The interaction of saccharides with lipid bilayer vesicles: stabilization during freeze-thawing and freeze-drying

doi:10.1016/0005-2736(86)90303-2

Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes

Volume 858, Issue 1, 13 June 1986, Pages 169-180

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Abstract

The fusion of small unilamellar vesicles of phosphatidylcholines during freeze-thawing and freeze-drying / rehydration, and the suppression of fusion under these conditions by various saccharides, was investigated by gel filtration on Sepharose 4B, quasielastic light scattering, high-resolution ¹H-NMR, ESR spin labeling, and differential scanning calorimetry. Freeze-thawing and freeze-drying of aqueous small unilamellar vesicle suspensions in the presence of sufficient sucrose had no significant effect on the average size and size distribution of small unilamellar vesicles. In the presence of sucrose the structural integrity and the permeability properties of the phosphatidylcholine bilayers were retained during freeze-thawing and freeze-drying. A comparison of the stabilizing effect of sucrose with that of trehalose and glucose showed that the stabilization is not sugar-specific but is a general property of saccharides. The fraction of small unilamellar vesicles recovered after freeze-thawing depended on the saccharide / phosphatidylcholine molar ratio. The mechanism of the cryoprotective effect involves binding of the sugar to the phospholipid polar group, probably through hydrogen bonding.

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