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A conjugated polymer‐liposome complex: A contiguous water‐stable, electronic, and optical interface. VIEW 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/viw.20200081] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022] Open
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Karam P, Hariri AA, Calver CF, Zhao X, Schanze KS, Cosa G. Interaction of anionic phenylene ethynylene polymers with lipids: from membrane embedding to liposome fusion. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2014; 30:10704-10711. [PMID: 25115171 DOI: 10.1021/la502572u] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Here we report spectroscopic studies on the interaction of negatively charged, amphiphilic polyphenylene ethynylene (PPE) polymers with liposomes prepared either from negative, positive or zwitterionic lipids. Emission spectra of PPEs of 7 and 49 average repeat units bearing carboxylate terminated side chains showed that the polymer embeds within positively charged lipids where it exists as free chains. No interaction was observed between PPEs and negatively charged lipids. Here the polymer remained aggregated giving rise to broad emission spectra characteristic of the aggregate species. In zwitterionic lipids, we observed that the majority of the polymer remained aggregated yet a small fraction readily embedded within the membrane. Titration experiments revealed that saturation of zwitterionic lipids with polymer typically occurred at a polymer repeat unit to lipid mole ratio close to 0.05. No further membrane embedding was observed above that point. For liposomes prepared from positively charged lipids, saturation was observed at a PPE repeat unit to lipid mole ratio of ∼0.1 and liposome precipitation was observed above this point. FRET studies showed that precipitation was preceded by lipid mixing and liposome fusion induced by the PPEs. This behavior was prominent for the longer polymer and negligible for the shorter polymer at a repeat unit to lipid mole ratio of 0.05. We postulate that fusion is the consequence of membrane destabilization whereby the longer polymer gives rise to more extensive membrane deformation than the shorter polymer.
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- Pierre Karam
- Department of Chemistry and Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University , 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, Québec H3A 0B8, Canada
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Liu HW, Ngo AT, Cosa G. Enhancing the Emissive Properties of Poly(p-phenylenevinylene)-Conjugated Polyelectrolyte-Coated SiO2 Nanoparticles. J Am Chem Soc 2012; 134:1648-52. [DOI: 10.1021/ja208437e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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- Hsiao-Wei Liu
- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Self-Assembled
Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke
Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Self-Assembled
Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke
Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry and Centre for Self-Assembled
Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke
Street West, Montreal, Quebec H3A 2K6, Canada
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Tang Y, Hill EH, Zhou Z, Evans DG, Schanze KS, Whitten DG. Synthesis, self-assembly, and photophysical properties of cationic oligo(p-phenyleneethynylene)s. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:4945-55. [PMID: 21405056 DOI: 10.1021/la1050173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 58] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/04/2023]
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Three series of cationic oligo p-phenyleneethynylenes (OPEs) have been synthesized to study their structure-property relationships and gain insights into the transition from molecular to macromolecular properties. The absorbance maxima and molar extinction coefficients in all three sets increase with increasing number of repeat units; however, the increase in λ(max) between the oligomers having 2 and 3 repeat units is very small, and the oligomer having 3 repeat units shows virtually the same spectra as a p-phenyleneethynylene polymer having 49 repeat units. A computational study of the oligomers using density functional theory calculations indicates that while the simplest oligomers (OPE-1) are fully conjugated, the larger oligomers are nonplanar and the limiting "segment chromophore" may be confined to a near-planar segment extending over three or four phenyl rings. Several of the OPEs self-assemble on anionic "scaffolds", with pronounced changes in absorption and fluorescence. Both experimental and computational results suggest that the planarization of discrete conjugated segments along the phenylene-ethynylene backbone is predominantly responsible for the photophysical characteristics of the assemblies formed from the larger oligomers. The striking differences in fluorescence between methanol and water are attributed to reversible nucleophilic attack of structured interfacial water on the excited singlet state.
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- Yanli Tang
- Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1341, USA
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Ngo AT, Lau KL, Quesnel JS, Aboukhalil R, Cosa G. Deposition of anionic conjugated poly(phenylenevinylene) onto silica nanoparticles via electrostatic interactions — Assembly and single-particle spectroscopy. CAN J CHEM 2011. [DOI: 10.1139/v10-141] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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Fluorescent nanoparticles were prepared via adsorption of the conjugated polyelectrolyte poly[5-methoxy-2-(3-sulfopropoxy)-1,4-phenylenevinylene] (MPS-PPV) onto 50 and 100 nm aminosilane functionalized silica beads. The particles were investigated via ensemble and single-molecule or -particle spectroscopy techniques to quantify the effect of the silica bead core on the exciton migration efficiency within the polymer. Ensemble emission spectra and ensemble fluorescence quenching studies with methyl viologen are consistent with good exciton migration along the polymer in the polymer-coated bead. The silica nanobead scaffolding preserves the sensitivity of the free polymer and provides a controllable architecture that minimizes nonspecific interactions. Single-particle spectroscopy studies were conducted on particles immobilized onto the positively charged surface of glass cover slips. Particle immobilization enabled us to monitor the effect of oxygen scavenger solutions on individual particles by changing the surrounding solution. The intensity–time trajectories of individual beads provide a mechanism of signal transduction with potential applications in multiplexing studies. Hundreds of individual beads can be imaged in a rapid parallel fashion.
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- An T. Ngo
- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
- Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, Otto Maass Bldg, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
- Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, Otto Maass Bldg, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
- Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, Otto Maass Bldg, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
- Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, Otto Maass Bldg, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
- Centre for Self-Assembled Chemical Structures (CSACS/CRMAA), McGill University, Otto Maass Bldg, 801 Sherbrooke Street West, Montreal, QC H3A 2K6, Canada
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Ding L, Chi EY, Schanze KS, Lopez GP, Whitten DG. Insight into the mechanism of antimicrobial conjugated polyelectrolytes: lipid headgroup charge and membrane fluidity effects. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:5544-5550. [PMID: 20000327 DOI: 10.1021/la9038045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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The interactions of antimicrobial cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) with two model membranes, liposomes and lipid monolayers at the air-water interface, have been investigated by fluorescence emission, fluorescence quenching, pressure-area isotherm, and dynamic light scattering measurements. This study continues the evaluation of the antimicrobial mechanism of a cationic poly(phenylene ethynylene) (PPE)-based CPE (polymer 1), which contains a 2,5-thienylene moiety in the repeat unit. To this end, the interactions of polymer 1 with lipids with varying headgroup charge and acyl chain length have been examined. Our results show that the cationic polymer 1 can efficiently associate with and insert into anionic phosphatidylglycerol (PG) membranes. However, polymer 1 does not exhibit any interactions with zwitterionic lipid membranes composed of phosphatidylcholine (PC) and phosphatidylethanolamine (PE) lipids. Polymer 1's selective affinity toward anionic lipids over zwitterionic lipids makes it an attractive antimicrobial agent with low toxicity. The interactions of polymer 1 with lipid membranes of different fluidity were studied by varying the surface pressure of lipid monolayers and by adjusting the temperature of liposomes. We observe that increasing membrane fluidity enhances both the conformational changes of polymer 1 upon associating with lipid membranes and the extent of polymer 1 insertion into lipid monolayers. We also find that the thickness of the lipid bilayers, modulated by acyl chain length, affects the extent of polymer 1 incorporation into the lipid bilayer.
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- Liping Ding
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-1341, USA
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Chemburu S, Fenton K, Lopez GP, Zeineldin R. Biomimetic silica microspheres in biosensing. Molecules 2010; 15:1932-57. [PMID: 20336023 PMCID: PMC6257317 DOI: 10.3390/molecules15031932] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Revised: 03/16/2010] [Accepted: 03/17/2010] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Lipid vesicles spontaneously fuse and assemble into a lipid bilayer on planar or spherical silica surfaces and other substrates. The supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) maintain characteristics of biological membranes, and are thus considered to be biomembrane mimetic systems that are stable because of the underlying substrate. Examples of their shared characteristics with biomembranes include lateral fluidity, barrier formation to ions and molecules, and their ability to incorporate membrane proteins into them. Biomimetic silica microspheres consisting of SLBs on solid or porous silica microspheres have been utilized for different biosensing applications. The advantages of such biomimetic microspheres for biosensing include their increased surface area to volume ratio which improves the detection limits of analytes, and their amenability for miniaturization, multiplexing and high throughput screening. This review presents examples and formats of using such biomimetic solid or porous silica microspheres in biosensing.
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- Sireesha Chemburu
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
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- Center for Biomedical Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131, USA
- Department of Biomedical Engineering, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
- Department of Mechanical Engineering & Materials Science, Duke University, Durham, NC 27708, USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, 19 Foster Street, Worcester, MA 01608, USA
- Author to whom correspondence should be addressed; E-Mail: ; Tel.: +1-508-373-5762; Fax: +1- 508-890-5618
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Ding L, Chi EY, Chemburu S, Ji E, Schanze KS, Lopez GP, Whitten DG. Insight into the mechanism of antimicrobial poly(phenylene ethynylene) polyelectrolytes: interactions with phosphatidylglycerol lipid membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:13742-51. [PMID: 20560549 DOI: 10.1021/la901457t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/24/2023]
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The interactions of antimicrobial poly(phenylene ethynylene) (PPE)-based cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes (CPEs) with lipid membranes were investigated to gain insight into the mechanism of their biocidal activity. Three model membrane systems comprising negatively charged phosphatidylglycerol (PG) lipids were used to mimic the bacterial cell membrane, including unilamellar lipid vesicles in aqueous solution, lipid bilayer coated silica microspheres, and lipid monolayers at the air-water interface. Two PPE CPEs, one containing a thiophene moiety on the PPE repeat unit and the second containing a diazabicyclooctane (DABCO) moiety on the pendant side chain, were chosen, since the former exhibits distinct dark biocidal activity and the latter shows strong light-activated antimicrobial activity but little dark biocidal activity. The interactions of these two PPE polymers with lipid membranes were characterized in detail by CPE fluorescence spectral changes, fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET), fluorescence quenching, monolayer insertion, and dynamic light scattering assays. Both PPE polymers exhibit affinity for the anionic lipid membrane systems. Their concomitant association and insertion into the membrane leads to conformational changes of the PPE polymer from an aggregated state to a more extended state, as evidenced by the polymer's enhanced fluorescence and FRET between the polymer and rhodamine incorporated in the lipid membrane. In comparison, the thiophene polymer exhibits stronger interactions with PG lipid membranes than the DABCO-containing polymer. The former induces a larger fluorescence enhancement, shows faster transfer across the lipid membrane, and inserts more readily and to a higher extent into lipid monolayers. The observed differences between the two PPE polymers in their interactions with the lipid membrane may stem from their structural differences, as the DABCO-containing polymer has a much bulkier and larger pendant group on its side chain. The higher degree of membrane interaction and insertion, and subsequent membrane disorganization, of the thiophene polymer may account for its dark biocidal activity.
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- Liping Ding
- Center for Biomedical Engineering, Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131-0001, USA
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Corbitt TS, Ding L, Ji E, Ista LK, Ogawa K, Lopez GP, Schanze KS, Whitten DG. Light and dark biocidal activity of cationic poly(arylene ethynylene) conjugated polyelectrolytes. Photochem Photobiol Sci 2009; 8:998-1005. [PMID: 19582276 DOI: 10.1039/b902646k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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In this paper we report a study of cationic poly(arylene ethynylene) conjugated polyelectrolytes. The objective of the study was to compare the behavior of a polymer where a thiophene has replaced a phenyl ring in poly(phenylene ethynylene) polycations (PPE) previously investigated. Properties of solution phase and physisorbed suspensions of the polymer on microspheres were investigated. The photophysical properties of the polymer are evaluated and used to understand the striking differences in biocidal activity compared to the PPE polymers previously examined. The principal findings are that the thiophene polymer has remarkable dark biocidal activity against Pseudomonas aeruginosa strain PAO1 but very little light-activated activity. The low light-activated biocidal activity of the thiophene polymer is attributed to a highly aggregated state of the polymer in aqueous solutions and on microspheres as a physisorbed coating. This results in low triplet yields and a very poor sensitization of singlet oxygen and other reactive oxygen intermediates. The highly effective dark biocidal activity of the thiophene-containing polymers is attributed to its high lipophilicity and the presence of accessible quaternary ammonium groups. The difference in behavior among the polymers compared provides insights into the mechanism of the dark process and indicates that aggregation of polymer can reduce light activated biocidal activity by suppressing singlet oxygen generation.
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- Thomas S Corbitt
- Center for Biomedical Engineering and Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM 87131-0001, USA
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Chemburu S, Ji E, Casana Y, Wu Y, Buranda T, Schanze KS, Lopez GP, Whitten DG. Conjugated polyelectrolyte supported bead based assays for phospholipase A2 activity. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:14492-9. [PMID: 18808092 DOI: 10.1021/jp803358j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A fluorescence based assay for human serum-derived phospholipase activity has been developed in which cationic conjugated polyelectrolytes are supported on silica microspheres. The polymer-coated beads are overcoated with an anionic phospholipid (1,2-dimyristoyl-sn-glycero-3-[phospho- rac-(1-glycerol)) (DMPG) to provide "lipobeads" that serve as a sensor for PLA2. The lipid serves a dual role as a substrate for PLA2 and an agent to attenuate quenching of the polymer fluorescence by the external electron transfer quencher 9,10-anthraquinone-2,6-disulfonic acid (AQS). In this case quenching of the polymer fluorescence by AQS increases as the PLA2 digests the lipid. The lipid can also be used itself as a quencher and substrate by employing a small amount of energy transfer quencher substituted lipid in the DMPG. In this case the fluorescence of the polymer is quenched when the lipid layer is intact; as the enzyme digests the lipid, the fluorescence of the polymer is restored. The sensing of PLA2 activity has been studied both by monitoring fluorescence changes in a multiwell plate reader and by flow cytometry. The assay exhibits good sensitivity with EC50 values in the nanomolar range.
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- Sireesha Chemburu
- Department of Chemical and Nuclear Engineering, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA
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Biosensors based on release of compounds upon disruption of lipid bilayers supported on porous microspheres. Biointerphases 2008; 3:38. [DOI: 10.1116/1.2918743] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Polyelectrolyte platform for sensitive detection of biological analytes via reversible fluorescence quenching. POLYMER 2007. [DOI: 10.1016/j.polymer.2007.10.036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Thomas SW, Joly GD, Swager TM. Chemical Sensors Based on Amplifying Fluorescent Conjugated Polymers. Chem Rev 2007; 107:1339-86. [PMID: 17385926 DOI: 10.1021/cr0501339] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2943] [Impact Index Per Article: 173.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Samuel W Thomas
- Department of Chemistry, Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, Massachusetts 02139, USA
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