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Tear of Lipid Membranes by Nanoparticles
ER-RAFIK, Meriem
Institut Charles Sadron [ICS]
Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität [Unibas]
Institut Charles Sadron [ICS]
Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität [Unibas]
FERJI, Khalid
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire [LCPM]
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Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire [LCPM]
ER-RAFIK, Meriem
Institut Charles Sadron [ICS]
Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität [Unibas]
Institut Charles Sadron [ICS]
Université de Bâle = University of Basel = Basel Universität [Unibas]
FERJI, Khalid
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire [LCPM]
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
Laboratoire de Chimie Physique Macromoléculaire [LCPM]
SANDRE, Olivier
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
LECOMMANDOUX, Sebastien
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
LE MEINS, Jean-François
Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
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Laboratoire de Chimie des Polymères Organiques [LCPO]
Team 3 LCPO : Polymer Self-Assembly & Life Sciences
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Soft Matter. 2022-04-14, vol. 18, n° 17, p. 3318-3322
English Abstract
Health concerns associated with the advent of nanotechnologies have risen sharply when it was found that particles of nanoscopic dimensions reach the cell lumina. Plasma and organelle lipid membranes, which are exposed to ...Read more >
Health concerns associated with the advent of nanotechnologies have risen sharply when it was found that particles of nanoscopic dimensions reach the cell lumina. Plasma and organelle lipid membranes, which are exposed to both the incoming and the engulfed nanoparticles, are the primary targets of possible disruptions. However, reported adhesion, invagination and embedment of nanoparticles (NPs) do not compromise the membrane integrity, precluding direct bilayer damage as a mechanism for toxicity. Here it is shown that a lipid membrane can be torn by small enough nanoparticles, thus unveiling mechanisms for how lipid membrane can be compromised by tearing from nanoparticles. Surprisingly, visualization by cryo transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) of liposomes exposed to nanoparticles revealed also that liposomal laceration is prevented by particle abundance. Membrane destruction results thus from a subtle particle-membrane interplay that is here elucidated. This brings into a firmer molecular basis the theorized mechanisms of nanoparticle effects on lipid bilayers and paves the way for a better assessment of nanoparticle toxicity.Read less <
English Keywords
lipid membranes
nanoparticles
silica particles
cryo-electron microscopy
nano- toxicity
ANR Project
Cinétique de Translocation de Particules à travers de Bicouches Auto-Assemblées - ANR-12-BS08-0018