title: Lipid-ethanol interaction studied by NMR on bicelles.
abstract: The interaction of ethanol with phospholipids was studied in bicelles at a physiologically relevant ethanol concentration of 20 mM and a lipid content of 14 wt % by high-resolution NMR. Transient association of ethanol with magnetically aligned bicelles imparts a small degree of anisotropy to the solute. This anisotropy allows detection of residual (1)H-(1)H and (1)H-(13)C dipolar couplings, which are superimposed on scalar couplings. Residual (2)H NMR quadrupole splittings of isotope-labeled ethanol were measured as well. The analysis of residual tensorial interactions yielded information on the orientation and motions of ethanol in the membrane-bound state. The fraction of phosphatidylcholine-bound ethanol was determined independently by gas chromatography and NMR. About 4% of ethanol is bound to phosphatidylcholine at a bicelle concentration of 14 wt % at 40 degrees C. Free and bound ethanol are in rapid exchange. The lifetime of ethanol association with phosphatidylcholine membranes is of the order of a few nanoseconds.
authors.affiliation: Structural Biology Institute, IBI-2, Research Center Jülich, D-52425 Jülich, Germany. b.koenig@fz-juelich.de
authors.forename: Bernd W
authors.initials: BW
authors.lastname: Koenig
authors.forename: Klaus
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Gawrisch
mesh_terms: D002627:Chemistry, Physical / Q000379:methods*; D002849:Chromatography, Gas; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry; D000431:Ethanol / Q000737:chemistry*; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids / Q000737:chemistry*; D009682:Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy; D008968:Molecular Conformation; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry; D010743:Phospholipids / Q000737:chemistry; D013997:Time Factors
chemical_list: D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D008055:Lipids; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D010743:Phospholipids; D000431:Ethanol; D004134:Dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine