Issue 13, 2012

Chemoselectively surface funtionalizable tethered bilayer lipid membrane for versatile membrane mimetic systems fabrication

Abstract

A chemoselectively surface functionalizable tethered bilayer lipid membrane (tBLM) was developed via liposome immobilization, rupture and fusion processes. Briefly, introduction of triphenylphosphine (TP)-PEG-lipid into a liposome allows it to immobilize onto an azide surface through amide bond formation via Staudinger ligation. Subsequent rupture of the immobilized liposome followed by a second liposome fusion leads to the tBLM formation, which contains TP for further chemically selective modifications on its surface. The membrane fluidity and continuity of the tBLM were confirmed by confocal fluorescence microscopy. The tBLM was covalently functionalized with biomolecules such as azide-containing glycan and biotin in chemically selective fashion and under biocompatible condition, and thus provides a straightforward approach for multifunctional membrane mimetic system fabrication. In addition, the tBLM with incorporated transmembrane protein was demonstrated with an endothelial membrane protein thrombomodulin and its protein C activity was confirmed. The tBLM is very versatile as it can be adapted easily to different types of supporter for a variety of biological and biomedical research areas and applications.

Graphical abstract: Chemoselectively surface funtionalizable tethered bilayer lipid membrane for versatile membrane mimetic systems fabrication

Supplementary files

Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
14 Nov 2011
Accepted
19 Jan 2012
First published
17 Feb 2012

J. Mater. Chem., 2012,22, 6148-6155

Chemoselectively surface funtionalizable tethered bilayer lipid membrane for versatile membrane mimetic systems fabrication

Y. Ma, R. Jiang, H. Zhang, V. Gruzdys and X. Sun, J. Mater. Chem., 2012, 22, 6148 DOI: 10.1039/C2JM15858B

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