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. 1978 Jun 1;171(3):559–565. doi: 10.1042/bj1710559

Surface behaviour of gangliosides and related glycosphingolipids.

B Maggio, F A Cumar, R Caputto
PMCID: PMC1184000  PMID: 666727

Abstract

1. The surface behaviour of six different gangliosides and eight chemically related glycosphingolipids was investigated in monolayers at the air-water interface. 2. Mono-, di-, tri and tetra-hexosylceramides had force-area isotherms showing similar limiting molecular areas on 145 mM-NaCl, pH 5.6. The increasing number of negatively charged sialosyl residues in mono-, di- and tri-sialogangliosides induced a progressive increase in the liquid-expanded character of the films and in the limiting area occupied per molecule, owing to electrostatic repulsions. When the ganglioside monolayers were spread on subphases at pH 1.2, the limiting area per molecule was similar to that found for neutral glycosphingolipids. 3. The monolayer collapse pressure at pH 5.6 increased with the number of uncharged carbohydrate units up to when the polar head group contained 3-4 residues. For gangliosides the collapse pressures were lower and decreased from mono- to tri-sialogangliosides. Ganglioside monolayers on subphases at pH 1.2 showed increases in their collapse pressure. 4. The glycosphingolipid monolayers studied had various surface in their collapse pressure. 4. The glycosphingolipid monolayers studied had various surface potentials according to the complexity of the polar head group of the lipid. Attempts to calculate the dipolar contributions to the surface potential from each carbohydrate residue suggest that the second and third sialosyl residues in di- and tri-sialogangliosides contributed with a vertical dipole moment opposite to that of the first sialosyl residue.

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