Abstract
The influence of temperature and ionic strength on the vesiculation properties of large multilamellar vesicles containing various proportions of dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol has been investigated. It is shown that at low ionic strengths preformed large multilamellar vesicles composed of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol (7:3) on incubation at the gel to liquid-crystalline transition temperature (Tc approximately 23 degrees C) spontaneously vesiculate to form predominantly unilamellar systems with a mean diameter of 120 nm. Such vesiculation is not observed for incubations at temperatures appreciably above or below Tc, and is also inhibited by higher ionic strengths. Stable large multilamellar vesicles are formed, however, in systems containing the dioleoyl species of phosphatidylcholine or phosphatidylglycerol and also for dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/dimyristoylphosphatidylserine mixtures. The vesiculation properties of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine/dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol mixtures, therefore, appear to reflect an instability in the region of the Tc driven by surface potential effects which are specific for the glycerol headgroup.
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