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  • Title: Demonstration of an interaction of the radioprotector cysteamine with lecithin.
    Author: Kranck H, Rix-Montel MA, Vasilescu D.
    Journal: Physiol Chem Phys; 1981; 13(5):429-37. PubMed ID: 6896093.
    Abstract:
    Cysteamine, a radioprotector belonging to the aminothiol class, interacts with nucleus DNA of mammalian or human cells to reduce the lethal effect of ionizing radiation. The transfer of this drug through cellular membranes has been studied, using as a model system an aqueous dispersion of lipid and cysteamine. The interaction of synthetic lecithin dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) smectic mesophases with cysteamine was investigated by means of spectrophotometric and dielectric measurements. The thermal transitions of DPPC studied by spectrophotometry and dielectric Arrhenius diagrams showed that cysteamine deletes the pretransition of the lipid phase and does not modify the principal transition. This indicates a direct interaction between the lipid polar head with cysteamine; the aliphatic chains are not affected. Conductivity measurements confirmed these results and demonstrated an electrostatic interaction between the anionic phosphate site of the polar head and the cysteamine cation.
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