INFLUENCE OF LOCAL AND NEUTRAL ANESTHETICS ON THE POLYMORPHIC PHASE PREFERENCES OF EGG-YOLK PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE
INFLUENCE OF LOCAL AND NEUTRAL ANESTHETICS ON THE POLYMORPHIC PHASE PREFERENCES OF EGG-YOLK PHOSPHATIDYLETHANOLAMINE
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DOI:
10.1016/0005-2736(81)90256-x
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发表时间:
1981-01-01
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CULLIS, PR
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作者:
HORNBY, AP;CULLIS, PR
The polymorphic phase preferences of egg phosphatidylethanolamine were examined in the presence of normal alcohols and alkanes of varying chain length, as well as charged amine anesthetics. The charged anesthetics, ethanol and butanol can stabilize a bilayer arrangement for egg phosphatidylethanolamine. In contrast, longer chain (C .gtoreq. 6) normal alcohols and alkanes induce the hexagonal (HII) phase. The relative potency of local anesthetics in vitro (chlorpromazine, dibucaine, tetracaine and procaine) is mirrored by their relative ability to stabilize bilayer structure for hydrated egg phosphatidylethanolamine. The aqueous concentrations of anesthetic required to affect phospholipid polymorphism is sensitive to the lipid composition. For example, the inclusion of 20 mol% egg phosphatidylserine in egg phosphatidylethanolamine dispersions can reduce the aqueous concentrations of dibucaine required to induce appreciable bilayer stabilization effects from 5.0-0.5 mM. Apparently, the ability of amphipathic molecules such as anesthetics to influence phosphatidylethanolamine polymorphism arises from their molecular shape. The possibility that anesthetic molecules may exert their effects by virtue of this shape property is raised.