Lipid photo-oxidation mediated by the xanthene eosin Y into cellular membrane mimetic system based on Langmuir films

• Grant number: 17/13404-3
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Scientific Initiation
• Start date: December 01, 2017
• End date: November 30, 2018
• Field of knowledge: Physical Sciences and Mathematics - Physics - Condensed Matter Physics
• Principal Investigator: Pedro Henrique Benites Aoki
• Grantee: Lucas Sant Anna Pereira
• Host Institution: Faculdade de Ciências e Letras (FCL-ASSIS). Universidade Estadual Paulista (UNESP). Campus de Assis. Assis , SP, Brazil
• Associated scholarship(s): 18/08077-6 - Photo-oxidation of Langmuir monolayers mediated by the hypericin photosensitizer, BE.EP.IC

Abstract

Incorporation into cell membranes is key for the action of photosensitizers in photomedicine treatments, with hydroperoxidation as the prominent pathway of lipid oxidation. Herein we shall fabricate Langmuir monolayers of 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC), 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphorylcholine as cellular membrane models to investigate the adsorption of the photosensitizer Eosin Y and the photo-induced effects of lipid oxidation. The Langmuir monolayers will be made onto ultrapure water subphase with different concentrations of Eosin Y (mmol/L -µmol/L), characterized by surface pressure (mN/m) vs. mean molecular area (À-A isotherms) measurements. The lipid membrane loaded with eosin will be further photo-activated to analyzed the effects of lipid oxidation on the membrane properties, which includes the increase of mean molecular area of the lipids and the cleavage of the carbonic tails. This research project is conceived within the research grant from Fapesp (2016/13280-0) in development at the Department of Biotechnology of FCL/UNESP, Assis. (AU)

Scientific publications

(References retrieved automatically from Web of Science and SciELO through information on FAPESP grants and their corresponding numbers as mentioned in the publications by the authors)

PEREIRA, LUCAS S. A.; CAMACHO, SABRINA A.; MALFATTI-GASPERINI, ANTONIO A.; JOCHELAVICIUS, KAREN; NOBRE, THATYANE M.; OLIVEIRA, JR., OSVALDO N.; AOKI, PEDRO H. B.. Evidence of photoinduced lipid hydroperoxidation in Langmuir monolayers containing Eosin Y. COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES, v. 171, p. 682-689, NOV 1 2018. (13/14262-7, 16/13280-0, 17/13404-3)