Issue 3, 2019

Lytic reactions of drugs with lipid membranes

Abstract

Propranolol is shown to undergo lipidation reactions in three types of lipid membrane: (1) synthetic single-component glycerophospholipid liposomes; (2) liposomes formed from complex lipid mixtures extracted from E. coli or liver cells; and (3) in cellulo in Hep G2 cells. Fourteen different lipidated propranolol homologues were identified in extracts from Hep G2 cells cultured in a medium supplemented with propranolol. This isolation of lipidated drug molecules from liver cells demonstrates a new drug reactivity in living systems. Acyl transfer from lipids to the alcoholic group of propranolol was favoured over transfer to the secondary amine. Migration of acyl groups from the alcohol to the amine was diminished. Other drugs that were examined did not form detectable levels of lipidation products, but many of these drugs did affect the lysolipid levels in model membranes. The propensity for a compound to induce lysolipid formation in a model system was found to be a predictor for phospholipidosis activity in cellulo.

Graphical abstract: Lytic reactions of drugs with lipid membranes

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Article information

Article type
Edge Article
Submitted
29 10 2018
Accepted
29 11 2018
First published
03 12 2018
This article is Open Access

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Chem. Sci., 2019,10, 674-680

Lytic reactions of drugs with lipid membranes

Hannah M. Britt, C. A. García-Herrero, P. W. Denny, J. A. Mosely and J. M. Sanderson, Chem. Sci., 2019, 10, 674 DOI: 10.1039/C8SC04831B

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