title: Partitioning of organophosphorus pesticides into phosphatidylcholine small unilamellar vesicles studied by second-derivative spectrophotometry.
abstract: In order to quantitatively examine the lipophilicity of the widely used organophosphorus pesticides (OPs) chlorfenvinphos (CFVP), chlorpyrifos-methyl (CPFM), diazinon (DZN), fenitrothion (FNT), fenthion (FT), isofenphos (IFP), profenofos (PFF) and pyraclofos (PCF), their partition coefficient (Kp) values between phosphatidylcholine (PC) small unilamellar vesicles (SUVs) and water (liposome-water system) were determined by second-derivative spectrophotometry. The second-derivative spectra of these OPs in the presence of PC SUV showed a bathochromic shift according to the increase in PC concentration and distinct derivative isosbestic points, demonstrating the complete elimination of the residual background signal effects that were observed in the absorption spectra. The Kp values were calculated from the second-derivative intensity change induced by addition of PC SUV and obtained with a good precision of R.S.D. below 10%. The Kp values were in the order of CPFM>FT>PFF>PCF>IFP>CFVP>FNT⩾DZN and did not show a linear correlation relationship with the reported partition coefficients obtained using an n-octanol-water system (R(2)=0.530). Also, the results quantitatively clarified the effect of chemical-group substitution in OPs on their lipophilicity. Since the partition coefficient for the liposome-water system is more effective for modeling the quantitative structure-activity relationship than that for the n-octanol-water system, the obtained results are toxicologically important for estimating the accumulation of these OPs in human cell membranes.
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchicho, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan. Electronic address: takegami@mb.kyoto-phu.ac.jp.
authors.forename: Shigehiko
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Takegami
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchicho, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan.
authors.forename: Keisuke
authors.initials: K
authors.lastname: Kitamura
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchicho, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan.
authors.forename: Mayuko
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Ohsugi
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchicho, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan.
authors.forename: Aya
authors.initials: A
authors.lastname: Ito
authors.affiliation: Department of Analytical Chemistry, Kyoto Pharmaceutical University, 5 Nakauchicho, Misasagi, Yamashina-ku, Kyoto 607-8414, Japan.
authors.forename: Tatsuya
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Kitade
mesh_terms: D020003:1-Octanol; D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds / Q000737:chemistry*; D010575:Pesticides / Q000737:chemistry*; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines / Q000737:chemistry*; D013053:Spectrophotometry / Q000379:methods*; D053835:Unilamellar Liposomes / Q000737:chemistry*; D014867:Water
chemical_list: D009943:Organophosphorus Compounds; D010575:Pesticides; D010713:Phosphatidylcholines; D053835:Unilamellar Liposomes; D014867:Water; D020003:1-Octanol
keywords: Liposome; Organophosphorus pesticide; Partition coefficient; Second-derivative spectrophotometry