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Preparation of Monodisperse Giant Unilamellar Anchored Vesicles Using Micropatterned Hydrogel Substrates.


ABSTRACT: Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are model membrane systems consisting of a single lipid bilayer separating an inner lumen from the outer solution, with dimensions comparable to that of eukaryotic cells. The importance of these biomimetic systems has recently grown with the development of easy and safe methods to assemble GUVs from complex biorelevant compositions. However, size and position control is still a key challenge for GUV formation and manipulation. Here, a gel-assisted formation method is introduced, able to produce arrays of giant unilamellar anchored vesicles (GUAVs) with a predetermined narrow size distribution. The approach based on micropatterned gel substrates of cross-linked poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) allows performing parallel measurements on thousands of immobile unilamellar vesicles. Such power and flexibility will respond to the growing need for developing platforms of biomimetic constructs from cell-sized single bilayers.

SUBMITTER: Schultze J 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC6648857 | biostudies-literature | 2019 May

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature

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Preparation of Monodisperse Giant Unilamellar Anchored Vesicles Using Micropatterned Hydrogel Substrates.

Schultze Jennifer J   Vagias Apostolos A   Ye Lijun L   Prantl Ephraim E   Breising Valentina V   Best Andreas A   Koynov Kaloian K   Marques Carlos M CM   Butt Hans-Jürgen HJ  

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Giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) are model membrane systems consisting of a single lipid bilayer separating an inner lumen from the outer solution, with dimensions comparable to that of eukaryotic cells. The importance of these biomimetic systems has recently grown with the development of easy and safe methods to assemble GUVs from complex biorelevant compositions. However, size and position control is still a key challenge for GUV formation and manipulation. Here, a gel-assisted formation meth  ...[more]

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