title: Liposomes as cyclosporin A carriers: ESR study of cyclosporin A interaction with 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-3-phosphatidylglycerol liposomes.
abstract: In order to study the interaction of cyclosporin A (CsA) with phosphatidylglycerol liposomes, thermally induced changes of 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-3-phosphatidylglycerol (DMPG) liposomes and DMPG liposomes containing CsA were studied by electron spin resonance (ESR) spectroscopy using 5-, 7-, 10-, 12- or 16-nitroxide stearic acid (NO-SA) as spin probes. All liposomes were purified by Sepharose 4B column chromatography and the molar ratio of [14C]DMPG/[3H]CsA in these liposomes was found to be 31.1 +/- 0.6. ESR spectroscopy established that the gel-to-liquid crystalline phase transition of DMPG liposomes occurred sharply at 22 degrees C, shifted significantly to 26-34 degrees C in the presence of CsA, detected with 5-, 7-, 10- and 12-NO-SA probes. Furthermore, transitions at 23 degrees C and 31 degrees C were detected with 16-NO-SA probe in the same liposomes containing CsA. It was concluded that CsA interacts with both the polar head group region and the entire hydrocarbon region of DMPG and must be embedded in the hydrophobic region of liposomes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Clinical Biochemistry, Banting Institute, Faculty of Medicine, University of Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
authors.forename: L
authors.initials: L
authors.lastname: Stuhne-Sekalec
authors.forename: N
authors.initials: N
authors.lastname: Stanacev
mesh_terms: D016572:Cyclosporine / Q000737:chemistry*; D004337:Drug Carriers / Q000737:chemistry*; D004339:Drug Compounding; D004578:Electron Spin Resonance Spectroscopy; D008081:Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D008560:Membrane Fluidity; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols / Q000737:chemistry*; D013113:Spin Labels
chemical_list: D004337:Drug Carriers; D008081:Liposomes; D010715:Phosphatidylglycerols; D013113:Spin Labels; D016572:Cyclosporine; C002773:dimyristoylphosphatidylglycerol