Correlation of trimethoprim and brodimoprim physicochemical and lipid membrane interaction properties with their accumulation in human neutrophils.

AUTOR(ES)

Fresta, M

RESUMO

Dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine vesicles were used as a biological membrane model to investigate the interaction and the permeation properties of trimethoprim and brodimoprim as a function of drug protonation. The drug-membrane interaction was studied by differential scanning calorimetry. Both drugs interacted with the hydrophilic phospholipid head groups when in a protonated form. An experiment on the permeation of the two drugs through dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine biomembranes showed higher diffusion rate constants when the two drugs were in the uncharged form; lowering of the pH (formation of protonated species) caused a reduction of permeation. Drug uptake by human neutrophil cells was also investigated. Both drugs may accumulate within neutrophils; however, brodimoprim does so to a greater extent. This accumulation is probably due to a pH gradient driving force, which allows the two drugs to move easily from the extracellular medium (pH approximately 7.3) into the internal cell compartments (acid pH). Once protonated, both drugs are less able to permeate and can be trapped by the neutrophils. This investigation showed the importance of the physicochemical properties of brodimoprim and trimethoprim in determining drug accumulation and membrane permeation pathways.

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