Biophysical Journal 71: 2583-2590 (1996)
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Lateral phase separation in interfacial films of pulmonary surfactant.

Department of Biochemistry, Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland 97201, USA.

ABSTRACT

To determine if lateral phase separation occurs in films of pulmonary surfactant, we used epifluorescence microscopy and Brewster angle microscopy (BAM) to study spread films of calf lung surfactant extract (CLSE). Both microscopic methods demonstrated that compression produced domains of liquid-condensed lipids surrounded by a liquid-expanded film. The temperature dependence of the pressure at which domains first emerged for CLSE paralleled the behavior of its most prevalent component, dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), although the domains appeared at pressures 8-10 mN/m higher than for DPPC over the range of 20-37 degrees C. The total area occupied by the domains at room temperature increased to a maximum value at 35 mN/m during compression. The area of domains reached 25 +/- 5% of the interface, which corresponds to the predicted area of DPPC in the monolayer. At pressures above 35 mN/m, however, both epifluorescence and BAM showed that the area of the domains decreased dramatically. These studies therefore demonstrate a pressure-dependent gap in the miscibility of surfactant constituents. The monolayers separate into two phases during compression but remain largely miscible at higher and lower surface pressures.

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