Membrane fusion of pH-sensitive liposomes – a quantitative study using giant unilamellar vesicles

Soft Matter ◽  
2011 ◽  
Vol 7 (19) ◽  
pp. 9027 ◽  
Author(s):  
Sofie Trier ◽  
Jonas R. Henriksen ◽  
Thomas L. Andresen
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Fusion ◽  
Quantitative Study ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Unilamellar Vesicles

scholarly journals Self-division of giant vesicles driven by an internal enzymatic reaction

2020 ◽  
Vol 11 (12) ◽  
pp. 3228-3235 ◽  
Author(s):  
Ylenia Miele ◽  
Zsófia Medveczky ◽  
Gábor Holló ◽  
Borbála Tegze ◽  
Imre Derényi ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Membrane Transport ◽  
Enzymatic Reaction ◽  
Chemical Species ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Giant Vesicles

Giant unilamellar vesicles having pH-sensitive bilayers can undergo self-division triggered by an internal enzymatic (urea–urease) reaction coupled to a cross-membrane transport of the chemical species.

scholarly journals Effect of the Membrane Composition of Giant Unilamellar Vesicles on Their Budding Probability: A Trade-Off between Elasticity and Preferred Area Difference

Life ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 11 (7) ◽  
pp. 634
Author(s):  
Ylenia Miele ◽  
Gábor Holló ◽  
István Lagzi ◽  
Federico Rossi
Keyword(s):  
Phospholipid Fatty Acid ◽  
Enzymatic Reaction ◽  
Stimuli Responsive ◽  
Membrane Composition ◽  
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Physical Processes ◽  
Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Division Process ◽  
The Origin Of Life ◽  
Area Difference

The budding and division of artificial cells engineered from vesicles and droplets have gained much attention in the past few decades due to an increased interest in designing stimuli-responsive synthetic systems. Proper control of the division process is one of the main challenges in the field of synthetic biology and, especially in the context of the origin of life studies, it would be helpful to look for the simplest chemical and physical processes likely at play in prebiotic conditions. Here we show that pH-sensitive giant unilamellar vesicles composed of mixed phospholipid/fatty acid membranes undergo a budding process, internally fuelled by the urea–urease enzymatic reaction, only for a given range of the membrane composition. A gentle interplay between the effects of the membrane composition on the elasticity and the preferred area difference of the bilayer is responsible for the existence of a narrow range of membrane composition yielding a high probability for budding of the vesicles.

Domain Sorting in Giant Unilamellar Vesicles Adsorbed on Glass

Langmuir ◽  
2021 ◽  
Vol 37 (3) ◽  
pp. 1082-1088
Author(s):  
Chiho Kataoka-Hamai ◽  
Kohsaku Kawakami
Keyword(s):  
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Unilamellar Vesicles

scholarly journals Production of giant unilamellar vesicles and encapsulation of lyotropic nematic liquid crystals

Soft Matter ◽  
2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Peng Bao ◽  
Daniel A. Paterson ◽  
Sally A. Peyman ◽  
J. Cliff Jones ◽  
Jonathan A. T. Sandoe ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Liquid Crystals ◽  
Nematic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Double Emulsion ◽  
Lyotropic Liquid Crystals ◽  
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Emulsion Droplets ◽  
Double Emulsion Droplets

We describe a modified microfluidic method for making Giant Unilamellar Vesicles (GUVs) via water/octanol-lipid/water double emulsion droplets and encapsulation of nematic lyotropic liquid crystals (LNLCs).

scholarly journals Inter- and Intra-Plane Interactions Control the Existence of Macrodomains in Asymmetric Giant Unilamellar Vesicles

2021 ◽  
Vol 120 (3) ◽  
pp. 147a
Author(s):  
Thais A. Enoki ◽  
Haden L. Scott ◽  
Gerald W. Feigenson ◽  
Frederick A. Heberle
Keyword(s):  
Giant Unilamellar Vesicles ◽  
Unilamellar Vesicles
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