α-Tocopherol is a natural preservative that prevents free radical chain oxidations in biomembranes. We have studied the location of α-tocopherol in model membranes formed by different unsaturated phosphatidylcholines, namely 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PLPC), 1-palmitoyl-2-arachidonoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PAPC) and 1-palmitoyl-2-docosahexaenoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PDPC). Small angle X-ray diffraction revealed that α-tocopherol was well mixed with all the phospholipids. In all the cases only one lamellar phase was detected. Very modest changes occasioned by α-tocopherol were observed in the electron density profiles. The results obtained from quenching of α-tocopherol intrinsic fluorescence by acrylamide showed that this vitamin was inefficiently quenched in the four types of membranes, indicating that the fluorescent chromanol ring was poorly accessible for this hydrophilic quencher. Compatible with that, quenching by doxyl derivatives of phosphatidylcholines indicated that the chromanol ring was close in the four membranes to the nitroxide probe located at position 5. Quenching by doxyl-phosphatidylcholines also indicated that the efficiency of quenching was higher in POPC than in the other unsaturated phospholipids. H-MAS-NMR showed that α-tocopherol induced chemical shifts of protons from the phospholipids, especially of those bonded to carbons 2 and 3 of the acyl chains of the four phospholipids studied. The H-MAS-NMR NOESY results suggested that the lower part of the chromanol ring was located between the C3 of the fatty acyl chains and the centre of the hydrophobic monolayer for the four phospholipid membranes studied. Taken together, these results suggest that α-tocopherol is located, in all the membranes studied, with the chromanol ring within the hydrophobic palisade but not far away from the lipid-water interface.
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