Title: Interactions of polymerized phospholipid vesicles with cells. Uptake, processing and toxicity in macrophages
Abstract: We have studied the uptake of photopolymerized multilamellar vesicles composed of bis(1,2(methacryloyloxy)dodecanoyl)-l-α-phosphatidylcholine (DPL) by mouse peritoneal macrophages in vitro. Vesicles composed of polymerized DPL are taken up more rapidly and extensively than vesicles composed of conventional phosphatidylcholine. The uptake of radioactive DPL vesicles was not blocked by incubation with unlabelled phosphatidylcholine vesicles in either the fluid or gel state. Likewise, fluid-phase negatively charged vesicles failed to block uptake of DPL vesicles, whereas solid-phase negatively charged vesicles did have a blocking effect. A radioactive lipophilic marker (dipalmitoylphosphatidyl[N-methyl-3H]choline) incorporated into DPL vesicles was metabolized at essentially the same rate whether the vesicles were polymerized or not. Nonpolymerized DPL vesicles were quite toxic to macrophages, whereas polymerized DPL vesicles or vesicles composed of conventional phosphatidylcholines were not toxic.
Publication Year: 1985
Publication Date: 1985-01-01
Language: en
Type: article
Indexed In: ['crossref', 'pubmed']
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