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Effect of structure on the interactions between five natural antimicrobial compounds and phospholipids of bacterial cell membrane on model monolayers
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In this model-membrane study, the authors used monolayers of bacterial phospholipids (DPPE, DPPG, and cardiolipin) to study interactions of five naturally occurring compounds: 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde, 2-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzaldehyde, carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, and geraniol. Surface pressure-area and surface potential-area isotherms were measured. The abstract reports the five compounds modified the three lipid monolayer structures by integrating into them, forming antimicrobial-lipid aggregates, reducing lipid packing, increasing membrane fluidity, and altering the total dipole moment, and that interactions depended on both the antimicrobial structure and monolayer composition. The authors state the results give insight into molecular interactions governing antimicrobial activity.
Abstract
Monolayers composed of bacterial phospholipids were used as model membranes to study interactions of the naturally occurring phenolic compounds 2,5-dihydroxybenzaldehyde and 2-hydroxy-5-methoxybenzaldehyde, and the plant essential oil compounds carvacrol, cinnamaldehyde, and geraniol, previously found to be active against both Gram-positive and Gram-negative pathogenic microorganisms. The lipid monolayers consist of 1,2-dihexadecanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphoethanolamine (DPPE), 1,2-dihexa- decanoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-(1'-rac-glycerol) (DPPG), and 1,1',2,2'-tetratetradecanoyl cardiolipin (cardiolipin). Surface pressure-area (π-A) and surface potential-area (Δψ-A) isotherms were measured to monitor changes in the thermodynamic and physical properties of the lipid monolayers. Results of the study indicated that the five compounds modified the three lipid monolayer structures by integrating into the monolayer, forming aggregates of antimicrobial -lipid complexes, reducing the packing effectiveness of the lipids, increasing the membrane fluidity, and altering the total dipole moment in the monolayer membrane model. The interactions of the five antimicrobial compounds with bacterial phospholipids depended on both the structure of the antimicrobials and the composition of the monolayers. The observed experimental results provide insight into the mechanism of the molecular interactions between naturally-occurring antimicrobial compounds and phospholipids of the bacterial cell membrane that govern activities.
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