The permeability enhancing mechanism of DMSO in ceramide Bilayers simulated by molecular dynamics

Notman, Rebecca and den Otter, Wouter K. and Noro, Massimo G. and Briels, W. J. and Anwar, Jamshed (2007) The permeability enhancing mechanism of DMSO in ceramide Bilayers simulated by molecular dynamics. Biophysical Journal, 93 (6). pp. 2056-2068. ISSN 0006-3495

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Abstract

The lipids of the topmost layer of the skin, the stratum corneum, represent the primary barrier to molecules penetrating the skin. One approach to overcoming this barrier for the purpose of delivery of active molecules into or via the skin is to employ chemical permeability enhancers, such as dimethylsulfoxide ( DMSO). How these molecules exert their effect at the molecular level is not understood. We have investigated the interaction of DMSO with gel-phase bilayers of ceramide 2, the predominant lipid in the stratum corneum, by means of molecular dynamics simulations. The simulations satisfactorily reproduce the phase behavior and the known structural parameters of ceramide 2 bilayers in water. The effect of DMSO on the gel-phase bilayers was investigated at various concentrations over the range 0.0-0.6 mol fraction DMSO. The DMSO molecules accumulate in the headgroup region and weaken the lateral forces between the ceramides. At high concentrations of DMSO (>= 0.4 mol fraction), the ceramide bilayers undergo a phase transition from the gel phase to the liquid crystalline phase. The liquid-crystalline phase of ceramides is expected to be markedly more permeable to solutes than the gel phase. The results are consistent with the experimental evidence that high concentrations of DMSO fluidize the stratum corneum lipids and enhance permeability.

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Journal Article
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Biophysical Journal
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Subjects:
?? PHOSPHOLIPID-BILAYERSPHASE-BEHAVIORTRANSFORM INFRARED-SPECTROSCOPYX-RAY-DIFFRACTIONHYDRATIONDIMETHYL-SULFOXIDEPENETRATION ENHANCERSDIMETHYLSULFOXIDEHUMAN STRATUM-CORNEUMTEMPERATUREBIOPHYSICS ??
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62191
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05 Mar 2013 15:23
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