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Calorimetric and spin-label ESR studies of PEG:2000-DPPE containing DPPC/lyso-PPC mixtures

Calorimetric and spin-label ESR studies of PEG:2000-DPPE containing DPPC/lyso-PPC mixtures The thermotropic behavior of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) multibilayers containing up to 10 mol% of lyso-palmitoylphosphatidylcholine (lyso-PPC) with and without low content of poly(ethylene glycol:2000)-grafted dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (PEG:2000-DPPE) has been studied by high sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and electron spin resonance (ESR) using the spin probe di-tert-butyl-nitroxide (DTBN). The three lipids, dispersed in buffer at appropriate concentrations, form thermosensitive liposomes used as site-specific drug-delivery systems. Without polymer–lipids, the DPPC main transition temperature is downshifted of 1.2–1.3 °C at the highest lyso-PPC content. The molar enthalpy and the cooperative unit of the DPPC main transition first decrease rapidly, then more slowly and finally slightly increase with lyso-PPC content. Moreover, in the mixed dispersions, the membrane fluidity increases at any temperature. The addition up to 5 mol% of PEG:2000-DPPE to DPPC/10 mol% lyso-PPC mixtures does not affect neither the thermotropic phase behavior nor the transition cooperativity and the fluidity of the dispersions. http://www.deepdyve.com/assets/images/DeepDyve-Logo-lg.png Colloid Polymer Science Springer Journals

Calorimetric and spin-label ESR studies of PEG:2000-DPPE containing DPPC/lyso-PPC mixtures

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Publisher
Springer Journals
Copyright
Copyright © 2007 by Springer-Verlag
Subject
Chemistry; Polymer Sciences; Soft and Granular Matter, Complex Fluids and Microfluidics; Characterization and Evaluation of Materials; Physical Chemistry; Food Science; Nanotechnology and Microengineering
ISSN
0303-402X
eISSN
1435-1536
DOI
10.1007/s00396-006-1607-3
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Abstract

The thermotropic behavior of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) multibilayers containing up to 10 mol% of lyso-palmitoylphosphatidylcholine (lyso-PPC) with and without low content of poly(ethylene glycol:2000)-grafted dipalmitoylphosphatidylethanolamine (PEG:2000-DPPE) has been studied by high sensitivity differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and electron spin resonance (ESR) using the spin probe di-tert-butyl-nitroxide (DTBN). The three lipids, dispersed in buffer at appropriate concentrations, form thermosensitive liposomes used as site-specific drug-delivery systems. Without polymer–lipids, the DPPC main transition temperature is downshifted of 1.2–1.3 °C at the highest lyso-PPC content. The molar enthalpy and the cooperative unit of the DPPC main transition first decrease rapidly, then more slowly and finally slightly increase with lyso-PPC content. Moreover, in the mixed dispersions, the membrane fluidity increases at any temperature. The addition up to 5 mol% of PEG:2000-DPPE to DPPC/10 mol% lyso-PPC mixtures does not affect neither the thermotropic phase behavior nor the transition cooperativity and the fluidity of the dispersions.

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Colloid Polymer ScienceSpringer Journals

Published: Jan 20, 2007

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