Unsaturation pattern of phosphatidylglycerols modulating the interaction of lysicamine with cells membrane models at the air-water interface

Author(s)

Machado, Andre Campos ; da Silva, Tamiris Reissa Cipriano ; Raminelli, Cristiano ; Caseli, Luciano

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES; v. 222, p. 10-pg., 2023-02-01.

Abstract

Lysicamine, an alkaloid with tumorigenic activity, was incorporated in cell membrane models made of lipid Langmuir monolayers. Dipalmitoylphosphocholine (DPPC), dioleoylphosphocholine (DOPC), and palmitoylo-leoylcholine (POPC) represented non-tumorigenic cell membranes, and dipalmitoylphosphoserine (DPPS), dio-leoylphosphoserine (DOPS), and palmitoyloleoylserine (POPS), tumorigenic ones. The monolayers were characterized by tensiometry, infrared spectroscopy, and Brewster Angle Microscopy (BAM). No significant shifts of the isotherms were observed for the saturated lipids (DPPC and DPPS), while for the others (DOPC, POPS, DOPS, and POPS), more significant changes were observed not only in the compression isotherms but also in the surface pressure-time curve for pre-compressed monolayers. The molecular organization, as well as the morphology of the drug-lipid monolayers, could be inferred with infrared spectroscopy and BAM. While the first revealed that the alkyl chain ordering changed upon lysicamine incorporation, the second showed how the drug could distinctly change the state of aggregation of molecular domains at the air-water interface. In conclusion, lysicamine could interact distinctly with each lipid at the air-water interface, showing the dependence not only on the lipid polar groups but also on the level of unsaturation of the alkyl chains. (AU)

• FAPESP's process: 18/22214-6 - Towards a convergence of technologies: from sensing and biosensing to information visualization and machine learning for data analysis in clinical diagnosis
• Grantee: Osvaldo Novais de Oliveira Junior
• Support Opportunities: Research Projects - Thematic Grants
• FAPESP's process: 19/03239-0 - Nanostructured interfaces for the investigation of bioactive substances in cell membrane models and for the construction of optoelectronic devices
• Grantee: Luciano Caseli
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants
• FAPESP's process: 20/01183-5 - Interaction of lisycamine with models of cellular membrane at the air-water interface
• Grantee: André Campos Machado
• Support Opportunities: Scholarships in Brazil - Master
• FAPESP's process: 20/12530-8 - 2-(Trimethylsilyl)aryl trifluoromethanesulfonates as aryne precursors aiming to the preparation of functionalized (hetero)aromatic compounds and syntheses of bioactive natural products
• Grantee: Cristiano Raminelli
• Support Opportunities: Regular Research Grants