Surface-active properties of the antitumour ether lipid 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (edelfosine) |
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Authors: | Jon V. Busto,Fé lix M. Goñ i,Faustino Mollinedo |
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Affiliation: | a Unidad de Biofísica (Centro Mixto CSIC-UPV/EHU), and Departamento de Bioquímica, Universidad del País Vasco, P.O. Box 644, 48080 Bilbao, Spain b Centro de Investigación del Cáncer, Instituto de Biología Molecular y Celular del Cáncer, CSIC-Universidad de Salamanca, Campus Miguel de Unamuno, 37007 Salamanca, Spain |
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Abstract: | The surface activity and interaction with lipid monolayers and bilayers of the antitumour ether lipid 1-O-octadecyl-2-O-methyl-rac-glycero-3-phosphocholine (edelfosine) have been studied. Edelfosine is a surface-active soluble amphiphile, with critical micellar concentrations at 3.5 μM and 19 μM in water. When the air-water interface is occupied by a phospholipid, edelfosine becomes inserted in the phospholipid monolayer, increasing surface pressure. This increase is dose-dependent, and reaches a plateau at ca. 2 μM edelfosine bulk concentration. The ether lipid can become inserted in phospholipid monolayers with initial surface pressures of up to 33 mN/m, which ensures its capacity to become inserted into cell membranes. Upon interaction with phospholipid vesicles, edelfosine exhibits a weak detergent activity, causing release of vesicle contents to a low extent (< 5%), and a small proportion of lipid solubilization. The weak detergent properties of edelfosine can be related to its very low critical micellar concentrations. Its high affinity for lipid monolayers combined with low lytic properties support the use of edelfosine as a clinical drug. The surface-active properties of edelfosine are similar to those of other “single-chain” lipids, e.g. lysophosphatidylcholine, palmitoylcarnitine, or N-acetylsphingosine. |
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Keywords: | Antitumour lipid Edelfosine Surface activity Lipid monolayers Critical micellar concentration |
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