Lipid domain formation and ligand-receptor distribution in lipid bilayer membranes investigated by atomic force microscopy
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Lipid domain formation and ligand-receptor distribution in lipid bilayer membranes investigated by atomic force microscopy. / Kaasgaard, Thomas; Mouritsen, Ole G.; Jorgensen, Kent.
In: FEBS Letters, Vol. 515, No. 1-3, 27.03.2002, p. 29-34.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Lipid domain formation and ligand-receptor distribution in lipid bilayer membranes investigated by atomic force microscopy
AU - Kaasgaard, Thomas
AU - Mouritsen, Ole G.
AU - Jorgensen, Kent
PY - 2002/3/27
Y1 - 2002/3/27
N2 - A novel experimental technique, based on atomic force microscopy (AFM), is proposed to visualize the lateral organization of membrane systems in the nanometer range. The technique involves the use of a ligand-receptor pair, biotin-avidin, which introduces a height variation on a solid-supported lipid bilayer membrane. This leads to a height amplification of the lateral membrane organization that is large enough to be clearly imaged by scanning AFM. The power of the technique is demonstrated for a binary dipalmitoylphosphocholine-diarachidoylphosphocholine lipid mixture which is shown to exhibit a distinct lateral lipid domain formation. The new and simple ligand-receptor-based AFM approach opens up new ways to investigate lipid membrane microstructure in the nanometer range as well as the lateral distribution of ligand-lipid and receptor-protein complexes in supported membrane systems.
AB - A novel experimental technique, based on atomic force microscopy (AFM), is proposed to visualize the lateral organization of membrane systems in the nanometer range. The technique involves the use of a ligand-receptor pair, biotin-avidin, which introduces a height variation on a solid-supported lipid bilayer membrane. This leads to a height amplification of the lateral membrane organization that is large enough to be clearly imaged by scanning AFM. The power of the technique is demonstrated for a binary dipalmitoylphosphocholine-diarachidoylphosphocholine lipid mixture which is shown to exhibit a distinct lateral lipid domain formation. The new and simple ligand-receptor-based AFM approach opens up new ways to investigate lipid membrane microstructure in the nanometer range as well as the lateral distribution of ligand-lipid and receptor-protein complexes in supported membrane systems.
KW - Atomic force microscopy
KW - Avidin
KW - Biotin
KW - Langmuir-Blodgett film
KW - Lipid bilayer membrane
KW - Lipid domain
KW - Lipid membrane heterogeneity
KW - Lipid mixture
KW - Phosphatidylcholine
UR - http://www.scopus.com/inward/record.url?scp=0037181461&partnerID=8YFLogxK
U2 - 10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02391-8
DO - 10.1016/S0014-5793(02)02391-8
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 11943189
AN - SCOPUS:0037181461
VL - 515
SP - 29
EP - 34
JO - F E B S Letters
JF - F E B S Letters
SN - 0014-5793
IS - 1-3
ER -
ID: 230986874