Investigation of Domain Formation in Sphingomyelin/Cholesterol/POPC Mixtures by Fluorescence Resonance Energy Transfer and Monte Carlo Simulations

From: Biophysical Journal | Date: April 1, 2007| Author: | Copyright information

ABSTRACT

We have recently proposed a phase diagram for mixtures of porcine brain sphingomyelin (BSM), cholesterol (Chol), and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-phosphatidylcholine (POPC) on the basis of kinetics of carboxyfluorescein efflux induced by the amphipathic peptide δ-lysin. Although that study indicated the existence of domains, phase separations in the micrometer scale have not been observed by fluorescence microscopy in BSM/Chol/POPC mixtures, though they have for some other sphingomyelins (SM). Here we examine the same BSM/Chol/POPC system by a combination of fluorescence resonance ...

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