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  • Title: Bilayer thickness in unilamellar extruded 1,2-dimyristoleoyl and 1,2-dierucoyl phosphatidylcholine vesicles: SANS contrast variation study of cholesterol effect.
    Author: Gallová J, Uhríková D, Hanulová M, Teixeira J, Balgavý P.
    Journal: Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces; 2004 Oct 10; 38(1-2):11-4. PubMed ID: 15465298.
    Abstract:
    Small-angle neutron scattering on extruded unilamellar vesicles in water was used to study bilayer thickness when cholesterol (CHOL) was added at 44.4 mol% to 1,2-dimyristoleoylphosphatidylcholine (diC14:1PC) and 1,2-dierucoylphosphatidylcholine (diC22:1PC) bilayers. Using the (1)H(2)O/(2)H(2)O contrast variation and the small-angle form of Kratky-Porod approximation, the bilayer gyration radii at infinite contrast R(g,infinity) and the bilayer thickness parameters d(g,infinity) = 12(0.5)R(g,infinity) were obtained at 30 degrees C. Addition of cholesterol to diC14:1PC increased the d(g,infinity) from 3.72 +/- 0.02 to 4.26 +/- 0.01 nm, while in the diC22:1PC bilayers the d(g,infinity) change observed was within the experimental error: +0.23 +/- 0.23 nm.
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