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Kokuszi LTF, Paes YM, Faria ALS, Alvarado-Huayhuaz J, Balboni MDC, Dos Santos MC, Dos Santos SC, de Menezes Vicenti JR, Parize AL, Werhli AV, Dos Santos Machado K, de Lima VR. Benzohydroxamate and nitrobenzohydroxamate affect membrane order: Correlations between spectroscopic and molecular dynamics to approach tuberculosis. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2024; 1866:184378. [PMID: 39163923 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2024] [Revised: 07/17/2024] [Accepted: 08/14/2024] [Indexed: 08/22/2024]
Abstract
This work correlates the effects of benzohydroxamate (BH) and nitrobenzohydroxamate (NBH) anions in two membrane models which may be used for anti-tuberculosis (anti-TB) spectroscopic studies and/or computational studies. Firstly, the BH and NBH influence in the physico-chemical properties of soy asolectin (ASO)-based large multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) were evaluated by spectroscopic and calorimetric studies. In parallel, the BH and NBH interaction with a Mycobacterium tuberculosis (Mtb) inner membrane model, composed of phosphatidyl-myo-inositol-dimannoside (PIM2), was investigated by molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. Spectroscopic data showed a localization of BH close to the lipid phosphate group, while NBH was found close to the choline region. The BH ordered the ASO choline, phosphate and carbonyl regions and disrupted the acyl methylenes, reducing the membrane packing of the lipid hydrophobic region. On the other hand, NBH showed an ordering effect in all the lipid groups (polar, interface and hydrophobic ones). By MD studies, it was found that NBH enhanced the stability of the PIM2 membrane more than BH, while also being positioned closer to its mannosyl oxygens. As in ASO MLVs, BH was localized close to the PIM2 phosphate group and disrupted its acyl chains. However, higher values of lateral diffusion were observed for NBH than BH. Despite this, BH and NBH increased the membrane thickness by 35 %, which suggests a global ordering effect of both drugs. Findings of this work reinforce the accordance and complementarity between MLVs based on ASO and the PIM2 MD model results to study the drug effects in Mtb membrane properties.
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- Lucas Thadeu Felipe Kokuszi
- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química-PPGQ, Departamento de Química, Centro de Ciências Físicas e Matemáticas-CFM, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina-UFSC, Campus Universitário Trindade, Caixa Postal 476, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- COMBI-Lab, Grupo de Biologia Computacional, Centro de Ciências Computacionais, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental (PPGQTA), Escola de Química e Alimentos (EQA), 96203-900 Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Çetinel ZÖ, Bilge D. Investigation of miltefosine-model membranes interactions at the molecular level for two different PS levels modeling cancer cells. J Bioenerg Biomembr 2024; 56:461-473. [PMID: 38833041 PMCID: PMC11217121 DOI: 10.1007/s10863-024-10025-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2024] [Accepted: 05/26/2024] [Indexed: 06/06/2024]
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Miltefosine (MLT) is a broad-spectrum drug included in the alkylphospholipids (APL) used against leishmania and various types of cancer. The most crucial feature of APLs is that they are thought to only kill cancerous cells without harming normal cells. However, the molecular mechanism of action of APLs is not completely understood. The increase in the phosphatidylserine (PS) ratio is a marker showing the stage of cancer and even metastasis. The goal of this research was to investigate the molecular effects of miltefosine at the molecular level in different PS ratios. The effects of MLT on membrane phase transition, membrane orders, and dynamics were studied using DPPC/DPPS (3:1) and DPPC/DPPS (1:1) multilayer (MLV) vesicles mimicking DPPS ratio variation, Differential Scanning Calorimetry (DSC), and Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FTIR). Our findings indicate that miltefosine is evidence at the molecular level that it is directed towards the tumor cell and that the drug's effect increases with the increase of anionic lipids in the membrane depending on the stage of cancer.
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ege University, Bornova, Izmir, 35100, Turkey.
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Mei N, Liang J, McRae DM, Leonenko Z. Localized surface plasmon resonance and atomic force microscopy study of model lipid membranes and their interactions with amyloid and melatonin. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2024; 35:305101. [PMID: 38636478 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/ad403b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/27/2023] [Accepted: 04/18/2024] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Alzheimer's disease (AD) is a progressive neurodegenerative disorder characterized by the accumulation of amyloid plaques in the brain. The toxicity of amyloid to neuronal cell surfaces arises from interactions between small intermediate aggregates, namely amyloid oligomers, and the cell membrane. The nature of these interactions changes with age and disease progression. In our previous work, we demonstrated that both membrane composition and nanoscale structure play crucial roles in amyloid toxicity, and that membrane models mimicking healthy neuron were less affected by amyloid than model membranes mimicking AD neuronal membranes. This understanding introduces the possibility of modifying membrane properties with membrane-active molecules, such as melatonin, to protect them from amyloid-induced damage. In this study, we employed atomic force microscopy and localized surface plasmon resonance to investigate the protective effects of melatonin. We utilized synthetic lipid membranes that mimic the neuronal cellular membrane at various stages of AD and explored their interactions with amyloid-β(1-42) in the presence of melatonin. Our findings reveal that the early diseased membrane model is particularly vulnerable to amyloid binding and subsequent damage. However, melatonin exerts its most potent protective effect on this early-stage membrane. These results suggest that melatonin could act at the membrane level to alleviate amyloid toxicity, offering the most protection during the initial stages of AD.
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- Nanqin Mei
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
- Department of Biology, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON, N2L 3G1, Canada
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Wu S, Jiang P, Zhang X, Mao C, Dai Y, Zhuang H, Pang Y. Understanding the Transepithelial Transport and Transbilayer Diffusion of the Antihypertensive Peptide Asn-Cys-Trp: Insights from Caco-2 Cell Monolayers and the DPPC Model Membrane. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2024; 72:9828-9841. [PMID: 38639269 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.4c00155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/20/2024]
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Understanding the transport mechanism of the peptide Asn-Cys-Trp (NCW) is crucial to improving its intestinal absorption and bioavailability. This study investigated the absorption of NCW through Caco-2 cell monolayers and its interaction with the DPPC bilayers. Results revealed that after a 3 h incubation, the Papp (AP-BL) and Papp (BL-AP) values of NCW at a concentration of 5 mmol/L were (22.24 ± 4.52) × 10-7 and (6.63 ± 2.31) × 10-7 cm/s, respectively, with the transport rates of 1.59 ± 0.32 and 0.62 ± 0.20%, indicating its moderate absorption. NCW was found to be transported via PepT1 and paracellular transport pathways, as evidenced by the significant impact of Gly-Pro and cytochalasin D on the Papp values. Moreover, NCW upregulated ZO-1 mRNA expression. Further investigation of the ZO-1-mediated interaction between NCW and tight junction proteins will contribute to a better understanding of the paracellular transport mechanism of NCW. The interaction between NCW and the DPPC bilayers was predominantly driven by entropy. NCW permeated the bilayers through electrostatic, hydrogen bonding, and hydrophobic interactions, resulting in increased fluidity, flexibility, and disorder as well as phase transition and phase separation of the bilayers.
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- Sijia Wu
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- Shenzhen Institute of Advanced Technology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Jilin University, Changchun 130062, P.R. China
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Čelková A, Búcsi A, Klacsová M, Fazekaš T, Martínez JC, Uhríková D. Oseltamivir phosphate interaction with model membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA. BIOMEMBRANES 2024; 1866:184273. [PMID: 38211646 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2024.184273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2023] [Revised: 12/20/2023] [Accepted: 01/04/2024] [Indexed: 01/13/2024]
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Oseltamivir belongs to the neuraminidase inhibitors, developed against the influenza virus, and registered under the trademark Tamiflu. Despite its long-term acquaintance, there is limited information in the literature about its physicochemical and structural properties in a lipid-water system. We present an experimentally determined partition coefficient with structural information on the interaction of oseltamivir with the model membrane, its possible location, and its effect on the membrane thermodynamics. The hydrophobic part of the lipid bilayer is affected to a moderate extent, which was proved by slight changes in thermal and structural properties. Hereby, interaction of oseltamivir with the phospholipid bilayer induces concentration dependent decrease of lateral pressure in the bilayer acyl chain region. Oseltamivir charges the bilayer surface positively, which results in the zeta potential increase and changes in anisotropic properties studied by the polarised light microscopy. At the highest oseltamivir concentrations studied, the multilamellar structure is extensively disturbed, likely due to electrostatic repulsion between the adjacent bilayers.
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- Adriána Čelková
- Department of Physical Chemistry of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, Odbojárov10, 832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, Odbojárov10, 832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia.
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, Odbojárov10, 832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, Odbojárov10, 832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
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- Department of Physical Chemistry of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University Bratislava, Odbojárov10, 832 32 Bratislava, Slovakia
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Ritwiset A, Maensiri S, Krongsuk S. Insight into molecular structures and dynamical properties of niosome bilayers containing melatonin molecules: a molecular dynamics simulation approach. RSC Adv 2024; 14:1697-1709. [PMID: 38187447 PMCID: PMC10768803 DOI: 10.1039/d3ra07564h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/06/2023] [Accepted: 12/26/2023] [Indexed: 01/09/2024] Open
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Niosomes represent vesicular carriers capable of encapsulating both hydrophobic and hydrophilic drugs within their inner core or bilayer shell. They are typically composed of non-ionic synthetic surfactants such as sorbitan monostearate (Span60) with the addition of cholesterol (Chol). The physical properties and stability of niosomal vesicles strongly depend on the composition of their bilayers, which plays a significant role in determining the efficiency of drug encapsulation and release in drug delivery systems. In this study, we have explored the interactions between melatonin (Mel) molecules and the niosome bilayer, as well as their resulting physical properties. Molecular dynamics simulations were employed to investigate melatonin-inserted niosome bilayers, both with and without the inclusion of cholesterol. The simulation results revealed that cholesterol notably influences the location of melatonin molecules within the niosome bilayers. In the absence of cholesterol, melatonin tends to occupy the region around the Span60 tail groups. However, in the presence of cholesterol, melatonin is found in the vicinity of the Span60 head groups. Melatonin molecules in niosome bilayers without cholesterol exhibit a more ordered orientation when compared to those in bilayers containing 50 mol% cholesterol. The bilayer structure of the Span60/Mel and Span60/Chol/Mel systems exhibited a liquid-disordered phase (Ld). In contrast, the Span60/Chol bilayer system displays a liquid-ordered phase (Lo) with less fluidity. This study reveals that melatonin induces a disorderly bilayer structure and greater lateral expansion, whereas cholesterol induces an orderly bilayer structure and a more condensed effect. Cholesterol plays a crucial role in condensing the bilayer structure with stronger interactions between Span60 and cholesterol. The addition of 50 mol% cholesterol in the Span60 bilayers not only enhances the stability and rigidity of niosomes but also facilitates the easier release of melatonin from the bilayer membranes. This finding is particularly valuable in the context of preparing niosomes for drug delivery systems.
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- Aksornnarong Ritwiset
- School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand
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- School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand
- Center of Excellence on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, Suranaree University of Technology Nakhon Ratchasima 30000 Thailand
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen 40002 Thailand
- Institute of Nanomaterials Research and Innovation for Energy (IN-RIE), Khon Kaen University Khon Kaen 40002 Thailand
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Santhosh PB, Tenev T, Šturm L, Ulrih NP, Genova J. Effects of Hydrophobic Gold Nanoparticles on Structure and Fluidity of SOPC Lipid Membranes. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:10226. [PMID: 37373371 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241210226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2023] [Revised: 05/31/2023] [Accepted: 06/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/29/2023] Open
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Gold nanoparticles (AuNPs) are promising candidates in various biomedical applications such as sensors, imaging, and cancer therapy. Understanding the influence of AuNPs on lipid membranes is important to assure their safety in the biological environment and to improve their scope in nanomedicine. In this regard, the present study aimed to analyze the effects of different concentrations (0.5, 1, and 2 wt.%) of dodecanethiol functionalized hydrophobic AuNPs on the structure and fluidity of zwitterionic 1-stearoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine (SOPC) lipid bilayer membranes using Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and fluorescent spectroscopy. The size of AuNPs was found to be 2.2 ± 1.1 nm using transmission electron microscopy. FTIR results have shown that the AuNPs induced a slight shift in methylene stretching bands, while the band positions of carbonyl and phosphate group stretching were unaffected. Temperature-dependent fluorescent anisotropy measurements showed that the incorporation of AuNPs up to 2 wt.% did not affect the lipid order in membranes. Overall, these results indicate that the hydrophobic AuNPs in the studied concentration did not cause any significant alterations in the structure and membrane fluidity, which suggests the suitability of these particles to form liposome-AuNP hybrids for diverse biomedical applications including drug delivery and therapy.
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- Poornima Budime Santhosh
- Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Department of Food Science and Technology, Biotechnical Faculty, University of Ljubljana, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Institute of Solid State Physics, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Tzarigradsko Chaussee 72, 1784 Sofia, Bulgaria
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Meng J, Wang YY, Hao YP. Application of two glycosylated Lactobacillus surface layer proteins in coating cationic liposomes. World J Microbiol Biotechnol 2023; 39:108. [PMID: 36856865 DOI: 10.1007/s11274-023-03549-9] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Accepted: 02/14/2023] [Indexed: 03/02/2023]
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The ability of isolated surface layer proteins (SLPs) to reassemble on suitable surfaces enables the application of SLPs in various fields of nanotechnology. In this work, SLPs from Lactobacillus buchneri BNCC 187,964 and L. kefir BNCC 190,565 were extracted and verified as glycosylated proteins. They were applied to coat on the surface of cationic liposomes. The absorption of the two SLPs on liposomes induced the zeta potential reduction and particle size increase. The two kinds of SLP-coated liposomes demonstrated better thermal, light and pH stability than the control liposomes. And the L. kefir SLP showed better protective effects than the L. buchneri SLP. Moreover, both of the SLPs could endow liposomes with the function of binding ferritin as observed by transmission electron microscope. Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy illustrated that the interaction between the two SLPs and liposomes was similar. The recrystallization of the two SLPs on the liposomes might drive the lipid into a higher order state and hydrogen bonds were formed between the two SLPs and the liposomes. All the findings demonstrated that L. kefir SLP and L. buchneri SLP had great potential to be explored as effective coating agents to improve the stability and function of cationic liposomes.Please check and confirm that the authors and their respective affiliations have been correctly identified and amend if necessary.Yes, all have been checked.
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- Jun Meng
- College of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, 100 Lianhua Road, 450001, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China.
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- College of Food Science and Engineering, Henan University of Technology, 100 Lianhua Road, 450001, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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- College of Food Science and Technology, Henan Agricultural University, 95 Wenhua Road, 450002, Zhengzhou, Henan Province, China
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Silva NO, da Silva LS, Sanches MP, Dos Santos TR, Konzgen M, Parize AL, Sanches EA, Darelli GJS, de Lima VR. Structure and interaction roles in the release profile of chalcone-loaded liposomes. Biophys Chem 2023; 292:106930. [PMID: 36395546 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2022.106930] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/07/2022] [Revised: 10/26/2022] [Accepted: 11/04/2022] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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The structures and molecular interactions of established synthetic chalcones were correlated with their release profiles from asolectin liposomes. The effects of chalcones on the properties of liposomes were evaluated by dynamic light scattering (DLS), ultraviolet-visible spectroscopy (UV-VIS), horizontal attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (HATR-FTIR), 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (31P NMR), zeta (ζ) potential and differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The profiles and mechanisms of release were accessed according to the Korsmeyer-Peppas model. Results obtained allowed the establishment of a relationship between the chalcone release profile and 1) the ordering effects of chalcones in different membrane regions, 2) their polar or interfacial location in the lipid layer, 3) the influence of hydroxy and methoxy substituents, 4) their effect on reorientation of lipid choline-phosphate regions. The obtained data may improve the development of chalcone-based systems to be used in the therapy of chronic and acute diseases.
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- Nichole Osti Silva
- Programa de Pós Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos- PPGQTA, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande- FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais- PPGCEM, Universidade Federal do Amazonas- UFAM, Campus Universitário Sen. Artur Virgílio Filho (Setor Norte), Av. Gal. Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Coroado, Manaus, AM 69077-000, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química- PPGQ, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina- UFSC, Departamento de Química- Centro de Ciências Físicas e Matemáticas- CFM, Campus Universitário Trindade, Caixa Postal 476, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos- PPGQTA, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande- FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos- PPGQTA, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande- FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química- PPGQ, Universidade Federal de Santa Catarina- UFSC, Departamento de Química- Centro de Ciências Físicas e Matemáticas- CFM, Campus Universitário Trindade, Caixa Postal 476, Florianópolis, SC 88040-900, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Ciência e Engenharia de Materiais- PPGCEM, Universidade Federal do Amazonas- UFAM, Campus Universitário Sen. Artur Virgílio Filho (Setor Norte), Av. Gal. Rodrigo Otávio Jordão Ramos, 6200, Coroado, Manaus, AM 69077-000, Brazil
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- Facultad de Química, Av. Gral Flores 2124, CP 11800, Facultad de Ciencias, Igua 4225, Universidad de la Republica, Montevideo, Uruguay
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- Programa de Pós Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos- PPGQTA, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande- FURG, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, Rio Grande, RS 96203-900, Brazil.
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Sahin I, Ceylan Ç, Bayraktar O. Ruscogenin interacts with DPPC and DPPG model membranes and increases the membrane fluidity: FTIR and DSC studies. Arch Biochem Biophys 2023; 733:109481. [PMID: 36522815 DOI: 10.1016/j.abb.2022.109481] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/10/2022] [Revised: 11/14/2022] [Accepted: 11/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Ruscogenin, a kind of steroid saponin, has been shown to have significant anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory, and anti-thrombotic characteristics. Furthermore, it has the potential to be employed as a medicinal medication to treat a variety of acute and chronic disorders. The interaction of a drug molecule with cell membranes can help to elucidate its system-wide protective and therapeutic effects, and it's also important for its pharmacological activity. The molecular mechanism by which ruscogenin affects membrane architecture is still a mystery. Ruscogenin's interaction with zwitterionic dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and anionic dipalmitoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DPPG) multilamellar vesicles (MLVs) was studied utilizing two non-invasive approaches, including: Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy and Differential Scanning Calorimetry. Ruscogenin caused considerable alterations in the phase transition profile, order, dynamics and hydration state of head groups and glycerol backbone of DPPC and DPPG MLVs at all concentrations. The DSC results indicated that the presence of ruscogenin decreased the main phase transition temperature (Tm) and enthalpy (ΔH) values of both membranes and increased half height width of the main transition (ΔT1/2). The FTIR results demonstrated that all concentrations (1, 3, 6, 9, 15, 24 and 30 mol percent) of ruscogenin disordered the DPPC MLVs both in the gel and liquid crystalline phases while it increased the order of DPPG MLVs in the liquid crystalline phase. Moreover, ruscogenin caused an increase in the dynamics of DPPC and DPPG MLVs in both phases. Additionally, it enhanced the hydration of the head groups of lipids and the surrounding water molecules implying ruscogenin to interact strongly with both zwitterionic and charged model membranes.
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- Ipek Sahin
- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey.
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- Department of Food Engineering, Faculty of Engineering, İzmir Institute of Technology, Urla, İzmir, Turkey
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- Department of Bioengineering, Faculty of Engineering, Ege University, 35100, Bornova, İzmir, Turkey
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Urinalysis of individuals with renal hyperfiltration using ATR-FTIR spectroscopy. Sci Rep 2022; 12:20887. [PMID: 36463336 PMCID: PMC9719484 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-022-25535-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/28/2022] [Accepted: 11/30/2022] [Indexed: 12/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Abnormal increased glomerular filtration rate (GFR), otherwise known as renal hyperfiltration (RHf), is associated with an increased risk of chronic kidney disease and cardiovascular mortality. Although it is not considered as a disease alone in medicine today, early detection of RHf is essential to reducing risk in a timely manner. However, detecting RHf is a challenge since it does not have a practical biochemical marker that can be followed or quantified. In this study, we tested the ability of ATR-FTIR spectroscopy to distinguish 17 individuals with RHf (hyperfiltraters; RHf (+)), from 20 who have normal GFR (normofiltraters; RHf(-)), using urine samples. Spectra collected from hyperfiltraters were significantly different from the control group at positions 1621, 1390, 1346, 933 and 783/cm. Intensity changes at these positions could be followed directly from the absorbance spectra without the need for pre-processing. They were tentatively attributed to urea, citrate, creatinine, phosphate groups, and uric acid, respectively. Using principal component analysis (PCA), major peaks of the second derivative forms for the classification of two groups were determined. Peaks at 1540, 1492, 1390, 1200, 1000 and 840/cm were significantly different between the two groups. Statistical analysis showed that the spectra of normofiltraters are similar; however, those of hyperfiltraters show diversity at multiple positions that can be observed both from the absorbance spectra and the second derivative profiles. This observation implies that RHf can simultaneously affect the excretion of many substances, and that a spectroscopic analysis of urine can be used as a rapid and non-invasive pre-screening tool.
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Ji H, Zhao W, Yu Z. Interaction mechanism of three egg protein derived ACE inhibitory tri-peptides and DPPC membrane using FS, FTIR, and DSC studies. Food Chem X 2022; 15:100366. [PMID: 35756460 PMCID: PMC9218224 DOI: 10.1016/j.fochx.2022.100366] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/06/2022] [Revised: 05/26/2022] [Accepted: 06/12/2022] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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Understanding the interaction of food derived angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitory peptides and intestinal epithelial cell membrane may help to improve their absorption. This research aimed to study the molecular interaction of ACE inhibitory tri-peptides ADF, FGR, and MIR with DPPC membrane during absorption process. The DPPC liposome was prepared and characterized, then used as a model membrane. The permeability of tri-peptides across the membrane was investigated using Fluorescence spectroscopy. The effect of tri-peptides on the structure and dynamics of DPPC bilayers was determined using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The effect of tri-peptides on the phase transition temperature in the DPPC membrane was also analyzed using Differential scanning calorimetry. The results showed that ACE inhibitory tri-peptides ADF, FGR, and MIR can penetrate into both the membrane-water interface and hydrophobic region of DPPC bilayer, and the tri-peptide FGR have higher permeability across the membrane.
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- Huizhuo Ji
- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.,School of Food and Health, Beijing Technology and Business University, Bejing 100048, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- School of Food Science and Engineering, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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da Silva GR, dos Santos AL, Soares AC, dos Santos MC, dos Santos SC, Ţălu Ş, Rodrigues de Lima V, Bagnato VS, Sanches EA, Inada NM. PLGA-PVA-PEG Single Emulsion Method as a Candidate for Aminolevulinic Acid (5-ALA) Encapsulation: Laboratory Scaling up and Stability Evaluation. Molecules 2022; 27:molecules27186029. [PMID: 36144765 PMCID: PMC9506276 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27186029] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2022] [Revised: 09/09/2022] [Accepted: 09/12/2022] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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One of the most widely used molecules used for photodynamic therapy (PDT) is 5-aminolevulinic acid (5-ALA), a precursor in the synthesis of tetrapyrroles such as chlorophyll and heme. The 5-ALA skin permeation is considerably reduced due to its hydrophilic characteristics, decreasing its local bioavailability and therapeutic effect. For this reason, five different systems containing polymeric particles of poly [D, L–lactic–co–glycolic acid (PLGA)] were developed to encapsulate 5-ALA based on single and double emulsions methodology. All systems were standardized (according to the volume of reagents and mass of pharmaceutical ingredients) and compared in terms of laboratory scaling up, particle formation and stability over time. UV-VIS spectroscopy revealed that particle absorption/adsorption of 5-ALA was dependent on the method of synthesis. Different size distribution was observed by DLS and NTA techniques, revealing that 5-ALA increased the particle size. The contact angle evaluation showed that the system hydrophobicity was dependent on the surfactant and the 5-ALA contribution. The FTIR results indicated that the type of emulsion influenced the particle formation, as well as allowing PEG functionalization and interaction with 5-ALA. According to the 1H-NMR results, the 5-ALA reduced the T1 values of polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) and PLGA in the double emulsion systems due to the decrease in molecular packing in the hydrophobic region. The results indicated that the system formed by single emulsion containing the combination PVA–PEG presented greater stability with less influence from 5-ALA. This system is a promising candidate to successfully encapsulate 5-ALA and achieve good performance and specificity for in vitro skin cancer treatment.
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- Geisiane Rosa da Silva
- São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 13560-110, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 13560-110, Brazil
- Embrapa Instrumentation, São Paulo 13560-110, Brazil
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- Chemical and Food School, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande 96203-000, Brazil
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- The Directorate of Research, Development and Innovation Management (DMCDI), Technical University of Cluj-Napoca, 15 Constantin Daicoviciu St., 400020 Cluj-Napoca, Romania
- Correspondence: or
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- Chemical and Food School, Federal University of Rio Grande (FURG), Rio Grande 96203-000, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Nanostructured Polymers (NANOPOL), Federal University of Amazonas (UFAM), Manaus 69067-005, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics (IFSC), University of São Paulo (USP), São Paulo 13560-110, Brazil
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Shafaa MW, Hassan ESE, Faraag AHI, Essawy E, Abdelfattah MS. Fabrication and characterization of pigmented secondary metabolites bound liposomes with improved cytotoxic activity against prostate and hepatic cancer. INTERNATIONAL NANO LETTERS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s40089-022-00375-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Ekonomou S, Akshay Thanekar P, Lamprou DA, Weaver E, Doran O, Stratakos AC. Development of Geraniol-Loaded Liposomal Nanoformulations against Salmonella Colonization in the Pig Gut. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2022; 70:7004-7014. [PMID: 35653283 PMCID: PMC9204824 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.2c00910] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Salmonella is a global health threat, with pig production being one of the main sources of human salmonellosis. The current study investigated the antivirulence properties of geraniol for inhibiting the in vitro colonization of Salmonella. The minimum inhibitory (MIC) and bactericidal concentrations (MBC) of geraniol against Salmonella typhimurium followed by the sub-MIC of geraniol were determined. Results provided clear evidence that geraniol at 1/8 MIC can be used as an effective, non-toxic antivirulence compound to inhibit virulence factors (motility, adhesion, and invasiveness) affecting the colonization of S. typhimurium on IPEC-J2 cells. Additionally, the findings signified that microfluidics is an emerging technology suitable for the preparation of stable liposomes with a small size (<200 nm) and high encapsulation efficiency (EE) of up to 92.53%, which can act as effective carriers of geraniol into the pig gastrointestinal tract (GIT), targeting Salmonella, preventing colonization, and thus increasing the safety of the food supply chain.
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- Sotirios
I. Ekonomou
- Faculty
of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS), University
of the West of, Coldharbour Ln, Bristol BS16 1QY, England
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- Faculty
of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS), University
of the West of, Coldharbour Ln, Bristol BS16 1QY, England
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- School
of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- School
of Pharmacy, Queen’s University Belfast, 97 Lisburn Road, Belfast BT9 7BL, UK
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- Faculty
of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS), University
of the West of, Coldharbour Ln, Bristol BS16 1QY, England
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- Faculty
of Health and Applied Sciences (HAS), University
of the West of, Coldharbour Ln, Bristol BS16 1QY, England
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Çetinel ZÖ, Bilge D. The effects of miltefosine on the structure and dynamics of DPPC and DPPS liposomes mimicking normal and cancer cell membranes: FTIR and DSC studies. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.119041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Civelek N, Bilge D. Investigating the Molecular Effects of Curcumin by Using Model Membranes. FOOD BIOPHYS 2022. [DOI: 10.1007/s11483-021-09710-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Loh D, Reiter RJ. Melatonin: Regulation of Prion Protein Phase Separation in Cancer Multidrug Resistance. Molecules 2022; 27:705. [PMID: 35163973 PMCID: PMC8839844 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27030705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2021] [Revised: 01/11/2022] [Accepted: 01/17/2022] [Indexed: 12/13/2022] Open
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The unique ability to adapt and thrive in inhospitable, stressful tumor microenvironments (TME) also renders cancer cells resistant to traditional chemotherapeutic treatments and/or novel pharmaceuticals. Cancer cells exhibit extensive metabolic alterations involving hypoxia, accelerated glycolysis, oxidative stress, and increased extracellular ATP that may activate ancient, conserved prion adaptive response strategies that exacerbate multidrug resistance (MDR) by exploiting cellular stress to increase cancer metastatic potential and stemness, balance proliferation and differentiation, and amplify resistance to apoptosis. The regulation of prions in MDR is further complicated by important, putative physiological functions of ligand-binding and signal transduction. Melatonin is capable of both enhancing physiological functions and inhibiting oncogenic properties of prion proteins. Through regulation of phase separation of the prion N-terminal domain which targets and interacts with lipid rafts, melatonin may prevent conformational changes that can result in aggregation and/or conversion to pathological, infectious isoforms. As a cancer therapy adjuvant, melatonin could modulate TME oxidative stress levels and hypoxia, reverse pH gradient changes, reduce lipid peroxidation, and protect lipid raft compositions to suppress prion-mediated, non-Mendelian, heritable, but often reversible epigenetic adaptations that facilitate cancer heterogeneity, stemness, metastasis, and drug resistance. This review examines some of the mechanisms that may balance physiological and pathological effects of prions and prion-like proteins achieved through the synergistic use of melatonin to ameliorate MDR, which remains a challenge in cancer treatment.
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- Doris Loh
- Independent Researcher, Marble Falls, TX 78654, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UT Health San Antonio, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Mahrous GR, Elkholy NS, Safwat G, Shafaa MW. Enhanced cytotoxic activity of beta carotene conjugated liposomes towards breast cancer cell line: comparative studies with cyclophosphamide. Anticancer Drugs 2022; 33:e462-e476. [PMID: 34726638 DOI: 10.1097/cad.0000000000001245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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This work aims to evaluate cyclophosphamide (Cyclo) cytotoxic efficacy combined with liposomes in the presence or absence of beta carotene (beta) by detecting the effects of these compounds on the breast cancer cell line (MCF-7) DNA damage. The IC50 value for beta in cytotoxic assay with MCF-7 treated cells was 21.15 μg/ml, while with liposomal beta (LipoBeta) being 121 μg/ml. The free Cyclo IC50 value was 719.86 μg/ml, its liposomal form (LipoCyclo) was 172 μg/ml. The results indicated that in contrast with Cyclo and control values, all comet assay parameters for the LipoBeta were significantly increased (P < 0.05). In MCF-7 cells treated with beta, the findings show a higher intensity of comet tail than those treated with LipoBeta. The presence of several double-strand breaks suggests this high intensity relative to the head. The molecular combination between Cyclo and liposomes in the presence or absence of beta was characterized. Dynamic light scattering measurements confirmed the mono-dispersity of all samples. The incorporation of Cyclo or beta into liposomes exhibited a slight shift to higher temperature compared to the main peak of empty liposomes that exists at 101.5°C which creates a conformational disorder within the phospholipids. The FTIR study showed structural alterations in vesicles after liposome encapsulation.
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- Gina R Mahrous
- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Science and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Faculty of Biotechnology, October University for Modern Science and Arts, Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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Faraag AHI, Shafaa MW, Elkholy NS, Abdel-Hafez LJM. Stress impact of liposomes loaded with ciprofloxacin on the expression level of MepA and NorB efflux pumps of methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Int Microbiol 2021; 25:427-446. [PMID: 34822035 DOI: 10.1007/s10123-021-00219-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/10/2021] [Revised: 10/05/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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One mechanism of ciprofloxacin resistance is attributed to chromosomal DNA-encoded efflux pumps such as the MepA and NorB proteins. The goal of this research is to find a way to bypass Staphylococcus aureus' efflux pumps. Because of its high membrane permeability and low association with NorB and MepA efflux proteins, a liposome-encapsulating antibiotic is one of the promising, cost-effective drug carriers and coating mechanisms for overcoming active transport of methicillin-resistant S. aureus (MRSA) multidrug-resistant efflux protein . The calculated "Log Perm RRCK" membrane permeability values of 1,2-distearoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphocholine (DSPC) ciprofloxacin liposome-encapsulated (CFL) showed a lower negative value of - 4,652 cm/s and greater membrane permeability than ciprofloxacin free (CPF). The results of RT-qPCR showed that cationic liposomes containing ciprofloxacin in liposome-encapsulated form (CFL) improved CPF antibacterial activity and affinity for negatively charged bacterial cell surface membrane in comparison to free drug and liposome, as it overcame several resistance mechanisms and reduced the expression of efflux pumps. Ciprofloxacin liposome-encapsulated (CFL) is therefore more effective than ciprofloxacin alone. Liposomes can be combined with a variety of drugs that interact with bacterial cell efflux pumps to maintain high sustained levels of antibiotics in bacterial cells.
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- Medical Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Medical Biophysics Division, Physics Department, Faculty of Science, Helwan University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, Faculty of Pharmacy, October 6 University, 6 October City, Giza, Egypt
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Loh D, Reiter RJ. Melatonin: Regulation of Biomolecular Condensates in Neurodegenerative Disorders. Antioxidants (Basel) 2021; 10:1483. [PMID: 34573116 PMCID: PMC8465482 DOI: 10.3390/antiox10091483] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/06/2021] [Revised: 09/10/2021] [Accepted: 09/13/2021] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Biomolecular condensates are membraneless organelles (MLOs) that form dynamic, chemically distinct subcellular compartments organizing macromolecules such as proteins, RNA, and DNA in unicellular prokaryotic bacteria and complex eukaryotic cells. Separated from surrounding environments, MLOs in the nucleoplasm, cytoplasm, and mitochondria assemble by liquid-liquid phase separation (LLPS) into transient, non-static, liquid-like droplets that regulate essential molecular functions. LLPS is primarily controlled by post-translational modifications (PTMs) that fine-tune the balance between attractive and repulsive charge states and/or binding motifs of proteins. Aberrant phase separation due to dysregulated membrane lipid rafts and/or PTMs, as well as the absence of adequate hydrotropic small molecules such as ATP, or the presence of specific RNA proteins can cause pathological protein aggregation in neurodegenerative disorders. Melatonin may exert a dominant influence over phase separation in biomolecular condensates by optimizing membrane and MLO interdependent reactions through stabilizing lipid raft domains, reducing line tension, and maintaining negative membrane curvature and fluidity. As a potent antioxidant, melatonin protects cardiolipin and other membrane lipids from peroxidation cascades, supporting protein trafficking, signaling, ion channel activities, and ATPase functionality during condensate coacervation or dissolution. Melatonin may even control condensate LLPS through PTM and balance mRNA- and RNA-binding protein composition by regulating N6-methyladenosine (m6A) modifications. There is currently a lack of pharmaceuticals targeting neurodegenerative disorders via the regulation of phase separation. The potential of melatonin in the modulation of biomolecular condensate in the attenuation of aberrant condensate aggregation in neurodegenerative disorders is discussed in this review.
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- Doris Loh
- Independent Researcher, Marble Falls, TX 78654, USA
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- Department of Cellular and Structural Biology, UT Health Science Center, San Antonio, TX 78229, USA
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Fourier Transform Infrared Imaging-A Novel Approach to Monitor Bio Molecular Changes in Subacute Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Brain Sci 2021; 11:brainsci11070918. [PMID: 34356152 PMCID: PMC8307811 DOI: 10.3390/brainsci11070918] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/25/2020] [Revised: 06/28/2021] [Accepted: 07/02/2021] [Indexed: 11/26/2022] Open
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Traumatic brain injury (TBI) can be defined as a disorder in the function of the brain after a bump, blow, or jolt to the head, or penetrating head injury. Mild traumatic brain injury (mTBI) can cause devastating effects, such as the initiation of long-term neurodegeneration in brain tissue. In the current study, the effects of mTBI were investigated on rat brain regions; cortex (Co) and corpus callosum (CC) after 24 h (subacute trauma) by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging and immunohistochemistry (IHC). IHC studies showed the formation of amyloid-β (Aβ) plaques in the cortex brain region of mTBI rats. Moreover, staining of myelin basic protein presented the shearing of axons in CC region in the same group of animals. According to FTIR imaging results, total protein and lipid content significantly decreased in both Co and CC regions in mTBI group compared to the control. Due to this significant decrease in both lipid and protein content, remarkable consistency in lipid/protein band ratio in mTBI and control group, was observed. Significant decrease in methyl content and a significant increase in olefinic content were observed in Co and CC regions of mTBI rat brain tissues. Classification amongst distinguishable groups was performed using principal component analysis (PCA) and hierarchical clustering (HCA). This study established the prospective of FTIR imaging for assessing biochemical changes due to mTBI with high sensitivity, precision and high-resolution.
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Comparative cytotoxic activity of carboplatin and β-cryptoxanthin in free and liposomal forms against breast cancer cell line. UKRAINIAN BIOCHEMICAL JOURNAL 2021. [DOI: 10.15407/ubj93.03.049] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023] Open
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Ritwiset A, Khajonrit J, Krongsuk S, Maensiri S. Molecular insight on the formation structure and dynamics of melatonin in an aqueous solution and at the Water-Air interface: A molecular dynamics study. J Mol Graph Model 2021; 108:107983. [PMID: 34274727 DOI: 10.1016/j.jmgm.2021.107983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/04/2021] [Revised: 06/27/2021] [Accepted: 07/05/2021] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Melatonin is a natural hormone that has been shown highly antioxidant effects. Consequently, it has been extensively studied for its therapeutic potential in several diseases such as insomnia, cardiovascular, Alzheimer, and certain types of cancers. Recently, it has been used to adjuvant treatment for COVID-19 patients. It is well-known that melatonin is highly hydrophobic, resulting in lower solubility. However, the molecular structure and dynamic behavior of the formation of melatonin in an aqueous solution and at the water-air interface have not yet been clearly explained. This information is necessary for the melatonin formulation in drug delivery systems. The present work focuses on the molecular structure and dynamics of melatonin molecules in the aqueous solution and at the water-air interface based on using a molecular dynamics simulation study. The results showed that most melatonin molecules were aggregated in an aqueous solution while they were formed a self-assembled monolayer with the ordered structure at the water-air interface. The strong interaction of melatonin depends on their functional group which showed a similar trend for both systems and was sequenced as follows: carbonyl O > indole NH > amide NH > methoxy OA, respectively. However, the carbonyl O and the indole NH groups exhibit strong interactions with water molecules at the interface. Consequently, the two preferred orientations of the melatonin head group can be observed at the water-air interface (i.e., one is to turn the head group to the water surface with the tilted angle of ~40°-60° and the second one is to turn the head group away from the water surface with the tilted angle of ~130°). The longer lifetime of hydrogen bonds formed between melatonin themselves in the bulk water reveals that the stability of melatonin aggregation in an aqueous solution is more stable. Therefore, melatonin has less soluble in an aqueous solution.
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- Aksornnarong Ritwiset
- School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand
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- School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand
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- Department of Physics, Faculty of Science, Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand; Institute of Nanomaterials Research and Innovation for Energy (IN-RIE), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand; Institute of Nanomaterials Research and Innovation for Energy (IN-RIE), Research Network of NANOTEC-KKU (RNN), Khon Kaen University, Khon Kaen, 40002, Thailand
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- School of Physics, Institute of Science, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand; SUT Center of Excellence on Advanced Functional Nanomaterials, Suranaree University of Technology, Nakhon Ratchasima, 30000, Thailand.
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Ustaoglu SG, Ali MHM, Rakib F, Blezer ELA, Van Heijningen CL, Dijkhuizen RM, Severcan F. Biomolecular changes and subsequent time-dependent recovery in hippocampal tissue after experimental mild traumatic brain injury. Sci Rep 2021; 11:12468. [PMID: 34127773 PMCID: PMC8203626 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-021-92015-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/08/2021] [Accepted: 05/27/2021] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
Abstract
Traumatic brain injury (TBI) is the main cause of disability and mortality in individuals under the age of 45 years. Elucidation of the molecular and structural alterations in brain tissue due to TBI is crucial to understand secondary and long-term effects after traumatic brain injury, and to develop and apply the correct therapies. In the current study, the molecular effects of TBI were investigated in rat brain at 24 h and 1 month after the injury to determine acute and chronic effects, respectively by Fourier transform infrared imaging. This study reports the time-dependent contextual and structural effects of TBI on hippocampal brain tissue. A mild form of TBI was induced in 11-week old male Sprague Dawley rats by weight drop. Band area and intensity ratios, band frequency and bandwidth values of specific spectral bands showed that TBI causes significant structural and contextual global changes including decrease in carbonyl content, unsaturated lipid content, lipid acyl chain length, membrane lipid order, total protein content, lipid/protein ratio, besides increase in membrane fluidity with an altered protein secondary structure and metabolic activity in hippocampus 24 h after injury. However, improvement and/or recovery effects in these parameters were observed at one month after TBI.
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- Sebnem Garip Ustaoglu
- Department of Medical Biochemistry, Faculty of Medicine, Altinbas University, Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey.
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- Diabetes Research Center, Qatar Biomedical Research Institute (QBRI), Hamad Bin Khalifa University (HBKU), Qatar Foundation (QF), P.O. Box 34110, Doha, Qatar.
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- Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Biomedical MR Imaging and Spectroscopy Group, Center for Image Sciences, University Medical Center Utrecht, Utrecht, The Netherlands
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- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Medicine, Altinbas University, Bakirkoy, Istanbul, Turkey.,Department of Biological Sciences, Middle East Technical University, Ankara, Turkey
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Martí J, Lu H. Microscopic Interactions of Melatonin, Serotonin and Tryptophan with Zwitterionic Phospholipid Membranes. Int J Mol Sci 2021; 22:2842. [PMID: 33799606 PMCID: PMC8001758 DOI: 10.3390/ijms22062842] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/22/2021] [Revised: 03/05/2021] [Accepted: 03/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/15/2022] Open
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The interactions at the atomic level between small molecules and the main components of cellular plasma membranes are crucial for elucidating the mechanisms allowing for the entrance of such small species inside the cell. We have performed molecular dynamics and metadynamics simulations of tryptophan, serotonin, and melatonin at the interface of zwitterionic phospholipid bilayers. In this work, we will review recent computer simulation developments and report microscopic properties, such as the area per lipid and thickness of the membranes, atomic radial distribution functions, angular orientations, and free energy landscapes of small molecule binding to the membrane. Cholesterol affects the behaviour of the small molecules, which are mainly buried in the interfacial regions. We have observed a competition between the binding of small molecules to phospholipids and cholesterol through lipidic hydrogen-bonds. Free energy barriers that are associated to translational and orientational changes of melatonin have been found to be between 10-20 kJ/mol for distances of 1 nm between melatonin and the center of the membrane. Corresponding barriers for tryptophan and serotonin that are obtained from reversible work methods are of the order of 10 kJ/mol and reveal strong hydrogen bonding between such species and specific phospholipid sites. The diffusion of tryptophan and melatonin is of the order of 10-7 cm2/s for the cholesterol-free and cholesterol-rich setups.
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- Jordi Martí
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Catalonia-Barcelona Tech, 08034 Barcelona, Spain
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- School of Pharmacy, Shanghai Jiaotong University, Shanghai 200240, China;
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Rakib F, Al-Saad K, Ahmed T, Ullah E, Barreto GE, Md Ashraf G, Ali MHM. Biomolecular alterations in acute traumatic brain injury (TBI) using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy. SPECTROCHIMICA ACTA. PART A, MOLECULAR AND BIOMOLECULAR SPECTROSCOPY 2021; 248:119189. [PMID: 33277210 DOI: 10.1016/j.saa.2020.119189] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 10/27/2020] [Accepted: 11/01/2020] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Acute injury is one of the substantial stage post-traumatic brain injury (TBI) occurring at the moment of impact. Decreased metabolism, unregulated cerebral blood flow and direct tissue damage are triggered by acute injury. Understating the biochemical alterations associated with acute TBI is critical for brain plasticity and recovery. The objective of this study was to investigate the biochemical and molecular changes in hippocampus, corpus callosum and thalamus brain regions post-acute TBI in rats. Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) imaging spectroscopy were used to collect chemical images from control and 3 hrs post-TBI (Marmarou model was used for the TBI induction) rat brains and adjacent sections were treated by hematoxylin and eosin (H&E) staining to correlate with the disruption in tissue morphology and injured brain biochemistry. Our results revealed that the total lipid and total protein content decreased significantly in the hippocampus, corpus callosum and thalamus after brain injury. Reduction in lipid acyl chains (-CH2) associated with an increase in methyl (-CH3) and unsaturated lipids olefin = CH concentrations is observed. Furthermore, there is a decrease in the lipid order (disorder), which leads to an increase in acyl chain fluidity in injured rats. The results suggest acute TBI damages brain tissues mechanically rather than chemical alterations. This will help in assessing successful therapeutic strategy in order to mitigate tissue damage in acute TBI period.
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- Fazle Rakib
- Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Chemistry and Earth Sciences, Qatar University, Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Qatar Computing Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Limerick, Limerick, Ireland; Health Research Institute, University of Limerick, Limerick, Limerick, Ireland
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- King Fahd Medical Research Center, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia; Department of Medical Laboratory Technology, Faculty of Applied Medical Sciences, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia.
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- Qatar Biomedical Research Institute, Hamad Bin Khalifa University, Doha, Qatar.
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de Moraes Nogueira AO, Felipe Kokuszi LT, Poester Cordeiro A, Ziebell Salgado H, Costa JAV, Santos LO, de Lima VR. Spirulina sp. LEB 18-extracted phycocyanin: Effects on liposomes' physicochemical parameters and correlation with antiradical/antioxidant properties. Chem Phys Lipids 2021; 236:105064. [PMID: 33609502 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2021.105064] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Revised: 02/09/2021] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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This study describes the physicochemical properties of soybean asolectin (ASO) liposomes loaded with phycocyanin (Phy) extracted from Spirulina sp. LEB 18. The effects of Phy in the liposomes' properties were investigated by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), 1H and 31P nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), zeta (ζ)-potential, dynamic light scattering (DLS) and ultraviolet-visible (UV-vis) techniques. Phy restricted the motion of ASO polar and interface groups and disrupted the package arrangement of the lipid hydrophobic regions, as a likely effect of dipolar and π interactions related to its amino acid residues and pyrrole portions. These interactions were correlated to antiradical/antioxidant Phy responses obtained by 2,2-diphenyl-1-picrylhidrazil (DPPH) assay, thiobarbituric acid reactive substances (TBARS) and ferric reducing antioxidant power (FRAP) methods, and discussed to bring new chemical perspectives about Phy-loaded liposomes-related nutraceutical applications in inflammatory and viral infection processes.
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- Alessandro Oliveira de Moraes Nogueira
- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Brazil; Laboratório de Biotecnologia, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Brazil
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- Laboratório de Engenharia Bioquímica, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande, Av. Itália, km 8, Campus Carreiros, 96203-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Grupo de Investigação em Interações Moleculares em Membranas, Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Brazil.
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Regulating structural and mechanical properties of pectin reinforced liposomes at fluid/solid interface. Food Hydrocoll 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.foodhyd.2020.106225] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Elsayad MK, Mowafy HA, Zaky AA, Samy AM. Chitosan caged liposomes for improving oral bioavailability of rivaroxaban: in vitro and in vivo evaluation. Pharm Dev Technol 2021; 26:316-327. [PMID: 33356742 DOI: 10.1080/10837450.2020.1870237] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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In this study, chitosan (CS) caged classic liposomes (CLs) and flexible liposomes (FLs) were developed to enhance the oral bioavailability of rivaroxaban (RVX) in the fasted condition. The prepared formulations were subjected to physicochemical characterization included: FTIR, DSC, zeta potential, particle size, polydispersity index, entrapment efficiency, in vitro dissolution, and transmission electron microscope imaging. The selected formulation (RVX-TFL2) composed of PL S100/Tween 80 (85/15% w/w) and coated with CS solution in the strength of (0.2% w/v) had a particle size of 105.67 nm, a zeta potential of +5.67 mV and EE of 96.07%. Compared to RXV suspension, the pharmacokinetic parameters (C max, AUC0-24, and AUC0-∞) of RVX-TFL2 showed no statistically significant difference (P > 0.05) in the fasted and fed test animals. Besides, RVX bioavailability with RVX-TFL2 was improved by 59.66% and 26.97% in the fed and fasted states, respectively, compared to RVX suspension in the fed state. The result highlighted the efficacy of the prepared liquid formulation comprising CS coated liposomes in improving the oral bioavailability of RVX regardless of the fed state. Moreover, the studied liquid formulation could be utilized in developing a liquid dosage form that might be useful as a pediatric formulation of RVX.
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- Maged K Elsayad
- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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- Department of Pharmaceutics and Industrial Pharmacy, Faculty of Pharmacy, Al-Azhar University, Cairo, Egypt
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Khan A, Khan A, Khalid S, Shal B, Kang E, Lee H, Laumet G, Seo EK, Khan S. 7β-(3-Ethyl- cis-crotonoyloxy)-1α-(2-methylbutyryloxy)-3,14-dehydro- Z Notonipetranone Attenuates Neuropathic Pain by Suppressing Oxidative Stress, Inflammatory and Pro-Apoptotic Protein Expressions. Molecules 2021; 26:E181. [PMID: 33401491 PMCID: PMC7795484 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26010181] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/29/2020] [Revised: 12/19/2020] [Accepted: 12/21/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
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7β-(3-Ethyl-cis-crotonoyloxy)-1α-(2-methylbutyryloxy)-3,14-dehydro-Z-notonipetranone (ECN), a sesquiterpenoid obtained from a natural source has proved to be effective in minimizing various side effects associated with opioids and nonsteroidal anti-inflammatory drugs. The current study focused on investigating the effects of ECN on neuropathic pain induced by partial sciatic nerve ligation (PSNL) by mainly focusing on oxidative stress, inflammatory and apoptotic proteins expression in mice. ECN (1 and 10 mg/kg, i.p.), was administered once daily for 11 days, starting from the third day after surgery. ECN post-treatment was found to reduce hyperalgesia and allodynia in a dose-dependent manner. ECN remarkably reversed the histopathological abnormalities associated with oxidative stress, apoptosis and inflammation. Furthermore, ECN prevented the suppression of antioxidants (glutathione, glutathione-S-transferase, catalase, superoxide dismutase, NF-E2-related factor-2 (Nrf2), hemeoxygenase-1 and NAD(P)H: quinone oxidoreductase) by PSNL. Moreover, pro-inflammatory cytokines (tumor necrotic factor-alpha, interleukin 1 beta, interleukin 6, cyclooxygenase-2 and inducible nitric oxide synthase) expression was reduced by ECN administration. Treatment with ECN was successful in reducing the caspase-3 level consistent with the observed modulation of pro-apoptotic proteins. Additionally, ECN showed a protective effect on the lipid content of myelin sheath as evident from FTIR spectroscopy which showed the shift of lipid component bands to higher values. Thus, the anti-neuropathic potential of ECN might be due to the inhibition of oxidative stress, inflammatory mediators and pro-apoptotic proteins.
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- Amna Khan
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (A.K.); (A.K.); (S.K.); (B.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (A.K.); (A.K.); (S.K.); (B.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (A.K.); (A.K.); (S.K.); (B.S.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (A.K.); (A.K.); (S.K.); (B.S.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (E.K.); (H.L.)
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- College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (E.K.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Physiology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI 48824, USA;
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- College of Pharmacy, Graduate School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Ewha Womans University, Seoul 03760, Korea; (E.K.); (H.L.)
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Biological Sciences, Quaid-i-Azam University, Islamabad 45320, Pakistan; (A.K.); (A.K.); (S.K.); (B.S.)
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Cardoso Dos Santos M, Silva de Farias B, da Costa Cabrera D, Roberto Sant'Anna Cadaval Junior T, Antonio de Almeida Pinto L, Gonçalves Dal-Bó A, de Lima VR. Physico-chemical interactions of a new rod-coil-rod polymer with liposomal system: Approaches to applications in tryptophan-related therapies. Chem Phys Lipids 2020; 235:105027. [PMID: 33309553 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2020.105027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/13/2020] [Revised: 11/30/2020] [Accepted: 12/07/2020] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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This work describes the synthesis of the new supramolecular rod-coil-rod polymer, designated as cholesterol-PEO1000-tryptophan (Chl-PEO-Trp), as well as its effects on the physico-chemical properties of phosphatidylcholine (PC)-based liposomes. The molecular interactions between the Chl-PEO-Trp and PC were characterized by HATR-FTIR, DSC, NMR, DLS and zeta (ζ) potential techniques. The Chl-PEO-Trp polymer yield was 75 %. FTIR and DSC data showed that the motion of almost all PC groups was restricted by the polymer, and it promoted a decrease of the trans-gauche isomerization of the PC methylene, restricting the mobility of the hydrophobic region of the liposomes. NMR analyses indicated a Chl-PEO-Trp-induced restriction in the rotation of the PC phosphorus and a discreet increase of the hydrogen mobility of the choline. Despite this increase in the rotation of the choline, DLS and ζ-potential analyses suggested a reorientation of the choline group toward the system surface, which contributed, along with the other physico-chemical effects, to a globally packed membrane arrangement and reduced liposome size. Data described in this work were correlated to possible applications of the Chl-PEO-Trp in its free or PC liposome-loaded forms in the diagnosis and therapy of cancer, SARS caused by coronaviruses, and central nervous system-related diseases.
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- Marinalva Cardoso Dos Santos
- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália km 8 Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália km 8 Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália km 8 Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália km 8 Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália km 8 Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil
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- Universidade do Extremo Sul Catarinense - UNESC, Av. Universitária 1105, CEP 88806-000, Criciúma, SC, Brazil
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- Programa de Pós-Graduação em Química Tecnológica e Ambiental, Escola de Química e Alimentos, Universidade Federal do Rio Grande-FURG, Av. Itália km 8 Campus Carreiros, CEP 96201-900, Rio Grande, RS, Brazil.
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Magalhães dos Santos D, Sanches MP, Poffo CM, Parize AL, Sagrera Darelli GJ, Rodrigues de Lima V. Syringic and cinnamic acids antiradical/antioxidant activities as R. ferruginea extract components and membrane physico-chemical influence. J Mol Struct 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2020.128749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Efimova SS, Zakharova AA, Ostroumova OS. Alkaloids Modulate the Functioning of Ion Channels Produced by Antimicrobial Agents via an Influence on the Lipid Host. Front Cell Dev Biol 2020; 8:537. [PMID: 32695785 PMCID: PMC7339123 DOI: 10.3389/fcell.2020.00537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/20/2020] [Accepted: 06/08/2020] [Indexed: 12/22/2022] Open
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It is widely recognized that an alteration in membrane physical properties induced by the adsorption of various drugs and biologically active compounds might greatly affect the functioning of peptides and proteins embedded in the membrane, in particular various ion channels. This study aimed to obtain deep insight into the diversity of the molecular mechanisms of membrane action of one of the most numerous and extremely important class of phytochemicals, the alkaloids. Protoalkaloids (derivatives of β-phenylethylamine, benzylamines, and colchicines), heterocyclic alkaloids (derivatives of purine, quinolysidine, piperidine, pyridine, quinoline, and isoquinoline), and steroid alkaloids were tested. We evaluated the effects of 22 compounds on lipid packing by investigating the thermotropic behavior of membrane lipids and the leakage of a fluorescent marker from unilamellar lipid vesicles. The alteration in the transmembrane distribution of the electrical potential was estimated by measuring the alkaloid induced changes in the boundary potential of planar lipid bilayers. We found that benzylamines, the chili pepper active components, capsaicin and dihydrocapsaicin, strongly affect not only the elastic properties of the lipid host, but also its electrostatics by dramatic decrease in membrane dipole potential. We concluded that the increase in the conductance and lifetime of gramicidin A channels induced by benzylamines was related to alteration in membrane dipole potential not to decrease in membrane stiffness. A sharp decrease in the lifetime of single ion pores induced by the antifungal lipopeptide syringomycin E, after addition of benzylamines and black pepper alkaloid piperine, was also mainly due to the reduction in dipole potential. At the same time, we showed that the disordering of membrane lipids in the presence of benzylamines and piperine plays a decisive role in the regulation of the conductance induced by the antifungal polyene macrolide antibiotic nystatin, while the inhibition of steady-state transmembrane current produced by the antimicrobial peptide cecropin A was attributed to both the dipole potential drop and membrane lipid disordering in the presence of pepper alkaloids. These data might lead to a better understanding of the biological activity of alkaloids, especially their action on voltage-gated and mechanosensitive ion channels in cell membranes.
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- Svetlana S Efimova
- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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- Laboratory of Membrane and Ion Channel Modeling, Institute of Cytology, Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg, Russia
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Cellular absorption of small molecules: free energy landscapes of melatonin binding at phospholipid membranes. Sci Rep 2020; 10:9235. [PMID: 32513935 PMCID: PMC7280225 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-020-65753-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Free energy calculations are essential to unveil mechanisms at the atomic scale such as binding of small solutes and their translocation across cell membranes, eventually producing cellular absorption. Melatonin regulates biological rhythms and is directly related to carcinogenesis and neurodegenerative disorders. Free energy landscapes obtained from well-tempered metadynamics simulations precisely describe the characteristics of melatonin binding to specific sites in the membrane and reveal the role of cholesterol in free energy barrier crossing. A specific molecular torsional angle and the distance between melatonin and the center of the membrane along the normal to the membrane Z-axis have been considered as suitable reaction coordinates. Free energy barriers between two particular orientations of the molecular structure (folded and extended) have been found to be of about 18 kJ/mol for z-distances of about 1–2 nm. The ability of cholesterol to expel melatonin out of the internal regions of the membrane towards the interface and the external solvent is explained from a free energy perspective. The calculations reported here offer detailed free energy landscapes of melatonin embedded in model cell membranes and reveal microscopic information on its transition between free energy minima, including the location of relevant transition states, and provide clues on the role of cholesterol in the cellular absorption of small molecules.
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Aleskndrany A, Sahin I. The effects of Levothyroxine on the structure and dynamics of DPPC liposome: FTIR and DSC studies. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183245. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183245] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/18/2019] [Revised: 02/12/2020] [Accepted: 02/17/2020] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Keser H, Bozkurt Girit Ö, Majeed M, Nayak M, Bilgin MD. Pterostilbene administration improves the recovery potential of extremely low-frequency magnetic field in acute renal ischemia-reperfusion injury: an FTIR spectroscopic study. Turk J Biol 2020; 44:48-60. [PMID: 32123495 PMCID: PMC7049455 DOI: 10.3906/biy-1907-18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/01/2022] Open
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Renal ischemia-reperfusion (I/R) injury, one of the drastic outcomes of renal failure and organ transplantation, tends to deteriorate over time; therefore, noninvasive therapeutic strategies will avail the progression-free survival of the patients. Magnetic field has been proposed as a noninvasive treatment strategy; however, with recent scientific advances, many controversies have arisen regarding its efficacy. Pterostilbene, a natural analog of resveratrol, was documented to be effective in treatment of I/R injuries. This study aims to assess the acute therapeutic effects of combined extremely low-frequency magnetic field (ELF-MF) and pterostilbene treatment on renal I/R injury. After induction of renal I/R in Wistar rats, treatments of 50 Hz, 1 mT ELF-MF applied alone or in combination with pterostilbene were applied for 5 consecutive days. Kidney homogenates were analyzed by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. I/R injury resulted in an altered protein and lipid structure with the dominance of longer acyl chains; a slight decrease in lipid, protein, unsaturated lipid, and unsaturated/saturated lipid content; and an increase in membrane fluidity and lipid peroxidation in rat kidneys. Although ELF-MF treatment alone was not sufficient to restore all ischemia-induced alterations, the combined treatment strategy of pterostilbene administration in the presence of ELF-MF was successful and warrants further investigation.
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- Hatice Keser
- Department of Biophysics, Institute of Health Sciences, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın Turkey.,Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon Turkey
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın Turkey
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- Technical Marketing, Sami Labs Limited, Bangalore, Karnataka India
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- Department of Biophysics, School of Medicine, Aydın Adnan Menderes University, Aydın Turkey
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ÇAKMAK-ARSLAN G, HAKSOY H, GÖÇ-RASGELE P, KEKEÇOĞLU M. Time-dependent Investigation of Mad Honey and Grayanotoxin on Liver Tissue. KONURALP TIP DERGISI 2020. [DOI: 10.18521/ktd.598739] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/04/2022]
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Effect of Oleic Acid, Cholesterol, and Octadecylamine on Membrane Stability of Freeze-Dried Liposomes Encapsulating Natural Antimicrobials. FOOD BIOPROCESS TECH 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s11947-020-02419-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Li R, Zhang LY, Li ZJ, Xue CH, Dong P, Huang QR, Wang YM, Zhang TT. Characterization and Absorption Kinetics of a Novel Multifunctional Nanoliposome Stabilized by Sea Cucumber Saponins Instead of Cholesterol. JOURNAL OF AGRICULTURAL AND FOOD CHEMISTRY 2020; 68:642-651. [PMID: 31830780 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jafc.9b06460] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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Cholesterol was usually used to stabilize liposome, although there have been controversies on the relationship between dietary cholesterol and health. The present study aimed to prepare a novel multifunctional nanoliposomes stabilized by sea cucumber-derived saponins using ultrasound-assisted film dispersion method. A novel uniform liposome with a mass ratio of egg yolk lecithin/sea cucumber saponins at 75:25 was successfully prepared to encapsulate saponin, and the particle size was 164.8 ± 1.70 nm with a PDI value of 0.214 ± 0.022 and zeta potential of -15.97 ± 1.23 mV. The digestion and absorption results in vivo showed that the dietary saponins in liposome form could delay the peak time of saponins and prolong their residence time in the serum. Moreover, saponins were more easily converted into their corresponding metabolites after administration with saponins in the liposome form. The novel liposome as an efficient carrier with multiple functions had great potential in the development of functional food and biomedical applications.
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- Rong Li
- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266237 , P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
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- Department of Food Science , Rutgers State University , 65 Dudley Rd , New Brunswick , New Jersey 08901 , USA
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
- Laboratory for Marine Drugs and Bioproducts , Pilot National Laboratory for Marine Science and Technology (Qingdao) , Qingdao , Shandong Province 266237 , P. R. China
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- College of Food Science and Engineering , Ocean University of China , 5 Yushan Road , Qingdao 266003 , P. R. China
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Lu H, Martí J. Binding and dynamics of melatonin at the interface of phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol membranes. PLoS One 2019; 14:e0224624. [PMID: 31697738 PMCID: PMC6837308 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0224624] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 10/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/18/2022] Open
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The characterization of interactions between melatonin, one main ingredient of medicines regulating sleeping rhythms, and basic components of cellular plasma membranes (phospholipids, cholesterol, metal ions and water) is very important to elucidate the main mechanisms for the introduction of melatonin into cells and also to identify its local structure and microscopic dynamics. Molecular dynamics simulations of melatonin inside mixtures of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine and cholesterol in NaCl solution at physiological concentration have been performed at 303.15 K to systematically explore melatonin-cholesterol, melatonin-lipid and melatonin-water interactions. Properties such as the area per lipid and thickness of the membrane as well as selected radial distribution functions, binding free energies, angular distributions, atomic spectral densities and translational diffusion of melatonin are reported. The presence of cholesterol significantly affects the behavior of melatonin, which is mainly buried into the interfaces of membranes. Introducing cholesterol into the system helps melatonin change from folded to extended configurations more easily. Our results suggest that there exists a competition between the binding of melatonin to phospholipids and to cholesterol by means of hydrogen-bonds. Spectral densities of melatonin reported in this work, in overall good agreement with experimental data, revealed the participation of each atom of melatonin to its complete spectrum. Melatonin self-diffusion coefficients are of the order of 10-7 cm2/s and they significantly increase when cholesterol is addeed to the membrane.
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- Huixia Lu
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Catalonia-Barcelona Tech. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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- Department of Physics, Technical University of Catalonia-Barcelona Tech. Barcelona, Catalonia, Spain
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Bolmatov D, McClintic WT, Taylor G, Stanley CB, Do C, Collier CP, Leonenko Z, Lavrentovich MO, Katsaras J. Deciphering Melatonin-Stabilized Phase Separation in Phospholipid Bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:12236-12245. [PMID: 31469572 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01534] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Lipid bilayers are fundamental building blocks of cell membranes, which contain the machinery needed to perform a range of biological functions, including cell-cell recognition, signal transduction, receptor trafficking, viral budding, and cell fusion. Importantly, many of these functions are thought to take place in the laterally phase-separated regions of the membrane, commonly known as lipid rafts. Here, we provide experimental evidence for the "stabilizing" effect of melatonin, a naturally occurring hormone produced by the brain's pineal gland, on phase-separated model membranes mimicking the outer leaflet of plasma membranes. Specifically, we show that melatonin stabilizes the liquid-ordered/liquid-disordered phase coexistence over an extended range of temperatures. The melatonin-mediated stabilization effect is observed in both nanometer- and micrometer-sized liposomes using small angle neutron scattering (SANS), confocal fluorescence microscopy, and differential scanning calorimetry. To experimentally detect nanoscopic domains in 50 nm diameter phospholipid vesicles, we developed a model using the Landau-Brazovskii approach that may serve as a platform for detecting the existence of nanoscopic lateral heterogeneities in soft matter and biological materials with spherical and planar geometries.
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Balan V, Mihai CT, Cojocaru FD, Uritu CM, Dodi G, Botezat D, Gardikiotis I. Vibrational Spectroscopy Fingerprinting in Medicine: from Molecular to Clinical Practice. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2019; 12:E2884. [PMID: 31489927 PMCID: PMC6766044 DOI: 10.3390/ma12182884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 162] [Impact Index Per Article: 32.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/20/2019] [Revised: 09/01/2019] [Accepted: 09/03/2019] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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In the last two decades, Fourier Transform Infrared (FTIR) and Raman spectroscopies turn out to be valuable tools, capable of providing fingerprint-type information on the composition and structural conformation of specific molecular species. Vibrational spectroscopy's multiple features, namely highly sensitive to changes at the molecular level, noninvasive, nondestructive, reagent-free, and waste-free analysis, illustrate the potential in biomedical field. In light of this, the current work features recent data and major trends in spectroscopic analyses going from in vivo measurements up to ex vivo extracted and processed materials. The ability to offer insights into the structural variations underpinning pathogenesis of diseases could provide a platform for disease diagnosis and therapy effectiveness evaluation as a future standard clinical tool.
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- Vera Balan
- Faculty of Medical Bioengineering, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania.
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- Advanced Centre for Research-Development in Experimental Medicine, Grigore T. Popa University of Medicine and Pharmacy of Iași, Iași 700115, Romania
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Cakmak Arslan G, Severcan F. The effects of radioprotectant and potential antioxidant agent amifostine on the structure and dynamics of DPPC and DPPG liposomes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:1240-1251. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.04.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2018] [Revised: 04/17/2019] [Accepted: 04/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Interaction of the cholesterol reducing agent simvastatin with zwitterionic DPPC and charged DPPG phospholipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2019; 1861:810-818. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2018] [Revised: 01/12/2019] [Accepted: 01/25/2019] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Biochemical detection of fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia in affected rat hypothalamus tissues by Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Biosci Rep 2019; 39:BSR20181633. [PMID: 30824563 PMCID: PMC6418404 DOI: 10.1042/bsr20181633] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/16/2018] [Revised: 02/16/2019] [Accepted: 02/27/2019] [Indexed: 12/27/2022] Open
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It is difficult to determinate the cause of death from exposure to fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia in forensic casework. Here, we present a state-of-the-art study that employs Fourier-transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy to investigate the hypothalamus tissues of fatal hypothermic, fatal hyperthermic and normothermic rats to determine forensically significant biomarkers related to fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia. Our results revealed that the spectral variations in the lipid, protein, carbohydrate and nucleic acid components are highly different for hypothalamuses after exposure to fatal hypothermic, fatal hyperthermic and normothermic conditions. In comparison with the normothermia group, the fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia groups contained higher total lipid amounts but were lower in unsaturated lipids. Additionally, their cell membranes were found to have less motional freedom. Among these three groups, the fatal hyperthermia group contained the lowest total proteins and carbohydrates and the highest aggregated and dysfunctional proteins, while the fatal hypothermia group contained the highest level of nucleic acids. In conclusion, this study demonstrates that FTIR spectroscopy has the potential to become a reliable method for the biochemical characterization of fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia hypothalamus tissues, and this could be used as a postmortem diagnostic feature in fatal hypothermia and hyperthermia deaths.
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Liposomes for delivery of antioxidants in cosmeceuticals: Challenges and development strategies. J Control Release 2019; 300:114-140. [PMID: 30853528 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2019.03.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/16/2019] [Revised: 03/05/2019] [Accepted: 03/05/2019] [Indexed: 12/24/2022]
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Antioxidants (AOs) play a crucial role in the protection and maintenance of health and are also integral ingredients in beauty products. Unfortunately, most of them are sensitive due to their instability and insolubility. The use of liposomes to protect AOs and expand their applicability to cosmeceuticals, thereby, is one of the most effective solutions. Notwithstanding their offered advantages for the delivery of AOs, liposomes, in their production and application, present many challenges. Here, we provide a critical review of the major problems complicating the development of liposomes for AO delivery. Along with issues related to preparation techniques and encapsulation efficiency, the loss of protective function and inefficiency of skin permeability are the main disadvantages of liposomes. Corresponding development strategies for resolving these problems, with their respective advantages and drawbacks, are introduced, discussed in some depth, and summarized in these pages as well. Advanced liposomes have a vital role to play in the development and delivery of AOs in practical cosmeceutical product applications.
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Azalomycin F5a, a polyhydroxy macrolide binding to the polar head of phospholipid and targeting to lipoteichoic acid to kill methicillin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus. Biomed Pharmacother 2019; 109:1940-1950. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biopha.2018.11.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2018] [Revised: 11/13/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cruz dos Santos S, Osti Silva N, dos Santos Espinelli JB, Germani Marinho MA, Vieira Borges Z, Bruzamarello Caon Branco N, Faita FL, Meira Soares B, Horn AP, Parize AL, Rodrigues de Lima V. Molecular interactions and physico-chemical characterization of quercetin-loaded magnetoliposomes. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 218:22-33. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2018.11.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/05/2018] [Revised: 10/30/2018] [Accepted: 11/30/2018] [Indexed: 01/02/2023]
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Altunayar Unsalan C, Sahin I, Kazanci N. A concentration dependent spectroscopic study of binary mixtures of plant sterol stigmasterol and zwitterionic dimyristoyl phosphatidylcholine multilamellar vesicles: An FTIR study. J Mol Struct 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molstruc.2018.02.100] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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