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Platelet-activating factor assemblies in excess water

Conference · · Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States)
OSTI ID:5333696

High-sensitivity differential scanning calorimetric, vibrational Raman, and /sup 31/P NMR spectroscopic experiments have been performed as a function of temperature on aqueous dispersions of 1-0-octadeyl-2-acetoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, a chemically synthesized platelet-activating factor. In the temperature range of -7 to 30/sup 0/C, the C(18):PAF-H/sub 2/O system is shown by Raman spectroscopy in the C-H stretching mode region to undergo two thermal phase transitions centered at 9.2 and 18.4/sup 0/C. However, an additional transition at 17.6/sup 0/C is observed by DSC, which can be assigned as the pretransition, or gel (I) ..-->.. gel (I') transition. The low temperature transition, attributed to the interdigitated lamellar gel (II) ..-->.. gel (I) phase transition is characterized by the breakdown of large interdigitated lamellar organizations into small, but aggregated, bilayer vesicles. The high-temperature transition corresponds to the interdigitated lamellar gel (I') ..-->.. micellar transition. The molecular ordering and packing structure of C(18):PAF in the various lamellar phases and phase transition regions will be discussed. It appears that the interdigitated lamellar gel (I) phase is unique for C(18):PAF dispersions when compared to the behavior of other chemically closely related phospholipids in excess water.

Research Organization:
Univ. of Virginia School of Medicine, Charlottesville
OSTI ID:
5333696
Report Number(s):
CONF-8606151-
Journal Information:
Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States), Journal Name: Fed. Proc., Fed. Am. Soc. Exp. Biol.; (United States) Vol. 45:6; ISSN FEPRA
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English