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Azouz M, Feuillie C, Lafleur M, Molinari M, Lecomte S. Interaction of Tau construct K18 with model lipid membranes. Nanoscale Adv 2021; 3:4244-4253. [PMID: 36132846 PMCID: PMC9417262 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00055a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/20/2021] [Accepted: 06/16/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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One of the hallmarks of Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the formation of neurofibrillary tangles, resulting from the aggregation of the tubulin associated unit protein (Tau), which holds a vital role in maintaining neuron integrity in a healthy brain. The development of such aggregates and their deposition in the brain seem to correlate with the onset of neurodegeneration processes. The misfolding and subsequent aggregation of the protein into paired helical filaments that further form the tangles, lead to dysfunction of the protein with neuronal loss and cognitive decline. The aggregation of the protein then seems to be a causative factor of the neurodegeneration associated with AD. The hypothesis of an involvement of the membrane in modulating the misfolding and assembly of Tau into paired helical filaments attracts increasing interests. To provide more insight about how lipids can modulate the interactions with Tau, we have conducted a comprehensive Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) study involving supported lipid bilayers of controlled compositions with the Tau microtubule-binding construct K18. Particularly, the effects of zwitterionic and negatively charged phospholipids on the interaction have been investigated. Deleterious solubilization effects have been evidenced on fluid zwitterionic membranes as well as an inability of K18 to fragment gel phases. The role of negative lipids in the aggregation of the peptide and the particular ability of phosphatidylinositol-4,5-bisphosphate (PIP2) in inducing K18 fibrillization on membranes are also reported.
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- Mehdi Azouz
- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, INP Bordeaux, UMR5248 allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 33600 Pessac France
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal C.P. 6128 Québec Canada H3C 3J7
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, INP Bordeaux, UMR5248 allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 33600 Pessac France
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal Succursale Centre-Ville Montréal C.P. 6128 Québec Canada H3C 3J7
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, INP Bordeaux, UMR5248 allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 33600 Pessac France
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, CNRS, Université de Bordeaux, INP Bordeaux, UMR5248 allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire 33600 Pessac France
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Ramos AP, Bouwstra JA, Lafleur M. Very Long Chain Lipids Favor the Formation of a Homogeneous Phase in Stratum Corneum Model Membranes. Langmuir 2020; 36:13899-13907. [PMID: 33170015 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02305] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The stratum corneum (SC), the outermost layer of mammal epidermis, acts as a barrier dictating the rate of absorption of exogenous molecules through the skin, as well as to prevent excessive water loss from the body. The SC consists of protein-rich corneocytes embedded into a complex lipid mixture. The lipid fraction is mainly constituted of an equimolar mixture of ceramides (Cer), free fatty acids (FFA), and cholesterol (Chol), forming a solid phase in the intracellular space; this lipid phase is supposed to play a fundamental role in the SC barrier function. An unusual characteristic of this biological membrane is that its lipids generally bear very long acyl chains, with the 24-carbon long ones being the most abundant. In this work, we used Raman microspectroscopy and infrared spectroscopy to study the influence of the acyl chain length on the lipid mixing properties in SC model membranes. Our results revealed that the combination of ceramides and FFA bearing a very long chain is required for the formation of homogeneous lipid mixtures, while lipids with shorter chains (16-carbon and 20-carbon atom long) lead to domains with micrometer dimensions. It is proposed that the biological machinery necessary for acyl chain elongation occurring at the mammalian skin level is required to inhibit lipid phase separation, a critical feature in the proper barrier functioning.
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- Adrian Paz Ramos
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden 2333 CC, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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Azouz M, Therrien A, Buré C, Tokarski C, Lecomte S, Lafleur M. Lipid selectivity in detergent extraction from bilayers. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2020; 531:140-143. [PMID: 32782150 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2020.07.065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2020] [Accepted: 07/15/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Despite numerous studies on detergent-induced solubilization of membranes and on the underlying mechanisms associated with this process, very little is known regarding the selectivity of detergents for lipids during their extraction from membranes. To get insights about this phenomenon, solubilization of model bilayers prepared from binary lipid mixtures by different detergents was examined. Three commonly used detergents were used: the non-ionic Triton X-100 (TX), the negatively-charged sodium dodecylsulfate (SDS), and the positively-charged n-dodecyltrimethylammonium chloride (DTAC). Two model membranes were used in order to identify if specific intermolecular interactions can lead to lipid selectivity: bilayers made of a binary mixture of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE), and of a binary mixture of POPC and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol (POPG). Therefore, it was possible to describe systems presenting a combination of detergents bearing different charges with bilayers with different polymorphic propensities and charge. In conditions for which partial solubilization was observed, the composition of the extracted lipid phase was quantified with Liquid Chromatography coupled to Mass Spectrometry to elucidate whether a lipid selectivity occurred in the solubilization process. On one hand, it is found that repulsive or attractive electrostatic interactions did not lead to any lipid selectivity. On the other hand, POPE was systematically less extracted than POPC, regardless of the detergent nature. We propose that this lipid selectivity is inherent to the molecular shape of POPE unsuited for micelles curvature properties.
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- Mehdi Azouz
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada; Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- Institute of Chemistry and Biology of Membranes and Nano-Objects, B14, Allée Geoffroy Saint Hilaire, Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Stratum corneum (SC), the outermost layer of the epidermis, is the primary barrier to percutaneous absorption. The diffusion of substances through the skin occurs through the SC lipid fraction, which is essentially constituted of an equimolar mixture of ceramides, free fatty acids, and cholesterol. The lipid constituents of SC are mainly forming continuous multilamellar membranes in the solid/crystalline state. However, recent findings suggest the presence of a highly disordered (liquid) phase formed by the unsaturated C18 chain of ceramide EOS, surrounded by a highly ordered lipid environment. The aim of the present work was to study the lipid spatial distribution of model SC membranes composed of ceramide EOS, ceramide NS, a mixture of free fatty acids, and cholesterol, using Raman microspectroscopy and AFM-IR spectroscopy techniques. The enhanced spatial resolution at the tens of nanometers scale of the AFM-IR technique revealed that the lipid matrix is overall homogeneous, with the presence of small, slightly enriched, and depleted regions in a lipid component. No liquid domains of ceramide EOS were observed at this scale, a result that is consistent with the model proposing that the oleate nanodrops are concentrated in the central layer of the three-layer organization of the SC membranes forming the long periodicity phase. In addition, both Raman microspectroscopy and AFM-IR techniques confirmed the fluid nature of the unsaturated chain of ceramide EOS while the rest of the lipid matrix was found highly ordered.
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- Adrian Paz Ramos
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Einsteinweg 55, 2333 CC Leiden, the Netherlands
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- Institut de chimie et biologie des membranes et des nano-objets, CNRS UMR 5248, Université de Bordeaux, IPB, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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Ramos AP, Doroudgar M, Lafleur M. Determination of n-alkane partitioning within phosphatidylethanolamine Lα/HII phases. Biochimica et Biophysica Acta (BBA) - Biomembranes 2020; 1862:183201. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183201] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2019] [Revised: 12/11/2019] [Accepted: 01/16/2020] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Azouz M, Gonin M, Fiedler S, Faherty J, Decossas M, Cullin C, Villette S, Lafleur M, D Alves I, Lecomte S, Ciaccafava A. Microfluidic diffusional sizing probes lipid nanodiscs formation. Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr 2020; 1862:183215. [PMID: 32061645 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2020.183215] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2019] [Revised: 02/04/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2020] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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The biophysical characterisation of membrane proteins and their interactions with lipids in native membrane habitat remains a major challenge. Indeed, traditional solubilisation procedures with detergents often causes the loss of native lipids surrounding membrane proteins, which ultimately impacts structural and functional properties. Recently, copolymer-based nanodiscs have emerged as a highly promising tool, thanks to their unique ability of solubilising membrane proteins directly from native membranes, in the shape of discoidal patches of lipid bilayers. While this methodology finally set us free from the use of detergents, some limitations are however associated with the use of such copolymers. Among them, one can cite the tedious control of the nanodiscs size, their instability in basic pH and in the presence of divalent cations. In this respect, many variants of the widely used Styrene Maleic Acid (SMA) copolymer have been developed to specifically address those limitations. With the multiplication of new SMA copolymer variants and the growing interest in copolymer-based nanodiscs for the characterisation of membrane proteins, there is a need to better understand and control their formation. Among the techniques used to characterise the solubilisation of lipid bilayer by amphipathic molecules, cryo-TEM, 31P NMR, DLS, ITC and fluorescence spectroscopy are the most widely used, with a consensus made in the sense that a combination of these techniques is required. In this work, we propose to evaluate the capacity of Microfluidic Diffusional Sizing (MDS) as a new method to follow copolymer nanodiscs formation. Originally designed to determine protein size through laminar flow diffusion, we present a novel application along with a protocol development to observe nanodiscs formation by MDS. We show that MDS allows to precisely measure the size of nanodiscs, and to determine the copolymer/lipid ratio at the onset of solubilisation. Finally, we use MDS to characterise peptide/nanodisc interaction. The technique shows a promising ability to highlight the pivotal role of lipids in promoting interactions through a case study with an aggregating peptide. This confirmed the relevance of using the MDS and nanodiscs as biomimetic models for such investigations.
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- Mehdi Azouz
- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Fluidic Analytics Ltd, Unit A, The Paddocks Business Centre, Cherry Hinton Rd, Cambridge CB1 8DH, United Kingdom
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- Fluidic Analytics Ltd, Unit A, The Paddocks Business Centre, Cherry Hinton Rd, Cambridge CB1 8DH, United Kingdom
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Department of chemistry, Université de Montréal, 2900, Édouard-Montpetit blvd., Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France.
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- Univ Bordeaux, CNRS, CBMN UMR 5248, Bat B14 Allée Geoffroy St Hilaire, F-33600 Pessac, France.
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Azouz M, Cullin C, Lecomte S, Lafleur M. Membrane domain modulation of Aβ 1-42 oligomer interactions with supported lipid bilayers: an atomic force microscopy investigation. Nanoscale 2019; 11:20857-20867. [PMID: 31657431 DOI: 10.1039/c9nr06361g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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Alzheimer's disease is a devastating pathology affecting an increasing number of individuals following the general rise in life expectancy. Amyloid peptide Aβ1-42 has been identified as one of the main culprits of the disease. The peptide has been shown to have major effects on lipid membranes, including membrane fragmentation. The membrane composition has been identified as a factor that plays a pivotal role in regulating peptide/membrane interactions and several results suggest that lipid domains, or rafts, can promote peptide-induced membrane damage. In this work, we examined the effects of lipid segregation on the membrane-perturbing ability of Aβ1-42 and an oligomeric mutant (G37C), a peptide that shares common features with the suspected toxic intermediates involved in the neurodegeneration process. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) was used to determine the impact of these peptides on the supported lipid bilayers of various compositions. In 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine/1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine/cholesterol (DOPC/DPPC/cholesterol) and DOPC/sphingomyelin/cholesterol ternary mixtures, two systems exhibiting liquid-liquid phase separations, it was shown that Aβ1-42 and G37C exclusively aggregated on liquid-disordered-phase domains, creating large deposits and even causing membrane fragmentation for the latter composition. Cholesterol and ganglioside GM1, the two most documented lipids in the context of Alzheimer's disease, are also considered to play a crucial role in promoting detrimental interactions with amyloid peptides. We show that, in model 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) membranes, the presence of either cholesterol or GM1 in a proportion of 10 mol%, a content supposed to lead to domain formation, favoured the association of both Aβ1-42 and G37C, leading to a harmful membrane fragmentation. The AFM results established that the presence of domains favoured membrane perturbations induced by the amyloid peptides. It is proposed that lipid packing defects at the domain interface could act as adsorption and nucleation sites for the amyloid peptides. The more extensive bilayer perturbations induced by G37C compared to Aβ1-42 supported this hypothesis, indicating that oligomers that cannot mature to the fibril state can present considerable toxicity.
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- Mehdi Azouz
- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nanoobjets, CBMN CNRS UMR 5248, Université de Bordeaux, Allée Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France and Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nanoobjets, CBMN CNRS UMR 5248, Université de Bordeaux, Allée Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Chimie et Biologie des Membranes et Nanoobjets, CBMN CNRS UMR 5248, Université de Bordeaux, Allée Geoffroy de Saint-Hilaire, 33600 Pessac, France
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Lobenhofer E, Werner J, Giffin M, Engwall M, Davies R, Homann O, Lafleur M, Moffat G. P1.12-18 Nonclinical Safety Assessment of AMG 757, a DLL3 Bispecific T Cell Engager, in the Cynomolgus Monkey. J Thorac Oncol 2019. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jtho.2019.08.1131] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Felfoul O, Mohammadi M, Taherkhani S, de Lanauze D, Zhong Xu Y, Lafleur M, Gaboury L, Tabrizian M, Vuong T, Batist G, Beauchemin N, Radzioch D, Martel S. [Delivery in hypoxic tumor regions of a chemotherapeutic agent encapsulated in nanoliposomes carried by magnetoaerotactic bacteria]. Med Sci (Paris) 2018; 34:197-199. [PMID: 29547100 DOI: 10.1051/medsci/20183403002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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- Ouajdi Felfoul
- Laboratoire de nanorobotique - département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, Institut de génie biomédical, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Laboratoire de nanorobotique - département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, Institut de génie biomédical, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Laboratoire de nanorobotique - département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, Institut de génie biomédical, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada - Département de Génie biomédical, université McGill, Montréal H3A 2B4, Canada
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- Laboratoire de nanorobotique - département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, Institut de génie biomédical, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Centre universitaire de santé McGill, Montréal H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Département de chimie, université de Montréal, Montréal H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Département de pathologie et de biologie cellulaire, Institut de recherche en immunologie et cancer (IRIC), université de Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Département de Génie biomédical, université McGill, Montréal H3A 2B4, Canada - Faculté de dentisterie, université McGill, Montréal H3A 1G1, Canada
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- Département de pathologie et de biologie cellulaire, Institut de recherche en immunologie et cancer (IRIC), université de Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada
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- Département d'oncologie, Centre du cancer Segal, hôpital général Juif, université McGill, Montréal H3T 1E2, Canada
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- Départements de biochimie, médecine et oncologie, Centre de recherche sur le cancer Goodman, université McGill, 1160 avenue des Pins, Montréal H3A 1A3, Canada
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- Centre universitaire de santé McGill, Montréal H4A 3J1, Canada
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- Laboratoire de nanorobotique - département de génie informatique et génie logiciel, Institut de génie biomédical, Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal H3T 1J4, Canada
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Azouz M, Cullin C, Lafleur M, Lecomte S. Towards a Nanoscale Description of the Interactions between Amyloid Peptide Aβ1-42 and Mutants with Membranes. Biophys J 2018. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.11.1537] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/18/2022] Open
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Paz Ramos A, Gooris G, Bouwstra J, Lafleur M. Evidence of hydrocarbon nanodrops in highly ordered stratum corneum model membranes. J Lipid Res 2017; 59:137-143. [PMID: 29092959 DOI: 10.1194/jlr.m080432] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2017] [Revised: 10/26/2017] [Indexed: 01/18/2023] Open
Abstract
The stratum corneum (SC), the top layer of skin, dictates the rate of both water loss through the skin and absorption of exogenous molecules into the body. The crystalline organization of the lipids in the SC is believed to be a key feature associated with the very limited permeability of the skin. In this work, we characterized the organization of SC lipid models that include, as in native SC, cholesterol, a series of FFAs (saturated with C16-C24 chains), as well as a ceramide bearing an oleate chain-linked to a very long saturated acyl chain [N-melissoyl-oleoyloxy hexacosanoyl-D-erythro-sphingosine (Cer EOS)]. The latter is reported to be essential for the native SC lipid organization. Our 2H-NMR, infrared, and Raman spectroscopy data reveal that Cer EOS leads to the formation of highly disordered liquid domains in a solid/crystalline matrix. The lipid organization imposes steric constraint on Cer EOS oleate chains in such a way that these hydrocarbon nanodroplets remain in the liquid state down to -30°C. These findings modify the structural description of the SC substantially and propose a novel role of Cer EOS, as this lipid is a strong modulator of SC solid/liquid balance.
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- Adrian Paz Ramos
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Drug Delivery Technology, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, 2333 CC Leiden, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Cui ZK, Kim S, Baljon JJ, Doroudgar M, Lafleur M, Wu BM, Aghaloo T, Lee M. Design and Characterization of a Therapeutic Non-phospholipid Liposomal Nanocarrier with Osteoinductive Characteristics To Promote Bone Formation. ACS Nano 2017; 11:8055-8063. [PMID: 28787576 PMCID: PMC5575928 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b02702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/20/2023]
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Sterosomes are recently developed types of non-phospholipid liposomes formed from single-chain amphiphiles and high content of sterols. Although sterosomes presented significantly increased stability compared to conventional phospholipid liposomes, current sterosome biomaterials are not truly bioactive and have no intrinsic therapeutic effects. The purpose of this study was to develop a sterosome formulation with osteoinductive properties by an effective selection of sterol, one of the sterosome components. Oxysterols are oxidized derivatives of cholesterol and are known to stimulate osteogenesis and bone formation. Thus, 20S-hydroxycholesterol (Oxy), one of the most potent oxysterols for bone regeneration, was examined as a promising candidate molecule to form fluid lamellar phases with a single-chain amphiphile, namely, stearylamine (SA). First, the optimal composition was identified by investigating the phase behavior of SA/Oxy mixtures. Next, the capacity of the optimized SA/Oxy sterosomes to promote osteogenic differentiation of bone marrow stromal cells was assessed in vitro in a hydrogel environment. Furthermore, we explored the effects of osteogenic oxysterol sterosomes in vivo with the mouse critical-sized calvarial defect model. Our results showed that SA/Oxy sterosomes induced osteogenic differentiation in vitro and enhanced calvarial healing without delivery of additional therapeutic agents, indicating their intrinsic bone-forming potential. This study suggests a promising non-phospholipid liposomal platform with osteoinductive properties for delivery of small molecular drugs and/or other therapeutic genes for enhanced bone formation.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P.6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P.6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Division of Diagnostic and Surgical Sciences, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095
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- Division of Advanced Prosthodontics, University of California Los Angeles, 10833 Le Conte Avenue, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California Los Angeles, 420 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA 90095
- Corresponding author. Tel: +1 310 825 6674, Fax: +1 310 825 6345,
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Doroudgar M, Lafleur M. Ceramide-C16 Is a Versatile Modulator of Phosphatidylethanolamine Polymorphism. Biophys J 2017; 112:2357-2366. [PMID: 28591608 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2017.04.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/02/2016] [Revised: 04/24/2017] [Accepted: 04/26/2017] [Indexed: 10/19/2022] Open
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Ceramide-C16 (CerC16) is a sphingolipid associated with several diseases like diabetes, obesity, Parkinson disease, and certain types of cancers. As a consequence, research efforts are devoted to identify the impact of CerC16 on the behavior of membranes, and to understand how it is involved in these diseases. In this work, we investigated the impacts of CerC16 (up to 20 mol %) on the lipid polymorphism of 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (POPE), using differential scanning calorimetry, and sequential 2H and 31P solid-state nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy. A partial phase diagram is proposed. The results indicate that the presence of CerC16 leads to an upshift of the temperature of the gel-to-liquid crystalline (Lβ - Lα) phase transition, leading to a large Lβ/Lα phase coexistence region where gel-phase domains contain ∼35 mol % CerC16. It also leads to a downshift of the temperature of the lamellar-to-inverted hexagonal (L - HII) phase transition of POPE. The opposite influence on the two-phase transitions of POPE brings a three-phase coexistence line when the two transitions overlap. The resulting HII phase can be ceramide enriched, coexisting with a Lα phase, or ceramide depleted, coexisting with a Lβ phase, depending on the CerC16 proportions. The uncommon capability of CerC16 to modulate the membrane fluidity, its curvature propensity, and the membrane interface properties highlights its potential as a versatile messenger in cell membrane events.
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- Mahmoudreza Doroudgar
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Cieślak A, Wauthoz N, Nieto Orellana A, Lautram N, Béjaud J, Hureaux J, Lafleur M, Benoit JP, Salomon CJ, Bastiat G. Stealth nanocarriers based sterosomes using PEG post-insertion process. Eur J Pharm Biopharm 2017; 115:31-38. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ejpb.2017.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/17/2016] [Revised: 01/28/2017] [Accepted: 02/13/2017] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Felfoul O, Mohammadi M, Taherkhani S, de Lanauze D, Xu YZ, Loghin D, Essa S, Jancik S, Houle D, Lafleur M, Gaboury L, Tabrizian M, Kaou N, Atkin M, Vuong T, Batist G, Beauchemin N, Radzioch D, Martel S. Magneto-aerotactic bacteria deliver drug-containing nanoliposomes to tumour hypoxic regions. Nat Nanotechnol 2016; 11:941-947. [PMID: 27525475 PMCID: PMC6094936 DOI: 10.1038/nnano.2016.137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 536] [Impact Index Per Article: 67.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/11/2015] [Accepted: 06/24/2016] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Oxygen-depleted hypoxic regions in the tumour are generally resistant to therapies. Although nanocarriers have been used to deliver drugs, the targeting ratios have been very low. Here, we show that the magneto-aerotactic migration behaviour of magnetotactic bacteria, Magnetococcus marinus strain MC-1 (ref. 4), can be used to transport drug-loaded nanoliposomes into hypoxic regions of the tumour. In their natural environment, MC-1 cells, each containing a chain of magnetic iron-oxide nanocrystals, tend to swim along local magnetic field lines and towards low oxygen concentrations based on a two-state aerotactic sensing system. We show that when MC-1 cells bearing covalently bound drug-containing nanoliposomes were injected near the tumour in severe combined immunodeficient beige mice and magnetically guided, up to 55% of MC-1 cells penetrated into hypoxic regions of HCT116 colorectal xenografts. Approximately 70 drug-loaded nanoliposomes were attached to each MC-1 cell. Our results suggest that harnessing swarms of microorganisms exhibiting magneto-aerotactic behaviour can significantly improve the therapeutic index of various nanocarriers in tumour hypoxic regions.
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- Ouajdi Felfoul
- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
- Dept. of Biomedical Eng., McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Montréal (UdM), Montréal, Canada
- Dept. of Biomedical Eng., McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- McGill University Health Centre, Montréal, Canada
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- Dept. of Chemistry, University of Montréal (UdM), Montréal, Canada
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- Institute for Research in Immunology and Cancer (IRIC), Dept. of Pathology and Cell Biology, University of Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Dept. of Biomedical Eng., McGill University, Montréal, Canada
- Faculty of Dentistry, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Dept. of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- Segal Cancer Centre, Jewish General Hospital, Dept. of Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- Rosalind and Morris Goodman Cancer Research Centre, Dept. of Biochemistry, Medicine and Oncology, McGill University, Montréal, Canada
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- NanoRobotics Laboratory, Dept. of Computer and Software Eng., Inst. of Biomedical Eng., Polytechnique Montréal, Montréal, Canada
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Therrien A, Lafleur M. Melittin-Induced Lipid Extraction Modulated by the Methylation Level of Phosphatidylcholine Headgroups. Biophys J 2016; 110:400-410. [PMID: 26789763 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.12.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/31/2015] [Revised: 12/03/2015] [Accepted: 12/07/2015] [Indexed: 01/06/2023] Open
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Protein- and peptide-induced lipid extraction from membranes is a critical process for many biological events, including reverse cholesterol transport and sperm capacitation. In this work, we examine whether such processes could display specificity for some lipid species. Melittin, the main component of dry bee venom, was used as a model amphipathic α-helical peptide. We specifically determined the modulation of melittin-induced lipid extraction from membranes by the change of the methylation level of phospholipid headgroups. Phosphatidylcholine (PC) bilayers were demethylated either by substitution with phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) or chemically by using mono- and dimethylated PE. It is shown that demethylation reduces the association of melittin with membranes, likely because of the resulting tighter chain packing of the phospholipids, which reduces the capacity of the membranes to accommodate inserted melittin. This reduced binding of the peptide is accompanied by an inhibition of the lipid extraction caused by melittin. We demonstrate that melittin selectively extracts PC from PC/PE membranes. This selectivity is proposed to be a consequence of a PE depletion in the surroundings of bound melittin to minimize disruption of the interphospholipid interactions. The resulting PC-enriched vicinity of melittin would be responsible for the observed formation of PC-enriched lipid/peptide particles resulting from the lipid efflux. These findings reveal that modulating the methylation level of phospholipid headgroups is a simple way to control the specificity of lipid extraction from membranes by peptides/proteins and thereby modulate the lipid composition of the membranes.
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- Alexandre Therrien
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Université de Montréal, Montréal, Québec, Canada.
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Paz Ramos A, Lagüe P, Lamoureux G, Lafleur M. Effect of Saturated Very Long-Chain Fatty Acids on the Organization of Lipid Membranes: A Study Combining 2H NMR Spectroscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:6951-60. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.6b04958] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Adrian Paz Ramos
- Department
of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute
for Integrative Systems Biology, Department of Biochemistry, Microbiology
and Bio-Informatics, Pavillon Alexandre-Vachon, Université Laval, 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering, and Applications (PROTEO), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Centre for Research in Molecular
Modeling (CERMM), Concordia University, 7141 Sherbrooke Street West, Montréal, Québec H4B 1R6, Canada
- The Quebec Network for Research on Protein Function, Engineering, and Applications (PROTEO), 1045 Avenue de la Médecine, Québec, Québec G1V 0A6, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre-Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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The widespread distribution of cationic antimicrobial peptides capable of membrane fragmentation in nature underlines their importance to living organisms. In the present work, we determined the impact of the electrostatic interactions associated with the cationic C-terminal segment of melittin, a 26-amino acid peptide from bee venom (net charge +6), on its binding to model membranes and on the resulting fragmentation. In order to detail the role played by the C-terminal charges, we prepared a melittin analogue for which the four cationic amino acids in positions 21-24 were substituted with the polar residue citrulline, providing a peptide with the same length and amphiphilicity but with a lower net charge (+2). We compared the peptide bilayer affinity and the membrane fragmentation for bilayers prepared from 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC)/1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-l-serine (DPPS) mixtures. It is shown that neutralization of the C-terminal considerably increased melittin affinity for zwitterionic membranes. The unfavorable contribution associated with transferring the cationic C-terminal in a less polar environment was reduced, leaving the hydrophobic interactions, which drive the peptide insertion in bilayers, with limited counterbalancing interactions. The presence of negatively charged lipids (DPPS) in bilayers increased melittin binding by introducing attractive electrostatic interactions, the augmentation being, as expected, greater for native melittin than for its citrullinated analogue. The membrane fragmentation power of the peptide was shown to be controlled by electrostatic interactions and could be modulated by the charge carried by both the membrane and the lytic peptide. The analysis of the lipid composition of the extracted fragments from DPPC/DPPS bilayers revealed no lipid specificity. It is proposed that extended phase separations are more susceptible to lead to the extraction of a lipid species in a specific manner than a specific lipid-peptide affinity. The present work on the lipid extraction by melittin and citrullinated melittin with model membranes emphasizes the complex relation between the affinity, the lipid extraction/membrane fragmentation, and the lipid specificity.
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- Alexandre Therrien
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Centre INRS-Institut Armand-Frappier, Institut National de la Recherche Scientifique, 531 Boul. des Prairies, Ville de Laval (Québec) H7V 1B7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal (Québec) H3C 3J7, Canada
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Paz Ramos A, Lafleur M. The Chain Length of Free Fatty Acids Influences the Phase Behaviour of Stratum Corneum Model Membranes: A 2h-NMR and IR Investigation. Biophys J 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2015.11.453] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022] Open
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The skin, the largest organ of the human body, forms a flexible interface between our internal and external environment that protects our organism from exogenous compounds as well as excessive water loss. The stratum corneum (SC), the outermost layer of mammal epidermis, is mainly responsible for the skin impermeability. The SC is formed by corneocytes embedded in a lipid matrix, which is mostly constituted of ceramides (Cer), free fatty acids (FFA), and cholesterol (Chol), organized in two coexisting crystalline lamellar phases. This arrangement of lipids is crucial to skin barrier function. The aim of this paper is to determine the impact of FFA chain length on the phase behavior of SC model lipid membranes using solid-state deuterium NMR and IR spectroscopy. We studied ternary mixtures of N-lignoceroyl-d-erythro-sphingosine (Cer24), cholesterol, and palmitic (FFA16) or lignoceric (FFA24) acid in an equimolar ratio. This proportion replicates the lipid composition found in the SC lipid matrix. Our studies revealed that the phase behavior of Cer24/FFA/Chol ternary mixtures is strongly affected by the length of the FFA. We found the formation of phase-separated crystalline lipid domains when using palmitic acid whereas the use of lignoceric acid results in a more homogeneous mixture. In addition, it was observed that mixtures with lignoceric acid form a gel phase, a very unusual feature for SC model mixtures.
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- Adrian Paz Ramos
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC Canada H3C 3J7
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre-Ville, Montréal, QC Canada H3C 3J7
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Essa S, Daoud J, Lafleur M, Martel S, Tabrizian M. SN-38 active loading in poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles and assessment of their anticancer properties on COLO-205 human colon adenocarcinoma cells. J Microencapsul 2015; 32:784-93. [PMID: 26381056 DOI: 10.3109/02652048.2015.1081416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023]
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SN-38 is a highly effective drug against many cancers. The development of an optimal delivery system for SN-38 is extremely challenging due to its low solubility and labile lactone ring. Herein, SN-38 encapsulated in poly(D,L-lactide-co-glycolide) nanoparticles (NPs) is introduced to enhance its solubility, stability and cellular uptake. SN-38-loaded NPs prepared by spontaneous emulsification solvent diffusion (SESD) method had an average diameter of 310 nm, a zeta potential of -9.69 mV and a loading efficiency of 71%. They were able to protect the active lactone ring of SN-38 against inactivation under physiological condition. A colorectal adenocarcinoma cell line (COLO-205) was used to assess the NPs effects on cytotoxicity and cellular uptake. Result showed a significant decreased cell proliferation and cell apoptosis. These results suggest that these SN-38-loaded NPs can be an effective delivery system for the treatment of colon cancer and potentially for other types of cancers.
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- Sherief Essa
- a Department of Biomedical Engineering , Faculty of Medicine, McGill University , Montreal , Canada
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- a Department of Biomedical Engineering , Faculty of Medicine, McGill University , Montreal , Canada
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- b Department of Chemistry , University of Montreal , Montreal , Canada
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- c Department of Computer Engineering , Ecole Polytechnique of Montreal , Montreal , Canada , and
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- a Department of Biomedical Engineering , Faculty of Medicine, McGill University , Montreal , Canada .,d Faculty of Dentistry , sMcGill University , Montreal , Canada
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Plante G, Lusignan MF, Lafleur M, Manjunath P. Interaction of milk proteins and Binder of Sperm (BSP) proteins from boar, stallion and ram semen. Reprod Biol Endocrinol 2015; 13:92. [PMID: 26272219 PMCID: PMC4536704 DOI: 10.1186/s12958-015-0093-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/31/2015] [Accepted: 08/06/2015] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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BACKGROUND Mammalian semen contains a family of closely related proteins known as Binder of SPerm (BSP proteins) that are added to sperm at ejaculation. BSP proteins extract lipids from the sperm membrane thereby extensively modifying its composition. These changes can ultimately be detrimental to sperm storage. We have demonstrated that bovine BSP proteins interact with major milk proteins and proposed that this interaction could be the basis of sperm protection by milk extenders. In the present study, we investigated if homologous BSP proteins present in boar, stallion and ram seminal plasma display a similar affinity for the milk proteins in order to assess whether the mechanism of sperm protection by milk for these species could be general. METHODS Skim milk was incubated with seminal plasma proteins (boar, stallion and ram), chromatographed on a Sepharose CL-4B column and protein fractions were analyzed by immunoblotting. RESULTS Boar, stallion and ram BSP proteins displayed affinity for a milk protein fraction (F1) mainly composed of α-lactalbumin, β-lactoglobulin, and κ-casein. They also had affinity for another milk protein fraction (F2) composed mostly of casein micelles. However, stallion BSP showed higher affinity for the fraction (F1). CONCLUSIONS These results further extend our view that the association of BSP proteins with milk proteins could be a general feature of the mechanism of mammalian sperm protection by milk to prevent detrimental effect of prolonged exposure of sperm to seminal plasma.
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- Geneviève Plante
- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7.
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, 5415 L'Assomption blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H1T 2M4.
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- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7.
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, 5415 L'Assomption blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H1T 2M4.
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7.
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- Department of Medicine, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7.
- Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, 5415 L'Assomption blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H1T 2M4.
- Puttaswamy Manjunath, Maisonneuve-Rosemont Hospital Research Center, 5415 L'Assomption blvd, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H1T 2M4.
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Therrien A, Lafleur M. Membranes can Finely Tune Peptide-Induced Lipid Extraction by Modulating their Lipid Composition. Biophys J 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2014.11.3002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022] Open
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Cui ZK, Phoeung T, Rousseau PA, Rydzek G, Zhang Q, Bazuin CG, Lafleur M. Nonphospholipid fluid liposomes with switchable photocontrolled release. Langmuir 2014; 30:10818-10825. [PMID: 25149436 DOI: 10.1021/la502131h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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We created novel nonphospholipid photosensitive liposomes from a mixture of a monoacylated azobenzene amphiphile (AzoC10N(+)) and cholesterol sulfate (Schol). This system belongs to the family of sterol-enriched nonphospholipid liposomes that were shown to form stable large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) with enhanced impermeability. Fluid bilayers were successfully prepared from AzoC10N(+)/Schol (25/75 molar ratio) mixtures, and LUVs could be derived at room temperature using standard extrusion methods. The isomerization process of the bilayer-inserted AzoC10N(+) was characterized. Leakage from these liposomes could be induced by the photoconversion of AzoC10N(+) from its trans form to its cis form. This photocontrolled release from fluid liposomes contrasts with the case of phospholipid-based azo-containing liposomes, which are generally required to be in the gel phase to be photosensitive. It is proposed that the very high degree of conformational order of the monoalkylated amphiphile and the tight packing of the hydrophobic core of the AzoC10N(+)/Schol liposomes make them responsive to the presence of the bulky cis azo isomer. Interestingly, the liposome impermeability could be fully restored by the photoisomerization of the cis form back to the trans form, providing a sharp on-and-off control of payload release. In addition, these nonphospholipid liposomes display a very limited passive release. Therefore, it is shown that AzoC10N(+)/Schol LUVs can be used as nanocontainers, whose content can be released by light in a controlled and switchable manner.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal , C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Cottenye N, Carbajal G, Cui ZK, Ducharme PD, Mauzeroll J, Lafleur M. Formation, stability, and pH sensitivity of free-floating, giant unilamellar vesicles using palmitic acid-cholesterol mixtures. Soft Matter 2014; 10:6451-6456. [PMID: 25058525 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm00883a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Despite the fact that palmitic acid (PA) and cholesterol (Chol) do not form fluid bilayers once hydrated individually, giant unilamellar vesicles (GUVs) were formed from a mixture of palmitic acid and cholesterol, 30/70 mol/mol. These free-floating GUVs were stable over weeks, did not aggregate and were shown to be highly stable in alkaline pH compared to conventional phospholipid-based GUVs. Acidic pH-triggered payload release from the GUVs was associated with the protonation state of palmitic acid that dictated the mixing lipid properties, thus affecting the stability of the fluid lamellar phase. The successful formation of PA-Chol GUVs reveals the possibility to create monoalkylated amphiphile-based GUVs with distinct pH stability/sensitivity.
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- Nicolas Cottenye
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Université de Montréal, PO Box 6128, Station Downtown, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Cui ZK, Edwards K, Nieto Orellana A, Bastiat G, Benoit JP, Lafleur M. Impact of interfacial cholesterol-anchored polyethylene glycol on sterol-rich non-phospholipid liposomes. J Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 428:111-20. [PMID: 24910042 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2014.04.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2014] [Revised: 04/11/2014] [Accepted: 04/15/2014] [Indexed: 10/25/2022]
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HYPOTHESIS Liposomes made of single-chain amphiphiles and a large amount of sterols display several advantages including a limited permeability. In the present paper, we examine the possibility to prepare such non-phospholipid liposomes with interfacial polyethylene glycol (PEG) in order to improve their circulation in the blood stream. Cholesterol (Chol) was chosen as the PEG anchor. EXPERIMENTS The phase behavior of mixtures of palmitic acid (PA) and cholesterol including various proportions of PEGylated cholesterol (PEG-Chol) was characterized. In conditions leading to the formation of fluid bilayers, properties of the resulting liposomes were assessed. FINDINGS Up to 20 mol% of PEGylated cholesterol could be introduced without significant perturbations in fluid bilayers made of PA and cholesterol. With 10 mol% PEG-Chol, PA/Chol/PEG-Chol liposomes showed a very limited permeability to calcein and doxorubicin. Doxorubicin could be actively loaded in PA/Chol/PEG-Chol liposomes with a high drug loading efficiency and a high drug to lipid ratio. Pharmaco-kinetic experiments in rats indicated that interfacial PEG reduced the clearance of PA/Chol liposomes compared to the naked ones. However the lifetime of these non-phospholipid liposomes in the blood circulation was considerably shorter than that observed for control PEGylated phospholipid liposomes, a phenomenon associated with the negative interfacial charge of the PA/Chol/PEG-Chol liposomes.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University, Box 579, SE 751 23 Uppsala, Sweden.
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- INSERM U1066, Micro et Nanomédecines Biomimétiques-MINT, Angers F-49933, France; LUNAM Université, UMR-S1066, Angers F-49933, France.
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- INSERM U1066, Micro et Nanomédecines Biomimétiques-MINT, Angers F-49933, France; LUNAM Université, UMR-S1066, Angers F-49933, France.
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- INSERM U1066, Micro et Nanomédecines Biomimétiques-MINT, Angers F-49933, France; LUNAM Université, UMR-S1066, Angers F-49933, France.
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- Department of Chemistry, Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Lafleur M, Therrien A. Lipid Selectivity in Lipid Efflux Induced by Proteins and Peptides. Biophys J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.2884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Cui ZK, Lafleur M. Lamellar self-assemblies of single-chain amphiphiles and sterols and their derived liposomes: distinct compositions and distinct properties. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2013; 114:177-85. [PMID: 24184913 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2013.09.042] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/25/2013] [Revised: 09/16/2013] [Accepted: 09/18/2013] [Indexed: 11/17/2022]
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Typically, single-chain amphiphiles and sterols do not form fluid lamellar phases once hydrated individually. Most of the single-chain amphiphiles form actually micelles in aqueous environments, while sterols display a very limited solubility in water. However, under certain conditions, mixtures of single-chain amphiphiles and sterols lead to the formation of stable fluid bilayers. Over the past decade, several of these systems leading to fluid lamellar self-assemblies have been identified and this article reviews the current knowledge relative to these non-phospholipid bilayers made of single-chain amphiphiles and sterols. It presents an integrated view about the molecular features that are required for their stability, the properties they share, and the origin of these characteristics. It was also shown that these lamellar systems could lead to the formation of unilamellar vesicles, similar to phospholipid based liposomes. These vesicles display distinct properties that make them potentially appealing for technological applications; they display a limited permeability, they are stable, they are formed with molecules that are relatively chemically inert (and relatively cheap), and they can be readily functionalized. The features of these distinct liposomes and their technological applications are reviewed. Finally, the putative biological implications of these non-phospholipid fluid bilayers are also discussed.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada.
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Cottenye N, Cui ZK, Wilkinson KJ, Barbeau J, Lafleur M. Interactions between non-phospholipid liposomes containing cetylpyridinium chloride and biofilms of Streptococcus mutans: modulation of the adhesion and of the biodistribution. Biofouling 2013; 29:817-827. [PMID: 23826726 DOI: 10.1080/08927014.2013.807505] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Cetylpyridinium chloride (CPC) is a surfactant that binds strongly to bacteria and bacterial biofilms. In this study, fluorescence-based techniques were used to determine the penetration and adhesion of CPC when it was introduced in liposomes. In spite of a reduced adhesion as compared to pure CPC micelles, CPC-containing liposomes adhered significantly to the biofilms of Streptococcus mutans. In contrast, no binding was observed for liposomes that were composed of phosphatidylcholine-cholesterol. The influence of the charge of the liposome on its adhesion to biofilms was studied using cholesterol (Chol) and cholesterol sulfate (Schol). In spite of similar binding to the biofilms, positively charged CPC/Chol liposomes were located mainly in the core of the biofilm microcolonies, whereas the negatively charged CPC/Schol liposomes were mainly concentrated at their periphery. This effect may be attributed to the different availability of the CPC head group. In summary, this work demonstrates the high potential for tailoring drug nanovectors by modulating sterol selection in order to selectively target and bind biofilms.
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- Nicolas Cottenye
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS), Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada
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Cui ZK, Bouisse A, Cottenye N, Lafleur M. Formation of pH-sensitive cationic liposomes from a binary mixture of monoalkylated primary amine and cholesterol. Langmuir 2012; 28:13668-13674. [PMID: 22931455 DOI: 10.1021/la302278q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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It has been shown that mixtures of monoalkylated amphiphiles and sterols can form liquid-ordered (lo) lamellar phases. These bilayers can be extruded using conventional methods to obtain large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) that have very low permeability and a specific response to a given stimulus. For example, pH variations can trigger the release from LUVs formed with palmitic acid and sterols. In the present work, the possibility to form non phospholipid liposomes with mixtures of stearylamine (SA) and cholesterol (Chol) was investigated. The phase behavior of these mixtures was characterized by differential scanning calorimetry, infrared, and (2)H NMR spectroscopy. It is found that this particular mixture can form a lo lamellar phase that is pH-sensitive as the system undergoes a transition from a lo phase to a solid state when pH is increased from 5.5 to 12. LUVs have been successfully extruded from equimolar SA/Chol mixtures. Release experiments as a function of time revealed the relatively low permeability of these systems. The fact that the stability of these liposomes is pH dependent implies that these LUVs display an interesting potential as new cationic carriers for pH-triggered release. This is the first report of non phospholipid liposomes with high sterol content combining an overall positive charge and pH-sensitivity.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Department of Chemistry, Center for self-assembled chemical structures, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Orphanidou C, Biggs K, Johnston ME, Wright JR, Bowman A, Hotte SJ, Esau A, Myers C, Blunt V, Lafleur M, Sheehan B, Griffin MA. Prophylactic feeding tubes for patients with locally advanced head-and-neck cancer undergoing combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy-systematic review and recommendations for clinical practice. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011; 18:e191-201. [PMID: 21874110 DOI: 10.3747/co.v18i4.749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/15/2022]
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GOALS This work aimed to determine the benefits and risks of prophylactic feeding tubes for adult patients with squamous cell carcinoma of the head and neck who receive combined chemotherapy and radiotherapy with curative intent and to make recommendations on the use of prophylactic feeding tubes and the provision of adequate nutrition to this patient population. METHODS A national multidisciplinary panel conducted a systematic review of the evidence and formulated recommendations to guide clinical decision-making. The draft evidence summary and recommendations were distributed to clinicians across Canada for their input. MAIN RESULTS No randomized controlled trials have directly addressed this question. Evidence from studies in the target population was limited to seven descriptive studies: two with control groups (one prospective, one retrospective) and five without control groups. Results from ten controlled studies in patients treated with radiotherapy alone were also reviewed. CONCLUSIONS The available evidence was insufficient to draw definitive conclusions about the effectiveness of prophylactic feeding tubes in the target patient population or to support an evidence-based practice guideline. After review of the evidence, of guidelines from other groups, and of current clinical practice in Canada, the multidisciplinary panel made consensus-based recommendations regarding comprehensive interdisciplinary clinical care before, during, and after cancer treatment. The recommendations are based on the expert opinion of the panel members and on their understanding of best clinical practice.
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- C Orphanidou
- Oncology Nutrition, BC Cancer Agency, Centre for the Southern Interior, Kelowna, BC
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Lusignan MF, Bergeron A, Lafleur M, Manjunath P. The Major Proteins of Bovine Seminal Plasma Interact with Caseins and Whey Proteins of Milk Extender. Biol Reprod 2011; 85:457-64. [DOI: 10.1095/biolreprod.110.089961] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/01/2022] Open
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Gagnon MA, Lafleur M. Comparison of the structure and the transport properties of low-set and high-set curdlan hydrogels. J Colloid Interface Sci 2011; 357:419-27. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.02.033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/15/2010] [Revised: 02/11/2011] [Accepted: 02/12/2011] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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Gagnon MA, Lafleur M. Comparison between nuclear magnetic resonance profiling and the source/sink approach for characterizing drug diffusion in hydrogel matrices. Pharm Dev Technol 2010; 16:651-6. [DOI: 10.3109/10837450.2010.502900] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/13/2022]
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Phoeung T, Aubron P, Rydzek G, Lafleur M. pH-triggered release from nonphospholipid LUVs modulated by the pKa of the included fatty acid. Langmuir 2010; 26:12769-12776. [PMID: 20666419 DOI: 10.1021/la1014829] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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It has been shown that mixtures of palmitic acid (PA) and cholesterol (Chol) or cholesterol sulfate (Schol) can form fluid bilayers. These bilayers could be extruded using standard extrusion techniques to obtain nonphospholipid large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs). These LUVs displayed a very limited passive permeability, associated with their high sterol content (typically 70 mol %). In addition, they showed a pH-dependent behavior dictated by the electrostatic interfacial interactions, which are drastically modulated by the protonation state of PA. Interestingly, the LUVs prepared with cholesterol were stable at high pH and the release of the content could be triggered by a pH decrease (i.e., the protonation of PA). In contrast, the LUVs including Schol were stable at low pH and a pH increase (leading to the deprotonation of PA) would induce the release. In the present study, we demonstrate that the pH triggering the release in these two systems can be dictated in a predictable manner by selecting a fatty acid with an appropriate pK(a). The pK(a) of the fatty acids was modulated by the presence of an electro-withdrawing group (hydroxyl or fluoro) in the alpha position of the carboxylic function. The fatty acid protonation state is shown to be a critical factor for the modulation of the liposome permeability. The described systems display a remarkable versatility regarding the pH-sensitivity because the nature of the sterol controls the overall pH stability of the LUVs while the fatty acid pK(a) fine-tunes the pH-induced release. Therefore, it is possible to rationally design LUVs with controlled release at a specific pH; this original aspect is beneficial to the use of LUVs for encapsulation, vectorization, and controlled release of active agents.
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- Thida Phoeung
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7
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Cui ZK, Bastiat G, Lafleur M. Formation of fluid lamellar phase and large unilamellar vesicles with octadecyl methyl sulfoxide/cholesterol mixtures. Langmuir 2010; 26:12733-12739. [PMID: 20597522 DOI: 10.1021/la100749k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/29/2023]
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Systems composed of a monoalkylated amphiphile and a sterol have been shown to form stable liquid-ordered (lo) lamellar phases; these include negatively charged mixtures of unprotonated palmitic acid/cholesterol (Chol) or cholesterol sulfate (Schol) and mixtures of positively charged cetylpyridinium chloride/Schol. Large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) could be formed by these systems, using conventional extrusion methods. The passive permeability of these LUVs was drastically limited, a phenomenon associated with the high sterol content. In the present paper, we showed that octadecyl methyl sulfoxide (OMSO), a neutral monoalkylated amphiphile, can form, in the presence of cholesterol, LUVs that are stable at room temperature. Differential scanning calorimetry, infrared spectroscopy, and nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy of deuterium were used to characterize the phase behavior of OMSO/Chol mixtures. A temperature-composition diagram summarizing the behavior of the OMSO/Chol system is proposed; it includes a eutectic with an OMSO/Chol molar ratio of 5/5. It is found that the fluid phase observed at temperature higher than 43 degrees C is metastable at room temperature, and this situation allows extruding these mixtures to form stable LUVs at room temperature. This distinct behavior is associated with the strong H-bond capability of the sulfoxide group. The properties associated with this neutral formulation expand the potential of these non-phospholipid liposomes for applications in several areas such as drug delivery.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada, H3C 3J7
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Lafleur M, Courtemanche L, Karlsson G, Edwards K, Schwartz JL, Manjunath P. Bovine binder-of-sperm protein BSP1 promotes protrusion and nanotube formation from liposomes. Biochem Biophys Res Commun 2010; 399:406-11. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbrc.2010.07.088] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/20/2010] [Accepted: 07/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Cui ZK, Bastiat G, Jin C, Keyvanloo A, Lafleur M. Influence of the nature of the sterol on the behavior of palmitic acid/sterol mixtures and their derived liposomes. Biochim Biophys Acta 2010; 1798:1144-52. [PMID: 20153720 DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2010.02.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/04/2009] [Revised: 12/18/2009] [Accepted: 02/04/2010] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The phase behavior of mixtures formed with palmitic acid (PA) and one of the following sterols (dihydrocholesterol, ergosterol, 7-dehydrocholesterol, stigmasterol and stigmastanol), in a PA/sterol molar ratio of 3/7, has been characterized by IR and (2)H NMR spectroscopy at different pH. Our study shows that it is possible to form liquid-ordered (lo) lamellar phases with these binary non-phospholipid mixtures. The characterization of alkyl chain dynamics of PA in these systems revealed the large ordering effect of the sterols. It was possible to extrude these systems, using standard extrusion techniques, to form large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs), except in the case of ergosterol-containing mixture. The resulting LUVs displayed a very limited passive permeability consistent with the high sterol concentration. In addition, the stability of these PA/sterol self-assembled bilayers was also found to be pH-sensitive, therefore, potentially useful as nanovectors. By examining different sterols, we could establish some correlations between the structure of these bilayers and their permeability properties. The structure of the side chain at C17 of the sterol appears to play a prime role in the mixing properties with fatty acid.
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- Zhong-Kai Cui
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, Canada H3C 3J7
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Brief E, Kwak S, Cheng JTJ, Kitson N, Thewalt J, Lafleur M. Phase behavior of an equimolar mixture of N-palmitoyl-D-erythro-sphingosine, cholesterol, and palmitic acid, a mixture with optimized hydrophobic matching. Langmuir 2009; 25:7523-7532. [PMID: 19563230 DOI: 10.1021/la9003643] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The phase behavior and lipid mixing properties of an equimolar mixture of nonhydroxylated palmitoyl ceramide (Cer16), palmitic acid (PA), and cholesterol have been investigated using 2H NMR and vibrational spectroscopy. This mixture is formed by the three main classes of lipids found in the stratum corneum (SC), the top layer of the epidermis, and provides an optimized hydrophobic matching. Therefore, its behavior highlights the role played by hydrophobic matching on the phase behavior of SC lipids. We found that, below 45 degrees C, the mixture is essentially formed of coexisting crystalline domains with a small fraction of lipids (less than 20%) that forms a gel or fluid phase, likely ensuring cohesion between the solid domains. Upon heating, there is the formation of a liquid ordered phase mainly composed of PA and cholesterol, including a small fraction of Cer16. This finding is particularly highlighted by correlation vibrational microspectroscopy that indicates that domains enriched in cholesterol and PA include more disordered Cer16 than those found in the Cer16-rich domains. Solubilization of Cer16 in the fluid phase occurs progressively upon further heating, and this leads to the formation of a nonlamellar self-assembly where the motions are isotropic on the NMR time scale. It is found that the miscibility of Cer16 with cholesterol and PA is more limited than the one previously observed for ceramide III extracted from bovine brain, which is heterogeneous in chain composition and includes, in addition to Cer16, analogous ceramide with longer alkyl chains that are not hydrophobically matched with cholesterol and PA. Therefore, it is inferred that, in SC, the chain heterogeneity is a stronger criteria for lipid miscibility than chain hydrophobic matching.
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- Elana Brief
- Department of Physics, Simon Fraser University, Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada
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Gagnon MA, Lafleur M. Self-Diffusion and Mutual Diffusion of Small Molecules in High-Set Curdlan Hydrogels Studied by 31P NMR. J Phys Chem B 2009; 113:9084-91. [DOI: 10.1021/jp811105p] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Marc-André Gagnon
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Systems (CSACS), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Systems (CSACS), Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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Phoeung T, Huber LM, Lafleur M. Cationic detergent/sterol mixtures can form fluid lamellar phases and stable unilamellar vesicles. Langmuir 2009; 25:5778-5784. [PMID: 19253957 DOI: 10.1021/la804222w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In recent studies, it has been shown that mixtures of palmitic acid (PA), and cholesterol or cholesterol sulfate (Schol), in a PA/sterol molar ratio of 30/70 lead to the formation of liquid-ordered (lo) lamellar phases. The extrusion of these systems gave large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) that displayed a very limited passive permeability, a property associated with their high sterol content. In this study, we showed that the formation of lo-phase bilayers was also possible when mixing a cationic detergent (cetylpyridinium chloride, CPC) and sterol in a 30/70 molar ratio. The existence of this phase was established using IR and 2H NMR spectroscopy. Moreover, 2H NMR allowed us to study the orientation and dynamics of CPC and cholesterol in these self-assemblies. The extrusion of the CPC/Schol bilayers leads to the formation of LUVs, and their passive permeability was found to be very limited, making them interesting candidates as nanovectors.
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- Thida Phoeung
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Self-Assembled Chemical Systems, Universite de Montreal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montreal, Quebec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Lafleur M, Kwak S, Ouakrim A, Touggant A. Looking at Lipid Domains in Stratum Corneum Lipid Models using Vibrational Microspectroscopy. Biophys J 2009. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2008.12.1774] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022] Open
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Laflamme E, Badia A, Lafleur M, Schwartz JL, Laprade R. Atomic Force Microscopy Imaging of Bacillus thuringiensis Cry1 Toxins Interacting with Insect Midgut Apical Membranes. J Membr Biol 2008; 222:127-39. [DOI: 10.1007/s00232-008-9106-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2007] [Accepted: 03/23/2008] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Sandt C, Barbeau J, Gagnon MA, Lafleur M. Role of the ammonium group in the diffusion of quaternary ammonium compounds in Streptococcus mutans biofilms. J Antimicrob Chemother 2007; 60:1281-7. [DOI: 10.1093/jac/dkm382] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022] Open
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The phase behavior of mixtures formed by palmitic acid (PA), cholesterol (Chol), and sodium cholesteryl sulfate (Schol) has been characterized by differential scanning calorimetry and infrared and 2H NMR spectroscopy. It is reported that it is possible to form, with PA/sterol mixtures, fluid lamellar phases where the sterol content is very high (a sterol mole fraction of 0.7). As a consequence of the rigidifying ability of the sterols, the PA acyl chains are very ordered. The stability of these self-assembled bilayers is found to be pH-dependent. This property can be controlled by the Chol/Schol molar ratio, and it is proposed that this parameter modulates the balance between the intermolecular interactions between the constituting species. A phase-composition diagram summarizing the behavior of these mixtures as a function of pH, at room temperature, is presented. It is also shown that it is possible to produce large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) from these mixtures, using standard extrusion techniques. The resulting LUVs display a very limited passive release of the entrapped material. In addition, these LUVs constitute a versatile vector for pH-triggered release.
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- Guillaume Bastiat
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec, H3C 3J7, Canada
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PURPOSE To provide a simplified dosing schedule and potentially reduce side effects associated to peak plasma concentrations, an in situ-forming oleogel implant was studied for the sustained-release of rivastigmine. MATERIALS AND METHODS The gel was prepared by dissolving 5-10% (w/w) N-stearoyl L: -alanine methyl ester (SAM) organogelator in safflower oil containing either dissolved rivastigmine or its dispersed hydrogen tartrate salt. Rheological analysis, differential scanning calorimetry, and infrared spectroscopy were carried out to assess the impact of drug incorporation on the oleogel; this was followed by in vitro and in vivo release studies. RESULTS A weakening of intermolecular interactions was suggested by gel-sol transition temperature drops of 10-15 degrees C upon incorporation of dissolved drug. Meanwhile, the dispersed drug salt induced minimal or no changes in transition temperature. Gels containing dispersed rivastigmine had the lowest burst in vitro (<15% in 24 h). In vivo, the 10% SAM formulation containing dispersed rivastigmine provided prolonged drug release within the therapeutic range for 11 days, with peak plasma levels well below the toxic threshold and up to five times lower than for the control formulation. CONCLUSIONS This study established SAM gels to be a promising option for sustained-release formulations in the treatment of Alzheimer's Disease.
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- Anda Vintiloiu
- Canada Research Chair in Drug Delivery, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Montreal, PO Box 6128, Downtown Station, Montreal, QC, Canada H3C 3J7
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Bastiat G, Oliger P, Karlsson G, Edwards K, Lafleur M. Development of non-phospholipid liposomes containing a high cholesterol concentration. Langmuir 2007; 23:7695-9. [PMID: 17564471 DOI: 10.1021/la700824m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
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We present a novel formulation of non-phospholipid liposomes formed from cholesterol and palmitic acid. Despite the fact that these two lipidic species do not form individually fluid bilayers, we show that once mixed together, fluid bilayers can be obtained and, moreover, these can be extruded using classical extrusion processes to form liposomes. The chemical analysis indicates that these liposomes contain 70 mol % cholesterol, a content that is considerably higher that the saturation limit generally reported for phospholipid bilayers. These cholesterol-rich liposomes, formed with molecules that have low toxicity in vivo, display an improved impermeability relative to that of traditional phospholipid liposomes. In addition, because of the presence of palmitic acid, the stability of the liposomes is pH-dependent, and it is possible to trigger the release of encapsulated materials by pH stimuli.
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- Guillaume Bastiat
- Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, C.P. 6128, Succ. Centre Ville, Montréal, Québec H3C 3J7, Canada
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Chen X, Kwak S, Lafleur M, Bloom M, Kitson N, Thewalt J. Fatty acids influence "solid" phase formation in models of stratum corneum intercellular membranes. Langmuir 2007; 23:5548-56. [PMID: 17402763 DOI: 10.1021/la063640+] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/14/2023]
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Stacked intercellular lipid membranes in the uppermost epidermal layer, the stratum corneum (SC), are responsible for skin's barrier function. These membranes are unique in composition, the major lipids being ceramides (Cer), cholesterol, and free fatty acids (FFA) in approximately equimolar proportions. Notably, SC lipids include chains much longer than those of most biological membranes. Previously we showed that Cer's small hydrophilic headgroup enabled SC model membranes composed of bovine brain ceramide (BBCer), cholesterol, and palmitic acid in equimolar proportion to solidify at pH 5.2. In order to determine the influence of FFA chain length on the phase behavior of such membranes, we used 2H NMR and FT-IR to study BBCer/cholesterol/FFA dispersions containing linear saturated FFA 14-22 carbons long. Independent of chain length, the solid phase dominated the FFA spectrum at physiological temperature. Upon heating, each dispersion underwent phase transitions to a liquid crystalline phase (only weakly evident for the membrane containing FFA-C22) and then to an isotropic phase. The phase behavior, the lipid mixing properties, and the transition temperatures are shown to depend strongly on FFA chain length. A distribution of FFA chain lengths is found in the SC and could be required for the coexistence of a proportion of solid lipids with some more fluid domains, which is known to be necessary for normal skin barrier function.
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- Xin Chen
- Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada V6T 1Z1
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