Hydrogenated soy phosphatidylcoline (Phospholipon 90H, PC) was a gift of Natterman Phospholipids GmbH (Koeln, Germany). 1,2-stearoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine-N-[carboxy(poly(ethylene glycol)-2000)] (DSPE-PEG2000-COOH) was purchased from Avanti Polar Lipids (Alabaster, AL, USA).
For cellular transport studies luciferin yellow was bought from Sigma-Aldrich (Milan, Italy); Transwell® permeable supports were from Corning (Corning, NY, USA). All the media and supplements for cell culture were bought from Life Technologies, Thermo Fisher Scientific (Waltham, MA, USA). Other materials used in this study were of analytical grade.