We have studied the interaction of the antibacterial drug levofloxacin with lipid bilayers of various compositions: 100% DPPC and with the addition of 20% cardiolipin. For DPPC liposomes, levofloxacin was found to penetrate into the subpolar region at the lipid-water interface. The role of the anionic lipid in the interaction of an active molecule with a bilayer has been established: levofloxacin enters the microenvironment of the phosphate group, displacing water, and does not penetrate into the hydrophobic part of the bilayer. For the first time, the study of the microenvironment of levofloxacin in the liposome by IR and CD spectroscopy was carried out. Such an approach based on a combination of several spectral methods opens up new prospects for the creation of new medicinal properties and the possibility of predicting the nature of the interaction of active molecules with biomembranes in order to predict their efficacy and potential side effects.
Keywords: CD spectroscopy; FTIR spectroscopy; fluoroquinolones; levofloxacin; liposomes.
© Pleiades Publishing, Ltd. 2022, ISSN 1068-1620, Russian Journal of Bioorganic Chemistry, 2022, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 710–719. © Pleiades Publishing, Ltd., 2022.Russian Text © The Author(s), 2022, published in Bioorganicheskaya Khimiya, 2022, Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 442–452.