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1581505

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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
1992-6-18
pubmed:abstractText
A theoretical analysis is presented of the formation of membrane tethers from micropipette-aspirated phospholipid vesicles. In particular, it is taken into account that the phospholipid membrane is composed of two layers which are in contact but unconnected. The elastic energy of the bilayer is taken to be the sum of contributions from area expansivity, relative expansivity of the two monolayers, and bending. The vesicle is aspirated into a pipette and a constant point force is applied at the opposite side in the direction away from the pipette. The shape of the vesicle in approximated as a cylindrical projection into the pipette with a hemispherical cap, a spherical section, and a cylindrical tether with a hemispherical cap. The dimensions of the different regions of the vesicle are obtained by minimizing its elastic energy subject to the condition that the volume of the vesicle is fixed. The range of values for the parameters of the system is determined at which the existence of a tether is possible. Stability analysis is performed showing which of these configurations are stable. The importance of the relative expansion and compression of the constituent monolayers is established by recognizing that local bending energy by itself does not stabilize the vesicle geometry, and that in the limit as the relative expansivity modulus becomes infinitely large, a tether cannot be formed. Predictions are made for the functional relationships among experimentally observable quantities. In a companion report, the results of this analysis are applied to experimental measurements of tether formation, and used to calculate values for the membrane material coefficients.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3495
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
61
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
963-73
pubmed:dateRevised
2009-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
1992
pubmed:articleTitle
Role of lamellar membrane structure in tether formation from bilayer vesicles.
pubmed:affiliation
Institute of Biophysics, Medical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, Slovenia.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S., Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't