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AUTHOR
B. Pytel
Impact of Vanadium(IV)-Oxy Acetylacetonate and Vanadium(III) Acetylacetonatel on the DPPC Liposome Membranes: EPR Studies
The effect of vanadium (IV)-oxy acetylacetonate (V4) and vanadium(III) acetylacetonate (V3) on the liposome membranes formed of synthetic lecithin (DPPC) was presented in this paper. Liposomes were formed during the sonication of DPPC lecithin in an aqueous medium. The concentration of the vanadium compounds changed in the range of 0% to 2.4% in molar ratio to the lecithin. The EPR technique made use of three spin probes penetrating the different areas of the membrane (as follows: TEMPO, 16-DOXYL stearic acid methyl ester, stearic acid 5-DOXYL methyl ester). TEMPO probe penetrates the interphase water-lipid (partition parameter F), the probe 16-DOXYL locates in the middle of the lipid bilay…
Impact of Plesiomonas Shigelloides Strain CNCTC 144/92 Lipopolysaccharide on DPPC Liposome Membranes: EPR Method
Membrane fluidity measurements were performed for synthetic DPPC liposomes sonicated in aqueous solution and doped by Plesiomonas shigelloides strain CNCTC 144/92 (serotype O74:H5) lipopolysaccharide (LPS) extracted from the phenol (LPSPhOH) and water (LPSH2O) phases. Concentrations of LPS in relation to DPPC ranged from 0 to 1.4% (molar ratio). The EPR spin probe method was used to describe physicochemical properties of different regions of the lipid bilayer. Since TEMPO spin probe dissolves both in the hydrophobic region of the membrane and in an aquatic environment it is possible to determine the spectroscopic partition parameter F, indicating the changes that occur in the water-lipid in…