title: Thermodynamic characteristics of mixed monolayers of amphotericin B and cholesterol.
abstract: Surface-pressure (Pi) and surface-area isotherms as a function of surface area were measured for monolayers of amphotericin B (AmB) and cholesterol mixtures at the air/water interface at 10, 20, and 30 degrees C. When chloroform/methanol was used as a spreading solvent, the Pi-A isotherms of the mixed monolayers exhibited characteristic transitions from the gas to liquid-expanded, then liquid-condensed, and finally the solid state. The expanding effect in monolayers was accompanied by a large Pi-A hysteresis and a positive excess of free energy of mixing at high Pi. At low Pi, a condensing effect was observed with the most significant deviation from ideality occurring at a mole fraction of AmB (XAmB) of 0.67. Free energy calculations revealed a condensing effect at low Pi and an expanding effect at high Pi except at 30 degrees C, where a condensing effect was observed for XAmB around 0.33. In contrast, when 2-propanol/water was used as spreading solvent, the mixed monolayers at 20 degrees C exhibited Pi-A isotherms which obey van der Waals equation of state, with no visible transitions, low hysteresis, a condensing effect, and a negative free energy of mixing. The most stable monolayers were produced from mixtures of AmB and cholesterol with a 2:1 stoichiometry.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemistry, Auburn University, Auburn, AL 36849, USA.
authors.forename: Jennifer Cannon
authors.initials: JC
authors.lastname: Sykora
authors.forename: William C
authors.initials: WC
authors.lastname: Neely
authors.forename: Vitaly
authors.initials: V
authors.lastname: Vodyanoy
mesh_terms: D000465:Algorithms; D000666:Amphotericin B / Q000737:chemistry*; D002725:Chloroform / Q000737:chemistry; D002784:Cholesterol / Q000737:chemistry*; D000432:Methanol / Q000737:chemistry; D013816:Thermodynamics; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water; D002725:Chloroform; D000666:Amphotericin B; D002784:Cholesterol; D000432:Methanol