Modulation of the molecular arrangement in artificial and biological membranes by phospholipid-shelled microbubbles
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Type
Journal Article
Abstract
The transfer of material from phospholipid-coated microbubbles to cell membranes has been hypothesized to play a role in ultrasound-mediated drug delivery. In this study, we employed quantitative fluorescence microscopy techniques to investigate this phenomenon in both artificial and biological membrane bilayers in an acoustofluidic system. The results of the present study provide strong evidence for the transfer of material from microbubble coatings into cell membranes. Our results indicate that transfer of phospholipids alters the organization of molecules in cell membranes, specifically the lipid ordering or packing, which is known to be a key determinant of membrane mechanical properties, protein dynamics, and permeability. We further show that polyethylene-glycol, used in many clinical microbubble formulations, also has a major impact on both membrane lipid ordering and the extent of lipid transfer, and that this occurs even in the absence of ultrasound exposure.
Date Issued
2016-10-24
Date Acceptance
2016-10-23
Citation
Biomaterials, 2016, 113, pp.105-117
ISSN
1878-5905
Publisher
Elsevier
Start Page
105
End Page
117
Journal / Book Title
Biomaterials
Volume
113
Copyright Statement
© 2016 The Authors. Published by Elsevier Ltd. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Sponsor
Engineering & Physical Science Research Council (EPSRC)
Identifier
http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/27814482
PII: S0142-9612(16)30585-3
Grant Number
EP/I003983/1
Subjects
Lipid order
Membrane bilayers
Microbubbles
Ultrasound
Biomedical Engineering
MD Multidisciplinary
Publication Status
Published
Coverage Spatial
Netherlands