The damage to phospholipids caused by free radical attack on glycerol and sphingosine backbone

The effect of gamma -radiation on aqueous solutions of saturated phospholipids, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC), 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol (DPPG), 1-palmitoyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lysoPC), and bovine brain sphingomyelin (SM) has been investigated....

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Published in:International journal of radiation biology 1997, Vol.71 (5), p.555-560
Main Authors: EDIMECHEVA, I. P, KISEL, M. A, SHADYRO, O. I, VLASOV, A. P, YURKOVA, I. L
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Animals
Biological and medical sciences
Cattle
Cell physiology
Effects of physical and chemical agents
Free Radicals
Fundamental and applied biological sciences. Psychology
Gamma Rays
Glycerol - radiation effects
Molecular and cellular biology
Phospholipids - radiation effects
Space life sciences
Sphingosine - radiation effects
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Summary:The effect of gamma -radiation on aqueous solutions of saturated phospholipids, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC), 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoglycerol (DPPG), 1-palmitoyl-2-lyso-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (lysoPC), and bovine brain sphingomyelin (SM) has been investigated. It is shown that the phospholipids with an OH group in beta -position to the P-O bond (DPPG and lysoPC), or to the amide bond (SM), undergo a free radical fragmentation. As a result of such fragmentation, stearoylamide, palmitoxyacetone and phosphatidic acid are formed from SM, lysoPC and DPPG, respectively. In parallel with the formation of hydrophobic fragments, an accumulation of hydrophilic species such as oxyacetone and phosphocholine in the irradiated DPPG and lysoPC dispersions was observed. On the basis of the data obtained for free radical transformation of phospholipids and their simplest analogs, such as glycero-1-phosphate, triacetin and 1,2-isopropylidene glycerol, it is suggested that the fragmentation of the radicals derived from the above compounds proceed by a concerted mechanism through a five-membered transition state. The accumulation of hydrophobic fragments in phospholipid membranes is shown to influence the temperature and co-operativity of the 'gel-to-liquid crystal' phase transition. An assumption is made that the fragmentation of phospholipids caused by free radical attack on the hydrophilic moiety, along with lipid peroxidation, may constitute principal mechanisms of radiation-induced damage of biological membranes.
ISSN:0955-3002
1362-3095
DOI:10.1080/095530097143888