Interplay of curvature-induced micro- and nanodomain structures in multicomponent lipid bilayers

DOI10.1007/S12572-015-0152-ZzbMATH Open1348.92053arXiv1510.05171OpenAlexW2963839726MaRDI QIDQ336086FDOQ336086

Authors: Leonie Brodbek, Friederike Schmid 

Publication date: 10 November 2016

Published in: International Journal of Advances in Engineering Sciences and Applied Mathematics (Search for Journal in Brave)

Abstract: We discuss different mechanisms for curvature-induced domain formation in multicomponent lipid membranes and present a theoretical model that allows us to study the interplay between the domains. The model represents the membrane by two coupled monolayers, which each carry an additional order parameter field describing the local lipid composition. The spontaneous curvature of each monolayer is coupled to the local composition, moreover, the lipid compositions on opposing monolayers are coupled to each other. Using this model, we calculate the phase behavior of the bilayer in mean-field approximation. The resulting phase diagrams are surprisingly complex and reveal a variety of phases and phase transitions, including a decorated microdomain phase where nanodomains are aligned along the microdomain boundaries. Our results suggest that external membrane tension can be used to control the lateral organization of nanodomains (which might be associated with lipid "rafts") in a multicomponent lipid bilayer.

Full work available at URL: https://arxiv.org/abs/1510.05171

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zbMATH Keywords

elasticityGinzburg-Landau theorycurvaturelipid bilayerslipid raftsmulticomponent membranes

Mathematics Subject Classification ID

Biochemistry, molecular biology (92C40) Cell biology (92C37) Membranes (74K15)

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