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Alsaker NE, Halskau Ø, Haug BE, Reuter N, Nerdal W. Phospholipid Membrane Interactions of Model Ac-WL-X-LL-OH Peptides Investigated by Solid-State Nuclear Magnetic Resonance. MEMBRANES 2024; 14:105. [PMID: 38786939 PMCID: PMC11123086 DOI: 10.3390/membranes14050105] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/22/2024] [Revised: 04/23/2024] [Accepted: 04/29/2024] [Indexed: 05/25/2024]
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The role of aromatic amino acids in peripheral protein membrane binding has been reported to involve cation-π interactions with choline lipids. In this study, we have investigated the interactions of the model pentapeptide Ac-WL-X-LL-OH (where X = L, Y, F, or W) with the phospholipid membrane using solid-state NMR. The effect of guest residue X on the peptide-lipid interactome was complementary to the seminal report on the interfacial hydrophobicity scale by Wimley and White. We found that the phospholipids retained a lamellar phase in the presence of each of the peptides with an aromatic X residue, whereas the Leu peptide perturbed the bilayer to an extent where an additional isotropic phase was observed. The solid-state NMR 13C and 31P data provide additional information on the influence of these short peptides on the membrane that has not been previously reported. The magnitude of membrane perturbation was in the order of guest residue X = L > Y~F > W, which is consistent with the relative amino acid interfacial affinity reported by Wimley and White. Further work is, however, required to uncover the behavior of the peptide and localization in the membrane domain due to ambiguity of the 13C NMR data. We have launched efforts in this regard for the objective of better understanding the role of aromatic amino acids in peripheral membrane protein binding.
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Affiliation(s)
- Nicolai Etwin Alsaker
- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway; (B.E.H.); (N.R.); (W.N.)
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- Department of Biological Sciences, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 53A, N-5006 Bergen, Norway;
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway; (B.E.H.); (N.R.); (W.N.)
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway; (B.E.H.); (N.R.); (W.N.)
- Computational Biology Unit, Department of Informatics, University of Bergen, Thormøhlensgate 55, N-5008 Bergen, Norway
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bergen, Allégaten 41, N-5007 Bergen, Norway; (B.E.H.); (N.R.); (W.N.)
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Skrobecki P, Chmielińska A, Bonarek P, Stepien P, Wisniewska-Becker A, Dziedzicka-Wasylewska M, Polit A. Sulpiride, Amisulpride, Thioridazine, and Olanzapine: Interaction with Model Membranes. Thermodynamic and Structural Aspects. ACS Chem Neurosci 2017; 8:1543-1553. [PMID: 28375612 DOI: 10.1021/acschemneuro.7b00057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Neuroleptic drugs are widely applied in effective treatment of schizophrenia and related disorders. The lipophilic character of neuroleptics means that they tend to accumulate in the lipid membranes, impacting their functioning and processing. In this paper, the effect of four drugs, namely, thioridazine, olanzapine, sulpiride, and amisulpride, on neutral and negatively charged lipid bilayers was examined. The interaction of neuroleptics with lipids and the subsequent changes in the membrane physical properties was assessed using several complementary biophysical approaches (isothermal titration calorimetry, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, dynamic light scattering, and ζ potential measurements). We have determined the thermodynamic parameters, that is, the enthalpy of interaction and the binding constant, to describe the interactions of the investigated drugs with model membranes. Unlike thioridazine and olanzapine, which bind to both neutral and negatively charged membranes, amisulpride interacts with only the negatively charged one, while sulpiride does not bind to any of them. The mechanism of olanzapine and thioridazine insertion into the bilayer membrane cannot be described merely by a simple molecule partition between two different phases (the aqueous and the lipid phase). We have estimated the number of protons transferred in the course of drug binding to determine which of its forms, ionized or neutral, binds more strongly to the membrane. Finally, electron paramagnetic resonance results indicated that the drugs are localized near the water-membrane interface of the bilayer and presence of a negative charge promotes their burying deeper into the membrane.
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- Piotr Skrobecki
- Department
of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smetna 12, 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
- Department
of Pharmacology, Institute of Pharmacology, Polish Academy of Sciences, Smetna 12, 31-343 Kraków, Poland
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- Faculty of Biochemistry,
Biophysics and Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Kraków, Poland
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Alhakamy NA, Elandaloussi I, Ghazvini S, Berkland CJ, Dhar P. Effect of lipid headgroup charge and pH on the stability and membrane insertion potential of calcium condensed gene complexes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:4232-45. [PMID: 25768428 PMCID: PMC5704962 DOI: 10.1021/la504970n] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/17/2023]
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Noncovalently condensed complexes of genetic material, cell penetrating peptides (CPPs), and calcium chloride present a nonviral route to improve transfection efficiency of nucleic acids (e.g., pDNA and siRNA). However, the exact mechanisms of membrane insertion and delivery of macromolecule complexes to intracellular locations as well as their stability in the intracellular environment are not understood. We show that calcium condensed gene complexes containing different hydrophilic (i.e., dTAT, K9, R9, and RH9) and amphiphilic (i.e., RA9, RL9, and RW9) CPPs formed stable cationic complexes of hydrodynamic radii 100 nm at neutral pH. However, increasing the acidity caused the complexes to become neutral or anionic and increase in size. Using zwitterionic and anionic phospholipid monolayers as models that mimic the membrane composition of the outer leaflet of cell membranes and intracellular vesicles and pHs that mimic the intracellular environment, we study the membrane insertion potential of these seven gene complexes (CPP/pDNA/Ca(2+) complexes) into model membranes. At neutral pH, all gene complexes demonstrated the highest insertion potential into anionic phospholipid membranes, with complexes containing amphiphilic peptides showing the maximum insertion. However, at acidic pH, the gene complexes demonstrated maximum monolayer insertion into zwitterionic lipids, irrespective of the chemical composition of the CPP in the complexes. Our results suggest that in the neutral environment the complexes are unable to penetrate the zwitterionic lipid membranes but can penetrate through the anionic lipid membranes. However, the acidic pH mimicking the local environment in the late endosomes leads to a significant increase in adsorption of the complexes to zwitterionic lipid headgroups and decreases for anionic headgroups. These membrane-gene complex interactions may be responsible for the ability of the complexes to efficiently enter the intracellular environment through endocytosis and escape from the endosomes to effectively deliver their genetic payload.
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- Nabil A. Alhakamy
- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66047, United States
- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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- Department of Chemical & Petroleum Engineering, University of Kansas, Lawrence, Kansas 66045, United States
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Hellstrand E, Nowacka A, Topgaard D, Linse S, Sparr E. Membrane lipid co-aggregation with α-synuclein fibrils. PLoS One 2013; 8:e77235. [PMID: 24146972 PMCID: PMC3795653 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0077235] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2013] [Accepted: 08/30/2013] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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Amyloid deposits from several human diseases have been found to contain membrane lipids. Co-aggregation of lipids and amyloid proteins in amyloid aggregates, and the related extraction of lipids from cellular membranes, can influence structure and function in both the membrane and the formed amyloid deposit. Co-aggregation can therefore have important implications for the pathological consequences of amyloid formation. Still, very little is known about the mechanism behind co-aggregation and molecular structure in the formed aggregates. To address this, we study in vitro co-aggregation by incubating phospholipid model membranes with the Parkinson's disease-associated protein, α-synuclein, in monomeric form. After aggregation, we find spontaneous uptake of phospholipids from anionic model membranes into the amyloid fibrils. Phospholipid quantification, polarization transfer solid-state NMR and cryo-TEM together reveal co-aggregation of phospholipids and α-synuclein in a saturable manner with a strong dependence on lipid composition. At low lipid to protein ratios, there is a close association of phospholipids to the fibril structure, which is apparent from reduced phospholipid mobility and morphological changes in fibril bundling. At higher lipid to protein ratios, additional vesicles adsorb along the fibrils. While interactions between lipids and amyloid-protein are generally discussed within the perspective of different protein species adsorbing to and perturbing the lipid membrane, the current work reveals amyloid formation in the presence of lipids as a co-aggregation process. The interaction leads to the formation of lipid-protein co-aggregates with distinct structure, dynamics and morphology compared to assemblies formed by either lipid or protein alone.
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- Erik Hellstrand
- Division of Biophysical Chemistry, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Biochemistry, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Center of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Lund, Sweden
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Nenadic I, Dietzek M, Langbein K, Rzanny R, Gussew A, Reichenbach JR, Sauer H, Smesny S. Effects of olanzapine on 31P MRS metabolic markers in schizophrenia. Hum Psychopharmacol 2013; 28:91-3. [PMID: 23225665 DOI: 10.1002/hup.2274] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/07/2012] [Accepted: 09/28/2012] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Antipsychotic drug action might include mechanisms related to normalising phospholipid and high-energy metabolism. We applied brain metabolic imaging with (31)P magnetic resonance spectroscopy ((31)P MRS) and two-dimensional chemical shift imaging to assess changes of metabolism of phospholipids and high-energy phosphates in schizophrenia patients at baseline (four antipsychotic-naïve and three off antipsychotics) and at follow-up, after 6 weeks of treatment with olanzapine. Results indicate a significant increase of adenosine-triphosphate (ATP) in the right inferior temporal cortex and a trend towards ATP decrease in the left cerebellum. This suggests a shift in high-energy phosphates (rather than phospholipids), possibly related to normalisation of functioning in these areas.
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- Igor Nenadic
- Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Jena University Hospital, Jena, Germany.
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Cheon Y, Park JY, Modi HR, Kim HW, Lee HJ, Chang L, Rao JS, Rapoport SI. Chronic olanzapine treatment decreases arachidonic acid turnover and prostaglandin E₂ concentration in rat brain. J Neurochem 2011; 119:364-76. [PMID: 21812779 PMCID: PMC3188676 DOI: 10.1111/j.1471-4159.2011.07410.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The atypical antipsychotic, olanzapine (OLZ), is used to treat bipolar disorder, but its therapeutic mechanism of action is not clear. Arachidonic acid (AA, 20:4n-6) plays a critical role in brain signaling and an up-regulated AA metabolic cascade was reported in postmortem brains from bipolar disorder patients. In this study, we tested whether, similar to the action of the mood stabilizers lithium, carbamazepine and valproate, chronic OLZ treatment would reduce AA turnover in rat brain. We administered OLZ (6 mg/kg/day) or vehicle i.p. to male rats once daily for 21 days. A washout group received 21 days of OLZ followed by vehicle on day 22. Two hours after the last injection, [1-¹⁴C]AA was infused intravenously for 5 min, and timed arterial blood samples were taken. After the rat was killed at 5 min, its brain was microwaved, removed and analyzed. Chronic OLZ decreased plasma unesterified AA concentration, AA incorporation rates and AA turnover in brain phospholipids. These effects were absent after washout. Consistent with reduced AA turnover, OLZ decreased brain cyclooxygenase activity and the brain concentration of the proinflammatory AA-derived metabolite, prostaglandin E₂, In view of up-regulated brain AA metabolic markers in bipolar disorder, the abilities of OLZ and the mood stabilizers to commonly decrease prostaglandin E₂, and AA turnover in rat brain phospholipids, albeit by different mechanisms, may be related to their efficacy against the disease.
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- Yewon Cheon
- Brain Physiology and Metabolism Section, National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland, USA.
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Overview of computational methods employed in early-stage drug discovery. Future Med Chem 2011; 1:49-63. [PMID: 21426070 DOI: 10.4155/fmc.09.7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND The understanding of biomolecular interactions ultimately depends on knowledge about the structural and dynamic details of the interacting system. Rational structure-based drug design implements computational methodology in this rationale. DISCUSSION Together with increasing throughput of structural biology, molecular modeling has progressively contributed to rational drug design and elucidation of nontoxic and patient-tailored interventions, helping to make drug development more cost-efficient. But in this challenging time for the pharmaceutical industry, the successful discovery of novel therapeutics should rely on integration of computational modeling with experimentation when it comes to ligand-binding energetics, system flexibility and genetic diversity/heterogeneity of the target. Moreover, it appears that many drugs--even those for which specific receptors have been identified--intercalate in biological membranes, which could also become the actual target. CONCLUSIONS Understanding the drug-target and drug-unwanted-target interactions at the atomic level is fundamental in the initial phases of the drug development process. Molecular dynamics simulations and complementary computational methods are already contributing in this endeavor for the soluble pharmacological targets and show an increasing importance in the understanding of membrane-ligand interactions.
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Intramolecular hydrogen bonding in articaine can be related to superior bone tissue penetration: a molecular dynamics study. Biophys Chem 2010; 154:18-25. [PMID: 21227568 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.12.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/15/2010] [Revised: 12/08/2010] [Accepted: 12/08/2010] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Local anesthetics (LAs) are drugs that cause reversible loss of nociception during surgical procedures. Articaine is a commonly used LA in dentistry that has proven to be exceptionally effective in penetrating bone tissue and induce anesthesia on posterior teeth in maxilla and mandibula. In the present study, our aim was to gain a deeper understanding of the penetration of articaine through biological membranes by studying the interactions of articaine with a phospholipid membrane. Our approach involves Langmuir monolayer experiments combined with molecular dynamics simulations. Membrane permeability of LAs can be modulated by pH due to a titratable amine group with a pKa value close to physiological pH. A change in protonation state is thus known to act as a lipophilicity switch in LAs. Our study shows that articaine has an additional unique lipophilicity switch in its ability to form an intramolecular hydrogen bond. We suggest this intramolecular hydrogen bond as a novel and additional solvent-dependent mechanism for modulation of lipophilicity of articaine which may enhance its diffusion through membranes and connective tissue.
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Drexler B, Zinser S, Hentschke H, Antkowiak B. Diazepam Decreases Action Potential Firing of Neocortical Neurons via Two Distinct Mechanisms. Anesth Analg 2010; 111:1394-9. [DOI: 10.1213/ane.0b013e3181f9c035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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Steinkopf S, Simeunović A, Bustad HJ, Ngo TH, Sveaass H, Gjerde AU, Holmsen H. pH-dependent interaction of psychotropic drug with glycerophospholipid monolayers studied by the Langmuir technique. Biophys Chem 2010; 152:65-73. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2010.08.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/30/2010] [Accepted: 08/03/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Jensen M, Bjerring M, Nielsen NC, Nerdal W. Cisplatin interaction with phosphatidylserine bilayer studied by solid-state NMR spectroscopy. J Biol Inorg Chem 2009; 15:213-23. [DOI: 10.1007/s00775-009-0586-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2009] [Accepted: 08/27/2009] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Anticancer cisplatin interactions with bilayers of total lipid extract from pig brain: A 13C, 31P and 15N solid-state NMR study. Eur J Pharm Sci 2008; 34:140-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2008.03.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/13/2007] [Revised: 02/29/2008] [Accepted: 03/20/2008] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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Steinkopf S, Schelderup AK, Gjerde HL, Pfeiffer J, Thoresen S, Gjerde AU, Holmsen H. The psychotropic drug olanzapine (Zyprexa) increases the area of acid glycerophospholipid monolayers. Biophys Chem 2008; 134:39-46. [PMID: 18249059 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2008.01.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2007] [Revised: 01/07/2008] [Accepted: 01/08/2008] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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The typical antipsychotics chlorpromazine (CPZ) and trifluoperazine (TFP) increase the mean molecular area (mma) of acidic, but not neutral, glycerophospholipids in monolayers at pH 7.36 measured by the Langmuir technique. The atypical antipsychotic olanzapine (OLP(1)) is structurally similar to TFP. We have therefore studied the effects of OLP on glycerophospholipid monolayers and in comparison with CPZ. Olanzapine (10 microM, in subphase, pH 7.36) influenced the isotherms (surface pressure versus mma) in monolayers of the neutral dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and the acidic dipalmitoyl phosphatidylserine (DPPS) or 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoylphosphatidylserine (POPS) in the increasing order of mma: DPPS<DPPC<POPS at both lower and higher temperature. Thus, presence of an unsaturated acyl in PS increased the drug-induced effect on mma. The mma in the absence of drugs was lower at lower temperatures than at higher temperatures. OLP affected mma to a greater extent than CPZ, and caused the greatest interaction at surface pressure of 30 mN/m at higher temperatures. In contrast, CPZ gave the largest effect in the monolayers at surface pressure 30 mN/m at lower temperatures. CPZ did not alter the isotherms of DPPC, at lower or higher temperature, and only affected the packing of the DPPS and POPS monolayers. In contrast, OLP altered the isotherms of DPPC. It is suggested that the drugs affect the monolayer packing by intercalating between the glycerophospholipid molecules. Since CPZ has major side effects, while OLP has few, this may indicate that there is poor correlation between side effects and effects of the drugs on phospholipid monolayers.
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- Signe Steinkopf
- Department of Biomedical Laboratory Science, Bergen University College, Bergen, Norway.
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