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Lamellar liquid crystals maintain keratinocytes' membrane fluidity : an AFM qualitative and quantitative studyGosenca Matjaž, Mirjam ...Despite extensive investigations of lamellar liquid crystals for dermal application, the effects of these systems at the cellular level are still not well elucidated. The key aim of this study was to ... determine the elasticity and morphological features of keratinocytes after exposure to a lamellar liquid crystal system (LLCS) using atomic force microscopy (AFM) as the method of choice. Prior to AFM assessment, a cell proliferation test and light plus fluorescence imaging were applied to determine the sub-toxic concentration of LLCS. According to the AFM results, slightly altered morphology was observed in the case of fixed keratinocytes, while an intact morphology was visualized on live cells. From the quantitative study, decreased Young's moduli were determined for fixed cells (i.e., 8.6 vs. 15.2-MPa and 1.3 vs. 2.9-MPa for ethanol or PFA-fixed LLCS-treated vs. control cells, respectively) and live cells (i.e., ranging from 0.6 to 2.8 for LLCS-treated vs. 1.1-4.5-MPa for untreated cells), clearly demonstrating increased cell elasticity. This is related to improved membrane fluidity as a consequence of interactions between the acyl chains of cell membrane phosphatidylcholine and those of LLCS. What seems to be of major importance is that the study confirms the potential clinical relevance of such systems in treatment of aged skin with characteristically more rigid epithelial cells.Source: International journal of pharmaceutics. - ISSN 0378-5173 (Vol. 572, Dec. 2019, str. 1-11)Type of material - article, component partPublish date - 2019Language - englishCOBISS.SI-ID - 4853873
Author
Gosenca Matjaž, Mirjam |
Škarabot, Miha |
Gašperlin, Mirjana |
Janković, Biljana, 1982-
Topics
Celična membrana |
Tekočekristalni sistemi |
atomic force microscopy |
elasticity |
keratinocyte |
lamellar liquid crystals |
membrane fluidity |
morphology |
morfološke lastnosti |
mikroskopiranje na atomsko silo |
dermalna aplikacija
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