Passive ion permeability of lipid membranes modelled via lipid-domain interfacial area
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Passive ion permeability of lipid membranes modelled via lipid-domain interfacial area. / Cruzeiro-Hansson, Leonor; Mouritsen, Ole G.
In: Biochimica et Biophysica Acta - Biomembranes, Vol. 944, No. 1, 1988, p. 63-72.Research output: Contribution to journal › Journal article › Research › peer-review
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T1 - Passive ion permeability of lipid membranes modelled via lipid-domain interfacial area
AU - Cruzeiro-Hansson, Leonor
AU - Mouritsen, Ole G.
PY - 1988
Y1 - 1988
N2 - A microscopic interaction model of the gel-to-fluid chain-melting phase transition of fully hydrated lipid bilayer membranes is used as a basis for modelling the temperature dependence of passive transmembrane permeability of small ions, e.g. Na+. Computer simulation of the model shows that the phase transition is accompanied by strong lateral density fluctuations which manifest themselves in the formation of inhomogeneous equilibrium structures of coexisting gel and fluid domains. The interfaces of these domains are found to be dominated by intermediate lipid-chain conformations. The interfacial area is shown to have a pronounced peak at the phase transition. By imposing a simple model for ion diffusion through membranes which assigns a high relative permeation rate to the domain interfaces, the interfacial area is then identified as a membrane property which has the proper temperature variation to account for the peculiar experimental observation of a strongly enhanced passive ion permeability at the phase transition. The excellent agreement with the experimental data for Na+-permeation, taken together with recent experimental results for the phase transition kinetics, provides new insight into the microphysical mechanism of reversibel electric breakdown. This insight indicates that there is no need for aqueous pore-formation to explain the experimental observation of a dramatic increase in ion conductance subsequent to electric pulses.
AB - A microscopic interaction model of the gel-to-fluid chain-melting phase transition of fully hydrated lipid bilayer membranes is used as a basis for modelling the temperature dependence of passive transmembrane permeability of small ions, e.g. Na+. Computer simulation of the model shows that the phase transition is accompanied by strong lateral density fluctuations which manifest themselves in the formation of inhomogeneous equilibrium structures of coexisting gel and fluid domains. The interfaces of these domains are found to be dominated by intermediate lipid-chain conformations. The interfacial area is shown to have a pronounced peak at the phase transition. By imposing a simple model for ion diffusion through membranes which assigns a high relative permeation rate to the domain interfaces, the interfacial area is then identified as a membrane property which has the proper temperature variation to account for the peculiar experimental observation of a strongly enhanced passive ion permeability at the phase transition. The excellent agreement with the experimental data for Na+-permeation, taken together with recent experimental results for the phase transition kinetics, provides new insight into the microphysical mechanism of reversibel electric breakdown. This insight indicates that there is no need for aqueous pore-formation to explain the experimental observation of a dramatic increase in ion conductance subsequent to electric pulses.
KW - Computer simulation
KW - Density fluctuation
KW - Ion permeability
KW - Lipid bilayer
KW - Phase transition
KW - Reversible electrical breakdown
U2 - 10.1016/0005-2736(88)90316-1
DO - 10.1016/0005-2736(88)90316-1
M3 - Journal article
C2 - 3415999
AN - SCOPUS:0023722226
VL - 944
SP - 63
EP - 72
JO - B B A - Biomembranes
JF - B B A - Biomembranes
SN - 0005-2736
IS - 1
ER -
ID: 238390554