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Hu S, Zhao T, Li H, Cheng D, Sun Z. Effect of tetracaine on dynamic reorganization of lipid membranes. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2020; 1862:183351. [PMID: 32416192 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183351] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/14/2019] [Revised: 04/18/2020] [Accepted: 05/07/2020] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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To understand the intrinsic influence of a drug on lipid membranes is of critical importance in pharmacological science. Herein, we report fluorescence microscopy analysis of the interaction between the local anesthetic tetracaine (TTC) and planar supported lipid bilayers (SLBs), as model membranes. Our results show that TTC increases lipid chain mobility, destabilizes the SLBs and remarkably induces membrane disruption and solubilization. Upon TTC binding, a local curvature change in the bilayer was observed, which led to the subsequent formation of up to 20-μm-long flexible lipid tubules as well as the formation of micron-size holes. Quantitative analysis revealed that membrane solubilization process can be divided into two distinct different stages as a function of TTC concentration. In the first stage (<800 μM), the bilayer disruption profiles fit well to a Langmuir isotherm, while in the second stage (800 μM-25 mM), TTC solubilizes the membrane in a detergent-like manner. Notably, the onset of membrane solubilization occurred below the critical micelle concentration (cmc) of TTC, indicating a local accumulation of the drug in the membrane. Additionally, cholesterol increases the insertion of TTC into the membrane and thus promotes the solubilization effect of TTC on lipid bilayers. These findings may help to elucidate the possible mechanisms of TTC interaction with lipid membranes, the dose dependent toxicity attributed to local anesthetics, as well as provide valuable information for drug development and modification.
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- Shipeng Hu
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
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Pullanchery S, Yang T, Cremer PS. Introduction of Positive Charges into Zwitterionic Phospholipid Monolayers Disrupts Water Structure Whereas Negative Charges Enhances It. J Phys Chem B 2018; 122:12260-12270. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.8b08476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Efimova SS, Chulkov EG, Ostroumova OS. Lipid-mediated mode of action of local anesthetics on lipid pores induced by polyenes, peptides and lipopeptides. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2018. [PMID: 29525621 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2018.02.051] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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The effects of local anesthetics (LAs), namely, lidocaine (LDC), prilocaine (PLC), mepivacaine (MPV), bupivacaine (BPV), procaine (PC), and tetracaine (TTC), on the steady-state transmembrane conductance induced by the cis-side addition of the antifungal polyene macrolide antibiotic, nystatin (NYS), in planar lipid bilayers were studied. The addition of TTC to model membranes comprising DOPC and cholesterol (33 mol%) led to a nearly twenty-fold increase in the steady-state NYS-induced membrane conductance. BPV slightly enhanced the channel-forming activity of polyene. LDC, PLC, MPV, and PC did not affect the NYS-induced transmembrane current. We concluded that the effects of LAs on the channel-forming activity of NYS were in agreement with their effects on the elastic properties of model membranes. The ability of aminoamide LAs to promote calcein leakage from large unilamellar DOPC-vesicles was decreased in the following order: BPV >> LDC ≈ PLC ≈ MPV. LDC, PLC, and MPV produced a graded leakage of fluorescent marker from liposomes, up to 10-13%. A initial sharp jump in fluorescence after the introduction of BPV was attributed to the solubilization of liposomes and the formation of mixed DOPC:BPV-micelles. Differential scanning microcalorimetry (DSC) of large unilamellar DPPC-vesicles showed that the main transition temperature (Tm) is continuously decreased upon increasing concentrations of TTC. A sharp drop in the enthalpy of the transition at higher TTC concentrations indicated a formation of anesthetic/lipid mixed micelles. In contrast to TTC, PC slightly decreased Tm, broadened the DSC signal and did not provoke vesicle-to-micelle transition. Both the calcein leakage and DSC data together with the results of measurements of threshold voltages that are required to cause the lipid bilayer breakdown might indicate an alteration in the curvature lipid packing stress, induced by BPV and TTC. The data presented here lend support to a lipid-mediated mode of LAs action on NYS pores via an alteration in curvature stress near the trans-mouth. Similar results were obtained for several lipid pores, formed by polyene amphotericin B, lipopeptide syringomycin E, and the peptides magainin and melittin. This finding further developed the concept of non-specific regulation of lipid pores by LAs. In conclusion, the combination of nystatin with LAs could be a novel treatment for efficient therapy of superficial and mucosal candidiasis.
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- Svetlana S Efimova
- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 194064, Russia.
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- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 194064, Russia
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- Institute of Cytology of the Russian Academy of Sciences, St. Petersburg 194064, Russia
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Effect of tetracaine on DMPC and DMPC+cholesterol biomembrane models: Liposomes and monolayers. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2014; 116:63-71. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.12.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/20/2013] [Revised: 12/17/2013] [Accepted: 12/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Huang D, Zhao T, Xu W, Yang T, Cremer PS. Sensing small molecule interactions with lipid membranes by local pH modulation. Anal Chem 2013; 85:10240-8. [PMID: 24152205 DOI: 10.1021/ac401955t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Herein, we utilized a label-free sensing platform based on pH modulation to detect the interactions between tetracaine, a positively charged small molecule used as a local anesthetic, and planar supported lipid bilayers (SLBs). The SLBs were patterned inside a flow cell, allowing for various concentrations of tetracaine to be introduced over the surface in a buffer solution. Studies with membranes containing POPC (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) yielded an equilibrium dissociation constant value of Kd = 180 ± 47 μm for this small molecule-membrane interaction. Adding cholesterol to the SLBs decreased the affinity between tetracaine and the bilayers, while this interaction tightened when POPE (1-hexadecanoyl-2-(9-Z-octadecenoyl)-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine) was added. Studies were also conducted with three negatively charged membrane lipids, POPG (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (sodium salt)), POPS (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-l-serine (sodium salt)), and ganglioside GM1. All three measurements gave rise to a similar tightening of the apparent Kd value compared with pure POPC membranes. The lack of chemical specificity with the identity of the negatively charged lipid indicated that the tightening was largely electrostatic. Through a direct comparison with ITC measurements, it was found that the pH modulation sensor platform offers a facile, inexpensive, highly sensitive, and rapid method for the detection of interactions between putative drug candidates and lipid bilayers. As such, this technique may potentially be exploited as a screen for drug development and analysis.
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- Da Huang
- Department of Chemistry and §Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Penn State University , University Park, PA 16802
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Nguyen TT, Conboy JC. High-throughput screening of drug-lipid membrane interactions via counter-propagating second harmonic generation imaging. Anal Chem 2011; 83:5979-88. [PMID: 21696170 DOI: 10.1021/ac2009614] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Here we report the use of counter-propagating second harmonic generation (SHG) to image the interactions between the local anesthetic tetracaine and a multicomponent planar supported lipid bilayer array in a label-free manner. The lipid bilayer arrays, prepared using a 3D continuous flow microspotter, allow the effects of lipid phase and cholesterol content on tetracaine binding to be examined simultaneously. SHG images show that tetracaine has a higher binding affinity to liquid-crystalline phase lipids than to solid-gel phase lipids. The presence of 28 mol % cholesterol decreased the binding affinity of tetracaine to bilayers composed of the mixed chain lipid, 1-steroyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phophocholine (SOPC), and the saturated lipids 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phophocholine (DMPC) and 1,2-dipamitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phophocholine (DPPC) while having no effect on diunsaturated 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phophocholine (DOPC). The maximum surface excess of tetracaine increases with the degree of unsaturation of the phospholipids and decreases with cholesterol in the lipid bilayers. The paper demonstrates that SHG imaging is a sensitive technique that can directly image and quantitatively measure the association of a drug to a multicomponent lipid bilayer array, providing a high-throughput means to assess drug-membrane interactions.
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- Trang T Nguyen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah 84112, United States
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Ghatak C, Rao VG, Pramanik R, Sarkar S, Sarkar N. The effect of membrane fluidity on FRET parameters: an energy transfer study inside small unilamellar vesicle. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2010; 13:3711-20. [PMID: 21170434 DOI: 10.1039/c0cp01925a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) in a lipid bilayer system containing two different donors and one common acceptor at below and above transition temperature has been studied and all the FRET parameters are analyzed using steady state and time-resolved fluorescence spectroscopy. Using dynamic light scattering measurement, we have followed the process of preparation of small unilamellar vesicles, and by following the FRET parameters of C-153-Rh6G and C-151-Rh6G pairs inside SUVs at 16 °C and 33 °C (T(m) = 23.9 °C) we have noticed that there is greater effect of temperature on the FRET parameters in case of the C-153-Rh6G pair than that of the C-151-Rh6G pair. Finally we have concluded that this difference is due to their different location inside the lipid bilayer in which fluidity of the long alkyl chain markedly affects the FRET parameters for C-153-Rh6G pair embedded inside a small unilamellar vesicle of size 20-50 nm.
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- Chiranjib Ghatak
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology, Kharagpur 721302, WB, India
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- Stefan Balaz
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, College of Pharmacy, North Dakota State University, Fargo, North Dakota 58105, USA.
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Bach D, Borochov N, Wachtel E. Phase separation of cholesterol from phosphatidylserine-cholesterol mixtures in the presence of the local anesthetic tetracaine. Chem Phys Lipids 2005; 130:99-107. [PMID: 15172826 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2004.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/30/2003] [Revised: 01/29/2004] [Accepted: 02/02/2004] [Indexed: 11/20/2022]
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Addition of the local anesthetic tetracaine (TTC) to multilamellar dispersions of natural phosphatidylserine (PS) causes changes in the thermotropic properties of the membrane, which can be detected by differential scanning calorimetry, and in the structure of the membrane as detected by X-ray diffraction. At molar ratio [PS]/ [TTC] approximately 8.5, the melting temperature of the phospholipid shifts downwards by approximately 2.5 degrees C. The melting endotherm is broadened; however, there is little change in the enthalpy of melting. In ternary mixtures (PS-TTC-cholesterol), the thermotropic changes are enhanced. At [PS]/ [TTC] approximately 13, the onset of phase separation of cholesterol crystals from PS in the liquid crystalline state occurs at molar fraction cholesterol (Xchol) approximately 0.28, marginally smaller than that found in the absence of the anesthetic.
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- Diana Bach
- Department of Biological Chemistry, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel.
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Wisniewska A, Wolnicka-Glubisz A. ESR studies on the effect of cholesterol on chlorpromazine interaction with saturated and unsaturated liposome membranes. Biophys Chem 2004; 111:43-52. [PMID: 15450374 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2004.04.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Revised: 04/12/2004] [Accepted: 04/14/2004] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In this study, the effects of chlorpromazine (CPZ) on lipid order and motion in saturated (DMPC, DMPG) and unsaturated (SOPC) liposome membranes were investigated by electron spin resonance (ESR) spin labeling technique. We have shown that above the main phase transition temperature of membrane lipids (T(M)), CPZ slightly increases lipid order in membranes without cholesterol, whereas below T(M) it has a strong opposite effect. Addition of 30 mol% of cholesterol into DMPC and SOPC membranes changes significantly the CPZ effects both above and below T(M). Additionally, above T(M), the ordering effect of CPZ on pure SOPC membrane is stronger at pH 7.4 than at pH 9.0, whereas below T(M), as well as in the presence of cholesterol, pH does not seem to play a role in CPZ effect on both membranes. Because of the strong influence of membrane composition on CPZ effect on membranes, the use of cholesterol as a marker of CPZ photosensitized reactions has been discussed.
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- Anna Wisniewska
- Department of Biophysics, Faculty of Biotechnology, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 7, 30-387 Cracow, Poland.
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Römmen C, Leopold CS, Lippold BC. Do local anesthetics have an influence on the percutaneous penetration of a model corticosteroid? An in vivo study using the vasoconstrictor assay. Eur J Pharm Sci 1999; 9:227-34. [PMID: 10620736 DOI: 10.1016/s0928-0987(99)00060-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Local anesthetics may exert nonspecific interactions with membrane components which can affect drug permeability. To investigate pharmacodynamically whether these membrane interactions lead to penetration enhancement of the coadministered model drug betamethasone-17-benzoate through human skin, the vasoconstrictor assay was used. Information on the penetration-enhancing properties of local anesthetic-containing vehicles compared to a plain standard were obtained from activity-response curves, where the enhancement factor was determined from the horizontal distance between the standard and a test in the linear range of the curves. The local anesthetics are able to enhance drug penetration through human skin to a different extent with lidocaine being the most efficient enhancer. An increase in the drug solubility and the diffusion coefficient in the stratum corneum due to membrane fluidization are possible mechanisms of action.
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- C Römmen
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Heinrich-Heine-University, 40225, Düsseldorf, Germany
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