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Macroion-induced compositional instability of binary fluid membranes.

Sylvio May1, Daniel Harries, Avinoam Ben-Shaul

  • 1Institut für Molekularbiologie, Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena, Winzerlaer Strasse 10, Jena 07745, Germany.

Physical Review Letters
|December 18, 2002
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Macroion adsorption destabilizes lipid membranes by altering lipid composition, leading to attraction between macroions and membrane phase separation. This effect is more pronounced with larger, more charged macroions.

Area of Science:

  • Biophysics
  • Physical Chemistry
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Lipid membranes are fluid structures crucial for cellular processes.
  • Macroions, or large charged molecules, interact with biological membranes.
  • Understanding these interactions is key to comprehending membrane behavior and stability.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To investigate the effects of macroion adsorption on mixed, fluid lipid membranes.
  • To model the free energy changes and resulting phenomena in macroion-dressed membranes.
  • To determine how lipid nonideality influences macroion-membrane interactions and membrane stability.

Main Methods:

  • Theoretical modeling of macroion-lipid membrane interactions.
  • Derivation of the spinodal equation for the composite membrane.

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  • Analysis of the free energy incorporating local lipid composition changes.

    • Main Results:

    • Macroion adsorption induces local lipid composition changes and gradients.
    • Nonideal lipid mixing promotes macroion attraction and lateral phase separation.
    • The critical nonideality for membrane destabilization is reduced by macroion adsorption, decreasing with macroion size and charge.

    Conclusions:

    • Macroion adsorption significantly destabilizes lipid membranes.
    • Lipid-mediated interactions can lead to attraction between adsorbed macroions.
    • The findings provide insights into the physical chemistry of charged molecule-membrane interactions.