Abstract
Lipid oxidation does strongly influence the self-organization of plasma membranes; the detailed influence is not yet clear. In this work, phospholipid monolayers at the air/water interface were used as model membranes. Oxidation was induced by the reactive oxygen species formed in a H2O2-enriched solution. The reaction was found to be diffusion-limited; the concentration of the reactive oxygen species was about 50 nM. Isotherms were recorded for different phosphatidylcholines with saturated and unsaturated acyl chains. For unsaturated lipids, the isotherms showed a constant relative molecular area increase after oxidization, independent of the molecular area and dependent on the degree of peroxidation. Similarly, the compressibility modulus was unchanged, but shifted to larger molecular areas. The correlation between peroxidation and changes of the interaction forces between the lipid molecules is discussed.
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