PMID:
Radiat Res. 2012 Nov ;178(5):437-46. Epub 2012 Sep 21. PMID: 22998228
Abstract Title:
Permeability changes of cationic liposomes loaded with carbonic anhydrase induced by millimeter waves radiation.
Abstract:
The interaction of millimeter wave radiation, in the 30-300 GHz range, with biological systems is a topic of great interest as many of the vibrational dynamics that occur in biochemical reactions of large macromolecules in living organisms fall in the 1-100 GHz range. Membranes and cellular organelles may have different ways of interacting with this radiation as well. In this article, we investigate the influence of 53.37 GHz of radiation on lipid membrane permeability by using cationic liposomes that contain dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (DPPC), cholesterol and stearylamine. Carbonic anhydrase (CA) is loaded inside the liposome and the substrate p-nitrophenyl acetate (p-NPA) is added in the bulk aqueous phase. Upon permeation across the lipid bilayer, the trapped CA catalyzes the conversion of the p-NPA molecules into products. Because the self-diffusion rate of p-NPA across intact liposomes is very low, the CA reaction rate expressed asΔA/min is used to track membrane permeability changes. A highly significant (P
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