Effect of phosphatidylserine content on the partition coefficients of diazepam and flurazepam between phosphatidylcholine-phosphatidylserine bilayer of small unilamellar vesicles and water studied by second derivative spectrophotometry

Chemical & Pharmaceutical Bulletin
Ahmed Ahmed OmranMohamed Abdel-Mottaleb

Abstract

The affinity of the psychotropic benzodiazepine drugs diazepam (DZ) and flurazepam (FZ) to phosphatidylserine (PS) was examined since PS is abundantly contained in brain membranes. The effect of PS content on the partition coefficients (K(p)s) of these drugs between phosphatidylcholine (PC)-PS bilayer membranes of small unilamellar vesicles (SUV) and water was measured using second derivative spectrophotometry. The second derivative spectra of DZ and FZ measured in the solutions containing various amounts of PC-PS SUV clearly showed derivative isosbestic points and a distinct derivative intensity change depending on the amount of the SUV added. The derivative intensity differences (AD) of the drugs before and after addition of the SUV suspension were measured at a specific wavelength. Using the AD values, the Kp values were calculated and obtained with relative standard deviation of below 10%. The Kp values of both drugs increased according to the PS content in the PS-PC bilayer membranes of the SUV proving that both have higher affinity to the PC-PS bilayer membranes than to PC membranes. The effect was much larger for FZ, i.e., the Kp value of FZ at 30 mol% PS content increased to about five times the value for the PC SUV. Th...Continue Reading

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