Single Lipid Bilayers Constructed on Polymer Cushion Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy

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• 作者：Ting Wang ; Dawei Li ; Xiaolin Lu ; Alexander Khmaladze ; Xiaofeng Han ; Shuji Ye ; Pei Yang ; Gi Xue ; Nongyue He ; Zhan Chen
• 刊名：Journal of Physical Chemistry C
• 出版年：2011
• 出版时间：April 21, 2011
• 年：2011
• 卷：115
• 期：15
• 页码：7613-7620
• 全文大小：1045K
• 年卷期：v.115,no.15(April 21, 2011)
• ISSN：1932-7455

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Planar solid supported single lipid bilayers on mica, glass, or other inorganic surfaces have been widely used as models for cell membranes. To more closely mimic the cell membrane environment, soft hydrophilic polymer cushions were introduced between the hard inorganic substrate and the lipid bilayer to completely avoid the possible substrate鈭抣ipid interactions. In this Article, sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy was used to examine and compare single lipid bilayers assembled on the CaF₂ prism surface and on poly(L-lactic acid) (PLLA) cushion. By using asymmetric lipid bilayers composed of a hydrogenated 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphoglycerol (DPPG) leaflet and a deuterated 1,2-dipalmitoyl-(d62)-sn-glycerol-3-phosphoglycerol (d-DPPG) leaflet, it was shown that the DPPG lipid bilayers deposited on the CaF₂ and PLLA surfaces have similar structures. SFG has also been applied to investigate molecular interactions between an antimicrobial peptide Cecropin P₁ (CP1) and the lipid bilayers on the above two different surfaces. Similar results were again obtained. This research demonstrated that the hydrophilic PLLA cushion can serve as an excellent substrate to support single lipid bilayers. We believe that it can be an important cell membrane model for future studies on transmembrane proteins, for which the possible inorganic substrate鈭抌ilayer interactions may affect the protein structure or function.