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Alonso SDV, González Flecha FL. Fifty years of biophysics in Argentina. Biophys Rev 2023; 15:431-438. [PMID: 37681102 PMCID: PMC10480372 DOI: 10.1007/s12551-023-01114-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2023] [Accepted: 08/10/2023] [Indexed: 09/09/2023] Open
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In 1972, a group of young Argentinean scientists nucleated in the so-called Membrane Club constituted the Biophysical Society of Argentina (SAB). Over the years, this Society has grown and embraced new areas of research and emerging technologies. In this commentary, we provide an overview of the early stages of biophysics development in Argentina and highlight some of the notable achievements made during the past five decades. The SAB Annual Meetings have been a platform for intense scientific discussions, and the Society has fostered numerous international connections, becoming a hallmark of SAB activities over these 50 years. Initially centered on membrane biophysics, SAB focus has since expanded to encompass diverse fields such as molecular, cellular, and systems biophysics.
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- Silvia del V. Alonso
- Laboratorio de Bio-Nanotecnología, Departamento de Ciencia y Tecnología, Universidad Nacional de Quilmes, Bernal, Argentina
- Grupo de Biología Estructural y Biotecnología (GBEyB), IMBICE (CONICET CCT-La Plata), La Plata, Argentina
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- Laboratorio de Biofísica Molecular, Instituto de Química y Fisicoquímica Biológicas, Universidad de Buenos Aires – CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Abdel Azim EA, Elkheshen SA, Hathout RM, Fouly MA, El Hoffy NM. Augmented in vitro and in vivo Profiles of Brimonidine Tartrate Using Gelatinized-Core Liposomes. Int J Nanomedicine 2022; 17:2753-2776. [PMID: 35782018 PMCID: PMC9243147 DOI: 10.2147/ijn.s370192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2022] [Accepted: 06/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Background The low entrapment efficiency of the hydrophilic drugs such as brimonidine tartrate (BRT) in liposomes represents a challenge that requires interventions. Gelatinized core liposomes (GCLs) were fabricated to increase the drug entrapment, corneal penetration, and physical stability of the investigated molecule. Research Design and Methods GCLs encapsulating BRT were prepared and optimized utilizing D-optimal design (DOD). The effect of plasticizer incorporation on the physicochemical characteristics and on the in vivo performance was studied. The optimized formulations were investigated for pH, rheological properties, morphological characteristics, in vitro release profiles, biological performance, safety profile. The effects of storage and gamma sterilization were also investigated. Results The results revealed the great success of the prepared formulations to achieve high entrapment efficiency reaching 98% after a maturation period of 10 days. The addition of glycerol as plasticizer significantly minimized the particle size and shortened the maturation period to 7 days. The selected formulations were stable for 3 months after gamma sterilization. The formulations showed significant lowering of intra-ocular pressure (IOP) in glaucomatous rabbits with sustainment of the pharmacological effect for 24 hours compared to drug solution. Conclusions Enhanced in vitro and in vivo profiles of brimonidine tartrate loaded gelatinized-core-liposomes were obtained.
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- Engy A Abdel Azim
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo, Cairo, 11835, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Cairo University, Cairo, 11562, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, Cairo, Egypt
- Correspondence: Rania M Hathout, Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Ain Shams University, African Union Organization Street, P.O. Box: 11566, Abbassia, Cairo, Egypt, Email ;
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- Research Institute of Ophthalmology, Giza, Cairo, 12557, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Future University in Egypt, New Cairo, Cairo, 11835, Egypt
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de Leon A, Perera R, Hernandez C, Cooley M, Jung O, Jeganathan S, Abenojar E, Fishbein G, Sojahrood AJ, Emerson CC, Stewart PL, Kolios MC, Exner AA. Contrast enhanced ultrasound imaging by nature-inspired ultrastable echogenic nanobubbles. NANOSCALE 2019; 11:15647-15658. [PMID: 31408083 PMCID: PMC6716144 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr04828f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 73] [Impact Index Per Article: 14.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Advancement of ultrasound molecular imaging applications requires not only a reduction in size of the ultrasound contrast agents (UCAs) but also a significant improvement in the in vivo stability of the shell-stabilized gas bubble. The transition from first generation to second generation UCAs was marked by an advancement in stability as air was replaced by a hydrophobic gas, such as perfluoropropane and sulfur hexafluoride. Further improvement can be realized by focusing on how well the UCAs shell can retain the encapsulated gas under extreme mechanical deformations. Here we report the next generation of UCAs for which we engineered the shell structure to impart much better stability under repeated prolonged oscillation due to ultrasound, and large changes in shear and turbulence as it circulates within the body. By adapting an architecture with two layers of contrasting elastic properties similar to bacterial cell envelopes, our ultrastable nanobubbles (NBs) withstand continuous in vitro exposure to ultrasound with minimal signal decay and have a significant delay on the onset of in vivo signal decay in kidney, liver, and tumor. Development of ultrastable NBs can potentially expand the role of ultrasound in molecular imaging, theranostics, and drug delivery.
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- Al de Leon
- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA.
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- Department of Physics, Ryerson University, Toronto, ON, Canada
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Pharmacology and Cleveland Center for Membrane and Structural Biology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, Ohio 44106, USA
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- Department of Radiology, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA. and Department of Biomedical Engineering, Case Western Reserve University, Cleveland, OH 44106, USA
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Alavi S, Akhlaghi S, Dadashzadeh S, Haeri A. Green Formulation of Triglyceride/Phospholipid-Based Nanocarriers as a Novel Vehicle for Oral Coenzyme Q10 Delivery. J Food Sci 2019; 84:2572-2583. [PMID: 31436862 DOI: 10.1111/1750-3841.14763] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2019] [Revised: 07/12/2019] [Accepted: 07/18/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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This study was aimed to develop a novel nanocarrier for coenzyme Q10 (CoQ10) by a green process that prevented the use of surfactants and organic solvents. Triglyceride/phospholipid-based nanocarriers were developed through high-pressure homogenization (an industrial feasible process), and a 25-1 fractional factorial design was adopted to assess the influences of formulation variables on the considered responses, including vesicle size, entrapment efficiency, loading capacity, and solubility of the vehicles in simulated gastrointestinal fluids. The optimized formulation was further in-depth characterized in terms of morphology, release behavior, biocompatibility (Caco-2 cell cytotoxicity and histological examination), thermal behavior, and Fourier transform infrared analysis. Optimal nanocarriers were found to have mean particle size of 75 nm, narrow particle distribution, and CoQ10 entrapment of 95%. The optimized formulation was stable upon incubation in simulated gastrointestinal fluids without considerable leakage of cargo, which was in agreement with their sustained release behavior. Microscopic observations also confirmed nanosized nature of the vesicles and revealed their spherical shape. Moreover, toxicity evaluations at the cellular and tissue levels revealed their nontoxic nature. In conclusion, triglyceride/phospholipid-based nanocarriers proved to be a green safe vehicle for delivery of CoQ10 with industrial-scale production capability and could provide a new horizon for delivery of hydrophobic nutraceuticals. PRACTICAL APPLICATION: Green nanostructure formulation approaches have recently gained tremendous attraction for their safe profile especially when it comes to supplements, which are generally recommended for daily use. However, their sufficient association with cargoes and industrial-scale production have remained considerable challenges. This study focuses on the development of lipid-based nanocarriers for CoQ10 by an industrial feasible process that prevents the use of any surfactants or organic solvents.
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- Sonia Alavi
- Dept. of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti Univ. of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti Univ. of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti Univ. of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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- Dept. of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Shahid Beheshti Univ. of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran.,Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Center, Shahid Beheshti Univ. of Medical Sciences, Tehran, Iran
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Abou-Saleh RH, McLaughlan JR, Bushby RJ, Johnson BR, Freear S, Evans SD, Thomson NH. Molecular Effects of Glycerol on Lipid Monolayers at the Gas-Liquid Interface: Impact on Microbubble Physical and Mechanical Properties. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:10097-10105. [PMID: 30901226 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b04130] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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The production and stability of microbubbles (MBs) is enhanced by increasing the viscosity of both the formation and storage solution, respectively. Glycerol is a good candidate for biomedical applications of MBs, since it is biocompatible, although the exact molecular mechanisms of its action is not fully understood. Here, we investigate the influence glycerol has on lipid-shelled MB properties, using a range of techniques. Population lifetime and single bubble stability were studied using optical microscopy. Bubble stiffness measured by AFM compression is compared with lipid monolayer behavior in a Langmuir-Blodgett trough. We deduce that increasing glycerol concentrations enhances stability of MB populations through a 3-fold mechanism. First, binding of glycerol to lipid headgroups in the interfacial monolayer up to 10% glycerol increases MB stiffness but has limited impact on shell resistance to gas permeation and corresponding MB lifetime. Second, increased solution viscosity above 10% glycerol slows down the kinetics of gas transfer, markedly increasing MB stability. Third, above 10%, glycerol induces water structuring around the lipid monolayer, forming a glassy layer which also increases MB stiffness and resistance to gas loss. At 30% glycerol, the glassy layer is ablated, lowering the MB stiffness, but MB stability is further augmented. Although the molecular interactions of glycerol with the lipid monolayer modulate the MB lipid shell properties, MB lifetime continually increases from 0 to 30% glycerol, indicating that its viscosity is the dominant effect on MB solution stability. This three-fold action and biocompatibility makes glycerol ideal for therapeutic MB formation and storage and gives new insight into the action of glycerol on lipid monolayers at the gas-liquid interface.
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- Radwa H Abou-Saleh
- Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
- Biophysics Group, Department of Physics, Faculty of Science , Mansoura University , Mansoura , Egypt
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
- Leeds Institute of Medical Research , University of Leeds, St. James's University Hospital , Leeds LS9 7TF , United Kingdom
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- School of Chemistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
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- School of Electronic and Electrical Engineering , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
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- Molecular and Nanoscale Physics Group, School of Physics and Astronomy , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9JT , United Kingdom
- Division of Oral Biology, School of Dentistry , University of Leeds , Leeds LS2 9LU , United Kingdom
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Tsuji G, Sunami T, Ichihashi N. Production of giant unilamellar vesicles by the water-in-oil emulsion-transfer method without high internal concentrations of sugars. J Biosci Bioeng 2018; 126:540-545. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2018.04.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/04/2018] [Revised: 04/24/2018] [Accepted: 04/26/2018] [Indexed: 10/16/2022]
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Rational design of liposomes for sustained release drug delivery of bevacizumab to treat ocular angiogenesis. J Drug Deliv Sci Technol 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jddst.2018.07.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Marshall SE, Hong SH, Thet NT, Jenkins ATA. Effect of lipid and fatty acid composition of phospholipid vesicles on long-term stability and their response to Staphylococcus aureus and Pseudomonas aeruginosa supernatants. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:6989-6995. [PMID: 23668367 DOI: 10.1021/la401679u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Phospholipid vesicles have been the focus of attention as potential vehicles for drug delivery, as they are biomimetic, easy to produce, and contain an aqueous compartment which can be used to carry hydrophilic material, such as drugs or dyes. Lipid vesicles used for this purpose present a particular challenge, as they are not especially stable and can rapidly break down and release their contents away from the target area, especially at physiological temperatures/environments. This study aims to investigate optimum methods for vesicle stabilization where the vesicles are employed as part of a system or technology that signals the presence of pathogenic bacteria via the effect of secreted cytolytic virulence factors on a sensor interface. A number of approaches have been investigated and are presented here as a systematic study of the long-term (14 day) stability at 37 °C, and at various pHs. The response of vesicles, both in suspension and within hydrogels, to Staphylococcus aureus (RN 4282) and Pseudomonas aeruginosa (PAO1) whole bacteria, and supernatants from overnight cultures of both (containing secreted proteins but free of cells), was measured via a sensitive encapsulated carboxyfluorescein release assay. The results showed that lipid chain length, cholesterol concentration, and stabilization via photopolymer stable components were critical in achieving stability. Finally, dispersion of the optimum vesicle formulation in hydrogel matrixes was investigated, culminating in the in vivo demonstration of a simple prototype wound dressing.
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- Serena E Marshall
- Centre for Sustainable Chemical Technologies, University of Bath, Claverton Down, Bath, United Kingdom
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Lloyd AW, Rutt KJ, Olliff CJ. The Effect of Cryoprotective Additives on the Zeta Potential of Liposomes. J Pharm Pharmacol 2011. [DOI: 10.1111/j.2042-7158.1990.tb14516.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Andrew W Lloyd
- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group, Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton BN2 4GJ UK
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group, Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton BN2 4GJ UK
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- Pharmaceutical Sciences Research Group, Brighton Polytechnic, Brighton BN2 4GJ UK
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Literature Alerts. J Microencapsul 2008. [DOI: 10.3109/02652049009028430] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Lairion F, Disalvo EA. Effect of trehalose on the contributions to the dipole potential of lipid monolayers. Chem Phys Lipids 2007; 150:117-24. [PMID: 17707783 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2007.06.221] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2007] [Revised: 06/27/2007] [Accepted: 06/28/2007] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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The dipole potential and the area changes induced by trehalose on dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine (DMPC), 1,2-di-O-tetradecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (dietherPC), dimyristoyl phosphatidylethanolamine (DMPE), 1,2-di-O-tetradecyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (dietherPE) monolayers have been studied at different temperatures. The insertion of trehalose into DMPC monolayers in the fluid and gel states requires of the presence of carbonyl groups. The area increase observed at 0.15M trehalose is congruent with the decrease in the dipole potential. However, in dietherPC, in which trehalose does not affect the area, a decrease in the dipole potential is also observed. This is interpreted as a result of the displacement of water from the phosphate groups exposed to the aqueous phase. In DMPE, trehalose also decreases the dipole potential without affecting the area of saturated monolayers and in dietherPE no effect on dipole potential and area was observed. It is concluded that the spacer effect of trehalose depends on the specific interaction with CO, which is modulated by the strength of the interaction of the PO groups with lateral NH groups. However, it is not the only contribution to the dipole potential decrease.
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- Fabiana Lairion
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica de Membranas Lipídicas y Liposomas, Cátedra de Química General e Inorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Junín 956 2(o) Piso (1113), Capital Federal, Argentina
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Pereira CS, Hünenberger PH. Interaction of the sugars trehalose, maltose and glucose with a phospholipid bilayer: a comparative molecular dynamics study. J Phys Chem B 2007; 110:15572-81. [PMID: 16884281 DOI: 10.1021/jp060789l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Molecular dynamics simulations are used to investigate the interaction of the sugars trehalose, maltose, and glucose with a phospholipid bilayer at atomic resolution. Simulations of the bilayer in the absence or in the presence of sugar (2 molal concentration for the disaccharides, 4 molal for the monosaccharide) are carried out at 325 and 475 K. At 325 K, the three sugars are found to interact directly with the lipid headgroups through hydrogen bonds, replacing water at about one-fifth to one-quarter of the hydrogen-bonding sites provided by the membrane. Because of its small size and of the reduced topological constraints imposed on the hydroxyl group locations and orientations, glucose interacts more tightly (at identical effective hydroxyl group concentration) with the lipid headgroups when compared to the disaccharides. At high temperature, the three sugars are able to prevent the thermal disruption of the bilayer. This protective effect is correlated with a significant increase in the number of sugar-headgroups hydrogen bonds. For the disaccharides, this change is predominantly due to an increase in the number of sugar molecules bridging three or more lipid molecules. For glucose, it is primarily due to an increase in the number of sugar molecules bound to one or bridging two lipid molecules.
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- Cristina S Pereira
- Laboratory of Physical Chemistry, ETH-Hönggerberg, HCI, CH-8093 Zürich, Switzerland
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Cabane B, Blanchon S, Neves C. Recombination of nanometric vesicles during freeze-drying. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:1982-90. [PMID: 16489779 DOI: 10.1021/la051923g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Concentrated dispersions of nanometric lipid vesicles (mean diameter 20 nm) in water/maltose solutions have been freeze-dried and then redispersed in water, yielding again dispersions of lipid vesicles. At each stage of the freeze-drying process, the organization of the vesicles in the dispersion and their size distribution were examined through small-angle neutron scattering and gel permeation chromatography. It was found that the osmotic deswelling of the vesicles caused them to recombine into larger vesicles. A single burst of recombination events occurred when the maltose concentration in the aqueous phase rose above 100 g/L. The final vesicle population was monopopulated, with a central diameter about twice as large as that of the original dispersion.
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- B Cabane
- PMMH, ESPCI, 10 rue Vauquelin, 75231 Paris Cedex 05, France
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Villarreal MA, Díaz SB, Disalvo EA, Montich GG. Molecular dynamics simulation study of the interaction of trehalose with lipid membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2004; 20:7844-7851. [PMID: 15323539 DOI: 10.1021/la049485l] [Citation(s) in RCA: 78] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The interactions of the cryoprotective agent trehalose with a lipid membrane made of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine at 323 K were studied by means of molecular dynamics simulations. It was observed that trehalose binds to the phospholipid headgroups with its main axis parallel to the membrane normal. Trehalose establishes hydrogen bonds with the carbonyl and phosphate groups and replaces water molecules from the lipid headgroup. Notably, the number of hydrogen bonds (HBs) that the membrane made with its environment was conserved after trehalose binding. The HBs between lipid and trehalose have a longer lifetime than those established between lipid and water. The binding of the sugar does not produce changes either in the lipid area or in the lipid order parameter. The effect of trehalose on the dipole potential is in agreement with experimental results. The contribution of the different components to the membrane dipole potential was analyzed. It was observed that the binding of trehalose produces changes in the different components and the sugar itself contributes to the surface potential due to the polarization of its hydroxyl in the interface.
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- Marcos Ariel Villarreal
- Departamento de Química Biológica, Facultad de Ciencias Químicas, Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, CIQUIBIC (CONICET), Pabellón Argentina, Ciudad Universitaria, Córdoba, Argentina
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Gómez Zavaglia A, Tymczyszyn E, De Antoni G, Aníbal Disalvo E. Action of trehalose on the preservation of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus by heat and osmotic dehydration. J Appl Microbiol 2003; 95:1315-20. [PMID: 14633006 DOI: 10.1046/j.1365-2672.2003.02102.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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AIM This work determines the efficiency of trehalose on the preservation by heat or osmotic drying of a strain of Lactobacillus delbrueckii ssp. bulgaricus. Cell recovery at different trehalose concentrations during drying correlated with the surface properties and osmotic response of cells after rehydration. METHODS AND RESULTS Bacteria were dried in the presence of glycerol, trehalose, sucrose at 70 degrees C and at 20 degrees C. Trehalose attenuates the loss of viability at 0.25 m. At this concentration, the osmotic response and zeta potential of the bacteria were comparable with the nondried ones. CONCLUSIONS Trehalose diminishes significantly the damage produced by dehydration both when the bacteria are dried by heating or subjected to osmotic dehydration. This effect appears related to the preservation of the permeability to water and the surface potential of the bacteria. SIGNIFICANCE AND IMPACT OF THE STUDY Dehydration occurring during heating or during osmosis appears to have similar effects. As dehydration-induced damage is in correlation with osmotic response recovery and is hindered or buffered by the presence of trehalose, it may be related to water eliminated from biological structures involved in water permeation.
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- A Gómez Zavaglia
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica de Membranas Lipídicas, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica (UBA), Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Walter A, Kuehl G, Barnes K, VanderWaerdt G. The vesicle-to-micelle transition of phosphatidylcholine vesicles induced by nonionic detergents: effects of sodium chloride, sucrose and urea. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 2000; 1508:20-33. [PMID: 11090816 DOI: 10.1016/s0304-4157(00)00005-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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The vesicle-to-micelle transition of egg phosphatidylcholine LUVs induced by octylglucoside was studied in buffers with 0-4 M sodium chloride, sucrose or urea. We used both light scattering and fluorescent probes to follow the lipid-detergent complexes in these buffers. The vesicle-to-micelle transition process was fundamentally the same in each solute. However, the detergent-to-lipid ratio required for micelle formation shifted in ways that depended on the aqueous solute. The partitioning of octylglucoside between the vesicles and the aqueous phase was primarily determined by the change in its critical micelle concentration (cmc) induced by each solute. Specifically, the cmc decreased in high salt and sucrose buffers but increased in high concentrations of urea. Cmc for two additional nonionic detergents, decyl- and dodecyl-maltoside, and three zwittergents (3-12, 3-14 and 3-16) were determined as a function of concentration for each of the solutes. In all cases NaCl and sucrose decreased the solubility of the detergents, whereas urea increased their solubilities. The effects clearly depended on acyl chain length in urea-containing solutions, but this dependence was less clear with increasing NaCl and sucrose concentrations. The contributions of these solutes to solubility and to interfacial interactions in the bilayers, pure and mixed micelles are considered.
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- A Walter
- Department of Biology, St. Olaf College, 1520 St. Olaf Avenue, 55057, Northfield, MN, USA.
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Luzardo MC, Amalfa F, Nuñez AM, Díaz S, Biondi De Lopez AC, Disalvo EA. Effect of trehalose and sucrose on the hydration and dipole potential of lipid bilayers. Biophys J 2000; 78:2452-8. [PMID: 10777741 PMCID: PMC1300834 DOI: 10.1016/s0006-3495(00)76789-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 134] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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The water activity in dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) decreases by 60% when the lipid is dehydrated in the presence of trehalose concentrations higher than 0.02 M. In contrast, sucrose in concentrations 10 times higher produced only a 20% decrease in the water activity in the sample. Titrations of a DMPC solution in chloroform yielded 14 water molecules per lipid when pure water was added and seven water molecules per lipid when the titration was done with 0.025 M trehalose. The same concentrations of sucrose produced a turbid solution, which made it impossible to quantify the number of water molecules per lipid. Lipid monolayers spread on an air/water interface showed a decrease from 480 mV in pure water to 425 mV in 0.1 M trehalose. However, the same concentrations of sucrose produced an increase of less than 100 mV. Results obtained with Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR) under the same conditions denoted that trehalose binds to the carbonyl groups, while sucrose showed no specific binding. It is concluded that per lipid molecule, 11 of 14 water molecules can be replaced by three trehalose molecules. About four are displaced by changes in the water activity of the bulk solution, and seven by specific interactions with the phospholipids. In this last case, at least two of them are linked to the carbonyls, and this appears to be the cause of the decrease in the dipole potential of the membrane. In contrast, four sucrose molecules displace only three water molecules per lipid, with no effect on the dipole potential or the carbonyl groups.
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- M C Luzardo
- Laboratorio de Fisicoquímica de Membranas Lipídicas, Cátedra de Química General e Inorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Grdadolnik J, Hadzi D. FT infrared and Raman investigation of saccharide-phosphatidylcholine interactions using novel structure probes. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 1998; 54A:1989-2000. [PMID: 9861687 DOI: 10.1016/s1386-1425(98)00111-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Conformational consequences of adduct formation between saccharides (trehalose, glucose, raffinose) and sorbitol with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) in multibilayers are revealed by relative intensity changes of the band components corresponding to the nu asN(CH3)3 and nu sC-N(CH3)3 stretching modes of the choline chain terminal and those of the nu C = O band. The conformational sensitivity of those modes was demonstrated previously (J. Grdadolnik et al., Chem. Phys. Lipids 65 (1993) 121) and used to demonstrate the effects of stepwise hydration of phosphatidylcholines. The latter are compared with the effects of saccharide binding and found to be qualitatively similar, but not identical. The same is true of the low frequency shifts of the nu asPO2- vibration: the shifts due to saccharide binding correspond to the binding of six to seven water molecules per phosphate which is about 20 cm-1 less than the shift caused by full hydration. A particularly interesting finding concerns the appearance of two bands in the nu asPO2- region of the DPPC-saccharide adducts. The relative intensities of the two bands (1243 and 1223 cm-1) change on additional hydration; it is the one at 1223 cm-1 that prevails at high hydration levels. Major changes in saccharide conformation are not detectable but minor differences between the DPPC bound and crystal spectra are observed.
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- J Grdadolnik
- National Institute of Chemistry, Ljubljana, Slovenia
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Viera LI, Senisterra GA, Disalvo EA. Changes in the optical properties of liposome dispersions in relation to the interlamellar distance and solute interaction. Chem Phys Lipids 1996; 81:45-54. [PMID: 9450319 DOI: 10.1016/0009-3084(96)02532-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The changes in absorbance produced when liposomes are subject to increasing osmotic pressures were correlated with the distance at which the undulation, hydration and steric repulsions dominate. It is found that at low pressures, when the bilayers are apart by more than 1 nm, the absorbance decreases with the decrease in the bilayer distance. However, at higher pressures where the bilayer are in contact within 0.7 nm the absorbance increases with the increase in pressure. This is well explained by the scattering law for particles of diameter comparable to the wavelength and fits with the empirical Bangham's law used for permeability assays. At much higher pressures, a break in the absorbance at 0.5 nm of the interbilayer distance denotes that absorbance is sensitive to the perturbation when steric forces dominate. These effects were compared to those obtained with solutes that may replace water at the membrane interface by hydrogen bonding. The results indicate that the membrane approach produces a similar effect to sucrose on both calorimetric and optical properties, suggesting that the bilayer interaction promotes a partial dehydration or reorganization of the water at the interface. The relevance of these findings on the permeation assays done with vesicles and cells by means of light scattering in which the bilayers are considered unperturbed is discussed.
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- L I Viera
- Cátedra de Química General e Inorgánica, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica, Buenos Aires, Argentina
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Viera LI, Alonso-Romanowski S, Borovyagin V, Feliz MR, Disalvo EA. Properties of gel phase lipid-trehalose bilayers upon rehydration. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1993; 1145:157-67. [PMID: 8422407 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(93)90393-e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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When dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayers dried under vacuum in different concentrations of trehalose are rehydrated in buffer without the sugar they show different physicochemical properties in the gel state in comparison to the normal gel state. Dry DPPC/trehalose mixtures are readily dispersed in buffer below the phase transition showing by electron microscopy a morphology similar to liposomes prepared by dispersing the lipids in buffer above the phase transition temperature. In these conditions, an increase in the peak at 570 nm of merocyanine after the dehydration-rehydration process in the presence of the sugar is observed and the water permeation increases to values comparable to those found in the fluid state as indicated by the activation energy values and the osmotic volume. The trehalose-dried liposomes rehydrated in buffer show a similar osmotic response to hypertonic gradient as DPPC liposomes without sugar near the phase transition temperature. In accordance with this behavior the trehalose-dried liposomes are lysed below the phase transition temperature by lysoderivatives. These modifications of the gel state of hydrated phospholipids by trehalose can only be achieved if a drastic dehydration is performed in the presence of the sugar. After rehydration the changes in the gel state can be detected after dyalizing the rehydrated membranes in media without trehalose during at least 24 h. These results suggest that trehalose is still intercalated between the phospholipids after restoring water to the dried liposomes either at temperatures below or above the phase transition.
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- L I Viera
- Area de Biomembranas, Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas, INIFTA, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, UNLP, La Plata, Argentina
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Ravaoarinoro M, Toma E, Agbaba O, Morisset R. Efficient entrapment of amikacin and teicoplanin in liposomes. J Drug Target 1993; 1:191-5. [PMID: 8069560 DOI: 10.3109/10611869308996076] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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A higher encapsulation rate was obtained using the dehydration-rehydration method compared with the reverse-phase evaporation technique in negative multilamellar vesicles with amikacin (AMK) (45% versus 15%; P < 0.05) and teicoplanin (TCP) (34% versus 25%; P < 0.05). The addition of 250 mM sucrose to AMK- or TCP-containing liposomes without prior drying prevented a significant decrease in antibiotic content in unilamellar and multilamellar vesicles over a 3-month period at -70 degrees C.
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Biondi AC, Senisterra GA, Disalvo EA. Permeability of lipid membranes revised in relation to freeze-thaw processes. Cryobiology 1992; 29:323-31. [PMID: 1499317 DOI: 10.1016/0011-2240(92)90033-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Water and solute activity gradients created during freeze-thaw processes produce water and solute fluxes across the cell membrane resulting in volume changes. Under these conditions, osmotic and thermal stresses affect the curvature, the phase behavior, and the surface properties of the lipid bilayer. These structural changes are not considered by the classical formalisms describing permeability of lipid membranes to water and nonelectrolytes such as the Nernst-Planck equation, Eyring's absolute rate theory, and Kedem-Katchalsky's thermodynamic of irreversible processes approach. In this paper, the influence of such changes on the glycerol permeation kinetics are reported. The results indicate that osmotic and chemical effects of the cryoprotectant on the membrane properties affect the rate of volume swelling depending on whether the membrane is in the gel or in the liquid crystalline state.
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- A C Biondi
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquimicas Teoricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA) Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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Biondi AC, Féliz MR, Disalvo EA. Surface changes induced by osmotic stress and its influence on the glycerol permeability in lipid bilayers. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1991; 1069:5-13. [PMID: 1932049 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(91)90097-r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The penetration rate of glycerol across lipid bilayers can be assayed dispersing liposomes filled with a 0.1 M glucose solution in an isotonic or a hypertonic solution of glycerol. The kinetic of glycerol permeation is found to be different in each of those cases. Liposomes dispersed above the phase transition temperature in hypertonic solutions show an increase in the surface polarization as measured by means of merocyanine 540. Under this condition, the permeation of glycerol shows a two-step kinetic which is indicative of a non-fickean diffusion process. In contrast, liposomes dispersed in isotonic solutions of the permeant show a fickean behavior. The changes in polarization of the membrane interface are ascribed to variations in the surface potential due to the osmotic collapse and the glycerol concentration in contact with the outer surface. The permeability of polar molecules can, in consequence, be considered as a function of the surface potential of the liposome which is congruent with previous data in literature reporting that water permeability increases as a function of the zeta potential of liposomes shrunken in hypertonic solutions.
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- A C Biondi
- Facultad de Química, Bioquímica y Farmacia, Universidad Nacional de Tucumán, Argentina
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The competitive effect of Ca2+ on the cryoprotective action of carbohydrates has been investigated during freeze-thaw processes of unilamellar egg phosphatidylcholine vesicles. Ca2+ inhibits the cryoprotection achieved by trehalose to a greater extent than other sugars such as galactose, sucrose, and fructose. The cryoprotection by trehalose is also dependent on the Ca2+ concentration in the inside solution of the vesicle, even in the absence of external Ca2+. The competitive effect of Ca2+/trehalose is interpreted as a consequence of the different amount of interfacial water displaced by each compound in their adsorption on the water/lipid interface.
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- L S Bakás
- Instituto de Investigaciones Fisicoquímicas Teóricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA), Facultad de Ciencias Exactas, Universidad Nacional de La Plata, Argentina
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Biondi AC, Disalvo EA. Effect of glycerol on the interfacial properties of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes as measured with merocyanine 540. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1028:43-8. [PMID: 1698456 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(90)90263-n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Liposomes of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) prepared in increasing glycerol/glucose ratios show an increase in the absorbance at 570 nm of merocyanine spectra at temperatures below the phase transition. Since this effect is not observed when liposomes are prepared in solutions containing solely glucose, it is attributed to specific interactions of glycerol with the membrane phase. The increase in the 570 nm absorbance is ascribed to a partial fluidification of the membrane interface and is dependent on the distribution of the dye between the inner and the outer compartments of the liposomes and on their osmotic state. The greatest differences in the absorbance ratio are obtained when merocyanine is added to the external media. In consequence, the changes in the spectra of MC are dependent on the surface state of the liposomes which can be modified by an increase of glycerol or glucose in the external media. The present results are examined in the light of the perturbations that glycerol can induce on the barrier properties of the bilayer.
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- A C Biondi
- Instituto de Investigacíones Fisicoquímicas Téoricas y Aplicadas (INIFTA) (UNLP), La Plata, Argentina
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Fabrie CH, de Kruijff B, de Gier J. Protection by sugars against phase transition-induced leak in hydrated dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine liposomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA 1990; 1024:380-4. [PMID: 2354186 DOI: 10.1016/0005-2736(90)90368-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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The disaccharides trehalose and sucrose have small effects on temperature and enthalpy of the pre- and main phase transition in hydrated DMPC bilayers. In contrast, these sugars cause a considerable retention of carboxyfluorescein when large unilamellar vesicles of DMPC are heated through the main transition. This effect is sugar specific, as the monosaccharides glucose and fructose are less effective and ethyleneglycol has no effect at all.
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- C H Fabrie
- Centre for Biomembranes and Lipid Enzymology, State University of Utrecht, The Netherlands
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