Angles Gary, Dotson Rachel, Bueche Kristina, Pias Sally C
Department of Chemistry, New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology (New Mexico Tech), 801 Leroy Place, Socorro, NM, 87801, USA.
Adv Exp Med Biol. 2017;977:9-14. doi: 10.1007/978-3-319-55231-6_2.
Aberrations in cholesterol homeostasis are associated with several diseases that can be linked to changes in cellular oxygen usage. Prior biological and physical studies have suggested that membrane cholesterol content can modulate oxygen delivery, but questions of magnitude and biological significance remain open for further investigation. Here, we use molecular dynamics simulations in a first step toward reexamining the rate impact of cholesterol on the permeation of oxygen through phospholipid bilayers. The simulation models are closely compared with published electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) oximetry measurements. The simulations predict an oxygen permeability reduction due to cholesterol but also suggest that the EPR experiments may have underestimated resistance to oxygen permeation in the phospholipid headgroup region.
胆固醇稳态异常与多种疾病相关,这些疾病可能与细胞氧利用的变化有关。先前的生物学和物理学研究表明,膜胆固醇含量可调节氧输送,但关于其影响程度和生物学意义的问题仍有待进一步研究。在此,我们首先使用分子动力学模拟来重新审视胆固醇对氧通过磷脂双层渗透速率的影响。将模拟模型与已发表的电子顺磁共振(EPR)血氧测定法测量结果进行了密切比较。模拟结果预测胆固醇会降低氧渗透性,但也表明EPR实验可能低估了磷脂头部区域对氧渗透的阻力。