Biomaterial Database

What happens to negatively charged lipid vesicles upon interacting with polycation species? 2002

V A Kabanov, and A A Yaroslavov

Polymer Department, School of Chemistry, M.V. Lomonosov Moscow State University, Leninskie Gory, 119899, Moscow, Russia. kabanov@libro.genebee.msu.su

Complexation of synthetic polycations with negative lipid vesicles as cell-mimetic species was studied. It was found that such interaction could be accompanied by lateral lipid segregation, highly accelerated transmembrane migration of lipid molecules (polycation-induced flip-flop), incorporation of adsorbed polycations into vesicular membrane as well as aggregation and disruption of vesicles. A polycation adsorbed on the surface of liquid vesicles due to electrostatic attraction could be completely removed from the membrane by increase in simple salt concentration or by recomplexation with polyanions. In contrast, adsorption of a polycation carrying pendant hydrophobic groups was irreversible apparently due to incorporation of these groups into the hydrophobic part of the vesicular membrane. The above mentioned phenomena were examined depending on the polycation structure, fraction of charged lipids in the membrane, vesicle phase state and ionic strength of solution.

UI	MeSH Term	Description	Entries
D008055	Lipids	A generic term for fats and lipoids, the alcohol-ether-soluble constituents of protoplasm, which are insoluble in water. They comprise the fats, fatty oils, essential oils, waxes, phospholipids, glycolipids, sulfolipids, aminolipids, chromolipids (lipochromes), and fatty acids. (Grant & Hackh's Chemical Dictionary, 5th ed)	Lipid
D011073	Polyamines	Amine compounds that consist of carbon chains or rings containing two or more primary amino groups.	Polyamine
D002308	Cardiolipins	Acidic phospholipids composed of two molecules of phosphatidic acid covalently linked to a molecule of glycerol. They occur primarily in mitochondrial inner membranes and in bacterial plasma membranes. They are the main antigenic components of the Wassermann-type antigen that is used in nontreponemal SYPHILIS SERODIAGNOSIS.	Cardiolipin,Diphosphatidylglycerol,Diphosphatidylglycerols
D005453	Fluorescence	The property of emitting radiation while being irradiated. The radiation emitted is usually of longer wavelength than that incident or absorbed, e.g., a substance can be irradiated with invisible radiation and emit visible light. X-ray fluorescence is used in diagnosis.
D000071228	Polyelectrolytes	Naturally occurring or artificially made water-soluble POLYMERS whose repeating units are ionizable. Polyelectrolytes demonstrate attributes that are typical of salts, such as electrical conductivity, and typical of polymers, such as viscosity.	Conjugated Polyelectrolyte,Polyelectrolyte,Conjugated Polyelectrolytes,Polyelectrolyte, Conjugated,Polyelectrolytes, Conjugated
D000327	Adsorption	The adhesion of gases, liquids, or dissolved solids onto a surface. It includes adsorptive phenomena of bacteria and viruses onto surfaces as well. ABSORPTION into the substance may follow but not necessarily.	Adsorptions
D015060	1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine	Synthetic phospholipid used in liposomes and lipid bilayers to study biological membranes. It is also a major constituent of PULMONARY SURFACTANTS.	Dipalmitoyllecithin,1,2-Dihexadecyl-sn-Glycerophosphocholine,1,2-Dipalmitoyl-Glycerophosphocholine,Dipalmitoyl Phosphatidylcholine,Dipalmitoylglycerophosphocholine,Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine,1,2 Dihexadecyl sn Glycerophosphocholine,1,2 Dipalmitoyl Glycerophosphocholine,1,2 Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine,Phosphatidylcholine, Dipalmitoyl