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ArticleMolecules (Basel, Switzerland)2020

The Equilibria in Lipid-Lipoic Acid Systems: Monolayers, Microelectrophoretic and Interfacial Tension Studies.

Paulina Laszuk, Wiesław Urbaniak, Aneta D Petelska

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Article in Molecules (Basel, Switzerland), 2020. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 6 papers.

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Paulina LaszukFaculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland.
Wiesław UrbaniakFaculty of Mechatronics, Kazimierz Wielki University, Chodkiewicza 30, 85-867 Bydgoszcz, Poland.ORCID 0000-0001-9789-8803
Aneta D PetelskaFaculty of Chemistry, University of Bialystok, Ciolkowskiego 1K, 15-245 Bialystok, Poland.ORCID 0000-0003-2533-6427

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Abstract

In this examination, we investigated the effect of lipoic acid (LA) on the properties of biological membrane models (monolayers, bilayers, and liposomes) formed from phosphatidylcholine (PC) or phosphatidylserine (PS) using the Langmuir, microelectrophoresis, and interfacial tension methods. The Langmuir technique allowed us to calculate the π-A isotherms and determine the molecular surface areas of pure and mixed monolayers. Using mathematical equations, we established that LA and the lipids formed complexes at a 1:1 ratio. The interfacial tension method was based on Young and Laplace's equation. We assumed the formation of a 1:1 complex in the PC-LA system. Using the mathematical relationships, we derived the parameters characterizing the resulting complex, i.e., the surface occupied by the complex and the interfacial tension and stability constant of the formed complex. The microelectrophoretic method was used to determine the dependence of the zeta potential of the lipid membranes as a function of the pH (pH 2 to 10) of the electrolyte solution. The results indicate that modification of PC or PS membranes with LA affects changes in the zeta potential and the isoelectric point values.

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Models, ChemicalLipid BilayersPhosphatidylcholinesSurface TensionThioctic AcidLipid BilayersPhosphatidylcholinesThioctic Acidcomplex formation equilibriainterfacial tensionLangmuir troughlipidlipoic acidliposomesmicroelectrophoresismonolayerspherical bilayer

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PMCPMC7465766

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