Phase equilibria of membrane lipids from Acholeplasma laidlawii: importance of a single lipid forming nonlamellar phases.

A basis for the reorganization of the bilayer structure in biological membranes is the different aggregate structures formed by lipids in water. The phase equilibria of all individual lipids and several in vivo polar lipid mixtures from acyl chain modified membranes of Acholeplasma laidlawii were investigated with different NMR techniques. All dioleoyl (DO) polar lipids, except monoglucosyldiglyceride (MGDG), form lamellar liquid crystalline (L alpha) phases only. The phase diagram of DOMGDG reveals reversed cubic (III), reversed hexagonal (HII), and L alpha phases. In mixtures of DOMGDG and dioleoyldiglycosyldiglyceride (DODGDG), the formation of an III (or HII) phase is enhanced by DOMGDG and low hydration or high temperatures. For in vivo mixtures of all polar DO lipids, a transition from an L alpha to an III phase is promoted by low hydration or high temperatures (50 degrees C). The phospholipids are incorporated in this III phase. Likewise, III and HII phases are formed at similar temperatures in a series of in vivo mixtures with different extents of acyl chain unsaturation. However, their melting temperatures (Tm) vary in an expected manner. All cubic and hexagonal phases, except the III phase with DOMGDG, exist in equilibrium with excess water. The maximum hydration of MGDG and DGDG is similar and increases with acyl chain unsaturation but is substantially lower than that for, e.g., phosphatidylcholine. The translational diffusion of the lipids in the cubic phases is rapid, implying bicontinuous structures. However, their appearances in freeze-fracture electron microscope pictures are different. The III phase of DOMGDG belongs to the Ia3d space group.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)

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