Adsorption Properties of Polar/apolar Inducers at a Charged Interface and Their Relevance to Leukemia Cell Differentiation

Overview

Journal Biophys J

Publisher Cell Press

Specialty Biophysics

Date 1995 Jun 1

PMID 7647265

Authors

M Carla

M Cuomo

A Arcangeli

M Olivotto

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Abstract

The interfacial adsorption properties of polar/apolar inducers of cell differentiation (PAIs) were studied on a mercury electrode. This study, on a clean and reproducible charged surface, unraveled the purely physical interactions among these compounds and the surface, apart from the complexity of the biological membrane. The interfacial behavior of two classical inducers, hexamethylenebisacetamide (HMBA) and dimethylsulfoxide, was compared with that of a typical apolar aliphatic compound, 1-octanol, that has a similar hydrophobic moiety as HMBA but a much smaller dipolar moment. Both HMBA and Octanol adsorb flat in contact with the surface because of hydrophobic forces, with a very similar free energy of adsorption. However, the ratio of polar to apolar moieties in PAIs turned out to be crucial to drive the adsorption maximum toward physiological values of surface charge density, where octanol is desorbed. The electrostatic effects in the interfacial region reflected the adsorption properties: the changes in the potential drop across the interfacial region as a function of the surface charge density, in the physiological range, were opposite in PAIs as compared with apolar aliphatic compounds, as exemplified by octanol. This peculiar electrostatic effect of PAIs has far-reaching relevance for the design of inducers with an adequate therapeutic index to be used in clinical trials.

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