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  • Title: Dissociation kinetics and equilibrium binding properties of polyene antibiotic complexes with phosphatidylcholine/sterol vesicles.
    Author: Witzke NM, Bittman R.
    Journal: Biochemistry; 1984 Apr 10; 23(8):1668-74. PubMed ID: 6722119.
    Abstract:
    The interactions of sonicated vesicles with the polyene antibiotics amphotericin B, candicidin, mediocidin , and a water-soluble, guanidine derivative of amphotericin B were examined by UV-visible spectroscopy at concentrations below which the polyenes become self-associated. The association constants, Kapp, and the numbers of binding sites per sterol or phospholipid molecule (n) were determined at 30 degrees C and pH 7.4. A single class of binding sites was found, with no evidence of cooperativity. For the binding of mediocidin , amphotericin B, and the guanidine derivative with phosphatidylcholine (PC), PC/cholesterol, and PC/ergosterol vesicles, Kapp was in the range of (1.0-3.0) X 10(6) M-1; Kapp was higher for candicidin-vesicle interaction, reaching 9.0 X 10(6) M-1 with PC/ergosterol vesicles. Binding of the guanidine derivative of amphotericin B to PC vesicles lacking sterol was extensive (n = 0.46); since the other polyenes, which have low aqueous solubilities, had n less than 0.05, positive charges in the mycosamine moiety appear to enhance the extent of polyene antibiotic interaction with the glycerophospholipid head group. Higher values of n (and, therefore, of nKapp ) were found with sterol-containing than with sterol-free vesicles, suggestive of penetration of the polyenes toward the interior of the bilayer when sterol is present. For binding to PC/sterol vesicles, nKapp followed the order of candicidin greater than guanidine derivative of amphotericin B greater than amphotericin B much greater than mediocidin . The values of n and nKapp were appreciably higher for amphotericin B-ergosterol than for amphotericin B-cholesterol interaction in vesicles.(ABSTRACT TRUNCATED AT 250 WORDS)
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