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  • Title: Ca2+-induced phase separation in phosphatidylserine, phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine mixed membranes.
    Author: Tokutomi S, Lew R, Ohnishi S.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1981 May 06; 643(2):276-82. PubMed ID: 6261813.
    Abstract:
    Ca2+-induced phase separation in phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylethanolamine/phosphatidylcholine model membranes was studied using spin-labeled phosphatidylethanolamine and phosphatidylcholine and compared with that in phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine model membranes studied previously. The phosphatidylethanolamine-containing membranes behaved in qualitatively the same way as did phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine model membranes. There were some quantitative differences between them. The degree of phase separation was higher in the phosphatidylethanolamine-containing membranes. For example, the degree of phase separation in phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylethanolamine membranes containing various mole fractions of phosphatidylserine was 94--100% at 23 degrees C and 84--88% at 40 degrees C, while the corresponding value for phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine membranes was 74--85% at 23 degrees C and 61--79% at 40 degrees C. Ca2+ concentration required for the phase separation was lower for phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylethanolamine than that for phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine membranes; concentration to cause a half-maximal phase separation was 1.4 . 10(-7) M for phosphatidylserine-phosphatidylethanolamine and 1.2 . 10(-6) M for phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine membranes. The phase diagram of phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylethanolamine membranes in the presence of Ca2+ was also qualitatively the same as that of phosphatidylserine/phosphatidylcholine except for the different phase transition temperatures of phosphatidylethanolamine (17 degrees C) and phosphatidylcholine (-15 degrees C). These differences were explained in terms of a greater tendency for phosphatidylethanolamine, compared to phosphatidylcholine, to form its own fluid phase separated from the Ca2+-chelated solid-phase phosphatidylserine domain.
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