Effect of chain length on physicochemical properties and cytotoxicity of cationic vesicles composed of phosphatidylcholines and dialkyldimethylammonium bromides.

doi:10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2009.01.006

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Title:	Effect of chain length on physicochemical properties and cytotoxicity of cationic vesicles composed of phosphatidylcholines and dialkyldimethylammonium bromides.
Authors:	Chia-Hua Liang Tzung-Han Chou
Contributors:	化粧品應用與管理系
Keywords:	Cationic vesicles Phosphatidylcholines Dialkyldimethylammonium bromides Physicochemical characteristics Cytotoxicity Apoptosis
Date:	2009-04
Issue Date:	2010-10-26 16:06:50 (UTC+8)
Publisher:	Elsevier Ireland Ltd
Abstract:	This study investigated the physicochemical characteristics of cationic vesicles that were prepared from two phosphatidylcholines and three dialkyldimethylammonium bromides (DXDAB) with differing in dialkyl chain lengths, ranging from 2-C(14) to 2-C(18), by measuring particle size and zeta potential. The dependence of particle size, zeta potential and short-storage stability of mixed phosphatidylcholine/DXDAB vesicles on the chain length and composition were also elucidated. Transmission electron microscopy analysis verified that vesicles were formed as a phosphatidylcholine film to which DXDAB was added in a phosphate buffer saline (PBS, pH 7.4). Furthermore, the toxicity to the human keratinocytes (HaCaT) and squamous cell carcinomas (SCC25) cells that were incubated with these vesicles, evaluated by a cell viability assay, increased with the percentage of DXDAB that was incorporated and was inversely proportional to the chain length of DXDAB. The morphological features (round shape, chromatin condensation and apoptosis bodies) and results of flow cytometry analysis (increased sub-G(1) fraction) confirmed the induction of apoptosis in HaCaT and SCC25 cells by cationic vesicles. Apoptosis caused by cationic vesicles without the addition of any drugs was observed for the first time in HaCaT and SCC25 cells. The results of this investigation suggest that cytotoxicity is related to the zeta potential of the cationic vesicles.
Relation:	Chemistry and Physics of Lipids 158(2)：p.81-90
Appears in Collections:	[Dept. of Cosmetic Science and institute of cosmetic science] Periodical Articles

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