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. 2017 Jun 21;7:3949. doi: 10.1038/s41598-017-04125-6

Figure 6.

Figure 6

Sph-induced membrane permeability on POPC/SM/Chol vesicles with no pH gradient. (a,c) Sph-induced membrane permeability was evaluated upon adding 5 (white circles) and 10 (light grey circles) mol% of Sph, or ethanol (control, black circles) to POPC/SM/Chol vesicles displaying (upper panels) pH 7.4in/7.4out (Fig. 1b.3) and (lower panels) pH 5.0in/5.0out (Fig. 1c.3) containing Xl o = 0.26. (b,d) Show the extent of Sph-induced leakage 25 minutes after adding 5 (white circles) and 10 (light grey circles) mol% of Sph, or ethanol (control, black circles). The values are the mean ± SD of at least three independent experiments. The lines act merely as guides to the eye.