• 한국생물물리학회:학술대회논문집
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• 한국생물물리학회 1998년도 학술발표회
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• pp.34-34
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• 1998

Tolaasin is a channel forming bacterial toxin produced by Pseudomonas tolaasii and causes a brown blotch disease on cultivated oyster mushrooms. When tolaasin molecules form channels in the membranes of mushroom cells, they destroy cellular membrane structure, known as 'colloid osmotic lysis'. In order to understand the molecular mechanisms forming membrane channels by tolaasin molecules, we have investigated the electrophysiological characteristics of tolaasin-induced channels in lipid bilayer.(omitted)

• 대한화학회지
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• 제67권2호
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• pp.89-98
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• 2023

The cell membrane, also known as the biological membrane, surrounds every living cell. The main components of cell membranes are lipids and therefore called as lipid membranes. These membranes are mainly made up of a two-dimensional lipid bilayer along with integral and peripheral proteins. The complex nature of lipid membranes makes it difficult to study and hence artificial lipid membranes are prepared which mimic the original lipid membranes. These artificial lipid membranes are prepared from phospholipid vesicles (liposomes). The liposomes are formed when self-forming phospholipid bilayer comes in contact with water. Liposomes can be unilamellar or multilamellar vesicles which comprises of phospholipids that can be produced naturally or synthetically. The phospholipids are non-toxic, biodegradable and are readily produced on a large scale. These liposomes are mostly used in the drug delivery systems. This paper offers comprehensive literature with insights on developing basic understanding of lipid membranes from its structure, organization, and phase behavior to its potential use in biomedical applications. The progress in the field of artificial membrane models considering methods of preparation of liposomes for mimicking lipid membranes, interactions between the lipid membranes, and characterizing techniques such as UV-visible, FTIR, Calorimetry and X-ray diffraction are explained in a concise manner.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제13권1호
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• pp.64-68
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• 1990

The stabilization effect of .alpha.-tocopherol incorporated into liposomal phospholipid membrane was investigated by fluorospectrophotometry and UV-visible spectretarded by the presence of .alpha.-tocopherol in the bilayer of liposomal phospholipid membrane relative to cholesterol-containing liposomes and pure phospholipid liposomes. .alpha.-tocopherol-containing liposomes prolonged the oxidation of liposomes-embedded heme as those of cholesterol-containing liposomes and pure phospholipid liposomes. Thus .alpha.-tocopherol-containing liposomes may be useful for the carrier systems of nutrients and drugs to phospholipid bilayer and stabilized liposomes.

• Korean Chemical Engineering Research
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• 제48권1호
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• pp.33-38
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• 2010

구리 이온 농도를 측정하기 위하여 생체재료를 사용하여 마이크로플루이딕 시스템을 제작하였다. 은 전극에 세포막을 모방한 이중층 지질막(bilayer lipid membrane; BLM)을 피복하여 제2 구리 이온 농도를 감지하도록 하였다. 은 전극에 지지된 BLM은 그 안정성이 증대되었다. 은에 지지된 이중층 지질막(s-BLM)은 은 전선을 지질 (phosphatidylcholine; PC) 용액에 담갔다가 KCl 용액에 담글 때 자기조립 특성에 의하여 용이하게 형성할 수 있다. 이 지지된 이중층 지질막(s-BLM)은 $Cu^{2+}$의 농도와 s-BLM을 통과하는 전류 간의 상관 관계를 결정하기 위하여 사용되었다. 얻어진 상관관계는 선형을 보였으며 높은 재현성을 가졌다. $Cu^{2+}$ 농도가 $10{\sim}130{\mu}M$인 범위에서 $Cu^{2+}$ 농도와 전류의 상관관계를 나타내기 위하여 보정 곡선을 구축하였다. 이 보정 곡선을 미지 시료의 $Cu^{2+}$ 농도 측정에 사용하였다. 지지된 이중층 지질막이 구비된 마이크로플루이딕 시스템은 PDMS(polydimethyl siloxane)를 사용하여 전형적인 연질 포토리소그라피와 몰딩 기법으로 제작하였다. 집적된 마이크로플루이딕 시스템은 은 전선을 절단하지 않고도 은 표면을 활성화시키는 기능, 은 표면에 이중층 지질막을 피복하는 기능, KCl 완충 용액을 주입하는 기능, $Cu^{2+}$를 포함한 시료를 주입하는 기능, 시료 중의 $Cu^{2+}$ 농도를 측정하는 기능 등 다중 기능을 가지도록 하였다.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제9권2호
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• pp.75-79
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• 1986

The effect of phenothiazine derivatives on the thermotropic transition of liposomal lipid bilayer made of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylchline and dipalmitoyl phosphatidic acid was investigated with differential scanning calorimetry. The thermograms of the liposomal bilayer incorporated with levomepromazine, chlopromazine, prochloperazine, perphenazine and fluphenazine were obtained and the size of cooperative unit of the transition were calculated from the ratio of the van't Hoff enthalpy change to the calculated enthalpy change of the transition. The results showed that incorporation of phenothiazine derivatives into the liposomal bilayer reduced the transition temperature at which the transition from solid state to liquid-crystalline state occurs, and broadened the thermogram peaks. Phenothiazine derivatives also significantly reduced the size of cooperative unit of the transition. The effect of the drugs was proportional to the concentration of the drug in the bilayer. This means that phenothiazine derivatives might have significant fluidizing effects on the biomembrane. The sizes of cooperative unit were successfully corrlated with phar-macological activities of the drugs and the surface pressure increases of lipid monolayer by these drugs. These correlations might be ascribed to a possible hydrophobic nature of interaction between the biomembrane and the drugs involved in their pharmacology.

• BMB Reports
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• 제51권12호
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• pp.623-629
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• 2018

For mechanical force to induce changes in cellular behaviors, two main processes are inevitable; perception of the force and response to it. Perception of mechanical force by cells, or mechanosensing, requires mechanical force-induced conformational changes in mechanosensors. For this, at least one end of the mechanosensors should be anchored to relatively fixed structures, such as extracellular matrices or the cytoskeletons, while the other end should be pulled along the direction of the mechanical force. Alternatively, mechanosensors may be positioned in lipid bilayers, so that conformational changes in the embedded sensors can be induced by mechanical force-driven tension in the lipid bilayer. Responses to mechanical force by cells, or mechanotransduction, require translation of such mechanical force-induced conformational changes into biochemical signaling. For this, protein-protein interactions or enzymatic activities of mechanosensors should be modulated in response to force-induced structural changes. In the last decade, several molecules that met the required criteria of mechanosensors have been identified and proven to directly sense mechanical force. The present review introduces examples of such mechanosensors and summarizes their mechanisms of action.

• Archives of Pharmacal Research
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• 제14권4호
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• pp.336-341
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• 1991

The effect of bovine serum albumin (BSA) on the encapsulation efficiency and stability of liposomes containing methotrexate (MTX) having different surface charges and cholesterol contents were investigated. The encapsulation efficiency of MTX was lower and the release of MTX was faster by the addition of BSA. The leaking of MTX from lipid bilayer depends upon the BSA concentrations. These results may be derived from the interaction of BSA with lipid bilayers. The dynamic structural changes of BSA were monitored indirectly using circular dichroism spectra. Observed dynamic structural changes of BSA with liposomes are presumed to reflect the interaction of BSA with liposomes. Negatively charged liposomes have more strong interaction with BSA than neutral and positively charged liposomes. BSA attacks lipid bilayers whether it is at the inner or at the outer phase of lipid bilayer and induces leakage of entrapped MTX. Especially, negatively charged liposomes are more sensitive than others. The inclusion of cholesterol in the lipid layers inhibits the interaction of BSA with liposomes and shows protective effect against BSA-induced leakage of MTX. To endure the attacking of BSA liposomes as drug carriers should be made using cholesterol.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제13권3호
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• pp.43-49
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• 1996

Metachromatic properties of admixture of thionine and methylene blue(MB) in aqueous solution and phospholipid bilayer membrane have been studied by absorption spectroscopy. When thionine and MB were mixed, new coaggregate has been formed because of MB was redistributed to thionine aggregate. In phosphlipid bilayer membrane system, the highly concentrated thionine was easily formed the coaggregation with MB moiety independent of MB concentration, and absorption band of admixture were more transferred to short wavelength than aqueous system. In monomeric thionine concentration, the coaggregation band was observed at the middle wavelength between the site of monomeric thionine and the site of dimeric MB in the presence of lipid bilayer membrane.

• 분석과학
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• 제24권6호
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• pp.460-466
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• 2011

얇은 유리판 위에 정렬된 지질 이중막에 작용하는 항균성 펩타이드 magainin 2의 작용활성을 고체 핵자기 공명 분광법을 이용하여 조사하였다. 수화에 따른 지질 이중막의 파괴정도를 파악하기 위해 두 가지 수화 상태에서 실험이 이루어졌다. 95%의 상대 습도에서 수화된 지질 이중막에서는 약 15% 정도의 지질 이중막이 파괴되었으며, 완전히 수화된 지질 이중막에서는 약 20% 정도의 지질 이중막이 파괴되었다. 두 가지 시료 제조방법에 따른 지질 이중막 파괴 정도의 비교를 통해, 항균성 펩타이드의 지질 이중막 결합과정이 지질 이중막 파괴에 중요한 변수임을 알 수 있었다.

• 약학회지
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• 제38권2호
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• pp.131-139
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• 1994

Calcein-encapsulated small unilamellar vesicles of various lipid composition were prepared using the sonication technique, and their stabilities at $20^{\circ}C$ were examined by measuring calcein leakage from the liposomes. The fluidity of these liposomal bilayers was also investigated by measuring the fluorescence polarization of DPH labelled into the liposomes. The results showed that liposomes made of PC mixtures with different acyl chain length were very stable, which may be due to the formation of interdigitated bilayer structure. The addition of cholesterol further stabilized these PC liposomes. However, addition of cholesterol reduced the encapsulation efficiences of liposomes. The fluidity of the liposomes was significantly decreased by cholesterol in the liquid crystalline state, but not changed in the gel state. These results suggest that the enhanced stability of PC mixture liposomes may be ascribed to the formation of stable interdigitated bilayer structure. In membrane-mimetic and drug-delivery studies, vesicles made of mixtures of various phospholipids are recommended instead of addition of cholesterol to the phospholipid.