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DiPasquale M, Marquardt D. Perceiving the functions of vitamin E through neutron and X-ray scattering. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2024; 330:103189. [PMID: 38824717 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2024.103189] [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: 10/08/2023] [Revised: 05/14/2024] [Accepted: 05/17/2024] [Indexed: 06/04/2024]
Abstract
Take your vitamins, or don't? Vitamin E is one of the few lipophilic vitamins in the human diet and is considered an essential nutrient. Over the years it has proven to be a powerful antioxidant and is commercially used as such, but this association is far from linear in physiology. It is increasingly more likely that vitamin E has multiple legitimate biological roles. Here, we review past and current work using neutron and X-ray scattering to elucidate the influence of vitamin E on key features of model membranes that can translate to the biological function(s) of vitamin E. Although progress is being made, the hundred year-old mystery remains unsolved.
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada; Department of Physics, University of Windsor, Windsor, Ontario, Canada.
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Taktikakis P, Côté M, Subramaniam N, Kroeger K, Youssef H, Badia A, DeWolf C. Understanding the Retention of Vaping Additives in the Lungs: Model Lung Surfactant Membrane Perturbation by Vitamin E and Vitamin E Acetate. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:5651-5662. [PMID: 38437623 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c02952] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
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Deviations from the normal physicochemical and functional properties of pulmonary surfactants are associated with the incidence of lung injury and other respiratory disorders. This study aims to evaluate the alteration of the 2D molecular organization and morphology of pulmonary surfactant model membranes by the electronic cigarette additives α-tocopherol (vitamin E) and α-tocopherol acetate (vitamin E acetate), which have been associated with lung injury, termed e-cigarette or vaping-use-associated lung injury (EVALI). The model membranes used contained a 7:3 molar ratio of DPPC (1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) and POPG (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol) to which α-tocopherol and α-tocopherol acetate were added to form mixtures of up to 20 mol % additive. The properties of the neat tocopherol additives and DPPC/POPG (7:3) mixtures with increasing molar proportions of additive were evaluated by surface pressure-area isotherms, excess area calculations, Brewster angle microscopy, grazing incidence X-ray diffraction, X-ray reflectivity, and atomic force microscopy. The addition of either additive alters the essential phase balance of the model pulmonary surfactant membrane by generating a greater proportion of the fluid phase. Despite this net fluidization, both tocopherol additives have space-filling effects on the liquid-expanded and condensed phases, yielding negative excess areas in the liquid-expanded phase and reduced tilt angles in the condensed phase. Both tocopherol additives alter the stability of the fluid phase, pushing the eventual collapse of this phase to higher surface pressures than the model membrane in the absence of an additive.
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- Panagiota Taktikakis
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Département de chimie and Institut Courtois, Université de Montréal, Complexe des sciences, C.P. 6128, succursale Centre-ville, Montréal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for NanoScience Research, Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke St. W., Montréal, Quebec H4B 1R6, Canada
- FRQNT Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials, 2101, rue Jeanne-Mance, Montréal, Quebec H2X 2J6, Canada
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Darole RS, Choudhary SS, Sharma H, Mali BP, Gopu B, Vanka K, Senthilkumar B. Brønsted acid- and Ni(II)-catalyzed C-H oxidation/rearrangement of cyclotriveratrylenes (CTVs) to cyclic and acyclic quinones as potential anti-cancer agents. Org Biomol Chem 2024; 22:1038-1046. [PMID: 38197499 DOI: 10.1039/d3ob01428b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/11/2024]
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This paper describes a simple and practical protocol for the direct synthesis of acyclic and cyclic quinone derivatives via an acid-promoted nickel(II)-catalyzed inner rim C-H oxidation of cyclotriveratrylene (CTV) and its analogues. The cyclic quinone derivatives resulted from trimethoxy-cyclotriveratrylene (TCTV) through C-C bond formation via intramolecular ipso substitution followed by subsequent anionic rearrangement containing stereo-vicinal quaternary centers. The DFT calculations strongly support the experimental findings and reveal the role of Brønsted acids in the C-H bond activation of CTV. All the newly synthesized compounds were screened for their in vitro anti-cancer activity using colorimetric SRB assay analysis. Among them, compounds 3a, 3d, 3h, 4a, 4b, 4c and 4e exhibited moderate anticancer activity against A549, HCT-116, PC-3, MDA-MB-231, HEK-293 and SW620 human cancer cell lines.
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- Ratanamala S Darole
- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Physical/Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Physical/Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Pharmacology Division, CSIR-Indian Institute of Integrative Medicine, Canal Road, Jammu-18000, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Physical/Materials Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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- Organic Chemistry Division, CSIR-National Chemical Laboratory, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India.
- Academy of Scientific and Innovative Research, (AcSIR), Ghaziabad - 201002, India
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