scholarly journals Differential Scanning Calorimetry Studies of Phospholipid Membranes: The Interdigitated Gel Phase

Author(s):  
Eric A. ◽  
Phoebe K.
2014 ◽  
Vol 10 (12) ◽  
pp. 3155-3162 ◽  
Author(s):  
N. A. Kasian ◽  
V. A. Pashynska ◽  
O. V. Vashchenko ◽  
A. O. Krasnikova ◽  
A. Gömöry ◽  
...  

Qualitatively different membranotropic effects of the individual drugs and complexes formed in their combined use were demonstrated by differential scanning calorimetry.


Author(s):  
C S Velez-Saboyá ◽  
J R Guzmán-Sepúlveda ◽  
Jesus Carlos Ruiz-Suárez

Abstract Phase transitions of liposomes are normally studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). A suspension of liposomes is subjected to an increase (decrease) of temperature and when heat is absorbed (released), the liposomes transit from a gel (liquid) to a liquid (gel) phase. This endothermic (exothermic) process takes place at a temperature called the melting temperature Tm, which is distinctive of the type of lipids forming the vesicles. The vesicles, though, also modify their size in the transition. Indeed, the thickness of the membranes decreases (increases) because carbon tails misalign (align). Concomitant with the modifications in the membrane thickness, the diameter (D) of the liposomes changes too. Therefore, when they are inspected by light, the scattered signal carries information from such dilatation (contraction) process. We performed careful experiments using dynamic light scattering (DLS) as a function of temperature to detect the size changes of different liposomes. Gaussian fits of the derivatives of the D vs T curves coincide within 1% with thermograms, which hints to the possibility of performing thermodynamic studies of lipid systems employing light.


1990 ◽  
Vol 68 (1) ◽  
pp. 70-82 ◽  
Author(s):  
J. M. Boggs ◽  
D. Mulholland ◽  
K. M. Koshy

The phase behavior of mixtures of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) with semisynthetic species of cerebroside sulfate (CBS) containing palmitic acid (C16:0-CBS) or lignoceric acid (C24:0-CBS) in 0.1 M KCl was studied using differential scanning calorimetry. DPPC and C16:0-CBS were miscible in all proportions in the gel phase above 10 mol% CBS and in the liquid-crystalline phase. However, C24:0-CBS was less miscible with DPPC over a wide concentration range in the gel phase. At high CBS concentrations it was probably also not entirely miscible with DPPC in the liquid-crystalline phase. Small amounts of both species of CBS lowered the transition temperature and enthalpy of DPPC, suggesting that they are more soluble in the liquid-crystalline phase of DPPC than the gel phase. The transition temperature at higher CBS concentrations was also less than expected, especially after cycling through the phase transition in the case of C24:0-CBS, suggesting that mixing with DPPC inhibited the intermolecular hydrogen bonding interactions and dehydration of CBS. In C24:0-CBS–DPPC mixtures several populations were present over a wide compositional range, including two solid-solid solutions of fixed composition. At high C24:0-CBS concentrations some C24:0-CBS also phase separated out of the mixture. Structural considerations suggested that the C24:0-CBS which is mixed with DPPC must be interdigitated into the DPPC bilayer. Other populations that are present may have a different structural organization. A fatty acid spin label in these mixtures was a little less ordered than in either lipid by itself. The permeability of these lipids, as well as the two asymmetric species 1-stearoyl-2-caproyl phosphatidylcholine and 1-stearoyl-2-myristoyl phosphatidylcholine (18:10PC and 18:14PC), to a water-soluble spin label tempocholine chloride was also measured. The studies with 18:10PC and 18:14PC indicated that both triple-chain mixed interdigitated bilayers and double-chain partially interdigitated bilayers can trap water-soluble substances and have low permeability. Both species of CBS could also entrap the spin label and had low permeability at 4 °C. However, they rapidly lost the entrapped compound when they transformed into their stable dehydrated phases or into the liquid-crystalline phase. Mixing with DPPC prevented both of these losses. These studies supported the conclusion that a significant amount of the CBS was mixed with the DPPC and that this mixing prevented the dehydration changes which CBS undergoes by itself. They also suggested that the C24:0-CBS can pack with the DPPC in the liquid-crystalline phase in a regular way which must involve inter-digitation of the long C24:0 chain into the DPPC bilayer.Key words: sulfatide, phosphatidylcholine, phase diagram, differential scanning calorimetry, interdigitated bilayer.


2019 ◽  
Author(s):  
Andreas Boelke ◽  
Yulia A. Vlasenko ◽  
Mekhman S. Yusubov ◽  
Boris Nachtsheim ◽  
Pavel Postnikov

<p>The thermal stability of pseudocyclic and cyclic <i>N</i>-heterocycle-stabilized (hydroxy)aryl- and mesityl(aryl)-l<sup>3</sup>-iodanes (NHIs) through thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) is investigated. NHIs bearing <i>N</i>-heterocycles with a high N/C-ratio such as triazoles show among the lowest descomposition temperatures and the highest decomposition energies. A comparison of NHIs with known (pseudo)cyclic benziodoxolones is made and we further correlated their thermal stability with reactivity in a model oxygenation. </p>


Author(s):  
Hariyanti Hariyanti ◽  
Sophi Damayanti ◽  
Sasanti Tarini

Sinkonin praktis tidak larut dalam air, sedikit larut dalam kloroform dan alkohol. Hal ini berdampak pada rendahnya penetrasi transfollicular sinkonin, karena hanya bahan aktif hidrofilik yang mampu melewati hair follicle. Dengan demikian dibutuhkan satu sistem penghantaran yang mampu menurunkan hidrofobisitas sinkonin untuk meningkatkan penetrasi sinkonin ke follicle. Niosom merupakan vesikel ampifilik dengan struktur lapisan rangkap yang terbentuk dari hidrasi kombinasi surfaktan nonionik dan kolesterol yang mampu menurunkan hidrofobisitas sinkonin. Penelitian ini bertujuan untuk menentukan proses pembuatan niosom sinkonin yang optimum. Pembuatan niosom sinkonin diawali dengan menentukan temperatur gelasi (Tg) dari span 60 dengan Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), kemudian dilanjutkan dengan optimasi proses meliputi: optimasi kecepatan rotavapor pembentukan film lapis tipis, temperatur hidrasi, kecepatan rotavapor hidrasi, waktu hidrasi, dan waktu sonikasi. Karakteristik vesikel niosom yang optimal meliputi: ukuran partikel dan indeks polidispersitas dengan menggunakan Particle Size Analized (PSA) serta efisiensi penjeratan sinkonin dengan menggunakan KCKT. Temperatur gelasi (Tg) span 60 45±2 oC, kecepatan rotavapor pembentukan film lapis tipis niosom 210 rpm, temperatur hidrasi 55±2 oC, kecepatan rotavapor hidrasi 210 rpm, waktu hidrasi 20 menit, waktu sonikasi suspensi niosom 1 menit. Ukuran vesikel yang diperoleh adalah 100–200 nm, indeks polidispersitas 0,2–0,4 dan efisiensi penjeratan niosom sinkonin 84,49±0,0025%. Proses pembuatan niosom sinkonin memiliki pengaruh besar terhadap hasil ukuran vesikel dan efisiensi penjeratan niosom sinkonin.


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