Comparison between cucurbiturils and ¦Â-cyclodextrin interactions with cholesterol molecules present in Langmuir monolayers used as a biomembrane model
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- 作者：Camila Bussola Tovani ; Jo?o Francisco Ventrici de Souza ; Thiago de Souza Cavallini ; Gr¨¦goire Jean-Fran?ois Demets ; Am ; o Ito ; Marina Berardi Barioni ; Wallance Moreira Pazin ; Maria Elisabete Darbello Zaniquelli
- 关键词：Host&ndash ; guest complex at interfaces ; Cholesterol ; Phospholipids ; Biomembrane models ; Cucurbiturils
- 刊名：Colloids and Surfaces B: Biointerfaces
- 出版年：2013
- 出版时间：1 November, 2013
- 年：2013
- 卷：111
- 期：Complete
- 页码：398-406
- 全文大小：1351 K
文摘
Specific surface techniques can probe the interaction of cholesterol (Chol) with substances that are able to host and/or sequester this biomolecule, provided that the additives are properly assembled at the interface. Reports on inclusion complexes of Chol with ¦Â-cyclodextrins exist in the literature. Here we compare the interaction of ¦Â-cyclodextrin and cucurbiturils with Chol present in Langmuir phospholipid (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, DPPC) monolayers, used as a biomembrane model. Cucurbiturils, CB[n], comprise macrocyclic host molecules consisting of n glycoluril units. Classic surface pressure curves, dilatational surface viscoelasticity measurements, and fluorescence emission spectra and images obtained by time-resolved fluorescence of the corresponding Langmuir-Blodgett films have shown that homologues with 5 and 6 glycoluril units, CB[5] and CB[6], do not form inclusion complexes. Higher-order homologues, such as CB[7], are likely to complex with Chol with changes in the minimum molecular areas recorded for DPPC/Chol monolayers, the fluorescence decay lifetimes, and the dilatational surface viscosities of the monolayers generated in the presence of these molecules. Moreover, we proof the removal of cholesterol from the biomimetic interface in the presence of CB[7] by means of fluorescence spectra from the subphase support of monolayers containing fluorescent-labeled Chol.