Efeito de materiais particulados em sistemas modelos de biomembranas / Effect of Particulate Material on Biomembrane Model Systems

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IBICT - Instituto Brasileiro de Informação em Ciência e Tecnologia

DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

02/05/2012

RESUMO

This work presents some of the properties of mimetic systems of pulmonary surfactants (PS) composed of dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) and DPPC/cholesterol and their interactions with particulate material (PM) originated from the burning of sugar cane leaves which is known by clinical studies as an injurious agent of the respiratory airways. The PM described in the present work was analyzed by different techniques: Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM) with EDS (Energy Dispersive Spectrometry) and Fourier Transformed Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR). The average values of size and zeta potential were 250 nm and -27 mV, respectively. DPPC and DPPC/cholesterol -A isotherms were studied in the absence and presence of particles and it brought some information about the particle insertion in the monolayers. The DPPC/cholesterol system showed smaller changes in the minimum area per molecule with the increase of PM concentration which indicates the cholesterol acts as an organizer in the monolayer. Dilatational surface rheology data indicated that smaller PM concentrations increase the fluidity of the monolayers while the higher PM concentrations increase their rigidity. Cholesterol enhances the effects provoked by PM. Compressional modulus data obtained from the isotherms showed to be very close to those obtained from the rheological studies performed at higher frequencies. The transferred monolayers, using Langmuir-Blodgett technique, to solid supports were analyzed by Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) and Fluorescence Lifetime Imaging Microscopy (FLIM) which showed that the particles are deposited together with the film and the DPPC/cholesterol system presents a more homogeneous particle arrangement. FLIM images showed that most likely this arrangement is due to the preference of cholesterol to allocate in regions surround the particles, granting stability to them in the monolayers. The study allowed concluding that PM originate from burned sugar cane leaves has an effect over some features of PS model systems and those properties have the potential to interfere in the perfect performance of these systems in biological environments.

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cholesterol colesterol dppc dppc material particulado monocamadas monolayers particulate material pulmonary surfactant tensoativos pulmonares

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