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    The Influence of Polysaccharides/TiO2 on the Model Membranes of Dipalmitoylphosphatidylglycerol and Bacterial Lipids

    Year: 2022

    Journal: Molecules, Volume 27, JAN

    Authors: Ladniak, Agata; Jurak, Malgorzata; Palusinska-Szysz, Marta; Wiacek, Agnieszka Ewa

    Keywords: chitosan; hyaluronic acid; titanium dioxide; DPPG; bacterial lipids; Langmuir film; pi-A isotherm; Brewster angle microscopy

    The aim of the study was to determine the bactericidal properties of popular medical, pharmaceutical, and cosmetic ingredients, namely chitosan (Ch), hyaluronic acid (HA), and titanium dioxide (TiO2). The characteristics presented in this paper are based on the Langmuir monolayer studies of the model biological membranes formed on subphases with these compounds or their mixtures. To prepare the Langmuir film, 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phospho-rac-(1-glycerol) (DPPG) phospholipid, which is the component of most bacterial membranes, as well as biological material-lipids isolated from bacteria Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus were used. The analysis of the surface pressure-mean molecular area (pi-A) isotherms, compression modulus as a function of surface pressure, C-S(-1) = f(pi), relative surface pressure as a function of time, pi/pi(0) = f(t), hysteresis loops, as well as structure visualized using a Brewster angle microscope (BAM) shows clearly that Ch, HA, and TiO2 have antibacterial properties. Ch and TiO2 mostly affect S. aureus monolayer structure during compression. They can enhance the permeability of biological membranes leading to the bacteria cell death. In turn, HA has a greater impact on the thickness of E. coli film.
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