Brownian Dynamics of Electrostatically Adhering Small Vesicles to a Membrane Surface Induces Domains and Probes Viscosity
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- 作者：Seyed R. Tabaei ; Jurriaan J. J. Gillissen ; Min Chul Kim ; James C. S. Ho ; Bo Liedberg ; Atul N. Parikh ; Nam-Joon Cho
- 刊名：Langmuir
- 出版年：2016
- 出版时间：May 31, 2016
- 年：2016
- 卷：32
- 期：21
- 页码：5445-5450
- 全文大小：344K
- 年卷期：0
- ISSN：1520-5827
文摘
Using single-particle tracking, we investigate the interaction of small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) that are electrostatically tethered to the freestanding membrane of a giant unilamellar vesicle (GUV). We find that the surface mobility of the GUV-riding SUVs is Brownian, insensitive to the bulk viscosity, vesicle size, and vesicle fluidity but strongly altered by the viscosity of the underlying membrane. Analyzing the diffusional behavior of SUVs within the Saffman–Delbrück model for the dynamics of membrane inclusions supports the notion that the mobility of the small vesicles is coupled to that of dynamically induced lipid clusters within the target GUV membrane. The reversible binding also offers a nonperturbative means for measuring the viscosity of biomembranes, which is an important parameter in cell physiology and function.