Atomistic Molecular Dynamics Simulations of the Interactions of Oleic and 2-Hydroxyoleic Acids with Phosphatidylcholine Bilayers

作者：Cerezo Javier^*; Zuniga Jose; Bastida Adolfo; Requena Alberto; Ceron Carrasco Jose Pedro

来源：Journal of Physical Chemistry B, 2011, 115(40): 11727-11738.

DOI：10.1021/jp203498x

Fatty oleic acid (OA) and, recently, its derivative 2-hydroxyoleic acid (2OHOA) have been reported to display an important therapeutic activity. To understand better these therapeutic effects at the molecular and cellular levels, in this work we have carried out molecular dynamics simulations to elucidate the structural and dynamical changes taking place in model 1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DMPC) and 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC) bilayers upon insertion of rising concentrations of these two fatty acids. The simulations are performed using a united-atoms model to describe both the phospholipids and the fatty adds. The process of insertion of the fatty acids from the aqueous phase into the bilayers is simulated first, showing that it is feasible and may lead to some degree of phase separation within the bilayer. The interactions of the embedded homogeneously dispersed fatty adds with the phospholipid chains of the bilayers are then simulated at different concentrations of the fatty acids. The results from these simulations show that accumulation of OA and 2OHOA up to high concentrations induces only small structural changes in the bilayers. An increase of the mobility of the lipid and fatty add chains at rising fatty add concentrations is also observed, which is more marked for the fatty acid chains, along with an enhancement of the permeability of the bilayers to the hydrophobic penetrant.

• 出版日期2011-10-13