Physics
Scientific paper
Sep 1987
adsabs.harvard.edu/cgi-bin/nph-data_query?bibcode=1987orli...17..321b&link_type=abstract
Origins of Life and Evolution of the Biosphere, Volume 17, Issue 3-4, pp. 321-331
Physics
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Scientific paper
A study of the encapsulation of poly(U) and poly(C) within liposomes made from dipalmitoylphosphatidyl choline (DPPC), from egg yold phosphatidyl choline (PC), and from PC with cholesterol (CHOL) was made. The liposomes were prepared under anoxic conditions following the reverse-phase evaporation method. Determinations showed that 36 to 70% of the available lipids form liposomes and 2 to 5% of the polyribonucleotides can be entrapped by liposomes. The encapsulation of polyribonucleotides has also been measured in the presence of urea, cyanamide and Zn++, condensing agents in prebiotic polymerization reactions. DPPC and PC:CHOL liposomes were formed in the presence of 1.0 M urea, although no PC liposomes were formed. The three types of liposomes were readily formed at 0.01 M urea, but in no case an enhancement of encapsulation efficiency of poly(U) was observed due to the presence of urea. Similar results were obtained with cyanamide. An enhanced encapsulation of poly(U) by the three types of liposomes was observed when Zn++ was in the range of 0.001 to 0.01 M. Poly(U) encapsulation was 15 to 25 times higher when liposomes were prepared from DPPC at 0.01 M Zn++. Similar results were obtained with poly(C). The advantages of DPPC-polyribonucleotide liposomes as precellular systems are discussed.
Argüello Carlos
Baeza Isabel
Ibanez Miguel
Lazcano Antonio
Oro Judit
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