Department of Physics, Bangladesh University of Engineering and Technology, Dhaka, 1000, Bangladesh.
Department of Arts and Sciences, Ahsanullah University of Science and Technology, Dhaka, 1208, Bangladesh.
Eur Biophys J. 2022 Jul;51(4-5):401-412. doi: 10.1007/s00249-022-01607-y. Epub 2022 Jun 18.
We investigated the effects of sugar concentration on the electroporation, size distribution and average size of giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs). GUVs were prepared from 40 mol% of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (DOPG) and 60 mol% of 1, 2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) lipids. Pulsed electric field was applied to the 40%DOPG/60%DOPC-GUVs and it induced lateral electric tension (σ) in the membranes of vesicles. The σ-induced probability of rupture (P) and the rate constant of rupture (k) of GUVs under the sugar concentration, c = 40, 100 and 300 mM, were determined. Both the P and k increased with the increase of σ, but higher tension was required to generate the same values of P and k with increasing c. We also investigated average sizes of GUVs from the size distribution of vesicles under various sugar concentrations. With the increase of c, the peak of the size distribution histograms shifted to the region of smaller vesicles. The average size decreased 1.6-fold when c increased from 10 to 300 mM. These investigations help to understand various biomedical, biophysical, and biochemical processes in vesicles and cells. Electroporation, size distribution and average size of charged GUVs were investigated under various sugar concentrations. The sugar concentration influences the electroporation of vesicles and the average size of GUVs.
我们研究了糖浓度对电穿孔、大小分布和巨大单层囊泡(GUV)平均大小的影响。GUV 由 40 mol% 1,2-二油酰基-sn-甘油-3-磷酸-(1'-rac-甘油)(DOPG)和 60 mol% 1,2-二油酰基-sn-甘油-3-磷酸胆碱(DOPC)脂质组成。脉冲电场施加到 40%DOPG/60%DOPC-GUV 上,在囊泡的膜中诱导横向电场张力(σ)。在糖浓度 c=40、100 和 300 mM 下,确定了σ诱导的破裂概率(P)和 GUV 破裂的速率常数(k)。P 和 k 随着 σ 的增加而增加,但随着 c 的增加,需要更高的张力才能产生相同的 P 和 k 值。我们还研究了在不同糖浓度下,从囊泡大小分布中得出的 GUV 的平均大小。随着 c 的增加,大小分布直方图的峰值向较小囊泡的区域移动。当 c 从 10 增加到 300 mM 时,平均大小减小了 1.6 倍。这些研究有助于理解囊泡和细胞中各种生物医学、生物物理和生化过程。在各种糖浓度下研究了带电荷的 GUV 的电穿孔、大小分布和平均大小。糖浓度影响囊泡的电穿孔和 GUV 的平均大小。