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Polyamine-RNA-membrane interactions: From the past to the future in biology

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COLLOIDS AND SURFACES B-BIOINTERFACES
卷 155, 期 -, 页码 173-181

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DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.04.005

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Polyamines lipids; Phosphoinositides; Membrane dynamics; LUCA; Nanoparticles

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  1. Junta de Andalucia, Spain [PAIDI2010-06585]
  2. MINECO, Spain [SAF2011-26518]
  3. FEDER/MINECO, Spain [BFU2015-66306-P]

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Biogenic polyamines (PAs), spermine, spermidine and putrescine are widely spread amino acid derivatives, present in living cells throughout the whole evolutionary scale. Their amino groups confer them a marked basic character at the cellular pH. We have tested the interaction of PAs with negatively charged phospholipids in the absence and presence of nucleic acids (tRNA was mainly used for practical reasons). PAs induced aggregation of lipid vesicles containing acidic phospholipids. Aggregation was detected using both spectroscopic and fluorescence microscopy methods (the latter with giant unilamellar vesicles). PA-liposome complexes were partially disaggregated when nucleic acids were added to the mixture, indicating a competition between lipids and nucleic acids for PAs in a multiple equilibrium phenomenon. Equivalent observations could be made when vesicles composed of oleic acid and 1-decanol (1:1 mol ratio) were used instead of phospholipid liposomes. The data could evoke putative primitive processes of proto-biotic evolution. At the other end of the time scale, this system may be at the basis of an interesting tool in the development of nanoscale drug delivery. (C) 2017 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

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