5th WCSET-2016 at Vietnam
Technical Session - 1
Title:
Interaction of fluoxetine and lipid membranes: effect of
cholesterol
Authors:
Nguyen Quan Trinh, Dao Ngoc Phuong Uyen, Nguyen Thao
Trang
Abstract: In
this study, the influence of cholesterol on the
interaction between fluoxetine, a SSRI antidepressant,
and 1, 2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC)
large unilamellar vesicles (LUVs) was investigated using
FTIR to provide insights into the drug’s interaction
with lipid membrane. Infrared spectroscopic bands
assigned to the CH2 stretching and PO2 - stretching
vibrations revealed that fluoxetine at a concentration
of 1.14 mM influences both nonpolar and polar parts of
DOPC bilayers. The conformational changes, in both
phosphate and alkyl chain regions, of the pure DOPC and
DOPC containing 10 mol% cholesterol LUVs upon the
introduction of fluoxetine were observed. However, with
20 mol% and 28 mol% cholesterol incorporated into the
DOPC LUVs, the lipid conformations remain unchanged in
the presence of fluoxetine. This suggests that
cholesterol at higher concentration, suppresses the
partitioning of fluoxetine into DOPC bilayers. These
results showed that the interactions of fluoxetine and
lipid membrane play a significant role in the drug
partitioning and this, in turn, could affect the drug
action.
Keywords: Antidepressant, Fluoxetine,
FTIR, Lipid Conformation, Cholesterol
Pages:
044-051