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Cao Y, Zhang L, Geng Y, Li Y, Zhao Q, Huang J, Ning P, Tian S. Evaluation of the permeability and potential toxicity of polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons to pulmonary surfactant membrane by the parallel artificial membrane permeability assay model. CHEMOSPHERE 2022; 290:132485. [PMID: 34627814 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2021.132485] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/08/2021] [Revised: 09/11/2021] [Accepted: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) can penetrate and accumulate in the pulmonary surfactant (PS) membranes, leading to abnormalities of biological macromolecules and the destruction of membrane structure and properties. In the present study, the bioavailability, apparent permeability, effective permeability and residual coefficient of 10 PAHs on PS membrane was assessed by the parallel artificial membrane permeability assay (PAMPA). The influence of various forces on permeability is obtained by analyzing the correlation between parameters and physicochemical properties. Research shows that octanol-water partition coefficient (Kow) cannot directly predict permeability, and permeability has no significant relationship with polarity. Dispersion, induction, coupling/polarization promote permeation, while hydrogen bonded acid and n-n electron pair inhibit permeation. Further surface pressure-area (π-A) isotherms test and Brewster angle microscope observation manifested that there are huge differences in the transmembrane ability and effects on the membrane of PAHs with different structures. This work has considerable significance that will help to evaluate the bioavailability and human health risk of PAHs.
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- Yan Cao
- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China.
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China
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- Faculty of Environmental Science and Engineering, Kunming University of Science and Technology, Kunming, Yunnan, 650500, China.
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Dos Reis IMM, Siebert MN, Zacchi FL, Mattos JJ, Flores-Nunes F, Toledo-Silva GD, Piazza CE, Bícego MC, Taniguchi S, Melo CMRD, Bainy ACD. Differential responses in the biotransformation systems of the oyster Crassostrea gigas (Thunberg, 1789) elicited by pyrene and fluorene: Molecular, biochemical and histological approach - Part II. AQUATIC TOXICOLOGY (AMSTERDAM, NETHERLANDS) 2020; 226:105565. [PMID: 32682195 DOI: 10.1016/j.aquatox.2020.105565] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/20/2020] [Revised: 07/02/2020] [Accepted: 07/05/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Pyrene (PYR) and fluorene (FLU) are among the sixteen priority Polycyclic Aromatic Hydrocarbons (PAH) of the United States Environmental Protection Agency and are both frequently detected in contaminated sites. Due to the importance of bivalve mollusks in biomonitoring programs and the scarce information on the biotransformation system in these organisms, the aim of this study was to investigate the effect of PYR and FLU at the transcriptional level and the enzymatic activities of some biotransformation systems in the Pacific oyster Crassostrea gigas, and to evaluate the histological effects in their soft tissues. Oysters C. gigas were exposed for 24 h and 96 h to PYR (0.25 and 0.5 μM) and FLU (0.6 and 1.2 μM). After exposure, transcript levels of cytochrome P450 coding genes (CYP1-like, CYP2-like, CYP2AU2, CYP356A1, CYP17α-like), glutathione S tranferase genes (omega GSTO-like and microsomal, MGST-like) and sulfotransferase gene (SULT-like), and the activity of ethoxyresorufin O-deethylase (EROD), Glutathione S-transferase (GST) and microssomal GST (MGST) were evaluated in gills. Histologic changes were also evaluated after the exposure period. PYR and FLU bioconcentrated in oyster soft tissues. The half-life time of PYR in water was lower than fluorene, which is in accordance to the higher lipophilicity and bioconcentration of the former. EROD activity was below the limit of detection in all oysters exposed for 96 h to PYR and FLU. The reproductive stage of the oysters exposed to PYR was post-spawn. Exposure to PYR caused tubular atrophy in digestive diverticula, but had no effect on transcript levels of biotransformation genes. However, the organisms exposed for 96 h to PYR 0.5 μM showed higher MGST activity, suggesting a protective role against oxidative stress in gills of oysters under higher levels of PYR in the tissues. Increased number of mucous cells in mantle were observed in oysters exposed to the higher FLU concentration, suggesting a defense mechanisms. Oysters exposed for 24 h to FLU 1.2 μM were in the ripe stage of gonadal development and showed higher transcript levels of CYP2AU2, GSTO-like and SULT-like genes, suggesting a role in the FLU biotransformation. In addition, after 96 h of exposure to FLU there was a significant increase of mucous cells in the mantle of oysters but no effect was observed on the EROD, total GST and MGST activities. These results suggest that PAH have different effects on transcript levels of biotransformation genes and enzyme activities, however these differences could also be related to the reproductive stage.
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- Isis Mayna Martins Dos Reis
- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Aquaculture Pathology Research Center - NEPAQ, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Bioinformatics Laboratory, Cell Biology, Embryology and Genetics Department, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Marine Organic Chemistry - LABQOM, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Marine Organic Chemistry - LABQOM, Oceanographic Institute, University of São Paulo, USP, São Paulo, SP, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Marine Mollusks (LMM), Department of Aquaculture, Center of Agricultural Science, Federal University of Santa Catarina, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil
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- Laboratory of Biomarkers of Aquatic Contamination and Immunochemistry - LABCAI, Federal University of Santa Catarina, UFSC, Florianópolis, SC, Brazil.
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Haghdoost MM, Golbaghi G, Guard J, Sielanczyk S, Patten SA, Castonguay A. Synthesis, characterization and biological evaluation of cationic organoruthenium(ii) fluorene complexes: influence of the nature of the counteranion. Dalton Trans 2019; 48:13396-13405. [PMID: 31432885 DOI: 10.1039/c9dt00143c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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In this study, five ruthenium arene complexes with fluorene-bearing N,N-(1) and N,O-(2) donor Schiff base ligands were synthesized and fully characterized. Cationic ruthenium complexes 3[X], ([Ru(η6-C6H6)(Cl)(fluorene-N[double bond, length as m-dash]CH-pyridine)][X] (where X = BF4, PF6, BPh4), were obtained by reacting ligand 1 with [Ru(η6-C6H6)Cl2]2 in the presence of NH4X salts, whereas neutral complex 4, Ru(η6-C6H6)(Cl)(fluorene-N[double bond, length as m-dash]CH-naphtholate), was isolated by reacting ligand 2 with the same precursor. It was possible to obtain a cationic version of the latter, 5[BF4], by reacting 4 with AgBF4 in the presence of pyridine. All compounds were fully characterized by NMR and HR-ESI-MS whereas some of them were also analyzed by single crystal X-ray analysis. Their in vitro antiproliferative activity was also assessed in human breast cancer cell lines, notably MCF-7 and T47D. Complex 4 and its cationic counterpart 5[BF4] were found to be the most cytotoxic compounds of the series (IC50 = 6.2-16.2 μM) and displayed higher antiproliferative activities than cisplatin in both cell lines. It was found that 5[BF4] undergoes a ligand exchange reaction and readily converts to 4 in the presence of 0.1 M NaCl, explaining the similarity in their observed cytotoxicities. Whereas 3[BF4] and 3[PF6] were found inactive at the tested concentrations, 3[BPh4] displayed a considerable cytotoxicity (IC50 = 16.7-27.8 μM). Notably, 3[BPh4], 4 (and 5[BF4]) were active against T47D, a cisplatin resistant cell line. Interestingly, 4 (16.4 μM) was found to be less cytotoxic than 3[BPh4] and cisplatin (6.6 and 7.9 μM, respectively) in breast healthy cells (MCF-12A). However, in comparison to 4 and cisplatin (at 10 μM), a lower in vivo toxicity was observed for complex 3[BPh4] on the development of zebrafish (Danio rerio) embryos.
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- Mohammad Mehdi Haghdoost
- INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnology, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Prairies, Laval, Quebec H7V 1B7, Canada.
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- INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnology, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Prairies, Laval, Quebec H7V 1B7, Canada.
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- INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnology, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Prairies, Laval, Quebec H7V 1B7, Canada.
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- INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnology, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Prairies, Laval, Quebec H7V 1B7, Canada.
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- INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnology, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Prairies, Laval, Quebec H7V 1B7, Canada.
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- INRS - Centre Armand-Frappier Santé Biotechnology, Université du Québec, 531 boul. des Prairies, Laval, Quebec H7V 1B7, Canada.
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Fei Q, Kent D, Botello-Smith WM, Nur F, Nur S, Alsamarah A, Chatterjee P, Lambros M, Luo Y. Molecular Mechanism of Resveratrol's Lipid Membrane Protection. Sci Rep 2018; 8:1587. [PMID: 29371621 PMCID: PMC5785473 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-017-18943-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 11/09/2022] Open
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Resveratrol, a natural compound found in red wine and various vegetables, has drawn increasing interest due to its reported benefit in cardiovascular protection, neurodegenerative disorders, and cancer therapy. The mechanism by which resveratrol exerts such pleiotropic effects remains unclear. It remains as one of the most discussed polyphenol compounds in the debating "French Paradox". In this study, using molecular dynamics simulations of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC) bilayer with resveratrol, we generated a free energy map of resveratrol's location and orientation of inside the lipid bilayer. We found that resveratrol increases the surface area per lipid and decreases membrane thickness, which is the opposite effect of the well-studied cholesterol on liquid phase DPPC. Most importantly, based on the simulation observation that resveratrol has a high probability of forming hydrogen bonds with sn-1 and sn-2 ester groups, we discovered a new mechanism using experimental approach, in which resveratrol protects both sn-1 and sn-2 ester bonds of DPPC and distearoyl phosphatidylcholine (DSPC) from phospholipase A1 (PLA1) and phospholipase A2 (PLA2) cleavage. Our study elucidates the new molecular mechanism of potential health benefits of resveratrol and possibly other similar polyphenols and provides a new paradigm for drug design based on resveratrol and its analogs.
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- Qinqin Fei
- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA.
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- Western University of Health Sciences, College of pharmacy, Pomona, CA, 91766, USA.
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Zaragoza-Ojeda M, Eguía-Aguilar P, Perezpeña-Díazconti M, Arenas-Huertero F. Benzo[ghi]perylene activates the AHR pathway to exert biological effects on the NL-20 human bronchial cell line. Toxicol Lett 2016; 256:64-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.toxlet.2016.05.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/10/2015] [Revised: 05/17/2016] [Accepted: 05/24/2016] [Indexed: 02/08/2023]
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Houston JE, Kraft M, Scherf U, Evans RC. Sequential detection of multiple phase transitions in model biological membranes using a red-emitting conjugated polyelectrolyte. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2016; 18:12423-7. [DOI: 10.1039/c6cp01553k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Charge-mediated assembly of an anionic poly(thiophene) leads to a highly sensitive probe of membrane order.
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- Judith E. Houston
- School of Chemistry
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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- Macromolecular Chemistry Group (buwmacro) and Institute for Polymer Technology
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- Wuppertal
- Germany
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- Macromolecular Chemistry Group (buwmacro) and Institute for Polymer Technology
- Bergische Universität Wuppertal
- Wuppertal
- Germany
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- School of Chemistry
- University of Dublin
- Trinity College
- Dublin 2
- Ireland
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Banks LD, Amoah P, Niaz MS, Washington MK, Adunyah SE, Ramesh A. Olive oil prevents benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]-induced colon carcinogenesis through altered B(a)P metabolism and decreased oxidative damage in Apc(Min) mouse model. J Nutr Biochem 2015; 28:37-50. [PMID: 26878781 DOI: 10.1016/j.jnutbio.2015.09.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2015] [Revised: 09/17/2015] [Accepted: 09/23/2015] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Colon cancer ranks third in cancer-related mortalities in the United States. Many studies have investigated factors that contribute to colon cancer in which dietary and environmental factors have been shown to play an integral role in the etiology of this disease. Specifically, human dietary intake of environmental carcinogens such as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons has generated interest in looking at how it exerts its effects in gastrointestinal carcinogenesis. Therefore, the objective of this study was to investigate the preventative effects of olive oil on benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P]-induced colon carcinogenesis in adult Apc(Min) mice. Mice were assigned to a control (n=8) or treatment group (n=8) consisting of 25, 50 and 100-μg B(a)P/kg body weight (bw) dissolved in tricaprylin [B(a)P-only group] or olive oil daily via oral gavage for 60 days. Our studies showed that Apc(Min) mice exposed to B(a)P developed a significantly higher number (P<0.05) of larger dysplastic adenomas compared to those exposed to B(a)P + olive oil. Treatment of mice with B(a)P and olive oil significantly altered (P<0.05) the expression of drug-metabolizing enzymes in both the colon and liver tissues. However, only GST activity was significantly higher (P<0.05) in the liver of mice treated with 50- and 100-μg B(a)P/kg bw + olive oil. Lastly, olive oil promoted rapid detoxification of B(a)P by decreasing its organic metabolite concentrations and also decreasing the extent of DNA damage to colon and liver tissues (P<0.05). These results suggest that olive oil has a protective effect against B(a)P-induced colon tumors.
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- Leah D Banks
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 37208
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 37208
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 37208
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- Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN, 37232
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 37208
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, Nashville, TN, 37208.
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Zeliger HI, Lipinski B. Physiochemical basis of human degenerative disease. Interdiscip Toxicol 2015; 8:15-21. [PMID: 27486355 PMCID: PMC4961921 DOI: 10.1515/intox-2015-0003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/09/2015] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 03/17/2015] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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The onset of human degenerative diseases in humans, including type 2 diabetes, cardiovascular disease, neurological disorders, neurodevelopmental disease and neurodegenerative disease has been shown to be related to exposures to persistent organic pollutants, including polychlorinated biphenyls, chlorinated pesticides, polybrominated diphenyl ethers and others, as well as to polynuclear aromatic hydrocarbons, phthalates, bisphenol-A and other aromatic lipophilic species. The onset of these diseases has also been related to exposures to transition metal ions. A physiochemical mechanism for the onset of degenerative environmental disease dependent upon exposure to a combination of lipophilic aromatic hydrocarbons and transition metal ions is proposed here. The findings reported here also, for the first time, explain why aromatic hydrocarbons exhibit greater toxicity than aliphatic hydrocarbons of equal carbon numbers.
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- Harvard Medical School, Joslin Diabetes Center, Boston, Massachusetts, USA
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Tapia MJ, Monteserín M, Burrows HD, Almeida JAS, Pais AACC, Pina J, Seixas de Melo JS, Jarmelo S, Estelrich J. From molecular modelling to photophysics of neutral oligo- and polyfluorenes incorporated into phospholipid bilayers. SOFT MATTER 2015; 11:303-317. [PMID: 25411076 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm02145b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The combination of various experimental techniques with theoretical simulations has allowed elucidation of the mode of incorporation of fluorene based derivatives into phospholipid bilayers. Molecular dynamics (MD) simulations on a fully hydrated 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphatidylcholine (DMPC) bilayer, with benzene (B), biphenyl (BP), fluorene (F) and tri-(9,9-di-n-octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl), TF, have provided insights into the topography of these molecules when they are present in the phospholipid bilayer, and suggest marked differences between the behavior of the small molecules and the oligomer. Further information on the interaction of neutral fluorenes within the phospholipid bilayer was obtained by an infrared (IR) spectroscopic study of films of DMPC and of the phospholipid with PFO deuterated specifically on its alkyl chains (DMPC-PFO-d34). This was complemented by measurements of the effect of F, TF and two neutral polymers: polyfluorene poly(9,9-di-n-octylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl), PFO, and poly(9,9-di-n-dodecylfluorenyl-2,7-diyl), PFD, on the phospholipid phase transition temperature using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). Changes in liposome size upon addition of F and PFO were followed by dynamic light scattering. In addition, the spectroscopic properties of F, TF, PFO and PFD solubilised in DMPC liposomes (absorption, steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence) were compared with those of the same probes in typical organic solvents (chloroform, cyclohexane and ethanol). Combining the insight from MD simulations with the results at the molecular level from the various experimental techniques suggests that while the small molecules have a tendency to be located in the phospholipid head group region, the polymers are incorporated within the lipid bilayers, with the backbone predominantly orthogonal to the phospholipid alkyl chains and with interdigitation of them and the PFO alkyl chains.
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- M J Tapia
- Departamento de Química, Universidad de Burgos, Plaza Misael Bañuelos s/n, 09001 Burgos, Spain.
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Librando V, Minniti Z, Accolla ML, Cascioc O, Castelli F, Sarpietro MG. Calorimetric evaluation of interaction and absorption of polychlorinated biphenyls by biomembrane models. CHEMOSPHERE 2013; 91:791-796. [PMID: 23453602 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2013.01.091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/21/2012] [Revised: 01/04/2013] [Accepted: 01/19/2013] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) are organic pollutants with lipophilic properties, due to their persistence, they are present in environment at potentially dangerous concentrations for humans health. In this work we investigated the interaction and absorption of 2,4,4'-trichlorobiphenyl (PCB 28), 2,3,3',4,4'-pentachlorobiphenyl (PCB 105) and 2,3,3',4,4',5,5'-eptachlorobiphenyl (PCB 189) with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) multilamellar vesicles (MLV), chosen as biomembrane models, by differential scanning calorimetry technique (DSC). The obtained results indicate that the tested compounds affected the thermotropic behaviour of MLV to different degree, modifying the phase transition peak and shifting it towards lower temperature. The effect of an aqueous or lipophilic medium on the absorption process of these compounds by the biomembrane models was also investigated revealing that the process is hindered by the aqueous medium but favoured by the lipophilic medium.
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- Vito Librando
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, Catania, Italy
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Harris DL, Washington MK, Hood DB, Roberts LJ, Ramesh A. Dietary fat-influenced development of colon neoplasia in Apc Min mice exposed to benzo(a)pyrene. Toxicol Pathol 2009; 37:938-46. [PMID: 19841130 PMCID: PMC2982189 DOI: 10.1177/0192623309351722] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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Colorectal cancer, responsible for 50,000 deaths per year, is a contributing factor for considerable mortalities in the United States. Consumption of well-done red meat and saturated fats rich in polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons may be one of the causative factors for sporadic colon cancer. The objective of this study was to investigate whether the formation of colon tumors in adult Apc(Min) mice was influenced by the ingestion of different types of fat containing benzo(a)pyrene [B(a)P], a polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon compound. Treatment consisted of 50 and 100 microg B(a)P/kg body weight dissolved in peanut or coconut oil (representatives of unsaturated and saturated fats, respectively) administered daily to six-week-old male Apc(Min) mice via oral gavage for sixty days. At the end of exposure, mice were sacrificed; jejunum and colons were retrieved and preserved in 10% formalin for observation for gross pathological changes. An increased prevalence of adenomas in colons of mice that ingested B(a)P through saturated dietary fat compared to unsaturated fat and controls (p < .05) was noticed. Interestingly, we also observed adenomas with high-grade dysplasia in the B(a)P + saturated fat group, and these incidences were frequent at the 100 microg/kg B(a)P dose. On the other hand, the B(a)P-alone and unsaturated-fat groups did not show significant differences in the numbers of adenomas and invasive tumors in the both jejunum and the colon. Our studies established that dietary fat, especially saturated fat, potentiates the development of colon tumors caused by B(a)P in the Apc(Min) mouse.
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- Deacqunita L. Harris
- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, 1005 D. B. Todd Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208
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- Department of Pathology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 1161 21st Ave. S., Nashville, TN 37232
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- Department of Neuroscience and Pharmacology, Meharry Medical College, 1005 D. B. Todd Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208
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- Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Departments of Medicine and Pharmacology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, 2222 Pierce Ave., Nashville, Tennessee 37232
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- Department of Biochemistry and Cancer Biology, Meharry Medical College, 1005 D. B. Todd Blvd., Nashville, TN 37208
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Algarra M, Jiménez MV, Sánchez FG, Soto J, Jiménez JJ, Esteves da Silva JCG. ADSORPTION AND RECOVERY OF NITRATED POLYCYCLIC AROMATIC HYDROCARBONS ON HYBRID SURFACTANT EXPANDED ZIRCONIUM-PHOSPHATE. Polycycl Aromat Compd 2009. [DOI: 10.1080/10406630902720070] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Korchowiec B, Corvis Y, Viitala T, Feidt C, Guiavarch Y, Corbier C, Rogalska E. Interfacial approach to polyaromatic hydrocarbon toxicity: phosphoglyceride and cholesterol monolayer response to phenantrene, anthracene, pyrene, chrysene, and benzo[a]pyrene. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:13518-31. [PMID: 18834169 DOI: 10.1021/jp804080h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Interactions of phenantrene, anthracene, pyrene, chrysene, and benzo[a]pyrene (polyaromatic hydrocarbons) with model phospholipid membranes were probed using the Langmuir technique. The lipid monolayers were prepared using 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoserine, 1,2-myristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine, 1,2-dilauroyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine, and cholesterol. Surface pressure and electrical surface potential were measured on mixed phospholipid/PAH monolayers spread on a pure water subphase. The morphology of the mixed monolayers was followed with Brewster angle microscopy. Polarization-modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy spectra obtained on DPPE/benzo[a]pyrene showed that the latter interacts with the carbonyl groups of the phospholipid. On the other hand, the activity of phospholipase A2 toward DLPC used as a probe to locate benzo[a]pyrene in the monolayers indicates that the polyaromatic hydrocarbons are not accessible to the enzyme. The results obtained show that all PAHs studied affect the properties of the pure lipid, albeit in different ways. The most notable effects, namely, film fluidization and morphology changes, were observed with benzo[a]pyrene. In contrast, the complexity of mixed lipid monolayers makes the effect of PAHs difficult to detect. It can be assumed that the differences observed between PAHs in monolayers correlate with their toxicity.
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- Beata Korchowiec
- Department of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, ul. Romana Ingardena 3, 30-060 Krakow, Poland
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Castelli F, Micieli D, Ottimo S, Minniti Z, Sarpietro MG, Librando V. Absorption of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons by biomembrane models: effect of the medium lipophilicity. CHEMOSPHERE 2008; 73:1108-1114. [PMID: 18723205 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemosphere.2008.07.023] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/24/2008] [Revised: 07/04/2008] [Accepted: 07/13/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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To demonstrate the relationship between the structure of nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons and their effect on biomembranes, we have investigated the influence of three structurally different nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons, 2-nitrofluorene, 2,7-dinitrofluorene and 3-nitrofluoranthene, on the thermotropic behavior of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine multilamellar vesicles, used as biomembrane models, by means of differential scanning calorimetry. The obtained results indicate that the studied nitro-polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons affected the thermotropic behavior of multilamellar vesicles to various extents, modifying the pretransition and the main phase transition peaks and shifting them to lower temperatures. The effect of the aqueous and lipophilic medium on the absorption process of these compounds by the biomembrane models has been also investigated revealing that the process is hindered by the aqueous medium but strongly allowed by the lipophilic medium.
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- Francesco Castelli
- Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università degli Studi di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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Librando V, Sarpietro MG, Minniti Z, Micieli D, Castelli F. Biomimetic approach to biomembrane models studies: medium influence on the interaction kinetics of some phenylurea derivatives herbicides. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2006; 40:2462-8. [PMID: 16646490 DOI: 10.1021/es0518373] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/08/2023]
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The ability of herbicides to interact with cell membranes outer lipid layer and subsequently to penetrate inside cells can be a prerequisite for exhibiting a toxic activity for both the directly exposed workers and the end consumers as the herbicides are present in the soil and water. The effect exerted by fenuron, chlorotoluron, metobromuron, monolinuron, and chlorbromuron, five structurally similar phenylurea herbicides, on the thermotropic behavior of model membranes, represented by dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) vesicles, was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry. The examined compounds, when dispersed in liposomes during their preparation, exerted a different action on the gel-to-liquid crystal phase transition of DMPC multilamellar vesicles. The ability of phenylurea herbicides, as a finely powdered solid, to migrate through an aqueous medium and interact with biomembrane models was also studied. This transfer process was compared with these compounds intermembrane transfer from herbicide-loaded liposomes to empty ones. These processes can mimic absorption kinetics mediated by hydrophilic or lipophilic media. Different rate and entity of interaction occurred between model membranes and solid phenylurea herbicides. Different behavior was observed by considering the time-dependent studies carried out by contacting, for increasing times, equivalent amounts of empty DMPC vesicles with phenylurea herbicide-loaded ones; all compounds were able to migrate from loaded to empty DMPC vesicles. Thus, phenylurea herbicides are able to reach and penetrate biological membranes when dispersed in a lipophilic or hydrophilic medium; these processes are related to the substituents present on the compounds backbone. The obtained experimental results seem to validate the employed strategy to study the ability of bioactive compounds to both interact with biological membranes and be adsorbed inside a membrane mimicking a biological cell when dispersed in a lipophilic or hydrophilic medium.
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- Vito Librando
- Department of Chemistry, Viale A. Doria 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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Castelli F, Puglia C, Sarpietro MG, Rizza L, Bonina F. Characterization of indomethacin-loaded lipid nanoparticles by differential scanning calorimetry. Int J Pharm 2005; 304:231-8. [PMID: 16188405 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2005.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 114] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/09/2005] [Revised: 08/08/2005] [Accepted: 08/15/2005] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Solid lipid nanoparticles (SLN) and nanostructured lipid carriers (NLC) are interesting nanoparticulate delivery systems produced from solid lipids. Both carrier types are submicron size particles but they can be distinguished by their inner structure. In the present paper, indomethacin (IND)-loaded SLN and NLC were prepared and the organization and distribution of the different ingredients originating each type of nanoparticle system were studied by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) technique. Furthermore, mean particle size and percentage of drug encapsulation were also determined. From the results obtained, NLC lipid organization guaranteed an increased indomethacin encapsulation in comparison with SLN. DSC static and dynamic measurements performed on SLN and NLC showed that oil nanocompartments incorporated into NLC solid matrix drastically influenced drug distribution inside the nanoparticle system. Controlled release from NLC system could be explained considering both drug partition between oil nanocompartments and solid lipid and a successive partition between solid lipid and water.
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- Francesco Castelli
- Department of Chemical Sciences, University of Catania, Viale A. Doria no. 6, 95125 Catania, Italy.
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Librando V, Forte S, Sarpietro MG. Structure effect on the interaction of phenylurea herbicides with model biomembrane as an environmental mobility parameter. ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY 2004; 38:503-507. [PMID: 14750726 DOI: 10.1021/es034459f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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During recent years, intensive use of herbicides has raised increasing concern mainly due to their massive pollution of the environment. As these herbicides are directly or indirectly toxic to a wide range of organisms, their potential for contaminating soil, surface water, and groundwater makes these xenobiotics of special interest from a health and environmental point of view. Knowledge of the mechanisms by which they exert their toxic effects is becoming a need. Because of the herbicides' lipophilicity, a possible site of interaction in the cell is represented by biomembranes. The interaction of four herbicides, difenoxuron, diuron, linuron, and metoxuron, with model membranes constituted of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine multilamellar vesicles was investigated by the differential scanning calorimetry technique. The aim was to study the effects exerted by an increasing amount of the examined compounds on thermotropic behavior of the model phospholipid membranes and to correlate the obtained results with structural features of the herbicides due to their environmental mobility. Among the herbicides studied, linuron is the most effective in perturbing the ordinate structure of vesicles forming phospholipids, whereas metoxuron is the least effective and the others exert an intermediate effect. Linuron exerts its effect both on the transition temperature of the gel to the liquid crystalline phase and on the enthalpy change. Difenoxuron, diuron, and metoxuron cause a change in the transition temperature but have an insignificant effect on the enthalpy change. The calorimetric results, correlated with the structural features of the herbicides, are consistent with their partition coefficient, log K(ow), suggesting that the more hydrophobic compound character causes a greater liposolubility and consequential cellular absorption with more effectiveness on the membrane order.
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- Vito Librando
- INCA, Unit Catania 5, c/o Dipartimento di Scienze Chimiche, Università di Catania, Viale A. Doria 6, 95127 Catania, Italy.
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