Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron, UPR022, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
Université de Strasbourg, CNRS, Institut Charles Sadron, UPR022, Strasbourg Cedex, France.
Biophys J. 2018 May 8;114(9):2165-2173. doi: 10.1016/j.bpj.2018.04.003.
The properties of lipid bilayers in sucrose solutions have been intensely scrutinized over recent decades because of the importance of sugars in the field of biopreservation. However, a consensus has not yet been formed on the mechanisms of sugar-lipid interaction. Here, we present a study on the effect of sucrose on 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayers that combines calorimetry, spectral fluorimetry, and optical microscopy. Intriguingly, our results show a significant decrease in the transition enthalpy but only a minor shift in the transition temperature. Our observations can be quantitatively accounted for by a thermodynamic model that assumes partial delayed melting induced by sucrose adsorption at the membrane interface.
近年来,由于糖在生物保存领域的重要性,蔗糖溶液中脂质双层的性质受到了广泛关注。然而,关于糖-脂质相互作用的机制尚未达成共识。在这里,我们结合量热法、荧光光谱法和光学显微镜研究了蔗糖对 1,2-二月桂酰基-sn-甘油-3-磷酸胆碱双层的影响。有趣的是,我们的结果表明,相变焓显著降低,而相变温度仅略有移动。我们的观察结果可以通过一个热力学模型来定量解释,该模型假设蔗糖在膜界面的吸附导致部分延迟熔化。