title: Permeability of iodide in multilamellar liposomes modeled by two compartments and a reservoir.
abstract: A previously published rate law for the diffusion of iodide from multilamellar egg phosphatidylcholine liposomes (Schullery, S.E. (1975) Chem. Phys. Lipids 14, 49-58) is fitted to the relatively simple mathematical model of two compartments in series with a reservoir. All of the inner liposome compartments are assumed to behave as effectively one compartment in series with the liposome's outermost compartment. Based on this model, reasonable values are calculated for the fraction of the total solution trapped by liposomes which is in the outermost liposome compartment, 17%, and the permeability coefficient of iodide against isotonic, mixed iodide-chloride solution, 2-10(-9) cm/s.
mesh_terms: D004058:Diffusion; D007454:Iodides; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D008081:Liposomes; D008956:Models, Chemical; D010539:Permeability
chemical_list: D007454:Iodides; D007552:Isotonic Solutions; D008081:Liposomes