Pressure-dependent adhesion between solid-supported PC-lipid bilayers and vesicles under electric fields
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| author | Zhang, Yu Jin, Di Klein, Jacob |
| author_facet | Zhang, Yu Jin, Di Klein, Jacob |
| contents | Fusion of lipid bilayers in membranes is important in processes from vesicle-cell interactions (as in drug delivery) to exosome-cell signaling, while transient transmembrane electric fields are known to occur spontaneously. Two contacting phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipid membranes are known to fuse into one under external electric fields, suggesting that the interaction between them is modified by the field as they approach, prior to the fusion event. Here we measure directly the adhesion energy between dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and between distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC) surface layers attached to solid substrates both without and with a transmembrane electric field. We find a marked pressure-dependent adhesion behavior in the electric field, which we attribute to fusion intermediates that are formed, shedding new light on membrane electro-fusion. |
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| spellingShingle | Pressure-dependent adhesion between solid-supported PC-lipid bilayers and vesicles under electric fields Zhang, Yu Jin, Di Klein, Jacob Soft Condensed Matter Materials Science Fusion of lipid bilayers in membranes is important in processes from vesicle-cell interactions (as in drug delivery) to exosome-cell signaling, while transient transmembrane electric fields are known to occur spontaneously. Two contacting phosphatidylcholine (PC) lipid membranes are known to fuse into one under external electric fields, suggesting that the interaction between them is modified by the field as they approach, prior to the fusion event. Here we measure directly the adhesion energy between dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and between distearoylphosphatidylcholine (DSPC) surface layers attached to solid substrates both without and with a transmembrane electric field. We find a marked pressure-dependent adhesion behavior in the electric field, which we attribute to fusion intermediates that are formed, shedding new light on membrane electro-fusion. |
| title | Pressure-dependent adhesion between solid-supported PC-lipid bilayers and vesicles under electric fields |
| topic | Soft Condensed Matter Materials Science |
| url | https://arxiv.org/abs/2404.05035 |