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Solubilization of Unilamellar Egg Yolk Phosphatidylcholine Liposomes by N-Alkyl-N,NdimethylamineN-oxides


Authors: A. Hrubšová;  J. Karlovská;  F. Devínsky 1;  I. Lacko 1;  P. Balgavý
Authors‘ workplace: Katedra fyzikálnej chémie liečiv Farmaceutickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava 1 Katedra chemickej teórie liečiv Farmaceutickej fakulty Univerzity Komenského, Bratislava
Published in: Čes. slov. Farm., 2003; , 299-305
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Overview

The solubilization of extruded (100 nm) unilamellar egg yolk phosphatidylcholine (EYPC) liposomesby a series of N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine N-oxides (CnNO, n=10–14 carbon atoms in the alkylsubstituent) was studied using turbidimetry. The solubilizing concentration of CnNO (cS) wasestimated as the CnNO concentration causing the half-maximum decrease in turbidance. From thelinear cS dependence on EYPC concentration, the lipid – aqueous phase molar partition coefficient(Kp) and theCnNO:EYPCmolar ratio in theCnNO+EYPCaggregates (nL:nEYPC) at cS wereobtained:Kp=82±25 and nL:nEYPC =0,70±0,20 for C10NO, Kp=507±215 and nL:nEYPC =0,60±0,16 for C12NO,and Kp=12357±93 and nL:nEYPC =1,13±0,01 for C14NO. The value of Gibbs free energy of CnNOalkyl methylene group transfer from the aqueous to the lipid phase calculated from the Kpdependence on n is -1,2±0,2 RT (R=gas constant, T=absolute temperature), within the experimentalerror being the same as -1,026±0,006 RT obtained from the critical micellar concentrations ofCnNO.The increased value of nL:nEYPC for C14NO is caused by the decreased hydrophobic mismatch ofCnNO and EYPC hydrocarbon chain lengths. This mismatch results in a structural defect in thebilayer hydrophobic core, the primary cause of bilayer destabilization and solubilization.

Key words:
solubilization – liposome – bilayer – N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine N-oxide –phosphatidylcholine

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