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Department of Biochemistry and Pharmacy, Åbo Akademi University, Turku, Finland
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The thermotropic properties of binary mixtures of D-erythro-n-palmitoyl-dihydrosphingomyelin (16:0-DHSM), D-erythro-n-palmitoyl-sphingomyelin (16:0-SM), cholesterol, lathosterol, and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) were studied by differential scanning calorimetry. Addition of sterol to 16:0-DHSM and 16:0-SM bilayers resulted in a progressive decrease in both the Tm and the enthalpy of the main transition. The sterol-induced broad components in 16:0-DHSM endotherms had markedly lower enthalpies than those induced in 16:0-SM. Pretransitions recorded in 16:0-DHSM and 16:0-SM membranes responded differently to low concentrations of cholesterol. The presence of 5 mol % cholesterol increased the pretransition temperature in 16:0-SM bilayers, whereas it decreased the temperature in 16:0-DHSM membranes. Lathosterol behaved in general as cholesterol with regard to its effects on the thermotropic behavior of both sphingolipids, but it appeared to form more stable sterol-rich domains, as seen from the higher Tm of the broad component, in comparison to cholesterol. Thermograms recorded on binary mixtures of 16:0-SM:16:0-DHSM and DPPC:16:0-DHSM showed that 16:0-SM mixed nearly ideally with 16:0-DHSM, whereas DPPC mixing was less ideal in a 16:0-DHSM membrane. In conclusion, we observed that 16:0-DHSM interactions with sterols differed from that seen with 16:0-SM, and that 16:0-DHSM mixed better with 16:0-SM than DPPC, which indicates that DHSM could function as a membrane organizer within laterally condensed domains.
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