Interactions of dihydrochloride fluphenazine with DPPC liposomes: ATR-IR and 31P NMR studies

J Phys Chem B. 2009 Nov 26;113(47):15495-502. doi: 10.1021/jp904805t.

Abstract

The influence of dihydrochloride fluphenazine (FPh) on the dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC) bilayer structure was investigated using ATR-IR and (31)P NMR methods. The ATR-IR results indicate an increase in conformational disorder in the hydrophobic part compared with pure DPPC liposomes and a decrease in temperature of the chain-melting phase transition in FPh/DPPC liposomes. These effects depended on the concentration of the drug in the DPPC bilayer. The dihydrochloride fluphenazine molecules form H-bonds with the proton-acceptor carbonyl groups of DPPC molecules. At a higher concentration of the drug, the lipid bilayer structure is destroyed, and an isotropic phase is observed using (31)P NMR spectroscopy. The interactions between FPh and the lipid bilayer have a crucial role in MDR (multidrug-resistant) activity of this drug. These results improve one possible strategy of cancer chemoprevention with FPh accompanied by fluidization and destabilization of the model lipid bilayer structure.

MeSH terms

  • 1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine / chemistry*
  • Antipsychotic Agents / chemistry*
  • Drug Resistance, Neoplasm
  • Fluphenazine / chemistry*
  • Liposomes / chemistry*
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy*
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Spectrophotometry, Infrared*
  • Temperature

Substances

  • Antipsychotic Agents
  • Liposomes
  • 1,2-Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine
  • Fluphenazine