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. 1996 Jan;70(1):313–320. doi: 10.1016/S0006-3495(96)79572-3

Interfacial thickness of liposomes containing poly(ethylene glycol)-cholesterol from electrophoresis.

J Janzen 1, X Song 1, D E Brooks 1
PMCID: PMC1224929  PMID: 8770207

Abstract

The electrophoretic mobilities of liposomes incorporating a polyethylene glycol (PEG) headgroup coupled to cholesterol for PEG of average chain index 3.0, 13.2, and 22.3 have been determined as a function of PEG-cholesterol mole fraction between 5% and 40% and ionic strength between 2 and 200 mM. The liposome compositions were 40 mole % cholesterol plus PEG-cholesterol, 10 mole % 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glyerco-3-phosphoglycerol, and 50 mole % egg phosphatidylcholine. The mobilities were fit to a model in which the PEG forms a surface layer of polymer subject to viscous drag arising from electroosmotic flow within this layer. The model provides estimates of the average layer thickness that are comparable to those determined from contemporary models of surface-attached polymer.

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