Rehydration of Digalactosyldiacylglycerol Model Membrane Lyophilizates Observed by NMR and Sorption Isotherm

H. Harańczyk a, M. Bacior a, J. Jamróz a, M. Jemioła-Rzemińska b, and K. Strzałka b a Institute of Physics, Jagiellonian University, Reymonta 4, 30-059 Cracow, Poland b Faculty of Biochemistry, Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Cracow, Poland

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The initial stages of rehydration of digalactosyldiacylglycerol model membrane lyophilizates were observed using hydration kinetics, sorption isotherm, and high power proton relaxometry (at 30 MHz). Hydration time courses are single exponential and the sorption isotherm is sigmoidal in form. The mass of water saturating primary binding sites equals ΔM/m0= 0.019±0.001. Proton free induction decays distinguish (i) immobilized protons of solid matrix of lyophilizate, signal S0; (ii) protons of water fraction tightly bound to the lyophilizate surface, L1; and (iii) mobile protons of loosely bound water pool, L2. Hydration dependence of total water signal (L1+L2)/S0 shows the presence of water fraction "sealed" in liposome structures, which equals ΔMS/m0 = 0.092±0.007.

DOI: 10.12693/APhysPolA.115.521 PACS numbers: 82.56.Na