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Quantitative and Qualitative Method for Sphingomyelin by LC-MS Using Two Stable Isotopically Labeled Sphingomyelin Species
Published on: May 7, 2018
Investigating the impact of cholesterol on magnetically aligned sphingomyelin/cholesterol multilamellar vesicles
Alison L Costello1, Todd M Alam
1Department of Electronic and Nanostructured Materials, Sandia National Laboratories, Albuquerque, NM 87185-0886, United States.
Abstract:
The effect of cholesterol (5-40mol%) on the magnetic induced orientation of sphingomyelin/cholesterol multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) was examined using static solid state (31)P NMR spectroscopy. The orientation was modeled assuming an ellipsoidal deformation of the vesicles and was monitored as a function of cholesterol concentration and temperature. In addition, the static (31)P chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) was used to assess the motional and dynamical changes occurring in the bilayer are reported. An exploration of the factors determining the magnetic orientation in sphingomyelin/cholesterol bilayers from the gel (s(o)) to liquid crystalline (or liquid-ordered, l(o)) phases is presented and discussed.
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