Avaliação da solubilização de membranas eritrocitarias e suas proteinas por novos surfantantes zwiterionicos

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DATA DE PUBLICAÇÃO

2004

RESUMO

The choice of a surfactant is one of the most important steps for lipid and membrane proteins solubilization. A detailed knowledge of the surfactant properties is very useful for its application into membrane studies. In this work, we determined physicochemical properties of two novel zwitterionic amidosulfobetaine surfactants, ASB14 and ASB-16, and their solubilization properties on erythrocyte membrane s lipids and proteins. For ASB-16, with a longer hydrophobic tail, the value of CMC (critica I micelle concentration) was about ten times smaller than that of ASB-14, both in water and in 5 mM PBS, pH 7.4, at 25°C. By applying a classical treatment for the interpretation of the hemolytic tests, we found that ASB-16 presents higher affinity for the membrane environment, 50 that, its effect on the erythrocyte membrane solubilization occurs at a small surfactant/lipid molar ratio. The higher partition coefficient value and lower CMC value obtained for ASB-16 explain its higher hemolytic effect, in comparison to ASB-14. Furthermore, ASB-14 and ASB-16 showed higher hemolytic activity than Triton X-100, a classic surfactant. These results showed that the aggregative phenomenon and hydrophobic interaction are strongly involved in the membrane solubilization process. The solubilization of erythrocyte membrane associated proteins, using ASB-14, ASB-16, CHAPS and Triton X-100, was evaluated through two-dimensional electrophoresis. Although CHAPS have solubilized more proteins than the others surfactants, ASB-14 and ASB-16 increased the solubilization of some proteins and different spots were observed. In the experimental conditions studied, the difference between the protein solubilization and the Iytic effect induced by surfactants suggest that the hemolytic phenomenon does not occur proportionally with the proteins release from the membrane. The results obtained in this study suggest that the use of ASB-14 and ASB-16 on biomembranes and their protein solubilization can be promising and further studies about them should be carried out

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membranas e eritrocitos solubilização eritrocitos proteinas agentes ativos de superficies hemolise e hemolisinas

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