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Título : Capsaicin Fluidifies the Membrane and Localizes Itself near the Lipid-Water Interface
Autor : Ausili, A.
Palabras clave : H NOESY MAS NMR
2H NMR
Capsaicin
DSC
membranes
SAXD
WAXD
Fecha de publicación : 21-oct-2015
Editorial : ACS Chemical Neuroscience
Resumen : Capsaicin is the chemical responsible for making some peppers spicy hot, but additionally it is used as a pharmaceutical to alleviate different pain conditions. Capsaicin binds to the vanilloid receptor TRPV1, which plays a role in coordinating chemical and physical painful stimuli. A number of reports have also shown that capsaicin inserts in membranes and its capacity to modify them may be part of its molecular mode of action, affecting the activity of other membrane proteins. We have used differential scanning calorimetry, X-ray diffraction, 31P NMR, and 2H NMR spectroscopy to show that capsaicin increases the fluidity and disorder of 1,2-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine membrane models. By using 1H NOESY MAS NMR based on proton-proton cross-peaks between capsaicin and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine resonances, we determined the location profile of this molecule in a fluid membrane concluding that it occupies the upper part of the phospholipid monolayer, between the lipid-water interface and the double bond of the acyl chain in position sn-2. This location explains the disorganization of the membrane of both the lipid-water interface and the hydrophobic palisade. © 2015 American Chemical Society.
URI : http://dspace.utpl.edu.ec/handle/123456789/18957
ISBN : 19487193
Otros identificadores : 10.1021/acschemneuro.5b00168
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