Fig. 8.
Membrane fluidization induced by C15-IMe·HI on giant vesicles. a Giant vesicles of DOPC/SSM/Chol (1:1:1) doped with 0.4 mol% Bodipy-PC and 0.4 mol% DiIC18 at T = 38 °C using confocal laser scanning microscopy. Note the small protrusions marked by both dyes. b The incorporation of 10% C15-IMe∙HI results in giant vesicles of DOPC/SSM/Chol/C15-IMe∙HI (33:23:33:10), which present fluidized, larger domains rich in DiIC18 at T = 38 °C. Note that the specificity of the dyes changed. DiIC18 shows high preference for one domain wherein Bodipy-PC is slightly excluded. Modified from Drücker et al. (2017)