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  • Title: A molecular basis explanation of the dynamic and thermal effects of vinblastine sulfate upon dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine bilayer membranes.
    Author: Maswadeh H, Demetzos C, Daliani I, Kyrikou I, Mavromoustakos T, Tsortos A, Nounesis G.
    Journal: Biochim Biophys Acta; 2002 Dec 23; 1567(1-2):49-55. PubMed ID: 12488037.
    Abstract:
    Differential scanning calorimetry has been employed to study the thermal effects of vinblastine sulfate upon aqueous, single and multiple bilayer dispersions of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-3-sn-phosphatidylcholine (DPPC). The calorimetric results summarized to an increase in the gel to liquid-crystalline phase transition enthalpy and the abolishment of the L(beta)' (gel phase) to P(beta)' (ripple phase) pretransition for the uni- and multilamellar dispersions, as well as an increase in the transition temperature T(m) and the transition cooperativity for single bilayer DPPC/vinblastine mixed vesicles, are consistent with an induced, partially interdigitated, gel phase. Computational analysis has been successfully applied to clarify the intermolecular effects and verify the feasibility of the proposed interdigitation for the vinblastine sulfate molecules and also for the ursodeoxycholic acid (UDCAH) and bromocylated taxanes, which have been shown to induce an interdigitated gel phase in DPPC bilayers.
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