Physics – Condensed Matter – Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
2010-08-30
Physics
Condensed Matter
Mesoscale and Nanoscale Physics
Scientific paper
The connection between membrane inhomogeneity and the structural basis of lipid rafts has sparked interest in the lateral organization of model lipid bilayers of two and three components. In an effort to investigate anisotropic lipid distribution in mixed bilayers, a self-consistent mean-field theoretical model is applied to palmitoyloleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) - palmitoyl sphingomyelin (PSM) - Cholesterol mixtures. The compositional dependence of lateral organization in these mixtures is mapped onto a ternary plot. The model utilizes molecular dynamics simulations to estimate interaction parameters and to construct chain conformation libraries. We find that at some concentration ratios the bilayers separate spatially into regions of higher and lower chain order coinciding with areas enriched with PSM and POPC respectively. To examine the effect of the asymmetric chain structure of POPC on bilayer lateral inhomogeneity, we consider POPC-POPC interactions with and without angular dependence. Results are compared with experimental data and with results from a similar model for mixtures of dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC), steroyl sphingomyelin, and Cholesterol.
Pandit Sagar A.
Scott H. L.
Tumaneng Paul
Zhao Guijun
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