title: Effects of poly(L-lysine) on the structural and thermotropic properties of dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol bilayers.
abstract: The effects of poly(L-lysine) on the structural and thermotropic properties of dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) bilayers were studied with differential scanning calorimetry (DSC), X-ray diffraction and freeze-fracture electron microscopy. For thermal behavior, in the DPPG/poly(L-lysine) system the main transition temperature rises to 45.7 degrees C and the pretransition disappears in opposition to pure DPPG vesicles. An additional transition appears approximately at 36 degrees C for the DPPG/poly(L-lysine) system after incubation at 4 degrees C for two months. The incubated sample gives a X-ray diffraction pattern having several additional reflections in the range of 0.2-0.9 nm at 15 degrees C. These results suggest that even in the presence of poly(L-lysine) the DPPG bilayers form the subgel (Lc) phase after the long incubation at a low temperature. The X-ray diffraction measurements indicate that the structure of the Lc phase for DPPG/poly(L-lysine) system is different from that of pure DPPG bilayers. On the other hand, in the gel (L beta') phase, the wide-angle X-ray diffraction pattern suggests that the presence of poly(L-lysine) hardly affects the packing of hydrocarbon chains in the DPPG bilayers. The small-angle X-ray diffraction and freeze-fracture electron microscopy exhibit that the DPPG/poly(L-lysine) system forms a tightly packed multilamellar structure in which the poly(L-lysine) is intercalated between the subsequent DPPG bilayers.
authors.affiliation: Department of Applied Physics, School of Engineering, Nagoya University, Japan.
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Takahashi
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Matuoka
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Kato
authors.forename: K
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Ohki
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Hatta
mesh_terms: D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D005614:Freeze Fracturing; D008051:Lipid Bilayers / Q000737:chemistry*; D008854:Microscopy, Electron; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000737:chemistry*; D011107:Polylysine / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D011107:Polylysine; C030345:1,2-dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol