title: Interaction between model membranes and a new class of surfactants with antioxidant function.
abstract: The effect of two series of amphiphilic quaternary ammonium salts on some properties of phospholipid membranes was studied. The compounds of one series, N-benzyl-N,N-dimethyl-N-alkyl ammonium bromides, exert a destructive effect on membranes and are treated as reference compounds. The compounds of the other series, N-(3,5-di-t-butyl-4-hydroxy)benzyl-N,N-dimethyl-N-alkyl ammonium bromides, are derivatives of the former ones, exhibit antioxidant properties, and do only relatively slight damage to the membranes. The aim of the work was to explain the difference in molecular interaction with membranes between the two kinds of hydrophobic compounds. Thermodynamic methods, a new mixing technique, and monolayer and quantum calculation methods were used. It has been shown that the antioxidant molecules are less hydrophobic than those of the reference compounds and disturb the membrane organization to a lesser extent. On the basis of monolayer data, we suggest that the studied antioxidant behaves like a substitutional impurity, whereas the reference behaves like an interstitial one.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physics and Biophysics, Agricultural University of Wrocław, Poland.
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Przestalski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Hladyszowski
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Kuczera
authors.forename: B
authors.initials: B
authors.lastname: Rózycka-Roszak
authors.forename: Z
authors.initials: Z
authors.lastname: Trela
authors.forename: H
authors.initials: H
authors.lastname: Chojnacki
authors.forename: S
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Witek
authors.forename: E
authors.initials: E
authors.lastname: Fisicaro
mesh_terms: D000975:Antioxidants; D001965:Bromides; D007700:Kinetics; D008563:Membrane Lipids / Q000737:chemistry; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D008954:Models, Biological; D008958:Models, Molecular; D015394:Molecular Structure; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D013501:Surface-Active Agents / Q000737:chemistry*; D013816:Thermodynamics
chemical_list: D000975:Antioxidants; D001965:Bromides; D008563:Membrane Lipids; D008567:Membranes, Artificial; D000644:Quaternary Ammonium Compounds; D013501:Surface-Active Agents; C051470:ammonium bromide