New insight into phase behavior and permeability of skin lipid models based on sphingosine and phytosphingosine ceramides.

Autor: Uche LE; Division BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Netherlands., Gooris GS; Division BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Netherlands., Beddoes CM; Division BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Netherlands., Bouwstra JA; Division BioTherapeutics, Leiden Academic Centre for Drug Research, Leiden University, Netherlands. Electronic address: bouwstra@chem.leidenuniv.nl.
Jazyk: angličtina
Zdroj: Biochimica et biophysica acta. Biomembranes [Biochim Biophys Acta Biomembr] 2019 Jul 01; Vol. 1861 (7), pp. 1317-1328. Date of Electronic Publication: 2019 Apr 13.
DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2019.04.005
Abstrakt: The intercellular lipid matrix of the stratum corneum (SC), which consist mainly of ceramides (CERs), free fatty acids and cholesterol, is fundamental to the skin barrier function. These lipids assemble into two lamellar phases, known as the long and short periodicity phases (LPP and SPP respectively). The LPP is unique in the SC and is considered important for the skin barrier function. Alterations in CER composition, as well as impaired skin barrier function, are commonly observed in diseased skin, yet the understanding of this relationship remains insufficient. In this study, we have investigated the influence of non-hydroxy and α-hydroxy sphingosine-based CERs and their phytosphingosine counterparts on the permeability and lipid organization of model membranes, which were adjusted in composition to enhance formation of the LPP. The permeability was compared by diffusion studies using ethyl-p-aminobenzoate as a model drug, and the lipid organization was characterized by X-ray diffraction and infrared spectroscopy. Both the sphingosine- and phytosphingosine-based CER models formed the LPP, while the latter exhibited a longer LPP repeat distance. The ethyl-p-aminobenzoate flux across the sphingosine-based CER models was higher when compared to the phytosphingosine counterparts, contrary to the fact that the α-hydroxy phytosphingosine-based CER model had the lowest chain packing density. The unanticipated low permeability of the α-hydroxy phytosphingosine-based model is probably associated with a stronger headgroup hydrogen bonding network. Our findings indicate that the increased level of sphingosine-based CERs at the expense of phytosphingosine-based CERs, as observed in the diseased skin, may contribute to the barrier function impairment.
(Copyright © 2019 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.)
Databáze: MEDLINE
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