The composition of fusogenic lipid mixtures at the air-water modulates the physicochemical properties changes upon interaction with lysicamine

Author(s)

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

• Document type: Journal article
• Source: Biophysical Chemistry; v. 293, p. 8-pg., 2022-12-23.

Abstract

Knowing how a bioactive compound interacts with cell membranes is important to understand its effect at the molecular level. In this sense, this work aimed to study the interaction of lysicamine, an alkaloid with action against lung cancer cell lines, with lipid monolayers as cell membrane models. We employed two lipid mixtures: the first composed of 35% DOPC, 30% DOPE, 20% sphingomyelin, and 15% cholesterol as healthy cell membranes models (MM1), and the second replacing DOPC with DOPS as cancer cells models (MM2). The interaction of lysicamine with the monolayers was evaluated using tensiometry, Brewster angle microscopy (BAM), and polarization-modulated infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS). Lysicamine had interfacial effects in both membrane models. For MM 1, it expanded the lipid monolayer and changed the interfacial rheological properties, increasing the in-plane elasticity of the films. PM-IRRAS spectra suggested a higher conformational disorder of the alkyl chains of the lipids. For MM 2, lysicamine also shifted the isotherms to higher areas, expanding the monolayers, but with no significant alteration in their interfacial rheological properties. PM-IRRAS spectra also suggested higher disorder in the orientation of the lipid alkyl chains upon lysicamine incorporation. For both models, BAM did not show alteration in interfacial aggregation upon drug incorporation. In conclusion, changes in some interfacial properties of membrane models caused by lysicamine depend on the monolayer composition, which can be associated with its bioactivity in cellular membranes. (AU)

• 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
• 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: 22/03736-7 - 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