Chand, S, Beales, P orcid.org/0000-0001-9076-9793, Claeyssens, F et al. (1 more author) (2019) Topography design in model membranes: Where biology meets physics. Experimental Biology and Medicine, 244 (4). pp. 294-303. ISSN 1535-3702
Abstract
Phospholipid membranes are necessary for the compartmentalization of chemistries within biological cells and for initiation and propagation of cell signaling. The morphological and chemical complexities of cellular membranes represent a challenge for dissecting the biochemical processes occurring at these interfaces. Therefore, investigations of the biological events occurring at the membrane require suitable models to reproduce the intricacy of this surface. Solid-supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) are simplified physical replicas of biological membranes that allow for bottom-up reconstruction of the molecular mechanisms occurring at cellular interfaces. In this brief review, we introduce how the properties of SLBs can be tuned to mimic biological membranes, highlighting the engineering approaches for creating spatially resolved patterns of lipid bilayers and supported membranes with curved geometries. Additionally, we present how SLBs have been employed to reconstitute molecular mechanisms involved in intercellular signaling and more recently, membrane trafficking.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2018 by the Society for Experimental Biology and Medicine. This is an author produced version of a paper published in Experimental Biology and Medicine. Reprinted by permission of SAGE Publications. | ||||
Keywords: | Solid-supported lipid bilayers; membrane patterning; membrane curvature; synthetic biology; in vitro reconstitution | ||||
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Institution: | The University of Leeds | ||||
Academic Units: | The University of Leeds > Faculty of Engineering & Physical Sciences (Leeds) > School of Chemistry (Leeds) > Physical Chemistry (Leeds) | ||||
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Depositing User: | Symplectic Publications | ||||
Date Deposited: | 04 Dec 2018 11:49 | ||||
Last Modified: | 09 May 2019 16:09 | ||||
Status: | Published | ||||
Publisher: | SAGE Publications | ||||
Identification Number: | https://doi.org/10.1177/1535370218809369 |