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  • Title: Transbilayer distribution and movement of lysophosphatidylcholine in liposomal membranes.
    Author: van den Besselaar AM, van den Bosch H, van Deenen LL.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 1977 Mar 17; 465(3):454-65. PubMed ID: 836837.
    Abstract:
    Single bilayer vesicles were prepared by sonication of 5 mol% 1-palmitoyl lysophosphatidylcholine and 95 mol% egg phosphatidylcholine. Incubation with lysophospholipase results in a fast hydrolysis of 80-90% of lysophosphatidylcholine. The remaining lysophosphatidylcholine is only very slowly hydrolysed. There results are interpreted as lysophosphatidylcholine being asymmetrically distributed over the two halves of the bilayer. The slow phase of lysophosphatidylcholine hydrolysis sets an upper limit to the rate of transbilayer movement of lysophosphatidylcholine. The half time of this process at 37 degrees C is estimated to be about 100 h. Incorporation of cholesterol in the vesicles reduces the distributional asymmetry of lysophosphatidylcholine to the extent of an outside-inside ratio of 60 : 40 [14C]Lysophosphatidylcholine introduced into the outer monolayer of such vesicles by intervesicular transfer of lysophosphatidylcholine remains virtually completely available for hydrolysis by lysophospholipases, corroborating the interpretation that transbilayer movement of lysophosphatidylcholine in these vesicles is an extremely slow process. In handshaken liposomes consisting of 5 mol% 1-palmitoyl lysophosphatidylcholine and 95 mol% egg phosphatidylcholine 15-20% of lysophosphatidylcholine is readily available for exogenous lysophospholipase. This pool may represent lysophosphatidylcholine in the outer monolayer of the liposomes.
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