Ion-specific channels in artificial membranes have been formed by the addition of gramicidin A, alamethicin, polyene antibiotics and some proteins to the solution surrounding the bilayer lipid membrane. Until now there have been no reports of single-ion channels in unmodified lipid membranes. We have now studied the electrical conductance of planar lipid bilayers membranes made of synthetic distearoylphosphorylcholine (DSPC). Current fluctuations of amplitude approximately 1pA and duration approximately 1 s have been discovered at phase transition temperature, which shows that the appearance of ionic channels may be the result of lipid domain interactions. This would explain the dramatic increase in ion permeability observed in liposomes during phase transition. We suggest that these channels could conduct the transmembrane ionic current in biological membranes without the involvement of peptides and proteins.
Durch Reaktionen der Diglyceride (I) mit Diethylamidodibenzylphosphit, Oxidationen der Phosphite (II) mit Iodosobenzol (oder auch N‐Oxiden) bzw. Sund schrittweise Abspaltung der Benzylgruppen werden die Phosphatidsäuren (V) dargestellt (Ausb.‐Angaben auch im folgenden unvollständig).
Oxidationen bzw. Thioxidationen der cyclischen Phosphite (II) liefern bei nachfolgender Aminolyse der entstehenden cyclischen Phosphate bzw. Thionphosphate die Titelverbindungen (III) und (IV)(IR‐, 1H‐NMR‐Spektrum).
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