Issue 27, 2020

Detachment of giant liposomes – coupling of receptor mobility and membrane shape

Abstract

Cellular adhesion is an intricate physical process controlled by ligand–receptor affinity, density, mobility, and external forces transmitted through the elastic properties of the cell. As a model for cellular adhesion we study the detachment of cell-sized liposomes and membrane-coated silica beads from supported bilayers using atomic force microscopy. Adhesion between the two surfaces is mediated by the interaction between the adhesive lipid anchored saccharides lactosylceramide and the ganglioside GM3. We found that force–distance curves of liposome detachment have a very peculiar, partially concave shape, reminiscent of the nonlinear extension of polymers. By contrast, detachment of membrane coated beads led to force–distance curves similar to the detachment of living cells. Theoretical modelling of the enforced detachment suggests that the non-convex force curve shape arises from the mobility of ligands provoking a switch of shapes from spherical to unduloidal during detachment.

Graphical abstract: Detachment of giant liposomes – coupling of receptor mobility and membrane shape

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Article information

Article type
Paper
Submitted
12 May 2020
Accepted
16 Jun 2020
First published
19 Jun 2020
This article is Open Access
Creative Commons BY-NC license

Soft Matter, 2020,16, 6424-6433

Detachment of giant liposomes – coupling of receptor mobility and membrane shape

H. Witt, M. Vache, A. Cordes and A. Janshoff, Soft Matter, 2020, 16, 6424 DOI: 10.1039/D0SM00863J

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