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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
4
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-5-29
pubmed:abstractText
The thermodynamic behavior of representative short (UQ2), middle (UQ4 and UQ6) and long-chain (UQ10) ubiquinones (UQ) mixed with dipalmitoyl-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) was studied in monolayers at the air-water interface. The influence of isoprenoid chain-length of UQ on miscibility of both lipids was investigated by analysis of surface pressure-area isotherms and using fluorescence microscopy. Analysis of excess areas (A(ex)) and free energies of mixing (DeltaGm), calculated from compression isotherms in the full range of ubiquinones concentrations, has given evidences for UQ-rich constant-size (UQ6, UQ10) or less growth limited (UQ2, UQ4) microdomains formation within mixed films. Fluorescence microscopy observation revealed that ubiquinones are preferentially soluble in the expanded phase. When lateral pressure increased, concomitant evolutions of A(ex) and DeltaGm parameters, and composition dependence of collapse surface pressures, argue for an evolution towards a total segregation, never reached due to expulsion of ubiquinones from the film. The possible significance of these observations is discussed in relation to ubiquinones organization and similar chain length effects in membranes.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Apr
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1758
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
468-78
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Influence of the chain length of ubiquinones on their interaction with DPPC in mixed monolayers.
pubmed:affiliation
Paris Descartes University, Biomedical research center, Laboratoire de Neuro-Physique Cellulaire, 45 rue des Saints-Pères, 75270 Paris Cedex 06, France.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article