Journal
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
Volume 360, Issue 2, Pages 359-369Publisher
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2011.04.092
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Naproxen; Lipoamino acids; Alzheimer's disease; DSC; LB; Amphiphilicity
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Anti-inflammatory drugs represent a potential new strategy for the treatment of Alzheimer's disease (AD). The ability to cross the blood-brain barrier and to reach brain tissues is a critical point for these drugs and is strictly related to their lipophilicity. Naproxen (NAP) is a non-steroidal anti-inflammatory drug (NSAIDs) under active investigation for AD. To improve its lipophilic character, NAP was conjugated through a diethylamine spacer (EDA) to lipoamino acids (LAA), alpha-amino acids containing a long alkyl side chain, to obtain the NAP-EDA-LAA10 and NAP-EDA-LAA14 prod rugs. The interaction of NAP and prodrugs with dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine phospholipids, forming either multilamellar vesicles or monolayers (at the air/water interface) and used as biomembrane models, was studied by differential scanning calorimetry and Langmuir-Blodgett techniques. Experimental data showed that NAP conjugation with LAA residues was able to enhance the drug interaction with such biomembrane models. (C) 2011 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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