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. 2015 Apr 21;2015:319505. doi: 10.1155/2015/319505

Table 2.

Some articles related to studies of oxidation of phospholipids which use molecular dynamics simulations.

Phospholipid molecular systems Simulation time
lipid force field
Aim Reference
30 molecules of O2 , HO2, H2O2, HO, or O2 placed together at the aqueous phase surrounding a bilayer containing 128 2-oleoyl-1-palmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC) molecules. 50 ns
Gromos 53A6
Studying the distribution, mobility, and permeation of ROS at phospholipid bilayers. [25]

Coarse grained bilayer models containing different proportions of 1,2-dilinoleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DUPC), cholesterol, and 1-palmitoyl-2-azelaoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine as oxidized lipid specie. 4–20 μs
Martini coarse grained
Evaluate a protector role of cholesterol on phospholipid bilayers from disruption caused by lipid oxidation. [26]

Bilayers, each one containing cholesterol and 128 phospholipids with varying POPC to 1-palmitoyl-2-glutaryl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PGPC); the last is an oxidized lipid, with a truncated carbon chain terminated with a carboxylic acid. 100 ns
Berger's nonpolarizable united-atom
Evaluate overall changes of the membrane structural and dynamical properties once they become oxidized. [27]

2 molecules of 16-doxyl stearic acid randomly placed in each leaflet of a bilayer containing 62 phospholipid molecules each of 1-palmitoyl-2-(13-hydroperoxy-9,11-octadecanedienoyl)-lecithin and 1-palmitoyl-2-linoleoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine (PLPC). 200 ns
modified Berger
Studying lipid peroxidation effects on bilayers properties. [28]

Bilayers containing 128 molecules of POPC and oxidized phospholipids PoxnoPC and PazePC in different proportions. PoxnoPC has a carbonyl group, and PazePC has an anionic carboxyl group pendant at the end of the short, oxidized acyl chain. 100 ns
united-atom Berger
Evaluate the perturbation of overall membrane structural and dynamic properties by oxidatively modified phospholipids. [29]

Bilayers containing 72 molecules of PLPC and oxidized PLPC (oxPLPC) molecules in different proportions. OxPLPC contained modified linoleoyl residues: 12-oxo-cis-9-dodecenoate and 13-hydroperoxy-trans-11, cis-9-octadecadienoate. 25 ns
OPLS
Observing the effect of oxidized lipids on the sensitivity of a bilayer to electroporating fields. [30]

PLPC bilayers containing 72 lipids, replacing 2, 4, 8, 18, and 36 PLPC lipid molecules with each oxidized lipid. The oxidized lipid was modeled by addition of a hydroperoxide group at position C9 or C13 of the linoleate tail and shifting the double bonds. 180 ns
united-atom
Studying the effect of lipid peroxidation on the properties of PLPC bilayers. [31]