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The effect of the length of the side chain of sterols on their interaction with phosphatidylcholine was studied by measuring the permeability properties of liposomes constituted with sterol analogues with side chains of various lengths. The sensitivities of liposomes constituted with these sterol analogues toward digitonin and polyene antibiotics were also examined. The effects of sterols on phase transition of phosphatidylcholine were examined by measuring their effects on permeability increase due to perturbation of phase equilibrium and by differential scanning calorimetry. An analogue with a short side chain, isopropyl (C-22), had a very similar effect to cholesterol in suppressing the permeability increase, suggesting that the full length of the side chain is not necessary for this effect. The permeability of egg yolk phosphatidylcholine at 42 degrees C was suppressed as much by the analogue C-22 as by cholesterol. Androstene-3-beta-ol, an analogue without a side chain, however, had little suppressive effect. Thus it is concluded that the condensing effect of sterol requires a side chain, but not the full length of side chain. Liposomes constituted with analogues having a side chain with more than 5 carbon atoms showed maximum reactivity with a polyene antibiotic, amphotericin B, whereas those constituted with analogues having a side chain with less than 4 carbon atoms showed weaker reactivity. These findings indicate that a side chain with more than 5 carbon atoms is essential for the maximum interaction of liposomes with amphotericin B. Unlike amphotericin B, filipin reacted almost equally well with liposomes containing C-22 and with those containing cholesterol. Thus the chain length of the side chain of sterol is less important for interaction of liposomes with filipin than for their interaction with amphotericin B. Liposomes containing analogues having a side chain with more than 6 carbon atoms showed maximum reactivity with digitonin. Thus for the maximum interaction of liposomes with digitonin, the side chain of sterol should be longer than 6 carbon atoms.
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