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  • Title: Rapid transmembrane movement of phosphatidylcholine in small unilamellar lipid vesicles formed by detergent removal.
    Author: Kramer RM, Hasselbach HJ, Semenza G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1981 Apr 22; 643(1):233-42. PubMed ID: 7236690.
    Abstract:
    Small unilamellar phosphatidylcholine vesicles, formed by solubilizing phosphatidylcholine with sodium cholate and removing the detergent by gel filtration, have been studied in their interaction with phospholipid exchange protein. The exchange of phosphatidylcholine between the vesicles and erythrocyte ghosts was greatly stimulated by the phosphatidylcholine-specific exchange protein from bovine liver. It was found that 95% of the phosphatidylcholine was readily available for exchange within 3 h at 37 degrees C. In similar vesicles prepared by sonication only 70% of the phosphatidylcholine was rapidly exchangeable. Our results indicate that the transmembrane movement of phosphatidylcholine across the bilayer of vesicles prepared by the cholate technique is a relatively fast process. The results are discussed with respect to the presence of trace amounts of lipid-associated cholate which may facilitate the transbilayer exchange of phosphatidylcholine.
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