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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
10
pubmed:dateCreated
2008-9-22
pubmed:abstractText
In general, Fick's law of diffusion describes membrane permeation of hydrophobic or amphiphilic molecules. In contrast to this, Thomae et al. recently identified the volume ratio between barrier and aqueous compartments as important additional determinants of membrane permeability (Pm) [A.V. Thomae, T. Koch, C. Panse, H. Wunderli-Allenspach, and S.D. Kramer, Comparing the lipid membrane affinity and permeation of drug-like acids: the intriguing effects of cholesterol and charged lipids, Pharm. Res. 24 (2007) 1457-1472.]. This new theory was supported by the striking observation that low concentrations of cholesterol increased Pm of salicylic acid. As Fick's law is of fundamental importance to all membrane transport processes, we reinvestigated this phenomenon. We measured the electrophoretic mobility of vesicles and used electrochemical scanning microscopy to study the adsorption of the SA anion to lipid vesicular bilayers and SA transport through planar lipid bilayers, respectively. As predicted by Fick's law, Pm of SA decreased continuously with increasing cholesterol content. Thomae et al. made the contrasting artifactual observation because their kinetic approach lacked the required time resolution and led to an underestimation of Pm by five orders of magnitude. We conclude that there is nothing beyond Fick's law of diffusion. It is still valid.
pubmed:grant
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Oct
pubmed:issn
0006-3002
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
1778
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2154-6
pubmed:dateRevised
2011-7-25
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2008
pubmed:articleTitle
Cholesterol's decoupling effect on membrane partitioning and permeability revisited: is there anything beyond Fick's law of diffusion?
pubmed:affiliation
Institut für Biophysik, Johannes Kepler Universität, Linz, Austria.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't