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ArticleBiophysical journal2015

Interactions of the anticancer drug tamoxifen with lipid membranes.

Nawal K Khadka, Xiaolin Cheng, Chian Sing Ho, John Katsaras, Jianjun Pan

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Article in Biophysical journal, 2015. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 16 papers.

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16 citing papers in PubMed, 60 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

5 authors at 2 institutions in 1 country.

Nawal K KhadkaDepartment of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
Xiaolin ChengComputer Science and Mathematics Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Department of Biochemistry and Cellular and Molecular Biology, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee.
Chian Sing HoDepartment of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida.
John KatsarasNeutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Tennessee; Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee.
Jianjun PanDepartment of Physics, University of South Florida, Tampa, Florida. Electronic address: panj@usf.edu.
University of South Florida · USOak Ridge National Laboratory · US

Funding

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Interactions of the hydrophobic anticancer drug tamoxifen (TAM) with lipid model membranes were studied using calcein-encapsulated vesicle leakage, attenuated total reflection Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy, small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), atomic force microscopy (AFM) based force spectroscopy, and all-atom molecular dynamics (MD) simulations. The addition of TAM enhances membrane permeability, inducing calcein to translocate from the interior to the exterior of lipid vesicles. A large decrease in the FTIR absorption band's magnitude was observed in the hydrocarbon chain region, suggesting suppressed bond vibrational dynamics. Bilayer thickening was determined from SANS data. Force spectroscopy measurements indicate that the lipid bilayer area compressibility modulus KA is increased by a large amount after the incorporation of TAM. MD simulations show that TAM decreases the lipid area and increases chain order parameters. Moreover, orientational and positional analyses show that TAM exhibits a highly dynamic conformation within the lipid bilayer. Our detailed experimental and computational studies of TAM interacting with model lipid membranes shed new light on membrane modulation by TAM.

Indexed as

Absorption, PhysicochemicalAntineoplastic AgentsCell Membrane PermeabilityFluoresceinsLipid BilayersMolecular Dynamics SimulationTamoxifenUnilamellar LiposomesAntineoplastic AgentsFluoresceinsfluorexonLipid BilayersTamoxifenUnilamellar Liposomes

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PMID25992727
PMCPMC4457044
OpenAlexW2165661558

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