title: Effects of N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine-N-oxides on the activity of purified sarcoplasmic reticulum Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase.
abstract: N-alkyl-N,N-dimethylamine-N-oxides (CnNO, n = 10-20 is the number of alkyl carbon atoms) stimulate the skeletal sarcoplasmic reticulum (SR) Ca(2+)-transporting ATPase activity at low concentrations and inhibit it at high concentrations. The minimum concentration (cmin), at which CnNO inhibits the ATPase, continuously decreases up to n = 16-18 and then increases. The values of Cmin are smaller than the CnNO critical micelle concentration (cmc) for C10NO-C14NO homologs, but larger than cmc for C18NO-C20NO homologs. The ATPase inhibition is caused by the CnNO-induced lipid bilayer structural perturbation in the ATPase annular region, modulated by the partition equilibria of the CnNO molecules between the bilayer and aqueous phase for short alkyl chain (n = 10-16) CnNO homologs, and between the bilayer, micelles and aqueous phase for long alkyl chain (n = 18-20) CnNO homologs.
authors.affiliation: Department of Physical Chemistry of Drugs, Faculty of Pharmacy, Comenius University, Bratislava, Slovakia.
authors.forename: J
authors.initials: J
authors.lastname: Karlovská
authors.forename: M
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Hammel
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Laggner
authors.forename: I
authors.initials: I
authors.lastname: Lacko
authors.forename: F
authors.initials: F
authors.lastname: Devínsky
authors.forename: P
authors.initials: P
authors.lastname: Balgavý
mesh_terms: D000818:Animals; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases / Q000037:antagonists & inhibitors*; D004123:Dimethylamines / Q000494:pharmacology; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors / Q000494:pharmacology*; D004926:Escherichia coli / Q000187:drug effects / Q000378:metabolism; D005260:Female; D066298:In Vitro Techniques; D007700:Kinetics; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010087:Oxides / Q000494:pharmacology; D011485:Protein Binding; D011817:Rabbits; D012519:Sarcoplasmic Reticulum / Q000187:drug effects / Q000201:enzymology*; D013329:Structure-Activity Relationship
chemical_list: D004123:Dimethylamines; D004791:Enzyme Inhibitors; D008051:Lipid Bilayers; D010087:Oxides; D000252:Calcium-Transporting ATPases