Photouncaging of ceramides promotes reorganization of liquid-ordered domains in supported lipid bilayers

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DOIResolve DOI: https://doi.org/10.1021/la3039158
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  1. National Research Council of Canada. Measurement Science and Standards
  2. National Research Council of Canada. NRC Steacie Institute for Molecular Sciences
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Journal titleLangmuir
ISSN0743-7463
1520-5827
Volume29
Issue10
Pages3380–3387
Abstract
6-Bromo-7-hydroxycoumarin (Bhc)-caged ceramide (Cer) analogs were incorporated into supported lipid bilayers containing a mixture of coexisting liquid-ordered (L₀) and liquid-disordered (Ld) phases. The release of N-palmitoyl and N-butanoyl-d-erythro-sphingosine (C16- and C4-Cer) by the photolysis of caged Cers using long-wavelength UV light was studied using a combination of atomic force microscopy and fluorescence microscopy. This approach demonstrated the ability to generate Cer with spatial and temporal control, providing an alternative method to the enzymatic generation of Cer. The generation of C16-Cer from Bhc-C16-Cer disrupted the L₀ domains, with the incorporation of small fluid-phase regions and the disappearance of some smaller domains. Cer-rich gel-phase domains were not observed, in contrast to results reported by either direct Cer incorporation or enzymatic Cer generation. The photorelease of C4-Cer from Bhc-C4-Cer resulted in qualitatively similar changes in bilayer morphology, with the disappearance of some L₀ domains and no evidence of Cer-rich gel domains but with a smaller height difference between the ordered and disordered phases.
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LanguageEnglish
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NPARC number23000586
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