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    Lateral interaction of cholesterol with a semifluorinated amphiphile at the air-water interface

    Year: 2019

    Journal: Colloid Surf. B-Biointerfaces, Volume 181, SEP 1, page 1035–1040

    Authors: Nakahara, Hiromichi; Minamisono, Muneaki; Shibata, Osamu

    Organizations: Japan Society for the Promotion of Science (JSPS) KAKENHIMinistry of Education, Culture, Sports, Science and Technology, Japan (MEXT)Japan Society for the Promotion of ScienceGrants-in-Aid for Scientific Research (KAKENHI) [19K07036]

    Keywords: Langmuir monolayer; Cholesterol; Fluorinated compound; Surface pressure; Surface potential

    Lipid rafts consisting mainly of sphingomyelin and cholesterol (Ch) on biomembrane surfaces are deeply related to cellular processes such as protein trafficking and signal transduction. During the processes, the raft micro domains affect the fluidty of biological membranes, which is controlled to large extents by Ch. In this paper, we have investigated the interaction between Ch and a semiflurinated alcohol (F6H9OH) from the aspect of a fluidty control using surface chemistry. The two-component Langmuir monolayer at the air water interface was characterized by the surface pressure (pi)-molecular area (A) and surface potential (Delta V) - A isotherms. The compressibility modulus and excess Gibbs free energy of mixing were calculated from the pi - A isotherms. And also the two-dimensional phase diagram was constructed on the basis of phase transition pressures and monolayer collapse pressures. Furthermore, the phase behavior of binary monolayers was visualized with fluorescence microscopy (in situ) and atomic force microscopy (ex situ). The result here indicates a possibility of fluidity control of Ch-related membranes by arranging the fluorination degree of the constituent lipids.
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