title: Competitive molecular interaction among paeonol-loaded liposomes: differential scanning calorimetry and synchrotron X-ray diffraction studies.
abstract: Thermotropic phase behavior of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) liposomes containing 5 mol% cholesterol, or 5 mol% stigmasterol, or 5 mol% paeonol have been investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and synchrotron X-ray diffraction (XRD) techniques, to investigate the competitive molecular interaction among paeonol-loaded liposomes. The results show that both sterol and paeonol can incorporate into hydrophobic region and interact with acyl chains of DPPC. Both 5 mol% sterols and 5 mol% paeonol can promote the formation of rippled gel phase of DPPC liposomes at room temperature. 5 mol% paeonol can induce the occurrence of phase separation in DPPC liposomes, but 5 mol% cholesterol or 5 mol% stigmasterol cannot induce this phenomenon. Both the repeat distance and the correlation length of paeonol-poor domain are larger than those of coexisted paeonol-rich domain. Both calorimetric data and SAXS patterns show that sterols have more favorable, stabilizing interactions with DPPC than paeonol, implying that high concentrations of sterols will have a negative effect on the loading of paeonol. In addition, calorimetric data show that cholesterol have a little more favorable, stabilizing interactions with DPPC than stigmasterol. The results of this study will play an important role in optimizing the formulation of paeonol-loaded liposomes.
authors.affiliation: School of Chinese Materia Medica, Beijing University of Chinese Medicine, Beijing 100102, China.
authors.forename: Rui-guang
authors.initials: RG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Jun-dong
authors.initials: JD
authors.lastname: Dai
authors.forename: Fu-gen
authors.initials: FG
authors.lastname: Wu
authors.forename: Xiao-hua
authors.initials: XH
authors.lastname: Zhang
authors.forename: Wei-heng
authors.initials: WH
authors.lastname: Li
authors.forename: Yu-rong
authors.initials: YR
authors.lastname: Wang
mesh_terms: D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine / Q000737:chemistry*; D000098:Acetophenones / Q000737:chemistry*; D002152:Calorimetry, Differential Scanning; D008081:Liposomes; D013261:Sterols / Q000737:chemistry*; D014961:X-Ray Diffraction / Q000379:methods
chemical_list: D000098:Acetophenones; D008081:Liposomes; D013261:Sterols; D015060:1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine; C013638:paeonol