IIBYT   23944
INSTITUTO DE INVESTIGACIONES BIOLOGICAS Y TECNOLOGICAS
Unidad Ejecutora - UE
congresos y reuniones científicas
Título:
Effects of gabaergic phenols on phospholipid bilayers evaluated by 1H-RMN
Autor/es:
REINER GN; FRACETO LF; DE PAULA E.; PERILLO MA; GARCÍA DA
Lugar:
Buzios, Rio de Janeiro,
Reunión:
Congreso; II Latinamerican Federetion of Biophysical Societies (LAFeBS); 2012
Resumen:
The GABAA
receptor (GABA-R), a ligand-gated ion channel, constitutes the main inhibitory receptor of the central nervous system. The GABA-R
ligands include drugs other than the GABA neurotransmitter, such as benzodiazepines,
barbiturates, anesthetics, neurosteroids and ethanol. The phenols propofol and
thymol, and recently carvacrol, eugenol and chlorothymol, have been shown to act
on this receptor as positive allosteric modulators. GABA-R is a membrane
intrinsic protein whose activity may be affected by surface-active compounds
and by physical changes in the membrane. Thus, given the lipophilicity of these
phenol compounds, their interaction with the membrane region surrounding the
receptor and a consequent non-specific receptor modulation cannot be discarded.
In the present work we analyze the insertion ability and effects of these five
phenol derivatives with GABAergic activity on the Egg-PC membranes by using 1H-NMR
spectroscopy. Spectra 1H-NMR
of each compound, of Egg-PC liposomes and of Egg-PC liposomes in the presence
of each phenol were collected and chemical shifts (C.S.) and longitudinal
relaxation times (T1) were calculated. All compounds were capable to
insert in the membrane withing the region occupied by the polar head groups and glycerol backbones of
phospholipid molecules, according to their hydrophobicity. This location would
induce a decrease in the polar head repulsion, reduces the intermolecular spacing
thus impairing of molecular movements within different zones of the acyl chain.
Acknowledgments: Capes, Fapesp, CNPq, LNLS, Conicet,
Secyt-UNC, Foncyt.