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Título: MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF PREDNISOLONE ADSORPTION ON A LUNG SURFACTANT MODEL
Autor: EVELINA DUNESKA ESTRADA LOPEZ
Colaborador(es): ANDRE SILVA PIMENTEL - Orientador
Catalogação: 28/MAI/2018 Língua(s): PORTUGUESE - BRAZIL
Tipo: TEXT Subtipo: THESIS
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Referência(s): [pt] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=34024&idi=1
[en] https://www.maxwell.vrac.puc-rio.br/projetosEspeciais/ETDs/consultas/conteudo.php?strSecao=resultado&nrSeq=34024&idi=2
DOI: https://doi.org/10.17771/PUCRio.acad.34024
Resumo:
The simulation of prednisolone adsorption on a lung surfactant model was successfully performed using coarse grained molecular dynamics at 310 K (dynamics first performed). The coarse grained model for prednisolone was parameterized using a well-established cholesterol model and validated by using calculations of octanol–water partition coefficients and lateral diffusion coefficients. The calculated octanol–water partition coefficient of prednisolone at 298 K is 3.9 more or less 1.6, which is in reasonable agreement with experiment. The lateral diffusion coefficient of prednisolone in the DPPC/POPC mixed monolayer is estimated to be (6 more or less 4) x10(-7) cm(2) s(-1) at 20 mN m(-1), which is in agreement with that found for cholesterol. The DPPC/POPC mixed monolayer was used as lung surfactant model where prednisolone molecules were adsorbed forming nanoaggregates. The nanoaggregates of prednisolone were transferred into the DPPC/POPC mixed monolayer being spread at the surface tension of 20 mN m(-1). At 0 and 10 mN m(-1) , the prednisolone nanoaggregates induce the collapse of the DPPC/POPC mixed monolayer forming a bilayer. The implications of this work are that prednisolone may only be administered with lung surfactant by using low mass fractions of prednisolone per lipid (less than 10 percent). And, with high fractions, the collapse inactivates the properties of the lung surfactant by forming a bilayer. The results of this research can be used to develop new clinical treatments for diseases such as respiratory distress syndrome of the newborn, asthma and chronic obstructive pulmonary disease.
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