Abstract
Lipid composition and specially their electrostatic properties, were found to greatly influence the stability of liposomes in human blood serum. The amount and type of serum proteins bound to the liposomes were also clearly influenced by lipid composition and charge of liposomes. a good correlation was found between the amount of serum proteins adsorbed to a given type of liposome and its instability as measured by the release of an encapsulated fluorescent probe. Liposomes that bind the highest amount of protein were the least stable, except for the case of liposomes containing gangliosides, which were fairly stable even at a high amount of bound protein. Liposomes with neutral charge containing phosphatidylcholine were the most stable and bound the lowest amount of protein. Liposomes with positive charge behaved similarly to those with neutral charge. However, the stability of negatively charged liposomes was very dependent on their composition. Those liposomes containing only one class of negatively charged phospholipids bound a great amount of protein and were very unstable. However, those liposomes containing also phosphatidylcholine bound less protein and were more stable. The examination of the electrophoresis patterns of serum proteins bound to the different types of liposomes indicated the presence of specific proteins which correlated with liposome instability. (Mol Cell Biochem120: 119–126, 1993)
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Abbreviations
- CF:
-
6-carboxyfluorescein
- Chol:
-
Cholesterol
- DCP:
-
Dicetylphosphate
- DPPC:
-
Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
- GC:
-
Galactocerebroside
- GM1 :
-
Monosyaloganglioside
- PC:
-
Phosphatidylcholine
- PG:
-
Phosphatidylglycerol
- PI:
-
Phosphatidylinositol
- PS:
-
Phosphatidylserine
- RES:
-
Reticuloendothelial system
- SA:
-
Stearylamine
- SM:
-
Sphingomyelin
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Hernández-Caselles, T., Villalaín, J. & Gómez-Fernández, J.C. Influence of liposome charge and composition on their interaction with human blood serum proteins. Mol Cell Biochem 120, 119–126 (1993). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00926084
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