Journal
JOURNAL OF FLUORESCENCE
Volume 23, Issue 1, Pages 193-202Publisher
SPRINGER/PLENUM PUBLISHERS
DOI: 10.1007/s10895-012-1134-1
Keywords
Europium complexes; Lipid membranes; Liposomal formulations; Partitioning; Permeability
Funding
- Fundamental Research State Fund [F.41.4/014]
- Ukraine [GP/F32/109]
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The present study was undertaken to evaluate the membrane-associating properties of a series of novel antitumor agents, Eu(III) coordination complexes (EC), using the pyrene fluorescence quenching as an analytical instrument. Analysis of EC-induced decrease in pyrene fluorescence intensity in terms of partition and solubility-diffusion models allowed us to evaluate the partition and permeation coefficients of the examined compounds into the lipid vesicles prepared from zwitterionic lipid phosphatidylcholine (PC) and its mixtures with cholesterol (Chol) and anionic lipid cardiolipin (CL). The drug-lipid interactions were found to have the complex nature determined by both EC structure and lipid bilayer composition. High values of the obtained partition and permeation coefficients create the background for the development of EC liposomal formulations.
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