Dielectric properties of the polar head group region of zwitterionic lipid bilayers

Biophysical Journal
A Raudino, D Mauzerall

Abstract

A theoretical model describing the dielectric properties of the lipid membrane-water interface region was developed. The rotating polar head groups (e.g. phosphatidylcholine) were simulated as a collection of interacting dipoles imbedded in a nonhomogeneous dielectric. The interactions between the nearest neighborhood were explicitly taken into account, while the other interactions were evaluated by means of the continuum theories. The values of the dielectric constant, its anisotropy and the spontaneous polarization of the interface were evaluated. As an application, we calculated the energy of interaction between an ion and the membrane polar head group region. The results indicate a small spontaneous polarization of the interface (1-1.7 Debyes per lipid molecule) due to the tilting angle of the choline residue with respect to the membrane surface. This dipolar field partially compensates that of opposite orientation originating from the ester group region, giving calculated overall dipolar potentials in better agreement with the experimental data. Our model suggests also a very strong dielectric anisotropy of the interface region, the component of the dielectric constant perpendicular to the membrane plane being much smaller...Continue Reading

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