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Steigert S, Brouwers J, Verbeke K, Vanuytsel T, Augustijns P. Characterization of luminal contents from the fasted human proximal colon. Eur J Pharm Sci 2024; 200:106821. [PMID: 38823599 DOI: 10.1016/j.ejps.2024.106821] [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: 04/05/2024] [Revised: 05/28/2024] [Accepted: 05/30/2024] [Indexed: 06/03/2024]
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To treat colonic diseases more effectively, improved therapies are urgently needed. In this respect, delivering drugs locally to the colon is a key strategy to achieve higher local drug concentrations while minimizing systemic side effects. Understanding the luminal environment is crucial to efficiently develop such targeted therapies and to predict drug disposition in the colon. In this clinical study, we collected colonic contents from an undisturbed fasted proximal colon via colonoscopy and characterized their composition with regard to drug disposition. Colonic pH, osmolality, protein content, bile salts, lipids, phospholipids and short-chain fatty acids were investigated in 10 healthy volunteers (8 male and 2 female, age 19-25). The unique environment of the proximal colon was reflected in the composition of the sampled luminal fluids and the effect of the microbiota could be observed on the pH (median 6.55), the composition of bile salts (majority deconjugated and secondary), and the abundance of short-chain fatty acids. At the same time, an increase in phospholipid concentration, osmolality and total protein content compared to reported ileal values was seen, likely resulting from desiccation. Lipids could only be found in low quantities and mainly in the form of cholesterol and free fatty acids, showing almost complete digestion and absorption by the time luminal contents reach the colon. All characteristics also displayed the considerable intersubject variability found in different regions of the gastrointestinal tract. This study contributes to an improved understanding of the luminal conditions in the proximal colon and facilitates the development of new predictive tools to study colonic drug absorption.
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- Sebastian Steigert
- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N II, Herestraat 49 - box 921, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N II, Herestraat 49 - box 921, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, TARGID, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Translational Research Center for Gastrointestinal Disorders, TARGID, KU Leuven, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium; Gastroenterology and Hepatology, University Hospitals Leuven campus Gasthuisberg, Herestraat 49, 3000 Leuven, Belgium
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- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Gasthuisberg O&N II, Herestraat 49 - box 921, 3000 Leuven, Belgium.
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Matsuoka K, Sekiguchi R, Yoshimura T. Micelle formation of sodium taurolithocholate. Chem Phys Lipids 2024; 259:105378. [PMID: 38325711 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2024.105378] [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: 12/07/2023] [Revised: 01/27/2024] [Accepted: 02/02/2024] [Indexed: 02/09/2024]
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The proportion of sodium taurolithocholate (NaTLC) is extremely low in human bile salts. NaTLC forms aggregates with other lipids in the bile and functions as an emulsifying and solubilizing agent. The molecular structure of NaTLC contains hydrophilic hydroxyl and sulfonic acid groups at both ends of the steroid ring. This molecular structure is similar to bolaform amphiphilic substance having hydrophilic groups at both ends due to the characteristics of its molecular structure. This study investigated the aggregate properties of the NaTLC using surface tension measurements, light scattering, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), and cryo-transmission electron microscopy (cryo-TEM). Surface tension measurement showed that the surface tension of the NaTLC solution decreased to 54 mN m-1. The concentration that showed the minimum surface tension corresponded to the critical micelle concentration (CMC: 0.6 mmol L-1, 308 K) determined by the change in light scattering intensity. On the other hand, the degree of counterion (sodium ions) binding to the micelles increased with increasing NaTLC concentration. SAXS and cryo-TEM measurements showed that the NaTLC formed large string-like micelles. The surface activity and large aggregates showed the potential for use as biosurfactants. However, because of the relatively low solubility of NaTLC in water, its use as a biosurfactant is limited to a narrow concentration range.
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- Keisuke Matsuoka
- Faculty of Education, Laboratory of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan.
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- Faculty of Education, Laboratory of Chemistry, Saitama University, 255 Shimo-Okubo, Sakura-ku, Saitama City, Saitama 338-8570, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Faculty of Science, Nara Women's University, Kitauoyanishi-machi, Nara 630-8506, Japan
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Massa M, Compari C, Fisicaro E. ITC study on the interaction of some bile salts with tragacanth, Arabic, and guar gums with potential cholesterol-lowering ability. Front Nutr 2023; 10:1258282. [PMID: 37941767 PMCID: PMC10628474 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2023.1258282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/13/2023] [Accepted: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 11/10/2023] Open
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Introduction The urge of designing new safe and natural functional foods to control blood lipids and dispensable without the need of physician supervision, has increased especially after the coming into effect of the recent EU Commission regulation 2022/860, that regulates the consumption of "red yeast rice," made by fermentation of rice with Monascus purpureus, and perceived as a natural functional food, due to a health risk for frail consumers. The results of the present work are a part of the systematic study we are carrying out of the binding ability of some soluble dietary fibers (SDF) from different natural sources toward selected bile salts (BS). Methods Measurements were carried out by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) with the idea to shed light on the mechanism, if any, by which they show cholesterol-lowering activity. Results and discussion Epidemiological studies are sometimes conflicting and offer only hypothesis about the mechanism of action, the most accredited being the reduction of reabsorption of BS in the gut. Previous measurements done on negatively charged pectin and alginate, showed specific binding interaction with monomer NaDC for pectin and no interaction at all for alginate. Chitosan, positively charged and soluble only at low pH, in 100 mM acetate buffer at pH = 3 shows strong exothermic interactions with NaTC and NaTDC. Here we considered two plant exudates (Arabic gum and tragacanth gum) and guar gum, extracted from guar beans, and their interaction with the same bile salts. ITC measurements do not evidence specific interactions between gums and the studied BS, so that their cholesterol lowering ability, if any, is due to a different mechanism very probably bound to the viscosity increase. Moreover, the addition of NaC, the most abundant BS in the bile, at very low concentration (under the cmc) causes a structural change of the solution. The obtained results seem to corroborate the hypothesis that the cholesterol lowering activity is related to the increase in viscosity of guar solution favored by NaC, the major component of the bile.
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- Michele Massa
- Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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Lee K, Xie J, Park H, Jung H, Oh JM. Controlled molecular arrangement of easily aggregated deoxycholate with layered double hydroxide. ROYAL SOCIETY OPEN SCIENCE 2023; 10:230506. [PMID: 37830016 PMCID: PMC10565365 DOI: 10.1098/rsos.230506] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/23/2023] [Accepted: 09/12/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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Deoxycholate (DA) is a natural emulsifying agent involved in the absorption of dietary lipids. Due to the facial distribution of hydrophobic-hydrophilic region, DA easily aggregates under ambient conditions, and this property hinders the practical application of DA in clinical applications. In this study, we found that the molecular arrangement of DA molecules could be controlled by using layered double hydroxide (LDH) under a specific reaction condition. The effect of reaction methods such as co-precipitation, ion exchange and reconstruction on the molecular arrangement of DA was investigated by X-ray diffraction, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy, high-resolution transmission electron microscopy and differential scanning calorimetry. It was demonstrated that the self-aggregation of DA molecules could be suppressed by the oriented arrangement of DA between the gallery space of LDH. The DA moiety was well stabilized in the LDH layers due to the electrostatic interaction between DA molecules and LDH layers. The most ordered arrangement of DA molecules was observed when DA was incorporated into LDH via a reconstruction method. The DA molecules arranged in LDH via reconstruction did not show significant exothermic or endothermic behaviour up to 400°C, showing that the DA moiety lost its intermolecular attraction in between LDH layers.
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- Kyounghyoun Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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Poša M. Self-Association of the Anion of 7-Oxodeoxycholic Acid (Bile Salt): How Secondary Micelles Are Formed. Int J Mol Sci 2023; 24:11853. [PMID: 37511620 PMCID: PMC10380805 DOI: 10.3390/ijms241411853] [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: 06/30/2023] [Revised: 07/21/2023] [Accepted: 07/22/2023] [Indexed: 07/30/2023] Open
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Bile acid anions are steroidal biosurfactants that form primary micelles due to the hydrophobic effect. At higher concentrations of some bile acid anions, secondary micelles are formed; hydrogen bonds connect primary micelles. Monoketo derivatives of cholic acid, which have reduced membrane toxicity, are important for biopharmaceutical examinations. The main goal is to explain why the processes of formation of primary and secondary micelles are separated from each other, i.e., why secondary micelles do not form parallel to primary micelles. The association of the anion of 7-oxodeoxycholic acid (a monoketo derivative of cholic acid) is observed through the dependence of the spin-lattice relaxation time on total surfactant concentration T1 = f(CT). On the function T1 = f(CT), two sharp jumps of the spin-lattice relaxation time are obtained, i.e., two critical micellar concentrations (CMC). The aggregation number of the micelle at 50 mM total concentration of 7-oxodeoxycholic acid anions in the aqueous solution is 4.2 ± 0.3, while at the total concentration of 100 mM the aggregation number is 9.0 ± 0.9. The aggregation number of the micelle changes abruptly in the concentration interval of 80-90 mM (the aggregation number determined using fluorescence measurements). By applying Le Chatelier's principle, the new mechanism of formation of secondary micelles is given, and the decoupling of the process of formation of primary and secondary micelles at lower concentrations of monomers (around the first critical micellar concentration) and the coupling of the same processes at higher equilibrium concentrations of monomers (around the second critical micellar concentration) is explained. Stereochemically and thermodynamically, a direct mutual association of primary micelles is less likely, but monomeric units are more likely to be attached to primary micelles, i.e., 7-oxodeoxycholic acid anions.
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- Mihalj Poša
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Hajduk Veljka 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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de Waal T, Brouwers J, Mols R, Hoffman I, Rayyan M, Augustijns P. Characterization of neonatal and infant enterostomy fluids. Int J Pharm 2023; 639:122943. [PMID: 37059240 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2023.122943] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2023] [Revised: 04/05/2023] [Accepted: 04/07/2023] [Indexed: 04/16/2023]
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The composition of gastrointestinal (GI) fluids is crucial for the dissolution, solubilization, and absorption of orally administered drugs. Disease- or age-related changes in GI fluid composition could significantly affect the pharmacokinetics of oral drugs. However, limited studies have been conducted on the characteristics of GI fluids in neonates and infants due to practical and ethical challenges. The current study collected enterostomy fluids from 21 neonate and infant patients over an extended period of time and from different regions of the small intestine and colon. The fluids were characterized for pH, buffer capacity, osmolality, total protein, bile salts, phospholipids, cholesterol, and lipid digestion products. The study found a large variability in the fluid characteristics among the different patients, in line with the highly heterogeneous study population. Compared to adult intestinal fluids, the enterostomy fluids from neonates and infants had low bile salt concentrations, with an increasing trend as a function of age; no secondary bile salts were detected. In contrast, total protein and lipid concentrations were relatively high, even in the distal small intestine. These findings suggest marked differences in intestinal fluid composition between neonates and infants versus adults, which may affect the absorption of certain drugs.
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- Tom de Waal
- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Drug Delivery and Disposition, KU Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Paediatric Gastroenterology. Hepatology and Nutrition, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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- Neonatal Intensive Care Unit, University Hospitals Leuven, Leuven, Belgium
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Rovnyak D, He J, Kong S, Eckenroad KW, Manley GA, Geffert RM, Krout MR, Strein TG. Determining sequential micellization steps of bile salts with multi-CMC modeling. J Colloid Interface Sci 2023; 644:496-508. [PMID: 37146486 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2023.03.146] [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: 11/01/2022] [Revised: 03/02/2023] [Accepted: 03/23/2023] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
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HYPOTHESIS Bile salts exhibit complex concentration-dependent micellization in aqueous solution, rooted in a long-standing hypothesis of increasing size in bile aggregation that has historically focused on the measurement of only one CMC detected by a given method, without resolving successive stepwise aggregates. Whether bile aggregation is continuous or discrete, at what concentration does the first aggregate form, and how many aggregation steps occur, all remain as open questions. EXPERIMENTS Bile salt critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) were investigated with NMR chemical shift titrations and a multi-CMC phase separation modeling approach developed herein. The proposed strategy is to establish a correspondence of the phase separation and mass action models to treat the first CMC; subsequent micellization steps, involving larger micelles, are then treated as phase separation events. FINDINGS The NMR data and the proposed multi-CMC model reveal and resolve multiple closely spaced sequential preliminary, primary, and secondary discrete CMCs in dihydroxy and trihydroxy bile salt systems in basic (pH 12) solutions with a single model of one NMR data set. Complex NMR data are closely explained by the model. Four CMCs are established in deoxycholate below 100 mM (298 K, pH 12): 3.8 ± 0.5 mM, 9.1 ± 0.3 mM, 27 ± 2 mM, and 57 ± 4 mM, while three CMCs were observed in multiple bile systems, also under basic conditions. Global fitting leverages the sensitivity of different protons to different aggregation stages. In resolving these closely spaced CMCs, the method also obtains chemical shifts of these spectroscopically inaccessible (aka dark) states of the distinct micelles.
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- David Rovnyak
- Dent Drive, Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.
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- University of Pennsylvania, Department of Chemistry, 231 S. 34 Street, Philadelphia, PA 19104-6323, USA.
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, School of Pharmacy, University of California San Francisco, 1700 4th St, San Francisco, CA 94158, USA.
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- Bristol Myers Squibb, 1 Squibb Drive, 92-218 New Brunswick, NJ 08901, USA.
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- AB SCIEX LLC, 500 Old Connecticut Path, Framingham, MA 01701, USA
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- The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, UNC Eshelman School of Pharmacy, Division of Pharmacotherapy and Experimental Therapeutics, Kerr Hall, Campus Box 7569, Chapel Hill, NC 27599-7569, USA
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- Dent Drive, Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.
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- Dent Drive, Department of Chemistry, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA 17837, USA.
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Xie J, Lee K, Park H, Jung H, Oh JM. Enhanced Emulsifying Ability of Deoxycholate through Dynamic Interaction with Layered Double Hydroxide. NANOMATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2023; 13:567. [PMID: 36770528 PMCID: PMC9920619 DOI: 10.3390/nano13030567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/28/2022] [Revised: 01/27/2023] [Accepted: 01/28/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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The emulsifying ability of the naturally occurring surfactant deoxycholic acid (DCA) was improved by dynamic interaction with nanometric layered particles, layered double hydroxide (LDH). As DCA molecules are rigid due to the facial configuration of hydrophobic-hydrophilic groups, they tend to form molecular aggregation in an acidic condition or imbalanced water-lipid ratios. In this study, the homogeneous hybrids of DCA and LDH were obtained by the in situ growth of LDH at a DCA molecule. The DCA-LDH hybrid successfully prevented the molecular aggregation of DCA at an acidic pH and imbalanced water-to-oil ratio. The dynamic light scattering showed that the hydrodynamic radius of micelle in the emulsion made with DCA-LDH maintained its small size (<500 nm), while upon pH change and dilution with water, that made with DCA only uncontrollably increased up to ~3000 nm. The polydispersity index value of the DCA-LDH emulsion remained constant (<0.3) after the pH change and dilution with water, indicating the high stability of the formulation. Furthermore, time-dependent turbidity monitoring revealed that the DCA-only formulation suffered from serious coalescence and creaming compared with the DCA-LDH formulation. It is suggested that the dynamic interaction between LDH layers and DCA prevented molecular aggregation under unfavorable conditions for the oil-in-water emulsion.
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- Jing Xie
- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Energy and Materials Engineering, Dongguk University, Seoul 04620, Republic of Korea
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Kumari S, Chauhan S, Umar A, Fouad H, Akhtar MS. Conductometric and Fluorescence Probe Analysis to Investigate the Interaction between Bioactive Peptide and Bile Salts: A Micellar State Study. Molecules 2022; 27:7561. [PMID: 36364390 PMCID: PMC9654833 DOI: 10.3390/molecules27217561] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2022] [Revised: 10/30/2022] [Accepted: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 09/29/2023] Open
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The present work deals with the micellar state study of sodium cholate and sodium deoxycholate in the aqueous solution of a bioactive peptide, namely glycyl dipeptide, having different concentrations through conductivity and fluorescence methods at different temperatures. The data obtained from conductivity is plotted against the concentration of Bile salts, and CMC (critical micelle concentration) values are calculated. The results realized have been elucidated with reference to Glycyl dipeptide-bile salts hydrophobic/hydrophilic interactions existing in solution. In addition, the CMC values converted to mole fraction (Xcmc) values have been used to evaluate the standard thermodynamic factors of micellization viz., enthalpy H, free energy ΔGm0, and entropy (ΔSm0) which extract information regarding thermodynamic feasibility of micellar state, energy alteration, and the assorted interactions established in the existing (bile salts-water-glycyl dipeptide) system. Furthermore, the pyrene fluorescence spectrum has also been utilized to study the change in micro polarity induced by the interactions of bile salts with glycyl dipeptide and the aggregation action of bile salts. The decrease in modification in the ratio of intensities of first and third peaks i.e., (I1/I3) for the pyrene molecules in aqueous bile salts solution by the addition of dipeptide, demonstrates that the micelle polarity is affected by glycyl dipeptide. This ratio has also been utilized to determine CMC values for the studied system, and the results have been found to be in good correlation with observations made in conductivity studies.
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- Santosh Kumari
- Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla 171005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Himachal Pradesh University, Summer Hill, Shimla 171005, India
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science and Arts, Promising Centre for Sensors and Electronic Devices (PCSED), Najran University, Najran 11001, Saudi Arabia
- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH 43210, USA
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- Applied Medical Science Department, Community College, King Saud University, Riyadh 11433, Saudi Arabia
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- School of Semiconductor and Chemical Engineering, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
- Graduate School of Integrated Energy-AI, Jeonbuk National University, Jeonju 54896, Korea
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Poša M, Škorić D, Pilipović A. Binary mixture (1:1) of Triton X100 and Propranolol hydrochloride in an aqueous solution of NaCl: whether mixed micelles are formed, possible clarification in 1H DOSY NMR experiment. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.120870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Massa M, Compari C, Fisicaro E. On the mechanism of the cholesterol lowering ability of soluble dietary fibers: Interaction of some bile salts with pectin, alginate, and chitosan studied by isothermal titration calorimetry. Front Nutr 2022; 9:968847. [PMID: 36245485 PMCID: PMC9558102 DOI: 10.3389/fnut.2022.968847] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2022] [Accepted: 09/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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Reducing high blood cholesterol is an important strategy to decrease the chances of a cardiovascular disease occurrence, the main cause of mortality in western developed countries. Therefore, the search for an alternative therapeutic or preventive approach being natural, biocompatible, and not toxic is still more relevant than ever. This need is particularly felt in Pediatrics for treating childhood hypercholesterolemia, due to statins interference in the production of steroid hormones in prepuberal children. Notwithstanding the general acceptance of the healthy role of the fibers in the diet, the mechanism underlying the cholesterol-lowering ability of soluble fibers is still under discussion. Therefore, we started a systematic study of the binding ability of some soluble dietary fibers (SDF) originated from different natural sources toward selected bile salts (BS) by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). Here we report the results of our ITC studies on the interaction of alginate, pectin and chitosan with sodium cholate (NaC), sodium deoxycholate (NaDC), sodium taurocholate (NaTC) and sodium taurodeoxycholate (NaTDC). Thermodynamic data on the micelle formation process of the above bile salts, as a premise to the study of their binding ability to the SDF, are also reported. Alginate does not show specific binding interaction with BS, while pectin shows a strong exothermic bond with NaDC in monomeric form. Chitosan, positively charged and soluble only at low pH, shows strong exothermic interactions with NaTC and NaTDC (soluble at pH = 3 in acetate buffer) with precipitate formation. For NaTC, the exothermic peak starts at about 5 mM. At this concentration NaTC bound on the fiber reaches locally the cmc value and micelles start forming on the fiber inducing its conformational change. For NaTDC the same process occurs at much lower concentrations, due to lower cmc, and with a greater quantity of heat involved. The first set of results here presented shows that for some SDF the binding of BS could be an important mechanism in cholesterol lowering but not the only one. The information here presented could be a starting point for the design of optimized functional foods with high cholesterol lowering ability.
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- Michele Massa
- Department of Maternal Infantile and Urological Sciences, Sapienza University of Rome, Rome, Italy
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- Department of Food and Drug, University of Parma, Parma, Italy
- *Correspondence: Emilia Fisicaro,
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Poša M, Tepavčević V, Grbović L, Mikulić M, Pavlović K. Hydrophobicity and self‐association (micellization) of bile salts with a lactone or lactam group in a steroid skeleton. J PHYS ORG CHEM 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/poc.4133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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- Mihalj Poša
- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Medicine University of Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbia
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- Department of Chemistry, Biochemistry and Environmental Protection, Faculty of Sciences University of Novi Sad Novi Sad Serbia
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Fagerberg JH, Zarmpi P, Jabbar H, Fotaki N. Affinity of Lipophilic Drugs to Mixed Lipid Aggregates in Simulated Gastrointestinal Fluids. J Pharm Sci 2020; 110:186-197. [PMID: 33065126 DOI: 10.1016/j.xphs.2020.09.053] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/15/2020] [Revised: 09/24/2020] [Accepted: 09/25/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Mixed lipid aggregates, comprising of bile salts and phospholipids, present in the small intestine assist in drug solubilization and subsequent drug dissolution and absorption through the intestinal epithelium. The increased variability in their levels, observed physiologically, may create challenges not only for in vivo bioavailability and bioequivalence studies, but also for in vitro bio-predictive studies as correlations between in vitro and in vivo data are not always successful. The current study investigated the impact of biorelevant dissolution media, with physiologically relevant sodium taurocholate and lecithin levels, on the apparent solubility and affinity of lipophilic compounds with a wide range of physicochemical properties (drug ionization, drug lipophilicity, molecular weight) to mixed lipid aggregates. Apparent solubility data in biorelevant dissolution media for the studied neutral drugs, weak bases and weak acids were compared against a phosphate buffer pH 6.5 in the absence of these lipidic components. Presence of mixed lipid aggregates enhanced the apparent solubility of the majority of compounds and the use of multivariate data analysis identified the significant parameters affecting drug affinity to mixed lipid aggregates based on the chemical class of the drug. For neutral drugs, increasing bile salt concentrations and/or drug lipophilicity resulted in greater enhancement in apparent solubility at 24-hr. For weak bases and weak acids, the effect of increasing bile salt levels on apparent solubility depended mostly on an interplay between drug lipophilicity and drug ionization.
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK
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- Department of Pharmacy and Pharmacology, University of Bath, Bath BA2 7AY, UK.
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Grijalva-Bustamante G, Quevedo-Robles R, del Castillo-Castro T, Castillo-Ortega M, Encinas J, Rodríguez-Félix D, Lara-Ceniceros T, Fernández-Quiroz D, Lizardi-Mendoza J, Armenta-Villegas L. A novel bile salt-assisted synthesis of colloidal polypyrrole nanoparticles. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2020.124961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Perinelli D, Cespi M, Lorusso N, Palmieri GF, Bonacucina G, Blasi P. Surfactant Self-Assembling and Critical Micelle Concentration: One Approach Fits All? LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:5745-5753. [PMID: 32370512 PMCID: PMC8007100 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00420] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 15.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Critical micelle concentration (CMC) is the main chemical-physical parameter to be determined for pure surfactants for their characterization in terms of surface activity and self-assembled aggregation. The CMC values can be calculated from different techniques (e.g., tensiometry, conductivity, fluorescence spectroscopy), able to follow the variation of a physical property with surfactant concentrations. Different mathematical approaches have been applied for the determination of CMC values from the raw experimental data. Most of them are independent of the operator, despite not all of the fitting procedures employed so far can be applied in all techniques. In this experimental work, the second derivative of the experimental data has been proposed as a unique approach to determine the CMC values from different techniques (tensiometry, conductimetry, densimetry, spectrofluorimetry, and high-resolution ultrasound spectroscopy). To this end, the CMC values of five different surfactants, specifically three anionic (sodium dodecyl sulfate, sodium deoxycolate, and N-lauroyl sarcosinate) and two nonionic, such as polyethylene glycol ester surfactants [polyethylenglicol (8) monostearate and polyethylenglicol (8) monolaurate], have been determined by this approach. The "second-derivate" approach provides a reliable determination of the CMC values among all of the techniques investigated, which were comparable to those calculated by the other operator-free routinely methods employed, such as segmental linear regression or Boltzmann regression. This study also highlighted the strengths and shortcomings of each technique over the others, providing an overview of the CMC values of commonly used anionic and nonionic surfactants in the pharmaceutical field, determined by employing different experimental approaches.
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Shieh YT, Chang CT, Toh JJ, Hsu YH, Chang IT, Hsia MH, Liu MY. Cyclodextrin-micellar electrokinetic chromatography of apolipoproteins on human very low-density lipoprotein. Electrophoresis 2020; 41:1333-1343. [PMID: 32390137 DOI: 10.1002/elps.202000065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/03/2019] [Revised: 04/19/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
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The apolipoproteins (APOs) of human very low-density lipoprotein (VLDL) were investigated by an optimized cyclodextrin-micellar electrokinetic chromatography (CD-MEKC) method. The separation buffer consisted of 20 mM sodium phosphate, 40 mM bile salts (50% sodium cholate and 50% sodium deoxycholate), 25 mM carboxymethyl-β-cyclodextrin (CM-β-CD) (pH 7.0). For CD-MEKC separation, a sample injection time of 12 s, a separation voltage of 15 KV, and a capillary temperature of 15°C were chosen. The optimal CD-MEKC method showed good resolution and repeatability for VLDL APOs. Identification and quantitation of VLDL APOs CI, CIII, and E were based on comparison with human APO standards. Good linear relationships with correlation coefficient (R2 ) 0.99 were obtained for APOs CI, CIII, and E standards. For these three APOs, the linear ranges were within 0.01-0.54 mg/mL, and the concentration limits of detection (LODs) were lower than 0.02 mg/mL. Moreover, VLDL APOs from four uremic patients and four healthy subjects were compared. The uremic and healthy CD-MEKC profiles showed dramatic difference. The levels of APO CIII were significantly higher for two patients, and the level of APO E was significantly higher for one patient. This study might be helpful for following the disease development of uremia and cardiovascular disease (CVD) in the future.
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- Ying-Tzu Shieh
- Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- China Medical University Hospital, Taichung, Taiwan.,Department of Internal Medicine, College of Medicine, China Medical University, Taichung, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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- Department of Chemistry, National Changhua University of Education, Changhua, Taiwan
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Poša M, Bjedov S, Tepavčević V, Mikulić M, Sakač M. Physicochemical characterization of novel 3-carboxymethyl-bile salts, as permeability and solubility enhancers. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112634] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Tso SC, Mahler F, Höring J, Keller S, Brautigam CA. Fast and Robust Quantification of Detergent Micellization Thermodynamics from Isothermal Titration Calorimetry. Anal Chem 2019; 92:1154-1161. [PMID: 31829010 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.9b04281] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2023]
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Detergents are widely used in modern in vitro biochemistry and biophysics, in particular to aid the characterization of integral membrane proteins. An important characteristic of these chemicals in aqueous solutions is the concentration above which their molecular monomers self-associate to form micelles, termed the critical micellar concentration (CMC). Micelles are supramolecular assemblies arranged with the hydrophobic portions oriented inward and the hydrophilic head groups positioned outward to interact with the aqueous solvent. Knowledge of the CMC is not only of practical relevance but also of theoretical interest because it provides thermodynamic insights. Isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) is a powerful method to determine CMCs, as it furnishes additional information on the enthalpy and entropy of micellization. Here we describe our extension of previous methods to determine CMCs and other thermodynamic parameters from ITC demicellization curves. The new algorithm, incorporated into the stand-alone software package D/STAIN, analyzes ITC demicellization curves by taking advantage of state-of-the-art thermogram-integration techniques and automatically providing rigorous confidence intervals on the refined parameters. As a demonstration of the software's capabilities, we undertook ITC experiments to determine the respective CMCs of n-octyl β-d-glucopyranoside (OG), n-dodecyl β-d-maltopyranoside (DDM), and lauryldimethylamine N-oxide (LDAO). Motivated by the fact that in vitro membrane protein studies often require additives such as precipitants (e.g., polyethylene glycol (PEG)), we also carried out ITC demicellization studies in the presence of PEG3350, finding in all cases that PEG had significant effects on the thermodynamics of detergent micellization.
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- Molecular Biophysics , Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) , Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 13 , 67663 Kaiserslautern , Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics , Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) , Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 13 , 67663 Kaiserslautern , Germany
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- Molecular Biophysics , Technische Universität Kaiserslautern (TUK) , Erwin-Schrödinger-Str. 13 , 67663 Kaiserslautern , Germany
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Mishra SS, Mohanty S, Mishra J, Subuddhi U. Photophysical Properties of Coumarin 1 in Bile Salt Aggregates: An Insight into the Role of Bile Salt Structure on the Aggregation Behavior. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:16555-16567. [PMID: 31742410 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b02664] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The photophysical behavior of Coumarin 1 (Cou1), a well-known 7-aminocoumarin derivative, is very sensitive to the microenvironment in which it resides. In the present study, the effect of six bile salt variants on the photophysical behavior of Cou1 has been investigated. Dihydroxy (deoxycholates) as well as trihydroxy (cholates) bile salts with conjugated and unconjugated side chains have been chosen to get insight into the role of bile salt structure on the microenvironment of Cou1. Cou1 photophysics was found to be extremely sensitive to the aggregation process of the bile salt variants. The reduced polarity of the micellar environment stabilizes the planar intramolecular charge transferred state of Cou1, resulting in significant modulation in its photophysics in the bile salt media. The changes in the fluorescence parameters such as fluorescence intensity, emission energy, fluorescence quantum yield, anisotropy, and lifetime of Cou1 reveal that there is a distinct difference in the aggregation behavior of deoxycholates from that of cholates. The deoxycholates form micelles more or less critically similar to those of conventional surfactants, whereas the cholates self-assemble rather noncritically over a wide concentration range, thus signifying the vital role of the extra hydroxyl group in the aggregation pattern of trihydroxy bile salts. The conjugated bile salts are found to provide a relatively more compact, rigid, and hydrophobic microenvironment to Cou1 as compared to their unconjugated counterparts. Considering the significant modulation in the photophysical properties of Cou1, it has been employed as a molecular reporter for monitoring the aggregation process of bile salt variants and important information could be obtained about the effect of bile salt structure on the aggregation pattern and also about the micellar properties.
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- Smruti Snigdha Mishra
- Department of Chemistry , National Institute of Technology , Rourkela , 769008 Odisha , India
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- Department of Chemistry , National Institute of Technology , Rourkela , 769008 Odisha , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Indian Institute of Technology , Madras , Chennai 600036 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , National Institute of Technology , Rourkela , 769008 Odisha , India
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Elkhabaz A, Moseson DE, Brouwers J, Augustijns P, Taylor LS. Interplay of Supersaturation and Solubilization: Lack of Correlation between Concentration-Based Supersaturation Measurements and Membrane Transport Rates in Simulated and Aspirated Human Fluids. Mol Pharm 2019; 16:5042-5053. [PMID: 31638397 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.9b00956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Supersaturating formulations are increasingly being used to improve the absorption of orally administered poorly water-soluble drugs. To better predict outcomes in vivo, we must be able to accurately determine the degree of supersaturation in complex media designed to provide a surrogate for the gastrointestinal environment. Herein, we demonstrate that relying on measurements based on consideration of the total dissolved concentration leads to underestimation of supersaturation and consequently membrane transport rates. Crystalline and amorphous solubilities of two compounds, atazanavir and posaconazole, were evaluated in six different media. Concurrently, diffusive flux measurements were performed in a side-by-side diffusion cell to determine the activity-based supersaturation by evaluating membrane transport rates at the crystalline and amorphous solubilities. Solubility values were found to vary in each medium because of different solubilization capacities. Concentration-based supersaturation ratios were also found to vary for the different media. Activity-based measurements, however, were largely independent of the medium, leading to relatively constant values for the estimated supersaturation. These findings have important consequences for modeling and prediction of supersaturation impact on the absorption rate as well as for better defining the thermodynamic driving force for crystallization in complex media.
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- Ahmed Elkhabaz
- Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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- Drug Delivery and Disposition , KU Leuven , Leuven 3000 , Belgium
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- Department of Industrial and Physical Pharmacy, College of Pharmacy , Purdue University , West Lafayette , Indiana 47907 , United States
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Self-association of sodium isoursodeoxycholate and sodium isohenodeoxycholate in water. Chem Phys Lipids 2019; 223:104778. [PMID: 31173728 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2019.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/28/2019] [Revised: 04/25/2019] [Accepted: 05/12/2019] [Indexed: 01/06/2023]
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Bile salts (BS) form hydrophobic Small's primary micelles at concentrations above the critical micelle concentration (CMC), while at concentrations above 3CMC they form secondary micelles (by the association of primary micelles via H-bonds). In this paper the self-associations of the anions of isohenodeoxycholic acid (3-epimer of henodeoxycholic acid, ICD) and the anions of isoursodeoxycholic acid (3-epimer of ursodeoxycholic acid, IUD) are examined, since the thermodynamic parameters of their self-association have not yet been published. Forming of IUD aggregates with two or three building units is slightly more favorable via α sides of steroid skeletons, regarding hydrophobicity, while regarding steric repulsive interactions it is more favorable to associate via β sides. Due to this, IUD in the vicinity of the CMC can form primary micelles by association of IUD particles both from the convex side and from the concave side of the steroid ring system. Therefore, IUD is significantly more prone to initial micellization than bile salt derivatives whose steroidal skeletons contain equatorially oriented OH groups.
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Fiorucci S, Distrutti E. Chenodeoxycholic Acid: An Update on Its Therapeutic Applications. Handb Exp Pharmacol 2019; 256:265-282. [PMID: 31267167 DOI: 10.1007/164_2019_226] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
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Chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA), 3α,7α-dihydroxy-5β-cholan-24-oic acid, is a primary bile acid generated in the liver from cholesterol. In liver cells CDCA is conjugated with glycine or taurine to form two bile salts, Glyco-CDCA and Tauro-CDCA, before being released into the bile ducts. In the intestine, CDCA is further metabolized to generate a 7β epimer, i.e., the ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA), or dehydroxylate to generate lithocolic acid (LCA). In humans, CDCA is the physiological ligand for the bile acid sensor farnesoid X receptor (FXR), while LCA is a potent agonist for a G protein-coupled receptor, known as GPBAR1 (TGR5). Along with UDCA, CDCA has been clinically used for the dissolution of gallbladder stones at doses ranging from 375 to 750 mg/day, with a success rate of 8 to 18%. Because the efficacy of CDCA was significantly lower than that of UDCA and 18-30% of patients developed significant side effects, the most frequent being diarrhea and a reversible increase in aminotransferases plasma levels, this application has lost its therapeutic relevance. Additionally, the combination of CDCA with UDCA, generally at doses of 5-10 mg/kg each, has failed to provide significant advantages over UDCA alone. In 2017, CDCA has been approved as an orphan indication for the treatment of patients with cerebrotendinous xanthomatosis (CTX), a rare autosomal recessive disorder caused by mutations of sterol 27-hydroxylase (CYP27A1) gene. Since CYP27A1 is essential for cholesterol breakdown, CTX patients develop abnormal lipid storage with increased plasma and tissue levels of cholestanol and very low/absent production of CDCA. CDCA is a potent inhibitor of CYP27A1, and early initiation of CDCA therapy, at doses up to 750 mg/day, is considered the standard medical therapy for CTX resulting in decreased plasma levels of cholestanol and stabilization of neurologic symptoms. Studies in CTX patients have also shown that CDCA might suppress the activity of 3-hydroxy-3-methylglutaryl coenzyme A (HMG CoA) reductase in the liver. Furthermore, CDCA promotes the release of glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) in diabetic patients, likely by activating GPBAR1.
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- Stefano Fiorucci
- Section of Gastroenterology, Department of Surgical and Biomedical Sciences, University of Perugia, Perugia, Italy.
- Perugia Medical School, Perugia, Italy.
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Chauhan S, Sharma V, Singh K, Chauhan M. Effect of Maltodextrin and Temperature on Micellar Behavior of Bile Salts in Aqueous Medium: Conductometric and Spectrofluorimetric Studies. Z PHYS CHEM 2018. [DOI: 10.1515/zpch-2017-1060] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Conductivity and fluorescence probe techniques have been employed to study the micellar behavior of bile salts i.e. sodium cholate (1–20 mmol⋅kg−1) and sodium deoxycholate (0.5–10.0 mmol⋅kg−1) in aqueous solutions of maltodextrin (0.0, 0.5, 1.1, and 1.6 mmol⋅kg−1) at different temperatures. The influence of maltodextrin on the micellization behavior of bile salts has been determined in terms of critical micelle concentration (CMC) values obtained from conductivity measurement. The variation in CMC values has been discussed by considering the alteration in the hydrophobic environment of maltodextrin-sodium cholate/sodium deoxycholate complex imparted by the carbohydrate molecules. In order to substantiate the CMC values determined from conductivity method, the fluorescence probe study of aqueous sodium cholate and sodium deoxycholate solutions in presence of fluorescent, pyrene has also been carried. The CMC values obtained from both techniques are in full agreement with each other. Moreover, application of charged pseudo-phase separation model has been made to discuss the thermodynamics of the system.
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- Suvarcha Chauhan
- Department of Chemistry , Himachal Pradesh University , Summer Hill, Shimla 171005 , India , Tel.: +91 177 2830803, fax: +91 177 2830775
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- Department of Chemistry , Himachal Pradesh University , Summer Hill, Shimla 171005 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Himachal Pradesh University , Summer Hill, Shimla 171005 , India
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- Department of Chemistry , Himachal Pradesh University , Summer Hill, Shimla 171005 , India
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Shokry DS, Waters LJ, Parkes GMB, Mitchell JC. Incorporating physiologically relevant mobile phases in micellar liquid chromatography for the prediction of human intestinal absorption. Biomed Chromatogr 2018; 32:e4351. [PMID: 30062715 PMCID: PMC6282790 DOI: 10.1002/bmc.4351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2018] [Revised: 07/17/2018] [Accepted: 07/20/2018] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Micellar liquid chromatography is a popular method used in the determination of a compound's lipophilicity. This study describes the use of the obtained micelle-water partition coefficient (log Pmw ) by such a method in the prediction of human intestinal absorption (HIA). As a result of the close resemblance of the novel composition of the micellar mobile phase to that of physiological intestinal fluid, prediction was deemed to be highly successful. The unique micellar mobile phase consisted of a mixed micellar mixture of lecithin and six bile salts, i.e. a composition matching that found in the human intestinal environment, prepared in ratios resembling those in the intestine. This is considered to be the first method to use a physiological mixture of biosurfactants in the prediction of HIA. As a result, a mathematical model with high predictive ability (R2 PRED = 81%) was obtained using multiple linear regression. The micelle-water partition coefficient (log Pmw ) obtained from micellar liquid chromatography was found to be a successful tool for prediction where the final optimum model included log Pmw and polar surface area as key descriptors with high statistical significance for the prediction of HIA. This can be attributed to the nature of the mobile phase used in this study which contains the lecithin-bile salt complex, thus forming a bilayer system and therefore mimicking absorption across the intestinal membrane.
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- Dina S. Shokry
- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Medway Centre for Formulation ScienceUniversity of GreenwichKentUK
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- School of Applied SciencesUniversity of HuddersfieldHuddersfieldUK
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- Faculty of Engineering and Science, Medway Centre for Formulation ScienceUniversity of GreenwichKentUK
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Chauhan S, Sharma V, Pathania L. Probing effect of maltodextrin on micellar properties of bile salts at varying temperatures: A physico-chemical approach. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.08.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Šarenac TM, Mikov M. Bile Acid Synthesis: From Nature to the Chemical Modification and Synthesis and Their Applications as Drugs and Nutrients. Front Pharmacol 2018; 9:939. [PMID: 30319399 PMCID: PMC6168039 DOI: 10.3389/fphar.2018.00939] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 07/30/2018] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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Bile acids (BAs) are amphiphilic molecules with 24 carbon atoms and consist of a hydrophobic and a rigid steroid nucleus, to which are attached a hydrophilic hydroxyl group and a flexible acidic aliphatic side chain. The steroidal core of BAs constitutes a saturated cyclopentanoperhydrophenanthrene skeleton, consisting of three six-membered (A, B, and C) and one five-membered ring (D). Primary BAs are produced in the hepatocytes, while secondary BAs are formed by modifying the primary BAs in the intestinal lumen, i.e., by the reactions of 7α-dehydroxylation and deconjugation of cholic acid (CA) and chenodeoxycholic acid (CDCA). The most important secondary BAs are deoxycholic acid (DCA) and lithocholic acid (LCA). The BAs realize their effects through nuclear farnesoid X receptors (FXRs) and membrane TGR5 receptors. It has been found that BAs are also associated with other receptors such as the vitamin D receptor (VDR), from which the most significant ligand is calcitriol, as well as with pregnane X receptor (PXR) and potentially with the constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), whose ligands are numerous, structurally different xenobiotics that show greater affinity to BAs. The BAs as therapeutic agents (drugs) have the potential to produce beneficial effects in cases of sexually transmitted diseases, primary biliary cirrhosis (PBC), primary sclerosing cholangitis, gallstones, digestive tract diseases, cystic fibrosis, and cancer. Ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCA) was the only drug approved by the US Food and Drug Administration (FDA) for the treatment of PBC. In this paper, the different pathways of bile acid biosynthesis are explained as well as chemical modifications and the synthesis of different keto derivatives of BAs. Also, the effects of BAs on digestion of nutrients, their role as drugs, and, in particular, the emphasis on the hypoglycemic properties of 7α, 12α-dihydroxy−12–keto−5β-cholanic acid in the treatment of diabetes mellitus are examined in detail.
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- Tanja M Šarenac
- Faculty of Medicine, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Department of Pharmacology, Toxicology and Clinical Pharmacology, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad, Serbia
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Chauhan S, Singh K, Sundaresan C. Physico-chemical characterization of drug–bio-surfactant micellar system: A road for developing better pharmaceutical formulations. J Mol Liq 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2018.07.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Bile acids target proteolipid nano-assemblies of EGFR and phosphatidic acid in the plasma membrane for stimulation of MAPK signaling. PLoS One 2018; 13:e0198983. [PMID: 30169511 PMCID: PMC6118352 DOI: 10.1371/journal.pone.0198983] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/25/2018] [Accepted: 08/17/2018] [Indexed: 01/08/2023] Open
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Bile acids are critical biological detergents in the gastrointestinal tract and also act as messengers to regulate a multitude of intracellular signaling events, including mitogenic signaling, lipid metabolism and endo/exocytosis. In particular, bile acids stimulate many receptors and ion channels on the cell surface, the mechanisms of which are still poorly understood. Membrane-associating proteins depend on the local spatial distribution of lipids in the plasma membrane (PM) for their function. Here, we report that the highly amphipathic secondary bile acid deoxycholic acid (DCA), a major constituent in the human bile, at doses <1μM enhances the nanoclustering and the PM localization of phosphatidic acid (PA) but disrupts the local segregation of phosphatidylserine in the basolateral PM of the human colorectal adenocarcinoma Caco-2 cells. PA is a key structural component of the signaling nano-domains of epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) on the cell surface. We show that DCA promotes the co-localization between PA and EGFR, the PA-driven EGFR dimerization/oligomerization and EGFR signaling. Depletion of PA abolishes the stimulatory effects of DCA on the EGFR oligomerization and signaling. This effect occurs in the cultured Caco-2 cells and the ex vivo human intestinal enteroids. We propose a novel mechanism, where the amphiphilic DCA monomers alter the nano-assemblies of anionic phospholipids and in turn change the dynamic structural integrity of the lipid-driven oligomerization of cell surface receptors and their signal transduction.
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Meier AR, Yehl JB, Eckenroad KW, Manley GA, Strein TG, Rovnyak D. Stepwise Aggregation of Cholate and Deoxycholate Dictates the Formation and Loss of Surface-Available Chirally Selective Binding Sites. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:6489-6501. [PMID: 29733655 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b00467] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Bile salts are facially amphiphilic, naturally occurring chemicals that aggregate to perform numerous biochemical processes. Because of their unique intermolecular properties, bile salts have also been employed as functional materials in medicine and separation science (e.g., drug delivery, chiral solubilization, purification of single-walled carbon nanotubes). Bile micelle formation is structurally complex, and it remains a topic of considerable study. Here, the exposed functionalities on the surface of cholate and deoxycholate micelles are shown to vary from one another and with the micelle aggregation state. Collectively, data from NMR and capillary electrophoresis reveal preliminary, primary, and secondary stepwise aggregation of the salts of cholic (CA) and deoxycholic (DC) acid in basic conditions (pH 12, 298 K), and address how the surface availability of chirally selective binding sites is dependent on these sequential stages of aggregation. Prior work has demonstrated sequential CA aggregation (pH 12, 298 K) including a preliminary CMC at ca. 7 mM (no chiral selection), followed by a primary CMC at ca. 14 mM that allows chiral selection of binaphthyl enantiomers. In this work, DC is also shown to form stepwise preliminary and primary aggregates (ca. 3 mM DC and 9 mM DC, respectively, pH 12, 298 K) but the preliminary 3 mM DC aggregate is capable of chirally selective solubilization of the binaphthyl enantiomers. Higher-order, secondary bile aggregates of each of CA and DC show significantly degraded chiral selectivity. Diffusion NMR reveals that secondary micelles of CA exclude the BNDHP guests, while secondary micelles of DC accommodate guests, but with a loss of chiral selectivity. These data lead to the hypothesis that secondary aggregates of DC have an exposed binding site, possibly the 7α-edge of a bile dimeric unit, while secondary CA micelles do not present binding edges to the solution, potentially instead exposing the three alcohol groups on the hydrophilic α-face to the solution.
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- Adam R Meier
- Department of Chemistry , Bucknell University , 1 Dent Drive , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania 17837 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bucknell University , 1 Dent Drive , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania 17837 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bucknell University , 1 Dent Drive , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania 17837 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bucknell University , 1 Dent Drive , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania 17837 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bucknell University , 1 Dent Drive , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania 17837 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Bucknell University , 1 Dent Drive , Lewisburg , Pennsylvania 17837 , United States
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Zhang W, Haser A, Hou HH, Nagapudi K. Evaluation of Accuracy of Amorphous Solubility Advantage Calculation by Comparison with Experimental Solubility Measurement in Buffer and Biorelevant Media. Mol Pharm 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.8b00125] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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- Wei Zhang
- Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- College of Pharmacy, University of Texas—Austin, Austin, Texas 78712, United States
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- Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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- Small Molecule Pharmaceutical Sciences, Genentech Inc., South San Francisco, California 94080, United States
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Clulow AJ, Parrow A, Hawley A, Khan J, Pham AC, Larsson P, Bergström CAS, Boyd BJ. Characterization of Solubilizing Nanoaggregates Present in Different Versions of Simulated Intestinal Fluid. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:10869-10881. [PMID: 29090933 PMCID: PMC6209315 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b08622] [Citation(s) in RCA: 45] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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The absorption of
hydrophobic drugs and nutrients from the intestine
is principally determined by the amount that can be dissolved by the
endogenous fluids present in the gut. Human intestinal fluids (HIFs)
comprise a complex mixture of bile salts, phospholipids, steroids
and glycerides that vary in composition in the fed and fasted state
and between subjects. A number of simulated intestinal fluid (SIF)
compositions have been developed to mimic fasted and fed state intestinal
conditions and allow the in vitro determination of
drug solubility as a proxy for the maximum dissolved concentration
it is possible to reach. In particular these solvents are used during
the development of lipophilic and poorly water-soluble drugs but questions
remain around the differences that may arise from the source and methods
of preparation of these fluids. In this work, a range of SIFs were
studied using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS), cryogenic-transmission
electron microscopy (cryo-TEM) and molecular dynamics (MD) simulations
in order to analyze their structures. In-house prepared SIFs based
on sodium taurodeoxycholate (NaTDC) and 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DOPC) formed oblate ellipsoidal micelles
irrespective of lipid concentration and preparation conditions. In
contrast, commercially available SIFs based on sodium taurocholate
and lecithin formed prolate ellipsoidal micelles in the fed state
and vesicles in the fasted state. These structural variations are
the likely reason for the dramatic differences sometimes observed
in the solubility enhancements for hydrophobic drugs, nutrients and
digestion products when using different SIFs. However, the structural
homogeneity of the NaTDC/DOPC micelles makes them ideal candidates
for standardizing SIF formulations as the structures of the solubilizing
nanoaggregates therein are not sensitive to the preparation method.
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- Andrew J Clulow
- Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University , P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Australian Synchrotron, ANSTO , 800 Blackburn Road, Clayton, VIC 3168, Australia
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- Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University , P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala Biomedical Centre, Uppsala University , P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden
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- Drug Delivery, Disposition and Dynamics, Monash Institute of Pharmaceutical Sciences , 381 Royal Parade, Parkville, VIC 3052, Australia
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Poša M, Popović K. Structure-Property Relationships in Sodium Muricholate Derivative (Bile Salts) Micellization: The Effect of Conformation of Steroid Skeleton on Hydrophobicity and Micelle Formation-Pattern Recognition and Potential Membranoprotective Properties. Mol Pharm 2017; 14:3343-3355. [PMID: 28863265 DOI: 10.1021/acs.molpharmaceut.7b00375] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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It is known that β-muricholic acid anions prevent membrane toxicity of hydrophobic bile acids, which are being used in therapy for solubilization of the cholesterol type bile stone. Better knowledge of these derivative micelles is very important for understanding their physiological and pharmacological effects. β-Axial (a) oriented hydroxyl group from the steroid skeleton decreases the hydrophobic surface of the convex side of the steroid skeleton. Therefore, the critical micellization concentration (CMC) for steroid surfactants with β-a-OH group should increase, but in the case of OH groups of different orientations forming H-bonds in the hydrophobic phase of the micelle, it has the opposite effect; the CMC decreses, and aggregation is more favored. The set of muricholic acids (MCs) is composed by α-MC, β-MC, γ-MC, and ω-MC, where α-MC and β-MC have β-axial-OH groups. The aggregation numbers (n) are determined using the Moroi-Matsuoka-Sugioka thermodynamic method. CMC, enthalpy of demicellization, and ΔCp are determined by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC). This report pioneers in the study of MC derivatives micellization. Micelles of β-MC and γ-MC belong to the linear congeneric group (LCG) and their micelles above 85 mM have constant aggregation numbers n = 4-5. Micelles of α-MC and ω-MC are outliers in relation to the LCG, their aggregation number constantly increases; at 85 mM n = 6.8 (α-MC) and 6.5 (ω-MC). In micelles of derivatives β-MC and γ-MC, there is a low probability for the existence of hydrogen bonds. A micelle of α-MC probably has hydrogen bonds in its hydrophobic domain.
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- Mihalj Poša
- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, University of Novi Sad , Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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- Faculty of Medicine, Department of Pharmacy, University of Novi Sad , Hajduk Veljkova 3, 21000 Novi Sad, Serbia
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Reshaping antibiotics through hydrophobic drug-bile acid ionic complexation enhances activity against Staphylococcus aureus biofilms. Int J Pharm 2017; 528:144-162. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.06.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 06/01/2017] [Accepted: 06/03/2017] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Poša M, Pilipović A. Self-association of C3 and C6 epimers of hyodeoxycholate anions in aqueous medium: Hydrophobicity, critical micelle concentration and aggregation number. J Mol Liq 2017. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2017.04.109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Spectroscopic Investigation of the Interaction of the Anticancer Drug Mitoxantrone with Sodium Taurodeoxycholate (NaTDC) and Sodium Taurocholate (NaTC) Bile Salts. Molecules 2017; 22:molecules22071079. [PMID: 28657593 PMCID: PMC6152313 DOI: 10.3390/molecules22071079] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/09/2017] [Revised: 06/14/2017] [Accepted: 06/21/2017] [Indexed: 12/25/2022] Open
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The focus of the present work was to investigate the interaction of the anticancer drug mitoxantrone with two bile salts, sodium taurodeoxycholate (NaTDC) and sodium taurocholate (NaTC). Ultraviolet-visible (UV-Vis) absorption and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) spectroscopy were used to quantify the interaction and to obtain information on the location of mitoxantrone in bile salt micelles. The presence of submicellar concentrations of both bile salts induces mitoxantrone aggregation and the extent of drug aggregation in NaTDC is higher than in NaTC. For micellar bile salts concentrations, mitoxantrone monomers are entrapped in the micellar core. Binding constants, micelle/water partition coefficients and the corresponding thermodynamic parameters for binding and partitioning processes were estimated using the changes in monomer absorbance in the presence of bile salts. Binding interaction of mitoxantrone is stronger for NaTDC than NaTC micelles, whereas partitioning efficiency is higher for NaTC micelles for all investigated temperatures. Thermodynamic parameters indicate that both binding and partitioning processes are spontaneous and entropy controlled. The spectral behavior and thermodynamic parameters indicate distinct types of mitoxantrone interaction with NaTDC and NaTC micelles supported by the differences in nature and structure of bile salts micelles.
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Poša M, Pilipović A, Bjedov S, Obradović S, Tepavčević V, Sakač M. Parameters of micellization and hydrophobicity of sodium salts of 7-buthyl (butylidene) and 7-octyl (octylidene) derivatives of the cholic and the deoxycholic acid in a water solution: Pattern recognition — Linear hydrophobic congeneric groups. J Mol Liq 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2016.09.074] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Pellicciari R, Passeri D, De Franco F, Mostarda S, Filipponi P, Colliva C, Gadaleta RM, Franco P, Carotti A, Macchiarulo A, Roda A, Moschetta A, Gioiello A. Discovery of 3α,7α,11β-Trihydroxy-6α-ethyl-5β-cholan-24-oic Acid (TC-100), a Novel Bile Acid as Potent and Highly Selective FXR Agonist for Enterohepatic Disorders. J Med Chem 2016; 59:9201-9214. [PMID: 27652492 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jmedchem.6b01126] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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As a continuation of previous efforts in mapping functional hot spots on the bile acid scaffold, we here demonstrate that the introduction of a hydroxy group at the C11β position affords high selectivity for FXR. In particular, the synthesis and FXR/TGR5 activity of novel bile acids bearing different hydroxylation patterns at the C ring are reported and discussed from a structure-activity standpoint. The results obtained led us to discover the first bile acid derivative endowed with high potency and selectivity at the FXR receptor, 3α,7α,11β-trihydroxy-6α-ethyl-5β-cholan-24-oic acid (TC-100, 7) which also shows a remarkable physicochemical and pharmacological profile. Compound 7 combines the excellent physicochemical properties of hydrophilic bile acids such as ursodeoxycholic acid, with the distinct ability to specifically bind and regulate FXR activity in vivo, thus providing a bona fide novel therapeutic agent to treat enterohepatic disorders such as cholestasis, NASH, and inflammatory bowel disease.
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- Roberto Pellicciari
- TES Pharma S.r.l. , Via Palmiro Togliatti 22bis, I-06073 Loc. Terrioli, Corciano, Perugia, Italy
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- TES Pharma S.r.l. , Via Palmiro Togliatti 22bis, I-06073 Loc. Terrioli, Corciano, Perugia, Italy
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- TES Pharma S.r.l. , Via Palmiro Togliatti 22bis, I-06073 Loc. Terrioli, Corciano, Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia , Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia , Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- TES Pharma S.r.l. , Via Palmiro Togliatti 22bis, I-06073 Loc. Terrioli, Corciano, Perugia, Italy
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- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari , Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna , Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia , Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia , Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Bologna , Via Selmi 2, 40126 Bologna, Italy
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- Interdisciplinary Department of Medicine, University of Bari , Piazza Giulio Cesare 11, 70124 Bari, Italy
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, University of Perugia , Via del Liceo 1, 06123 Perugia, Italy
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Maity B, Ahmed SA, Seth D. Interaction of Biologically Active Flavins inside Bile Salt Aggregates: Molecular Level Investigation. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:9854-66. [PMID: 27557394 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04870] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this work we have studied the photophysics of biologically active flavin molecule lumichrome (LCM) in different bile-salt aggregates. With alteration of the functional groups of the bile salts, the photophysics of confined fluorophore is largely affected and shows difference in their spectral behavior. This study also reveals the selective prototropic species of LCM present in bile salt aggregates. In the presence of the bile salt aggregates, LCM molecule shows excitation and emission wavelength-dependent emission properties, indicating switch over of the structural change of different prototropic form of the LCM molecule. The observation of higher rotational relaxation time in NaDC aggregates compared to NaTC aggregates clearly reflects that NaDC aggregates are more rigid due to its greater hydrophobicity and large in size, which is capable to bind the guest molecule more into their nanoconfined medium. Moreover, due to less acidic nature, NaDC aggregates have more ability to accept hydrogen bond from the LCM molecule and show the selective formation of isoalloxazine N10 anion (A1 monoanionic form) of LCM.
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- Banibrata Maity
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna , Patna 801103, Bihar, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna , Patna 801103, Bihar, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Patna , Patna 801103, Bihar, India
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Faustino C, Serafim C, Rijo P, Reis CP. Bile acids and bile acid derivatives: use in drug delivery systems and as therapeutic agents. Expert Opin Drug Deliv 2016; 13:1133-48. [DOI: 10.1080/17425247.2016.1178233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 63] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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- Célia Faustino
- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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- Research Institute for Medicines (iMed.ULisboa), Faculty of Pharmacy, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
- Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Research Center for Biosciences and Healht Technologies (CBIOS), Lisbon, Portugal
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- Universidade Lusófona de Humanidades e Tecnologias, Escola de Ciências e Tecnologias da Saúde, Research Center for Biosciences and Healht Technologies (CBIOS), Lisbon, Portugal
- Biophysics and Biomedical Engineering Institute (IBEB), Faculty of Sciences, Universidade de Lisboa, Lisbon, Portugal
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Poša M, Sebenji A. Chemometric and conformational approach to the analysis of the aggregation capabilities in a set of bile salts of the allo and normal series. J Pharm Biomed Anal 2016; 121:316-324. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jpba.2015.12.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2015] [Revised: 12/14/2015] [Accepted: 12/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Serafim C, Ferreira I, Rijo P, Pinheiro L, Faustino C, Calado A, Garcia-Rio L. Lipoamino acid-based micelles as promising delivery vehicles for monomeric amphotericin B. Int J Pharm 2016; 497:23-35. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2015.11.034] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/02/2015] [Revised: 11/14/2015] [Accepted: 11/20/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Duša F, Ruokonen SK, Petrovaj J, Viitala T, Wiedmer SK. Ionic liquids affect the adsorption of liposomes onto cationic polyelectrolyte coated silica evidenced by quartz crystal microbalance. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2015; 136:496-505. [PMID: 26454056 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2015.09.059] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2015] [Revised: 09/09/2015] [Accepted: 09/28/2015] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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The worldwide use of ionic liquids (ILs) is steadily increasing, and even though they are often referred to as "green solvents" they have been reported to be toxic, especially toward aquatic organisms. In this work, we thoroughly study two phosphonium ILs; octyltributylphosphonium chloride ([P8444]Cl) and tributyl(tetradecyl)phosphonium chloride ([P14444]Cl). Firstly, the critical micelle concentrations (CMCs) of the ILs were determined with fluorescence spectroscopy and the optical pendant drop method in order to gain an understanding of the aggregation behavior of the ILs. Secondly, a biomimicking system of negatively charged unilamellar liposomes was used in order to study the effect of the ILs on biomembranes. Changes in the mechanical properties of adsorbed liposomes were determined by quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) measurements with silica coated quartz crystal sensors featuring a polycation layer. The results confirmed that both ILs were able to incorporate and alter the biomembrane structure. The membrane disrupting effect was emphasized with an increasing concentration and alkyl chain length of the ILs. In the extreme case, the phospholipid membrane integrity was completely compromised.
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- Filip Duša
- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 55, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 55, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland
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- Centre for Drug Research, Division of Pharmaceutical Biosciences, Faculty of Pharmacy, P.O. Box 56, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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- Department of Chemistry, P.O. Box 55, 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland.
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Textor M, Keller S. Automated analysis of calorimetric demicellization titrations. Anal Biochem 2015; 485:119-21. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ab.2015.06.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/06/2015] [Accepted: 06/02/2015] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Silva SR, Duarte ÉC, Ramos GS, Kock FVC, Andrade FD, Frézard F, Colnago LA, Demicheli C. Gadolinium(III) Complexes with N-Alkyl-N-methylglucamine Surfactants Incorporated into Liposomes as Potential MRI Contrast Agents. Bioinorg Chem Appl 2015; 2015:942147. [PMID: 26347596 PMCID: PMC4546952 DOI: 10.1155/2015/942147] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2015] [Revised: 07/22/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Complexes of gadolinium(III) with N-octanoyl-N-methylglucamine (L8) and N-decanoyl-N-methylglucamine (L10) with 1 : 2 stoichiometry were synthesized and characterized by elemental analysis, electrospray ionization-tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), infrared (IR) spectroscopy, and molar conductivity measurements. The transverse (r 2) and longitudinal (r 1) relaxivity protons were measured at 20 MHz and compared with those of the commercial contrasts. These complexes were incorporated in liposomes, resulting in the increase of the vesicle zeta potential. Both the free and liposome-incorporated gadolinium complexes showed high relaxation effectiveness, compared to commercial contrast agent gadopentetate dimeglumine (Magnevist). The high relaxivity of these complexes was attributed to the molecular rotation that occurs more slowly, because of the elevated molecular weight and incorporation in liposomes. The results establish that these paramagnetic complexes are highly potent contrast agents, making them excellent candidates for various applications in molecular MR imaging.
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- Simone Rodrigues Silva
- Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biológicas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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- Embrapa Instrumentação, Empresa Brasileira de Pesquisa Agropecuária, 13560-970 São Carlos, SP, Brazil
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- Departamento de Química, Instituto de Ciências Exatas, Universidade Federal de Minas Gerais, 31270-901 Belo Horizonte, MG, Brazil
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Poša M, Bjedov S, Škorić D, Sakač M. Micellization parameters (number average, aggregation number and critical micellar concentration) of bile salt 3 and 7 ethylidene derivatives: Role of the steroidal skeleton II. Biochim Biophys Acta Gen Subj 2015; 1850:1345-53. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbagen.2015.03.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/23/2014] [Revised: 03/23/2015] [Accepted: 03/24/2015] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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Olesen NE, Westh P, Holm R. Determination of thermodynamic potentials and the aggregation number for micelles with the mass-action model by isothermal titration calorimetry: A case study on bile salts. J Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 453:79-89. [PMID: 25978555 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2015.03.069] [Citation(s) in RCA: 34] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2015] [Revised: 03/28/2015] [Accepted: 03/30/2015] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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The aggregation number (n), thermodynamic potentials (ΔG, ΔH, ΔS) and critical micelle concentration (CMC) for 6 natural bile salts were determined on the basis of both original and previously published isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) data. Different procedures to estimate parameters of micelles with ITC were compared to a mass-action model (MAM) of reaction type: n⋅S⇌Mn. This analysis can provide guidelines for future ITC studies of systems behaving in accordance with this model such as micelles and proteins that undergo self-association to oligomers. Micelles with small aggregation numbers, as those of bile salts, are interesting because such small aggregates cannot be characterized as a separate macroscopic phase and the widely applied pseudo-phase model (PPM) is inaccurate. In the present work it was demonstrated that the aggregation number of micelles was constant at low concentrations enabling determination of the thermodynamic potentials by the MAM. A correlation between the aggregation number and the heat capacity was found, which implies that the dehydrated surface area of bile salts increases with the aggregation number. This is in accordance with Tanford's principles of opposing forces where neighbouring molecules in the aggregate are better able to shield from the surrounding hydrophilic environment when the aggregation number increases.
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- Niels Erik Olesen
- Biologics and Pharmaceutical Science, H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark; NSM, Research Unit for Functional Biomaterials, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- NSM, Research Unit for Functional Biomaterials, Roskilde University, Universitetsvej 1, DK-4000 Roskilde, Denmark
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- Biologics and Pharmaceutical Science, H. Lundbeck A/S, Ottiliavej 9, DK-2500 Valby, Denmark.
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Mishra SS, Subuddhi U. Spectroscopic investigation of interaction of Nile Blue A, a potent photosensitizer, with bile salts in aqueous medium. JOURNAL OF PHOTOCHEMISTRY AND PHOTOBIOLOGY B-BIOLOGY 2014; 141:67-75. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jphotobiol.2014.09.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/18/2014] [Revised: 09/19/2014] [Accepted: 09/23/2014] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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