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Title: Confocal-Raman Microscopy Characterization of Supported Phospholipid Bilayers Deposited on the Interior Surfaces of Chromatographic Silica

Journal Article · · Journal of the American Chemical Society
DOI:https://doi.org/10.1021/jacs.7b13777· OSTI ID:1616872

A typical approach to exploring the structure and dynamics of biological membranes is through the deposition of model lipid bilayers on planar supports by Langmuir-trough or vesicle-fusion methods. Planar-supported lipid bilayers have been shown to exhibit structure and properties similar to those of lipid-vesicle membranes and are suitable for biosensing applications. Investigations using these planar-membrane models are limited to high-sensitivity methods capable of detecting a small population of molecules at the interface between a planar support and aqueous solution. In this work, we present evidence that supported-lipid bilayers can be deposited by vesicle fusion onto the interior surfaces throughout the wide-pore network of chromatographic silica particles. The thickness of a 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) film and headgroup spacing are consistent with a single bilayer of DMPC deposited onto the pore surfaces. The high specific surface area of these materials generates phospholipid concentrations easily detected by confocal-Raman microscopy within an individual particle, which allows the structure of these supported bilayers to be investigated. Raman spectra of porous-silica-supported DMPC bilayers are equivalent to spectra of DMPC vesicle membranes, both above and below their melting phase transitions, suggesting comparable phospholipid organization and bilayer structure. These porous-silica-supported model membranes could share benefits that planar-supported lipid bilayers bring to biosensing applications, but in a material that overcomes the limited surface area of a planar support. To try this concept, the potential of these porous-silica-supported lipid bilayers as high-surface-area platforms for label-free Raman-scattering-based protein biosensing is demonstrated with detection of concanavalin A selectively binding to a lipid-immobilized mannose target.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT (United States)
Sponsoring Organization:
USDOE Office of Science (SC), Basic Energy Sciences (BES). Chemical Sciences, Geosciences, and Biosciences Division
Grant/Contract Number:
FG03-93ER14333
OSTI ID:
1616872
Journal Information:
Journal of the American Chemical Society, Vol. 140, Issue 11; ISSN 0002-7863
Publisher:
American Chemical Society (ACS)Copyright Statement
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English
Citation Metrics:
Cited by: 22 works
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Web of Science

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