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The segmental lipid chain mobility in the gel phase of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) multilayers dispersed in buffer and in the interdigitated gel phase induced by glycerol, ethylene glycol, ethanol and chaotropic salt NaClO4 was compared by using conventional electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy. The stearic acids bearing the nitroxide moiety at different positions down the acyl chain (n-NSA,n-5, 7, 10, 12 and 16) were used to characterized the chain motion, and the outer hyperfine splittings of the spectra, 2A max, were taken as indices of the rotational mobility of the chain in the gel phase. The ESR measurements revealed a gradient of increased mobility on proceeding towards the terminal methyl end in the fully hydrated gel phase of DPPC bilayers. This gradient was reduced in the interdigitated gel phase induced by ethanol and chaotropic salt NaClO4, whereas the rotational mobility throughout the length of the chain was comparable to that near the polar/apolar interface in the interdigitated gel phase in glycerol and ethylene glycol. Moreover, the motional anisotropy was much less affected by temperature in the interdigitated gel state of DPPC in glycerol and ethylene glycol as compared both to normal bilayer gel phase and to the other interdigitated DPPC systems. Finally, there was no evidence for chain interdigitation in the fluid phase of DPPC dispersions in any medium.
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Bartucci, R., Montesano, G. & Sportelli, L. Lipid chain mobility in interdigitated DPPC systems. Appl. Magn. Reson. 12, 41–52 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF03161989
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