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1、MethodsinMolecularBiologyMethodsinMolecularBiologyTMVOLUME199LiposomeLiposomeMethodsMethodsandProtocolsandProtocolsEditedbyEditedbySubhashC.BasuSubhashC.BasuManjuBasuManjuBasuHUMANAPRESSHUMANAPRESSLiposomeswithNaturalandSyntheticLipids31Preparation,Isola
2、tion,andCharacterizationofLiposomesContainingNaturalandSyntheticLipidsSubrotoChatterjeeandDipakK.Banerjee1.IntroductionThespecificity,homogeneity,andavailabilityoflarge-batchproductionofliposomeswithnaturallipidsandsyntheticlipidshavemadethemanextremelyus
3、efultoolforthestudyofdiversecellularphenomena,aswellasinmedicalapplications.Inmanycases,however,thesuccessoftheuseofliposomesasdrugcarriersorvaccinesandingenedeliverydependsentirelyonboththeirformulationandthemethodofpreparation.Liposomesaresyntheticanal
4、oguesofnaturalmembranes.Consequently,inviewofthefactthatthelipidcompositionofthecellmembraneisfixed,thegeneralconceptinthepreparationofliposomesistomodifycombinationsoftheselipidmixtures(toemulatethenaturalmembrane)inthepresenceorabsenceofavarietyofbioact
5、ivemoleculeswithdiversefunctions.Themethodsforthepreparation,isolation,andcharacterizationofliposomesareasdiverseastheapplicationsofthesemoleculesinhealthanddisease.Accordingly,wefeelitisadauntingtasktocovereachandeverymethodthathasbeendescribedforprepar
6、ingliposomes.Thus,inthischapterwehavefocusedonthepreparationofthreeclassesofliposomes,namely,themultilamellarvesicles(MLVs),smallunilamellarvesicles(SUVs),andlargeunilamellarvesicles(LUVs).Severalexcellentbooksonliposometechnologyanditsapplicationinhealt
7、handdisease(1–3)havebeenpublishedoverthelastdecade.Readersaresuggestedtoconsulttheseworkstoobtainmoreinformationonanindividualmethodrelevanttotheneedsoftheirstudies.From:MethodsinMolecularBiology,vol.199:LiposomeMethodsandProtocolsEditedby:S.BasuandM.Bas
8、u©HumanaPressInc.,Totowa,NJ34ChatterjeeandBanerjee2.Materials1.Cholesteroliscommerciallyavailablefromseveralsources,forexample,AvantiPolarLipids(Alabaster,AL),Matreya,Inc.(PleasantGap,PA).2.Dicetylphosphate(DCP)isavailable