Miltefosine and BODIPY-labeled alkylphosphocholine with leishmanicidal activity: Aggregation properties and interaction with model membranes.
Biophys Chem
; 196: 92-9, 2015 Jan.
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ABSTRACT
Miltefosine (hexadecylphosphocholine, MT) afforded successful oral treatment against human visceral and cutaneous leishmaniasis. Knowledge of MT aggregation in aqueous solutions and of its interaction with lipid membranes is important to understand pharmacokinetics, bioavailability and antiparasitic effects. Methods based on surface tension and fluorescence spectroscopy gave the value of 50µM for critical micelle concentration (CMC) in buffered water solution, and the value is influenced by salt content. Interaction between MT and lipid vesicles was monitored by fluorescence and the drug promotes only minor changes in the surface of the vesicles. At MT concentration below CMC, modifications in probe fluorescence are due to disordering effects promoted by the drug in the bilayer. Above the CMC, MT promoted large modifications in the vesicles as a whole, resulting in mixed aggregates containing lipids, drug and probe. Effects are less evident above thermal phase transition when the bilayer is in less ordered state.
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Fosforilcolina
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Compostos de Boro
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Antiparasitários
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Humans
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En
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Biophys Chem
Ano de publicação:
2015
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Article
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Brasil