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Zhang L, Fan Y, Galantini L, Schillén K, Del Giudice A, Du G, Wang Y. Noncovalent Bile Acid Oligomers as Facial Amphiphilic Antimicrobials. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:495-506. [PMID: 36529944 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
Abstract
New antimicrobial agents are needed to address the ever-growing risk of bacterial resistance, particularly for methicillin- and vancomycin-resistant Staphylococcus aureus (S. aureus). Here, we report a class of bile acid oligomers as facial amphiphilic antimicrobials, which are noncovalently fabricated by cholic acid (CA) and deoxycholic acid (DCA) with polyamines (e.g., diamines, diethylenetriamine, spermidine, and spermine). The antibacterial activities of these bile acid oligomers (CA/polyamines and DCA/polyamines) against S. aureus become stronger with increasing the amine group numbers of polyamines without obviously enhanced cytotoxicity and skin irritation. DCA/spermine, entirely composed of natural products, exhibits the best antibacterial activity but the lowest cytotoxicity and the weakest skin irritation. All CA/polyamines and DCA/polyamines form well-ordered ribbon-like aggregates, collecting numerous facial amphiphilic structures to significantly enhance the interactions with bacterial membranes. In particular, the biogenic polyamines with more than two amine groups provide extra positively charged sites, hence facilitating the binding of bile acid oligomers to the negatively charged outer membrane of the bacteria via electrostatic interaction. This in turn promotes more oligomeric bile acid units that can be inserted into the membrane through hydrophobic interaction between bile acids and lipid domains. The noncovalently constructed and separable amphiphilic antimicrobials can avoid the long-term coexistence of microorganisms and antibacterial molecules in different acting modes. Therefore, the noncovalent bile acid oligomers, especially those with higher oligomerization degrees, can be a potential approach to effectively enhance antibacterial activity, improve environmental friendliness, and reduce bacterial drug resistance.
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Affiliation(s)
- Liangchen Zhang
- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface, and Chemical Thermodynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface, and Chemical Thermodynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.O. Box 34-Roma 62, Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Sapienza University of Rome, P.O. Box 34-Roma 62, Piazzale A. Moro 5, I-00185 Roma, Italy
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- Division of Physical Chemistry, Department of Chemistry, Lund University, P.O. Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Chinese Academy of Sciences Key Laboratory of Colloid, Interface, and Chemical Thermodynamics, Chinese Academy of Sciences Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Sciences Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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Bhat B, Pahari S, Liu S, Lin YT, Kwon J, Akbulut M. Nanostructural and Rheological Transitions of pH-Responsive Supramolecular Systems Involving a Zwitterionic Amphiphile and a Triamine. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2022.130067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/03/2022]
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Huang H, Huang X, Quan H, Su X. Soybean-Oil-Based CO 2-Switchable Surfactants with Multiple Heads. Molecules 2021; 26:4342. [PMID: 34299617 PMCID: PMC8305017 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26144342] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/16/2021] [Revised: 07/11/2021] [Accepted: 07/12/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Oligomeric surfactants display the novel properties of low surface activity, low critical micellar concentration and enhanced viscosity, but no CO2 switchable oligomeric surfactants have been developed so far. The introduction of CO2 can convert tertiary amine reversibly to quaternary ammonium salt, which causes switchable surface activity. In this study, epoxidized soybean oil was selected as a raw material to synthesize a CO2-responsive oligomeric surfactant. After addition and removal of CO2, the conductivity analyzing proves that the oligomeric surfactant had a good response to CO2 stimulation. The viscosity of the oligomeric surfactant solution increased obviously after sparging CO2, but returned to its initial low viscosity in the absence of CO2. This work is expected to open a new window for the study of bio-based CO2-stimulated oligomeric surfactants.
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- Huiyu Huang
- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (H.H.); (X.H.)
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (H.H.); (X.H.)
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- Oil & Gas Field Applied Chemistry Key Laboratory of Sichuan Province, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Southwest Petroleum University, Xindu 610500, China;
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- State Key Laboratory of Polymer Materials Engineering, Polymer Research Institute, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China; (H.H.); (X.H.)
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