

Coupling of lateral and transverse organization in complex biomembranesR01GM138887 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE KNOXVILLE · PI HEBERLE, FREDERICK A, WAXHAM, M. NEAL · 2020 to 2023
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NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM138887
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

An important class of lipids found in biological membranes is composed of two structurally different hydrocarbon chains. Among these, low-melting lipids possessing both a saturated and unsaturated chain have been intensely studied because of their biological abundance and influence on lipid rafts. In contrast, much less is known about the biophysical effects of mixed chains in high-melting lipids. Here, we investigated two such lipids-MSPC (14:0-18:0 PC) and SMPC (18:0-14:0 PC)-to determine how chain length mismatch and acyl chain position on the glycerol backbone influence lateral organization. We studied the temperature- and composition-dependent phase behavior of liposomes composed of either mixed-chain or symmetric-chain high-melting lipids plus DOPC and cholesterol, using techniques sensitive to domain formation at both microscopic and nanoscopic length scales. All studied mixtures exhibited liquid-ordered (Lo) + liquid-disordered (Ld) phase coexistence with domains that were visible in confocal microscopy experiments. FRET measurements showed that all mixtures also exhibited nanoscopic heterogeneity at temperatures above the microscopic miscibility transition temperature, and cryo-EM imaging further revealed bilayer thickness variation consistent with coexisting Ld and Lo phases. Both the microscopic miscibility transition temperature, μm-T

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Lipid BilayersLipidsMembrane MicrodomainsCholesterolFluorescence Resonance Energy TransferLiposomesPhase SeparationPhase TransitionPhosphatidylcholinesTemperature1,2-oleoylphosphatidylcholineCholesterolLipid BilayersLipidsLiposomesPhosphatidylcholinesChain length mismatchCryo-EMLipid raftLiquid-disorderedLiquid-ordered

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PMID41605330
PMCPMC13212039

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