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Biophysical Journal 64: 435-442 (1993)
© 1993 the Biophysical Society
Guelph-Waterloo Program for Graduate Work in Physics, University of Guelph, Ontario, Canada.
ABSTRACT
Vesicle polydispersity and leakage of solutes from the vesicle lumen influence the measurement and analysis of osmotically induced vesicle swelling and lysis, but their effects have not been considered in previous studies of these processes. In this study, a model is developed which expressly includes polydispersity and leakage effects. The companion paper demonstrated the preparation and characterization of large unilamellar lipid vesicles. A dye release technique was employed to indicate the leakage of solutes from the vesicles during osmotic swelling. Changes in vesicle size were monitored by dynamic light scattering (DLS). In explaining the results, the model identifies three stages. The first phase involves differential increases in membrane tension with strain increasing in larger vesicles before smaller ones. In the second phase, the yield point for lysis (leakage) is reached sequentially from large sizes to small sizes. In the final phase, the lumen contents and the external medium partially equilibrate under conditions of constant membrane tension. When fit to the data, the model yields information on polydispersity-corrected values for membrane area compressibility, Young's modulus, and yield point for lysis.
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