1. Molecular View of the Interaction of S-Methyl Methanethiosulfonate with DPPC Bilayer
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Aida Ben Altabef, Adriana B. Pierini, S.B. Díaz, Virginia Miguel, María Victoria Tuttolomondo, Marcelo Puiatti, and Maria Eliana Defonsi Lestard
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1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine ,Enthalpy ,Lipid Bilayers ,Biophysics ,Thermodynamics ,Nanotechnology ,Molecular dynamics ,Molecular Dynamics Simulation ,010402 general chemistry ,01 natural sciences ,Biochemistry ,Diffusion ,0103 physical sciences ,Molecule ,Dimethyl Sulfoxide ,S-METHYL METHANETHIOSULFONATE ,Potential of mean force ,Lipid bilayer ,010304 chemical physics ,S-methyl methanethiosulfonate ,Chemistry ,PMF ,Bilayer ,Ciencias Químicas ,Cell Biology ,Methyl Methanesulfonate ,0104 chemical sciences ,Membrane ,Química Orgánica ,MOLECULAR DYNAMICS ,DPPC ,Umbrella sampling ,CIENCIAS NATURALES Y EXACTAS - Abstract
We present molecular dynamics (MD) simulation studies of the interaction of a chemo preventive and protective agent, S-methyl methanethiosulfonate (MMTS), with a model bilayer of 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC). We analyzed and compared its diffusion mechanisms with the related molecule dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO). We obtained spatially resolved free energy profiles of MMTS partition into a DPPC bilayer in the liquid-crystalline phase through Potential of Mean Force (PMF) calculations using an umbrella sampling technique. These profiles showed a minimum for MMTS close to the carbonyl region of DPPC. The location of MMTS molecules in the DPPC bilayer observed in the MD were confirmed by previous SERS studies.1 We decomposed PMF profiles into entropic and enthalpic contributions. These results showed that the driving force for the partitioning of MMTS into the upper region of DPPC is driven by a favorable entropy change while partitioning into the acyl chains is driven by enthalpy. On the other hand, the partition of DMSO into the membrane is not favored, and is driven by entropy instead of enthalpy. Free diffusion MD simulations using all atom and coarse grained (CG) models of DPPC in presence of MMTS were used to analyze the effect of DPPC-MMTS interaction. Density profiles showed that MMTS locates preferentially in the carbonyl region, as expected according to the PMF profile and the experimental evidence. MMTS presented two differential effects over the packing of DPPC hydrocarbonate chains at low or at high molar ratios. An ordering effect was observed when a CG MMTS model was used. Finally, free diffusion MD and PMF decomposition for DMSO were used for comparison. Fil: Miguel, Virginia. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones En Físicoquímica de Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Defonsi Lestard, Maria Eliana. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto de Quimica del Noroeste; Argentina Fil: Tuttolomondo, María Victoria. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto de Quimica del Noroeste; Argentina Fil: Díaz, Sonia B.. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto de Quimica del Noroeste; Argentina Fil: Ben Altabef, Aida. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Tucumán. Instituto de Quimica del Noroeste; Argentina Fil: Puiatti, Marcelo. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones En Físicoquímica de Córdoba; Argentina Fil: Pierini, Adriana Beatriz. Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas. Centro Científico Tecnológico Córdoba. Instituto de Investigaciones En Físicoquímica de Córdoba; Argentina
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- 2015