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Fernandes E, Lopes CM, Lúcio M. Lipid Biomimetic Models as Simple Yet Complex Tools to Predict Skin Permeation and Drug-Membrane Biophysical Interactions. Pharmaceutics 2024; 16:807. [PMID: 38931927 PMCID: PMC11207520 DOI: 10.3390/pharmaceutics16060807] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/10/2024] [Revised: 06/07/2024] [Accepted: 06/10/2024] [Indexed: 06/28/2024] Open
Abstract
The barrier function of the skin is primarily determined by its outermost layer, the Stratum Corneum (SC). The SC consists of corneocytes embedded in a lipid matrix composed mainly of ceramides, cholesterol, and free fatty acids in equimolar proportions and is organised in a complex lamellar structure with different periodicities and lateral packings. This matrix provides a diffusion pathway across the SC for bioactive compounds that are administered to the skin. In this regard, and as the skin administration route has grown in popularity, there has been an increase in the use of lipid mixtures that closely resemble the SC lipid matrix, either for a deeper biophysical understanding or for pharmaceutical and cosmetic purposes. This review focuses on a systematic analysis of the main outcomes of using lipid mixtures as SC lipid matrix models for pharmaceutical and cosmetic purposes. Thus, a methodical evaluation of the main outcomes based on the SC structure is performed, as well as the main recent developments in finding suitable new in vitro tools for permeation testing based on lipid models.
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Affiliation(s)
- Eduarda Fernandes
- CF-UM-UP—Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- FFP-I3ID—Instituto de Investigação, Inovação e Desenvolvimento, FP-BHS—Biomedical and Health Sciences Research Unit, Faculdade de Ciências da Saúde, Universidade Fernando Pessoa, 4200–150 Porto, Portugal;
- UCIBIO—Applied Molecular Biosciences Unit, MedTech–Laboratory of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
- Associate Laboratory i4HB, Institute for Health and Bioeconomy, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Porto, 4050-313 Porto, Portugal
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- CF-UM-UP—Centro de Física das Universidades do Minho e Porto, Departamento de Física, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
- CBMA—Centro de Biologia Molecular e Ambiental, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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Saurabh S, Jang YH, Lansac Y, Maiti PK. Orientation Dependence of Inter-NCP Interaction: Insights into the Behavior of Liquid Crystal Phase and Chromatin Fiber Organization. J Phys Chem B 2019; 124:314-323. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.9b07898] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Suman Saurabh
- GREMAN, University of Tours, CNRS UMR 7347, 37200 Tours, France
- Centre de Biophysique Moléculaire, CNRS, Rue Charles Sadron, 45071 Orléans, France
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- Department of Energy Science and Engineering, DGIST, Daegu 42988, Korea
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- GREMAN, University of Tours, CNRS UMR 7347, 37200 Tours, France
- Laboratoire de Physique des Solides, CNRS, Université Paris-Sud, Université Paris Saclay, 91405 Orsay cedex, France
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- Center for Condensed Matter Theory, Department of Physics, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560012, India
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Perthold JW, Oostenbrink C. GroScore: Accurate Scoring of Protein–Protein Binding Poses Using Explicit-Solvent Free-Energy Calculations. J Chem Inf Model 2019; 59:5074-5085. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.9b00687] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Jan Walther Perthold
- Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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- Institute of Molecular Modeling and Simulation, University of Natural Resources and Life Sciences, Muthgasse 18, 1190 Vienna, Austria
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Arrar M, Boubeta FM, Szretter ME, Sued M, Boechi L, Rodriguez D. On the accurate estimation of free energies using the jarzynski equality. J Comput Chem 2018; 40:688-696. [DOI: 10.1002/jcc.25754] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/28/2018] [Revised: 06/18/2018] [Accepted: 09/03/2018] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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- Mehrnoosh Arrar
- Instituto de Química-Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía, CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Química-Física de los Materiales, Medio Ambiente y Energía, CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Departamento de Química Inorgánica, Analítica y Química Física, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Departamento de Matemática, Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Buenos Aires, Argentina, Instituto de Cálculo, CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Cálculo, CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Cálculo, CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Argentina
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- Instituto de Cálculo, CONICET-Facultad de Ciencias Exactas y Naturales, Universidad de Buenos Aires; Buenos Aires Argentina
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Lundborg M, Wennberg CL, Narangifard A, Lindahl E, Norlén L. Predicting drug permeability through skin using molecular dynamics simulation. J Control Release 2018; 283:269-279. [PMID: 29864475 DOI: 10.1016/j.jconrel.2018.05.026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 69] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2017] [Revised: 04/27/2018] [Accepted: 05/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
Abstract
Understanding and predicting permeability of compounds through skin is of interest for transdermal delivery of drugs and for toxicity predictions of chemicals. We show, using a new atomistic molecular dynamics model of the skin's barrier structure, itself validated against near-native cryo-electron microscopy data from human skin, that skin permeability to the reference compounds benzene, DMSO (dimethyl sulfoxide), ethanol, codeine, naproxen, nicotine, testosterone and water can be predicted. The permeability results were validated against skin permeability data in the literature. We have investigated the relation between skin barrier molecular organization and permeability using atomistic molecular dynamics simulation. Furthermore, it is shown that the calculated mechanism of action differs between the five skin penetration enhancers Azone, DMSO, oleic acid, stearic acid and water. The permeability enhancing effect of a given penetration enhancer depends on the permeating compound and on the concentration of penetration enhancer inside the skin's barrier structure. The presented method may open the door for computer based screening of the permeation of drugs and toxic compounds through skin.
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- ERCO Pharma AB, Science for Life Laboratory, Solna, Sweden; Department of Medicine, Solna (MedS), Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Science for Life Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden; Swedish eScience Research Center, Department of Physics, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Cell and Molecular Biology (CMB), Karolinska Institute, Solna, Sweden; Dermatology Clinic, Karolinska University Hospital, Solna, Sweden.
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