Osmotic properties of large unilamellar vesicles prepared by extrusion.

Abstract:

:We have examined the morphology and osmotic properties of large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) prepared by extrusion. Contrary to expectations, we observe by cryo-electron microscopy that such vesicles, under isoosmotic conditions, are non-spherical. This morphology appears to be a consequence of vesicle passage through the filter pores during preparation. As a result when such LUVs are placed in a hypoosmotic medium they are able to compensate, at least partially, for the resulting influx of water by "rounding up" and thereby increasing their volume with no change in surface area. The increase in vesicle trapped volume associated with these morphological changes was determined using the slowly membrane-permeable solute [3H]-glucose. This allowed calculation of the actual osmotic gradient experienced by the vesicle membrane for a given applied differential. When LUVs were exposed to osmotic differentials of sufficient magnitude lysis occurred with the extent of solute release being dependent on the size of the osmotic gradient. Surprisingly, lysis was not an all-or-nothing event, but instead a residual osmotic differential remained after lysis. This differential value was comparable in magnitude to the minimum osmotic differential required to trigger lysis. Further, by comparing the release of solutes of differing molecular weights (glucose and dextran) a lower limit of about 12 nm diameter can be set for the bilayer defect created during lysis. Finally, the maximum residual osmotic differentials were compared for LUVs varying in mean diameter from 90 to 340 nm. This comparison confirmed that these systems obey Laplace's Law relating vesicle diameter and lysis pressure. This analysis also yielded a value for the membrane tension at lysis of 40 dyn cm-1 at 23 degrees C, which is in reasonable agreement with previously published values for giant unilamellar vesicles.

journal_name

Biophys J

journal_title

Biophysical journal

authors

Mui BL,Cullis PR,Evans EA,Madden TD

doi

10.1016/S0006-3495(93)81385-7

subject

Has Abstract

pub_date

1993-02-01 00:00:00

pages

443-53

issue

2

eissn

0006-3495

issn

1542-0086

pii

S0006-3495(93)81385-7

journal_volume

64

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