A calorimetric study of binary mixtures of 1-octadecanoyl-2-decanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine and dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine

Arch Biochem Biophys. 1995 Jun 1;319(2):408-12. doi: 10.1006/abbi.1995.1311.

Abstract

Model membranes composed of 1-octadecanoyl-2-decanoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphoethanolamine and dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine have been studied calorimetrically. 1-Octadecanoyl-2-decanoyl-sn-glycero-3- phosphoethanolamine is a highly asymmetric mixed-chain lipid, whereas dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine is an identical-chain lipid with the same molecular weight. Calorimetric results indicate that these two lipids with a common molecular weight are completely miscible in the two-dimensional plane of the lipid bilayer in the liquid-crystalline state and that they are only partially miscible in the gel-state bilayer. Specifically, binary mixtures of these two lipids form eutectic phase diagrams at pH 7.4 and 10.0.

Publication types

  • Research Support, U.S. Gov't, P.H.S.

MeSH terms

  • Calorimetry, Differential Scanning
  • Ethanolamines / chemistry*
  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Phosphatidylethanolamines / chemistry*

Substances

  • 1-octadecanoyl-2-decanoyl-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine
  • Ethanolamines
  • Lipid Bilayers
  • Phosphatidylethanolamines
  • phosphorylethanolamine
  • 1,2-dimyristoylphosphatidylethanolamine