Lateral diffusion of cholesterol and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine in a lipid bilayer measured by pulsed field gradient NMR spectroscopy

Title

Lateral diffusion of cholesterol and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine in a lipid bilayer measured by pulsed field gradient NMR spectroscopy

Creator

Oradd G; Lindblom G; Westerman P W

Publisher

Biophysical Journal

Date

2002
2002-11

Description

The pulsed field gradient NMR method for measuring self-diffusion has been used for a direct determination of the lateral diffusion coefficient of cholesterol, fluorine labeled at the 6-position, for an oriented lamellar liquid-crystalline phase of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC)/cholesterol/water. It is found that the diffusion coefficients of DMPC and cholesterol are equal over a large temperature interval. The apparent energy of activation for the diffusion process (58 kJ/mol) is about the same as for a lamellar phase of DMPC/water, whereas the phospholipid lateral diffusion coefficient is approximately four times smaller in the presence of cholesterol.

Subject

Biophysics; caveolae; insulin-receptor; membranes; nuclear magnetic-resonance

Format

Journal Article

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Pages

2702-2704

Issue

5

Volume

83

Citation

Oradd G; Lindblom G; Westerman P W, “Lateral diffusion of cholesterol and dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine in a lipid bilayer measured by pulsed field gradient NMR spectroscopy,” NEOMED Bibliography Database, accessed March 29, 2024, https://neomed.omeka.net/items/show/6688.