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  • The Global ETD Search service is a free service for researchers to find electronic theses and dissertations. This service is provided by the Networked Digital Library of Theses and Dissertations.
    Our metadata is collected from universities around the world. If you manage a university/consortium/country archive and want to be added, details can be found on the NDLTD website.
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[en] MOLECULAR DYNAMICS OF THE INTERACTION OF DIBENZ[A,H]ANTHRACENE AND ITS METABOLITE WITH MODELS OF CELL MEMBRANE AND LUNG SURFACTANT / [pt] DINÂMICA MOLECULAR DA INTERAÇÃO DE DIBENZO [A,H]ANTRACENO E DE SEU METABÓLITO COM MODELOS DE MEMBRANA CELULAR E SURFACTANTE PULMONAR

HELMUT ISAAC PADILLA CHAVARRIA 17 August 2015 (has links)
[pt] O estudo da interação de dibenzo[a,h]antraceno (DBahA) e de seu metabólito com modelos de membrana celular e surfactante pulmonar foi realizado através de dinâmica molecular. Os modelos de membrana celular e de surfactante pulmonar são geralmente misturas de dipalmitoil fosfatidilcolina (DPPC), dipalmitoil fosfatidilglicerol (DPPG), e colesterol. No caso do modelo de surfactante pulmonar pode ser incluido as proteínas surfactantes (SP-A, SP-B, SP-C e SP-D). Neste projeto, o dibenzo[a,h]antraceno (DBahA) foi simulado com o DPPC sozinho e com uma mistura 32/32/1 de DPPC/DPPG/Colesterol. DBahA é encontrado nos gases de exaustão de veículos automotores (especialmente os movidos a diesel), na fumaça do cigarro e da madeira, além de alimentos grelhados na brasa. Ele é capaz de ser metabolizado pelo citocromo P450 e seu metabólito interage com o DNA, sendo então mutagênico e altamente carcinogênico. Os principais resultados mostram que o DBahA se difunde para o interior dos modelos e forma aglomerados. Quando o DBahA está em concentração elevada na parte exterior dos modelos, este não consegue se difundir facilmente para o interior dos modelos na escala de tempo simulado e forma aglomerados na interface água/modelo. O metabólito age similarmente, no entanto prefere ficar mais próximo da cabeça polar dos modelos. / [en] The study of the interaction of dibenz[a,h]anthracene (DBahA) and its metabolite with cell membrane and pulmonary surfactant models was performed by molecular dynamics. The cell membrane and pulmonary surfactant models usually are mixtures of dipalmitoyl phosphatidylcholine (DPPC), dipalmitoyl phosphatidylglycerol (DPPG), and cholesterol. In the case of pulmonary surfactant, the models may include surfactant proteins (SP-A, SP-B, SP-C and SP-D). In this project, the DBahA was simulated with DPPC and with a 32/32/1 mixture of DPPC/DPPG/Cholesterol. DBahA is found in automotive vehicles (especially diesel vehicles), in cigarette and wood smoke, and grilled food. The DBahA molecule is metabolized by cytochrome P450 and its metabolite interacts with DNA, being mutagenic and highly carcinogenic. The results show that the DBahA diffuses into the interior of the models forming clusters. In the simulated time scale, when the DBahA is in high concentration in the outer part of the models, it may not spread easily to the inner side of the models because it forms clusters in the water/model interface. The metabolite acts similarly, but prefers to stay closer to the polar head of the models.

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