Permeabilization of phospholipid/sterol unilamellar vesicles by polyene antibiotics (amphotericin B and lucensomycin) was studied by measuring proton leakage with a pH-stat method. The percentage of proton release was directly related to the antibiotic concentration. Using ergosterol-containing vesicles, a relevant proton efflux was induced by micromolar concentrations of amphotericin B, whereas lucensomycin caused membrane permeabilization at higher concentrations (0.1 mM). Cholesterol-containing vesicles were less sensible to the lytic action of polyenes. When amphotericin B was carried in cholesterol-containing liposomes, the selectivity towards ergosterol-containing vesicles was enhanced. An increase in drug selectivity was also observed by dissolving amphotericin B in fresh human plasma. At concentrations one order of magnitude lower than those necessary to induce a detectable proton efflux, lucensomycin seemed to protect the vesicles from the subsequent permeabilizing action of amphotericin B.
Unilamellar-vesicle systems as model for studying membrane permeabilization by polyene antibiotics / Salerno, Costantino; Capuozzo, Elisabetta; Crifo', Carlo. - In: JOURNAL OF LIPOSOME RESEARCH. - ISSN 0898-2104. - STAMPA. - 3:3(1993), pp. 671-678. [10.3109/08982109309150749]
Unilamellar-vesicle systems as model for studying membrane permeabilization by polyene antibiotics
SALERNO, Costantino;CAPUOZZO, ElisabettaConceptualization
;CRIFO', Carlo
1993
Abstract
Permeabilization of phospholipid/sterol unilamellar vesicles by polyene antibiotics (amphotericin B and lucensomycin) was studied by measuring proton leakage with a pH-stat method. The percentage of proton release was directly related to the antibiotic concentration. Using ergosterol-containing vesicles, a relevant proton efflux was induced by micromolar concentrations of amphotericin B, whereas lucensomycin caused membrane permeabilization at higher concentrations (0.1 mM). Cholesterol-containing vesicles were less sensible to the lytic action of polyenes. When amphotericin B was carried in cholesterol-containing liposomes, the selectivity towards ergosterol-containing vesicles was enhanced. An increase in drug selectivity was also observed by dissolving amphotericin B in fresh human plasma. At concentrations one order of magnitude lower than those necessary to induce a detectable proton efflux, lucensomycin seemed to protect the vesicles from the subsequent permeabilizing action of amphotericin B.File | Dimensione | Formato | |
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