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Deng S, Li Z, Yuan L, Shen J, Zeng H. Light-Powered Propeller-like Transporter for Boosted Transmembrane Ion Transport. NANO LETTERS 2024; 24:10750-10758. [PMID: 39177063 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.4c01884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/24/2024]
Abstract
Membrane-active molecular machines represent a recently emerging, yet important line of expansion in the field of artificial transmembrane transporters. Their hitherto demonstrated limited types (molecular swing, ion fishers, shuttlers, rotors, etc.) certainly call for new inspiring developments. Here, we report a very first motorized ion-transporting carrier-type transporter, i.e., a modularly tunable, light-powered propeller-like transporter derived from Feringa's molecular motor for consistently boosting transmembrane ion transport under continuous UV light irradiation. Based on the EC50 values, the molecular propeller-mediated ion transport activities under UV light irradiation for 300 s are 2.31, 1.74, 2.29, 2.80, and 2.92 times those values obtained without irradiation for Li+, Na+, K+, Rb+, and Cs+ ions, respectively, with EC50 value as low as 0.71 mol % for K+ ion under light irradiation.
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- Shaowen Deng
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, Hunan 425100, China
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, Hunan 425100, China
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China
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Karki S, Jalife S, Wang X, Lin YH, Wu JI, Miljanić OŠ. Columnar Organization of Nonalternant Fluorinated Dehydrobenzannulenes. Chemistry 2024:e202402913. [PMID: 39189940 DOI: 10.1002/chem.202402913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/01/2024] [Revised: 08/22/2024] [Accepted: 08/26/2024] [Indexed: 08/28/2024]
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Two new partially fluorinated dehydrobenzannulenes have been prepared by inter- and intramolecular oxidative homocoupling of diyne precursors. These systems contain fluorinated and nonfluorinated arene rings in a desymmetrized non-alternant arrangement. Both macrocycles are roughly planar and organize into extended columns in the solid state. The assembly of these columns is mediated by the combination of dispersion interactions, slipped [π⋅⋅⋅π] stacking interactions of the perfluorinated rings with each other, and their association with the nonfluorinated rings in the molecules of the neighboring macrocycles. These results suggest that partial fluorination of dehydrobenzannulenes can serve as a versatile motif for their assembly into columnar superstructures.
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- Sumitra Karki
- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, United States of America
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Houston, United States of America
- Faculty of Chemical Engineering, Industrial University of Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam
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Peng Z, Iwabuchi S, Izumi K, Takiguchi S, Yamaji M, Fujita S, Suzuki H, Kambara F, Fukasawa G, Cooney A, Di Michele L, Elani Y, Matsuura T, Kawano R. Lipid vesicle-based molecular robots. LAB ON A CHIP 2024; 24:996-1029. [PMID: 38239102 PMCID: PMC10898420 DOI: 10.1039/d3lc00860f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/28/2024]
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A molecular robot, which is a system comprised of one or more molecular machines and computers, can execute sophisticated tasks in many fields that span from nanomedicine to green nanotechnology. The core parts of molecular robots are fairly consistent from system to system and always include (i) a body to encapsulate molecular machines, (ii) sensors to capture signals, (iii) computers to make decisions, and (iv) actuators to perform tasks. This review aims to provide an overview of approaches and considerations to develop molecular robots. We first introduce the basic technologies required for constructing the core parts of molecular robots, describe the recent progress towards achieving higher functionality, and subsequently discuss the current challenges and outlook. We also highlight the applications of molecular robots in sensing biomarkers, signal communications with living cells, and conversion of energy. Although molecular robots are still in their infancy, they will unquestionably initiate massive change in biomedical and environmental technology in the not too distant future.
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- Zugui Peng
- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering and Biotechnology, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB3 0AS, UK
- Department of Chemistry, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK
- FabriCELL, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Imperial College London, South Kensington, London SW7 2AZ, UK
- FabriCELL, Molecular Sciences Research Hub, Imperial College London, London W12 0BZ, UK
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- Earth-Life Science Institute, Tokyo Institute of Technology, Ookayama 2-12-1, Meguro-Ku, Tokyo 152-8550, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Naka-cho, Koganei-shi, Tokyo185-8588, Japan.
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Aftahy K, Arrasate P, Bashkirov PV, Kuzmin PI, Maurizot V, Huc I, Frolov VA. Molecular Sensing and Manipulation of Protein Oligomerization in Membrane Nanotubes with Bolaamphiphilic Foldamers. J Am Chem Soc 2023; 145:25150-25159. [PMID: 37948300 PMCID: PMC10682987 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.3c05753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2023] [Revised: 10/05/2023] [Accepted: 10/06/2023] [Indexed: 11/12/2023]
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Adaptive and reversible self-assembly of supramolecular protein structures is a fundamental characteristic of dynamic living matter. However, the quantitative detection and assessment of the emergence of mesoscale protein complexes from small and dynamic oligomeric precursors remains highly challenging. Here, we present a novel approach utilizing a short membrane nanotube (sNT) pulled from a planar membrane reservoir as nanotemplates for molecular reconstruction, manipulation, and sensing of protein oligomerization and self-assembly at the mesoscale. The sNT reports changes in membrane shape and rigidity caused by membrane-bound proteins as variations of the ionic conductivity of the sNT lumen. To confine oligomerization to the sNT, we have designed and synthesized rigid oligoamide foldamer tapes (ROFTs). Charged ROFTs incorporate into the planar and sNT membranes, mediate protein binding to the membranes, and, driven by the luminal electric field, shuttle the bound proteins between the sNT and planar membranes. Using Annexin-V (AnV) as a prototype, we show that the sNT detects AnV oligomers shuttled into the nanotube by ROFTs. Accumulation of AnV on the sNT induces its self-assembly into a curved lattice, restricting the sNT geometry and inhibiting the material uptake from the reservoir during the sNT extension, leading to the sNT fission. By comparing the spontaneous and ROFT-mediated entry of AnV into the sNT, we reveal how intricate membrane curvature sensing by small AnV oligomers controls the lattice self-assembly. These results establish sNT-ROFT as a powerful tool for molecular reconstruction and functional analyses of protein oligomerization and self-assembly, with broad application to various membrane processes.
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- Kathrin Aftahy
- Department
of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Biofisika
Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of
the Basque Country, Leioa 48940, Spain
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of the Basque Country, Leioa 48940, Spain
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- Research
Institute for Systems Biology and Medicine, Moscow 117246, Russia
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- A.N.
Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Moscow 119071, Russia
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- Univ. Bordeaux,
CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique, CBMN (UMR 5248), Pessac 33600, France
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- Department
of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität
München, Munich 81377, Germany
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- Biofisika
Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of
the Basque Country, Leioa 48940, Spain
- Department
of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, University
of the Basque Country, Leioa 48940, Spain
- Ikerbasque,
Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao 48009, Spain
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Teng B, Mandal PK, Allmendinger L, Douat C, Ferrand Y, Huc I. Controlling aromatic helix dimerization in water by tuning charge repulsions. Chem Sci 2023; 14:11251-11260. [PMID: 37860656 PMCID: PMC10583700 DOI: 10.1039/d3sc02020g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/19/2023] [Accepted: 09/14/2023] [Indexed: 10/21/2023] Open
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Several helically folded aromatic oligoamides were designed and synthesized. The sequences were all water-soluble thanks to the charged side chains borne by the monomers. Replacing a few, sometimes only two, charged side chains by neutral methoxy groups was shown to trigger the formation of various aggregates which could be tentatively assigned to head-to-head stacked dimers of single helices, double helical duplexes and a quadruplex, none of which would form in organic solvent with organic-soluble analogues. The nature of the aggregates was supported by concentration and solvent dependent NMR studies, 1H DOSY experiments, mass spectrometry, and X-ray crystallography or energy-minimized models, as well as analogies with earlier studies. The hydrophobic effect appears to be the main driving force for aggregation but it can be finely modulated by the presence or absence of a small number of charges to an extent that had no precedent in aromatic foldamer architectures. These results will serve as a benchmark for future foldamer design in water.
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- Binhao Teng
- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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- Univ. Bordeaux, CNRS, Bordeaux Institut National Polytechnique CBMN UMR 5248, 2 rue Escarpit 33600 Pessac France
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- Department of Pharmacy, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Butenandtstr. 5-13 81377 München Germany
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Shen J, R D, Li Z, Oh H, Behera H, Joshi H, Kumar M, Aksimentiev A, Zeng H. Sulfur-Containing Foldamer-Based Artificial Lithium Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2023; 62:e202305623. [PMID: 37539755 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202305623] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2023] [Revised: 07/18/2023] [Accepted: 08/02/2023] [Indexed: 08/05/2023]
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Unlike many other biologically relevant ions (Na+ , K+ , Ca2+ , Cl- , etc) and protons, whose cellular concentrations are closely regulated by highly selective channel proteins, Li+ ion is unusual in that its concentration is well tolerated over many orders of magnitude and that no lithium-specific channel proteins have so far been identified. While one naturally evolved primary pathway for Li+ ions to traverse across the cell membrane is through sodium channels by competing with Na+ ions, highly sought-after artificial lithium-transporting channels remain a major challenge to develop. Here we show that sulfur-containing organic nanotubes derived from intramolecularly H-bonded helically folded aromatic foldamers of 3.6 Å in hollow cavity diameter could facilitate highly selective and efficient transmembrane transport of Li+ ions, with high transport selectivity factors of 15.3 and 19.9 over Na+ and K+ ions, respectively.
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- Jie Shen
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- Department of BioTechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, 502285, Telangana, India
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of BioTechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Hyderabad, Kandi, Sangareddy, 502285, Telangana, India
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- McKetta Department of Chemical Engineering, The University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX 78712, USA
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL 61820, USA
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian, 350116, China
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Wu J, Sun X, Li X, Li X, Feng W, Yuan L. Multi-Responsive Molecular Encapsulation and Release Based on Hydrogen-Bonded Azo-Macrocycle. Molecules 2023; 28:molecules28114437. [PMID: 37298912 DOI: 10.3390/molecules28114437] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/13/2023] [Revised: 05/27/2023] [Accepted: 05/27/2023] [Indexed: 06/12/2023] Open
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Research on stimuli-responsive host-guest systems is at the cutting edge of supramolecular chemistry, owing to their numerous potential applications such as catalysis, molecular machines, and drug delivery. Herein, we present a multi-responsive host-guest system comprising azo-macrocycle 1 and 4,4'-bipyridinium salt G1 for pH-, photo-, and cation- responsiveness. Previously, we reported a novel hydrogen-bonded azo-macrocycle 1. The size of this host can be controlled through light-induced E↔Z photo-isomerization of the constituent azo-benzenes. The host is found in this work to be capable of forming stable complexes with bipyridinium/pyridinium salts, and implementing guest capture and release with G1 under light in a controlled manner. The binding and release of the guest in the complexes can also be easily controlled reversibly by using acid and base. Moreover, the cation competition-induced dissociation of the complex 1a2⊃G1 is achieved. These findings are expected to be useful in regulating encapsulation for sophisticated supramolecular systems.
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- Jinyang Wu
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of the Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China
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Jin L, Sun C, Li Z, Shen J, Zeng H. A K +-selective channel with a record-high K +/Na + selectivity of 20.1. Chem Commun (Camb) 2023; 59:3610-3613. [PMID: 36891811 DOI: 10.1039/d2cc04396c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/26/2023]
Abstract
For compounds each containing a phenylalanine moiety with its two ends amidated to have a 15-crown-5 unit and an alkyl chain, a simple tuning of the alkyl chain length delivered a K+-selective channel with a record-high K+/Na+ selectivity of 20.1.
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- Lei Jin
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shannxi 710072, China
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- College of Textile Science and Technology, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu 214122, China
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- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shannxi 710072, China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China.
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shannxi 710072, China
- College of Chemistry, Fuzhou University, Fuzhou, Fujian 350116, China.
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Biophysical quantification of unitary solute and solvent permeabilities to enable translation to membrane science. J Memb Sci 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.memsci.2022.121308] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Idrees S, Li Z, Fang F, He H, Majeed I, Zhang Y, Osuka A, Cao Y, Zeng Z, Li X, Jiang HW. Porphyrin nanotubes based on a hydrogen-bonded organic framework. NANOSCALE 2022; 14:14630-14635. [PMID: 36165071 DOI: 10.1039/d2nr02499c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Tubular structures offer a wide variety of applications; therefore, designing such materials with distinct dimensions is highly desirable yet challenging. In the current report, we have demonstrated the synthesis of a one-dimensional (1D) tubular assembly comprising porphyrin nanoring subunits. The porphyrin nanoring (PNR) 2 bearing ester groups was synthesized via Pt-mediated cyclization and then hydrolyzed to obtain PNR 3 with carboxylic groups. Under optimized conditions, porphyrin nanotubes (PNTs) were formed through hydrogen bonding between the carboxylic groups of 3. The morphology investigated by both SEM and TEM displayed well-defined arrays of nanotube bundles up to several micrometers long. Small crystals of PNTs were obtained by heating a solution of 3 in DMSO. High-resolution transmission electron microscopy (HR-TEM) accompanied by selected-area electron diffraction (SAED) exhibited a line of diffractions with d-spacing values of 6.17, 3.08, 2.07, and 1.57 Å. The miller indices of these diffractions could be assigned as 300, 600, 900, and 1200, respectively, suggesting that an ordered structure of 1D PNTs has been formed.
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- Sumra Idrees
- GDMPA Key Laboratory for Process Control and Quality Evaluation of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- Instrumental Analysis Centre of Shenzhen University, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China
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- GDMPA Key Laboratory for Process Control and Quality Evaluation of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- GDMPA Key Laboratory for Process Control and Quality Evaluation of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- GDMPA Key Laboratory for Process Control and Quality Evaluation of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- Key Laboratory of the Assembly and Application of Organic Functional Molecules of Hunan Province, College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Hunan Normal University, Changsha 410081, China
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- Institute for Advanced Study (IAS), Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- GDMPA Key Laboratory for Process Control and Quality Evaluation of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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- College of Chemistry and Environmental Engineering, Shenzhen University, Shenzhen 518060, China.
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- GDMPA Key Laboratory for Process Control and Quality Evaluation of Chiral Pharmaceuticals, School of Chemistry, South China Normal University, Guangzhou 510006, China.
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Cholesterol-stabilized membrane-active nanopores with anticancer activities. Nat Commun 2022; 13:5985. [PMID: 36216956 PMCID: PMC9551035 DOI: 10.1038/s41467-022-33639-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2021] [Accepted: 09/23/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022] Open
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Cholesterol-enhanced pore formation is one evolutionary means cholesterol-free bacterial cells utilize to specifically target cholesterol-rich eukaryotic cells, thus escaping the toxicity these membrane-lytic pores might have brought onto themselves. Here, we present a class of artificial cholesterol-dependent nanopores, manifesting nanopore formation sensitivity, up-regulated by cholesterol of up to 50 mol% (relative to the lipid molecules). The high modularity in the amphiphilic molecular backbone enables a facile tuning of pore size and consequently channel activity. Possessing a nano-sized cavity of ~ 1.6 nm in diameter, our most active channel Ch-C1 can transport nanometer-sized molecules as large as 5(6)-carboxyfluorescein and display potent anticancer activity (IC50 = 3.8 µM) toward human hepatocellular carcinomas, with high selectivity index values of 12.5 and >130 against normal human liver and kidney cells, respectively. Bacterial cells utilize cholesterol-enhanced pore formation to specifically target eukaryotic cells. Here, the authors present a class of bio-inspired, cholesterol-enhanced nanopores which display anticancer activities in vitro.
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Liu Z, Zhou Y, Yuan L. Hydrogen-bonded aromatic amide macrocycles: synthesis, properties and functions. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:9023-9051. [PMID: 36128982 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01263d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As a classic example of nearly planar cyclic compounds, hydrogen-bonded aromatic amide (H-bonded aramide) macrocycles, consisting of consecutive intramolecular hydrogen bonds and aromatic residues, receive considerable research attention due to their rich host-guest chemistry. This review provides a detailed summary of the synthesis, properties and functions of H-bonded aramide macrocycles and their derivatives. Herein, the constitutional patterns of these macrocycles are divided into two subcategories: interior hydrogen bonding motifs and exterior hydrogen bonding motifs. Based on these two motifs, we summarize the facile synthesis, self-assembly, host-guest interaction complexation of H-bonded aramide macrocycles and the resulting applications such as molecular recognition, artificial ion channels, soft materials, supramolecular catalysis, and artificial molecular machines. The development of H-bonded aramide macrocycles is still in its infancy, although a considerable number of examples have been reported. We hope that this review will provide useful information and unlock new opportunities in this field.
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- Zejiang Liu
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory of Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, China.
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Sobiech TA, Zhong Y, Gong B. Cavity-containing aromatic oligoamide foldamers and macrocycles: progress and future perspectives. Org Biomol Chem 2022; 20:6962-6978. [PMID: 36040143 DOI: 10.1039/d2ob01467j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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As a major class of foldamers, aromatic oligoamide foldamers have attracted intense interest. The rigidity of aromatic residues and amide linkages allows the development of foldamers with readily predictable, stable conformations. Aromatic oligoamide foldamers having backbones fully constrained by intramolecular hydrogen bonds have attracted wide attention. Depending on their lengths, such foldamers adopt crescent or helical conformations with highly negative inner cavities. Cyclizing the backbone of the aromatic oligoamides affords the corresponding macrocycles which are characterised by persistent shapes and non-deformable inner cavities. With their defined, inner cavities, such aromatic oligoamide foldamers and macrocycles have served as hosts for cationic and polar guests, and as transmembrane channels for transporting ions and molecules. Recent synthetic progress resulted in the construction of multi-turn hollow helices that offer three-dimensional inner pores with adjustable depth. Reducing the number of backbone-constraining hydrogen bonds leads to oligoamides which, with their partially constrained backbones, undergo either solvent- or guest-dependent folding. One class of such aromatic olgioamide foldamders, which offer multiple backbone amide NH groups as hydrogen-bond donors, are designed to bind anions with adjustable affinities.
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- Thomas A Sobiech
- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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- Department of Chemistry, University at Buffalo, the State University of New York, Buffalo, NY 14260, USA.
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Shen J, Ye R, Liu Z, Zeng H. Hybrid Pyridine–Pyridone Foldamer Channels as M2‐Like Artificial Proton Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202200259. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.202200259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/07/2022] [Indexed: 11/05/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Jie Shen
- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 China
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- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 China
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro NJ 08028 USA
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- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 China
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Shen J, Ye R, Liu Z, Zeng H. Hybrid Pyridine–Pyridone Foldamer Channels as M2‐Like Artificial Proton Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202200259] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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- Jie Shen
- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 China
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- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 China
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Rowan University 201 Mullica Hill Road Glassboro NJ 08028 USA
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- College of Chemistry Fuzhou University Fuzhou Fujian 350116 China
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Abstract
Both biological and artificial membrane transporters mediate passive transmembrane ion flux predominantly via either channel or carrier mechanisms, tightly regulating the transport of materials entering and exiting the cell. One early elegant example unclassifiable as carriers or channels was reported by Smith who derivatized a phospholipid molecule into an anion transporter, facilitating membrane transport via a two-station relay mechanism (Smith et al. J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2008, 130, 17274-17275). Our journey toward blurring or even breaking the boundaries defined by the carrier and channel mechanisms starts in January of 2018 when seeing a child swinging on the swing at the playground park. Since then, I have been wondering whether we could build a nanoscale-sized molecular swing able to perform the swing function at the molecular level to induce transmembrane ion flux. Such research journey culminates in several membrane-active artificial molecular machines, including molecular swings, ion fishers, ion swimmers, rotors, tetrapuses and dodecapuses that permeabilize the membrane via swinging, ion-fishing, swimming, rotating, or swing-relaying actions, respectively. Except for molecular ion swimmers, these unconventional membrane transporters in their most stable states readily span across the entire membrane in a way akin to channels. With built-in flexible arms that can swing or bend in the dynamic membrane environment, they transport ions via constantly changing ion permeation pathways that are more defined than carriers but less defined than channels. Applying the same benzo-crown ether groups as the sole ion-binding and -transporting units, these transporters however differ immensely in ion transport property. While the maximal K+ transport activity is achieved by the molecular swing also termed "motional channel" that displays an EC50 value of 0.021 mol % relative to lipid and transports K+ ions at rate 27% faster than gramicidin A, the highest K+/Na+ selectivity of 18.3 is attained by the molecular ion fisher, with the highest Na+/K+ selectivity of 13.7 by the molecular dodecapus. Having EC50 values of 0.49-1.60 mol % and K+/Na+ values of 1.1-6.3, molecular rotors and tetrapuses are found to be generally active but weakly to moderately K+-selective. For molecular ion swimmers that contain 10 to 14 carbon atom alkyl linkers, they all turn out to be highly active (EC50 = 0.18-0.41 mol %) and highly selective (RK+/RNa+ = 7.0-9.5) transporters. Of special note are crown ether-appended molecular dodecapuses that establish the C60-fullerene core as an excellent platform to allow for a direct translation of solution binding affinity to transmembrane ion transport selectivity, providing a de novo basis for rationally designing artificial ion transporters with high transport selectivity. Considering remarkable cytotoxic activities displayed by molecular swings and ion swimmers, the varied types of existing and emerging unconventional membrane transporters with enhanced activities and selectivities eventually might lead to medical benefits in the future.
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- Jie Shen
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences, Xiamen University, Xiamen, Fujian 361102, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi’an, Shaanxi 710072, China
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Shen Y, Fei F, Zhong Y, Fan C, Sun J, Hu J, Gong B, Czajkowsky DM, Shao Z. Controlling Water Flow through a Synthetic Nanopore with Permeable Cations. ACS CENTRAL SCIENCE 2021; 7:2092-2098. [PMID: 34963901 PMCID: PMC8704043 DOI: 10.1021/acscentsci.1c01218] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/04/2021] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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There is presently intense interest in the development of synthetic nanopores that recapitulate the functional properties of biological water channels for a wide range of applications. To date, all known synthetic water channels have a hydrophobic lumen, and while many exhibit a comparable rate of water transport as biological water channels, there is presently no rationally designed system with the ability to regulate water transport, a critical property of many natural water channels. Here, we describe a self-assembling nanopore consisting of stacked macrocyclic molecules with a hybrid hydrophilic/hydrophobic lumen exhibiting water transport that can be regulated by alkali metal ions. Stopped-flow kinetic assays reveal a non-monotonic-dependence of transport on cation size as well as a strikingly broad range of water flow, from essentially none in the presence of the sodium ion to as high a flow as that of the biological water channel, aquaporin 1, in the absence of the cations. All-atom molecular dynamics simulations show that the mechanism underlying the observed sensitivity is the binding of cations to defined sites within this hybrid pore, which perturbs water flow through the channel. Thus, beyond revealing insights into factors that can modulate a high-flux water transport through sub-nm pores, the obtained results provide a proof-of-concept for the rational design of next-generation, controllable synthetic water channels.
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- Yi Shen
- School
of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School
of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, The State University of New
York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- School
of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Shanghai
Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Shanghai
Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine
(Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong
University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- Key
Laboratory of Interfacial Physics and Technology, Shanghai Synchrotron
Radiation Facility, Shanghai Advanced Research Institute, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai 201204, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, The State University of New
York at Buffalo, Buffalo, New York 14260, United States
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- School
of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School
of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao
Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Li Y, Dong J, Gong W, Tang X, Liu Y, Cui Y, Liu Y. Artificial Biomolecular Channels: Enantioselective Transmembrane Transport of Amino Acids Mediated by Homochiral Zirconium Metal-Organic Cages. J Am Chem Soc 2021; 143:20939-20951. [PMID: 34851640 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.1c09992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Natural transport channels (or carriers), such as aquaporins, are a distinct type of biomacromolecule capable of highly effective transmembrane transport of water or ions. Such behavior is routine for biology but has proved difficult to achieve in synthetic systems. Perhaps most significantly, the enantioselective transmembrane transport of biomolecules is an especially challenging problem both for chemists and for natural systems. Herein, a group of homochiral zirconium metal-organic cages with four triangular opening windows have been proposed as artificial biomolecular channels for enantioselective transmembrane transport of natural amino acids. These structurally well-defined coordination cages are assembled from six synthetically accessible BINOL-derived chiral ligands as spacers and four n-Bu3-Cp3Zr3 clusters as vertices, forming tetrahedral-shaped architectures that feature an intrinsically chiral cavity decorated with an array of specifically positioned binding sites mediated from phenol to phenyl ether to crown ether groups. Fascinatingly, the transformation of single-molecule chirality to global supramolecular chirality within the space-restricted chiral microenvironments accompanies unprecedented chiral amplification, leading to the enantiospecific recognition of amino acids. By virtue of the highly structural stability and excellent biocompatibility, the orientation-independent cages can be molecularly embedded into lipid membranes, biomimetically serving as single-molecular chiral channels for polar-residue amino acids, with the properties that cage-1 featuring hydroxyl groups preferentially transports the l-asparagine, whereas cage-2 attaching crown ether groups spontaneously favor transporting d-arginine. We therefore develop a new type of self-assembled system that can potentially mimic the functions of transmembrane proteins in nature, which is a realistic candidate for further biomedical applications.
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- Yingguo Li
- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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- School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Frontiers Science Center for Transformative Molecules and State Key Laboratory of Metal Matrix Composites, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, China
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Yang J, Yu G, Sessler JL, Shin I, Gale PA, Huang F. Artificial transmembrane ion transporters as potential therapeutics. Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chempr.2021.10.028] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Shen J, Han JJY, Ye R, Zeng H. Molecular rotors as a class of generally highly active ion transporters. Sci China Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-021-1082-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Wang C, Wang S, Yang H, Xiang Y, Wang X, Bao C, Zhu L, Tian H, Qu D. A Light‐Operated Molecular Cable Car for Gated Ion Transport. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202102838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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- Chenxi Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry Institute of Fine Chemicals School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering East China University of Science and Technology Shanghai 200237 China
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Wang C, Wang S, Yang H, Xiang Y, Wang X, Bao C, Zhu L, Tian H, Qu DH. A Light-Operated Molecular Cable Car for Gated Ion Transport. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:14836-14840. [PMID: 33843130 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202102838] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2021] [Revised: 03/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Inspired by the nontrivial and controlled movements of molecular machines, we report an azobenzene-based molecular shuttle PR2, which can perform light-gated ion transport across lipid membranes. The amphiphilicity and membrane-spanning molecular length enable PR2 to insert into the bilayer membrane and efficiently transport K+ (EC50 =4.1 μm) through the thermally driven stochastic shuttle motion of the crown ether ring along the axle. The significant difference in shuttling rate between trans-PR2 and cis-PR2 induced by molecular isomerization enables a light-gated ion transport, i.e., ON/OFF in situ regulation of transport activity and single-channel current. This work represents an example of using a photoswitchable molecular machine to realize gated ion transport, which demonstrates the value of molecular machines functioning in biomembranes.
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- Chenxi Wang
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials and Joint International Research Laboratory of Precision Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, Feringa Nobel Prize Scientist Joint Research Center, Frontiers Science Center for Materiobiology and Dynamic Chemistry, Institute of Fine Chemicals, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, China
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Shen J, Ye R, Zeng H. Crystal Packing‐Guided Construction of Hetero‐Oligomeric Peptidic Ensembles as Synthetic 3‐in‐1 Transporters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202101489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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- Jie Shen
- Department of Chemistry College of Science Hainan University Haikou Hainan 570228 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science Hainan University Haikou Hainan 570228 China
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- Department of Chemistry College of Science Hainan University Haikou Hainan 570228 China
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Shen J, Ye R, Zeng H. Crystal Packing-Guided Construction of Hetero-Oligomeric Peptidic Ensembles as Synthetic 3-in-1 Transporters. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2021; 60:12924-12930. [PMID: 33755290 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202101489] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/31/2021] [Revised: 03/22/2021] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Strategies to generate heteromeric peptidic ensembles via a social self-sorting process are limited. Herein, we report a crystal packing-inspired social self-sorting strategy broadly applicable to diverse types of H-bonded peptidic frameworks. Specifically, a crystal structure of H-bonded alkyl chain-appended monopeptides reveals an inter-chain separation distance of 4.8 Å dictated by the H-bonded amide groups, which is larger than 4.1 Å separation distance desired by the tightly packed straight alkyl chains. This incompatibility results in loosely packed alkyl chains, prompting us to investigate and validate the feasibility of applying bulky tert-butyl groups, modified with an anion-binding group, to alternatively interpenetrate the straight alkyl chains, modified with a crown ether group. Structurally, this social self-sorting approach generates highly stable hetero-oligomeric ensembles, having alternated anion- and cation-binding units vertically aligned to the same side. Functionally, these hetero-oligomeric ensembles promote transmembrane transport of cations, anions and more interestingly zwitterionic species such as amino acids.
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- Jie Shen
- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China
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- Department of Chemistry, College of Science, Hainan University, Haikou, Hainan, 570228, China
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Ruan Y, Li QH, Shu L, Wan JH. A shape-persistent arylene ethynylene macrocycle with a multiple acetamide modified cavity: synthesis and gelation. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:3242-3249. [PMID: 33625436 DOI: 10.1039/d0sm02144j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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A new arylene ethynylene macrocycle (AEM) molecule bearing endo-acetamide groups was obtained by a Pd/Cu mediated homo-coupling reaction. Introducing tetraethylene glycol ether as a linkage between two C-shaped fragments substantially improved the final cyclization yield (30%). Concentration-dependent 1HNMR experiments indicated that strong aggregates formed through H-bonds were observed for this new macrocycle with amide groups in solution. And also, this macrocycle was fluorescent in solution and showed a highly selective fluorescence quenching response toward the highly toxic Hg2+. More importantly, this macrocycle could induce gelation of several solvents. Significantly, an interesting aggregation-induced enhanced emission (AIEE) behavior was observed for this macrocycle upon gelation. Both SEM and TEM investigations revealed that nanoporous structures existed in the xerogels. This study offers a new molecular design approach to develop fluorescent gels from planar AEM molecules with a functional cavity.
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- Yang Ruan
- Key Laboratory of Organosilicon Chemistry and Material Technology of Ministry of Education, Hangzhou Normal University, Hangzhou, 310012, P. R. China.
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Zhang C, Zhang J, Li W, Mao S, Dong Z. Anion Transmembrane Nanochannels from Pore-Forming Helices Constructed by the Dynamic Covalent Reaction of Dihydrazide and Dialdehyde Units. Chempluschem 2021; 86:492-495. [PMID: 33733612 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000813] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/22/2020] [Revised: 01/27/2021] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Anion transmembrane nanochannels constructed from dynamic covalent helices (DCHs) are reported. The dynamic covalent structures can be synthesized by one-pot dynamic covalent reactions and helically self-fold into nanotubes through intramolecular hydrogen bonding and π-π interactions. Such helical structures can vertically self-assemble into long nanofibers under π-π stacking and their hollow nanocavities finally form ion permeation pathways across the lipid membranes. Single-channel electrophysiology signals provide solid evidence of DCHs following the channel rather than the carrier mechanism. Owing to the pore-forming capacity of DCHs, nanochannels are able to accelerate the movement of anions across lipid membranes with high transport activity (EC50 =0.08 mol %). Moreover, DCH channels show dehydration energy dependent anion selectivity. This report highlights the importance of such DCHs as general channel scaffolds with economical synthesis and special nanocavities.
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- Chenyang Zhang
- Department State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street, Changchun, P. R. China
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- Department State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street, Changchun, P. R. China
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Fuller AA, Moreno JL, Nguyen MT. Using Fluorescence to Enable Innovative Functions of Foldamers. Isr J Chem 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/ijch.202000109] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Amelia A. Fuller
- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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- Department of Chemistry & Biochemistry Santa Clara University 500 El Camino Real Santa Clara CA 95053 USA
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Zhang H, Ye R, Mu Y, Li T, Zeng H. Small Molecule-Based Highly Active and Selective K + Transporters with Potent Anticancer Activities. NANO LETTERS 2021; 21:1384-1391. [PMID: 33464086 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c04134] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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We report here a novel class of cation transporters with extreme simplicity, opening a whole new dimension of scientific research for finding small molecule-based cation transporters for therapeutic applications. Comprising three modular components (a headgroup, a flexible alkyl chain-derived body, and a crown ether-derived foot for ion binding), these transporters efficiently (EC50 = 0.18-0.41 mol % relative to lipid) and selectively (K+/Na+ selectivity = 7.0-9.5) move K+ ions across the membrane. Importantly, the most active (EC50 = 0.18-0.22 mol %) and highly selective series of transporters A12, B12, and C12 concurrently possess potent anticancer activities with IC50 values as low as 4.35 ± 0.91 and 6.00 ± 0.13 μM toward HeLa and PC3 cells, respectively. Notably, a mere replacement of the 18-crown-6 unit in the structure with 12-crown-4 or 15-crown-5 units completely annihilates the cation-transporting ability.
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- Hao Zhang
- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
- Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Taicang, Jiangsu 215400, China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
- Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Taicang, Jiangsu 215400, China
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- School of Biological Sciences, Nanyang Technological University, Singapore 637551
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
- Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Taicang, Jiangsu 215400, China
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- Institute of Advanced Synthesis, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Xi'an, Shaanxi 710072, China
- Yangtze River Delta Research Institute, Northwestern Polytechnical University, Taicang, Jiangsu 215400, China
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August D, Borsley S, Cockroft SL, della Sala F, Leigh DA, Webb SJ. Transmembrane Ion Channels Formed by a Star of David [2]Catenane and a Molecular Pentafoil Knot. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:18859-18865. [PMID: 33084320 PMCID: PMC7745878 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.0c07977] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/24/2020] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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A (FeII)6-coordinated triply interlocked ("Star of David") [2]catenane (612 link) and a (FeII)5-coordinated pentafoil (51) knot are found to selectively transport anions across phospholipid bilayers. Allostery, topology, and building block stoichiometry all play important roles in the efficacy of the ionophoric activity. Multiple FeII cation coordination by the interlocked molecules is crucial: the demetalated catenane exhibits no anion binding in solution nor any transmembrane ion transport properties. However, the topologically trivial, Lehn-type cyclic hexameric FeII helicates-which have similar anion binding affinities to the metalated Star of David catenane in solution-also display no ion transport properties. The unanticipated difference in behavior between the open- and closed-loop structures may arise from conformational restrictions in the linking groups that likely enhances the rigidity of the channel-forming topologically complex molecules. The (FeII)6-coordinated Star of David catenane, derived from a hexameric cyclic helicate, is 2 orders of magnitude more potent in terms of ion transport than the (FeII)5-coordinated pentafoil knot, derived from a cyclic pentamer of the same building block. The reduced efficacy is reminiscent of multisubunit protein ion channels assembled with incorrect monomer stoichiometries.
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- David
P. August
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
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- EaStCHEM
School of Chemistry, University of Edinburgh, Joseph Black Building, David Brewster
Road, Edinburgh EH9 3FJ, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of
Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Manchester, Oxford Road, Manchester M13 9PL, United
Kingdom
- Manchester
Institute of Biotechnology, University of
Manchester, 131 Princess Street, Manchester M1 7DN, United Kingdom
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Shen Y, Zhong Y, Fei F, Sun J, Czajkowsky DM, Gong B, Shao Z. Ultrasensitive liposome-based assay for the quantification of fundamental ion channel properties. Anal Chim Acta 2020; 1112:8-15. [PMID: 32334685 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2020.03.044] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/26/2019] [Revised: 02/16/2020] [Accepted: 03/22/2020] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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One of the most widely used approaches to characterize transmembrane ion transport through nanoscale synthetic or biological channels is a straightforward, liposome-based assay that monitors changes in ionic flux across the vesicle membrane using pH- or ion-sensitive dyes. However, failure to account for the precise experimental conditions, in particular the complete ionic composition on either side of the membrane and the inherent permeability of ions through the lipid bilayer itself, can prevent quantifications and lead to fundamentally incorrect conclusions. Here we present a quantitative model for this assay based on the Goldman-Hodgkin-Katz flux theory, which enables accurate measurements and identification of optimal conditions for the determination of ion channel permeability and selectivity. Based on our model, the detection sensitivity of channel permeability is improved by two orders of magnitude over the commonly used experimental conditions. Further, rather than obtaining qualitative preferences of ion selectivity as is typical, we determine quantitative values of these parameters under rigorously controlled conditions even when the experimental results would otherwise imply (without our model) incorrect behavior. We anticipate that this simply employed ultrasensitive assay will find wide application in the quantitative characterization of synthetic or biological ion channels.
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- Yi Shen
- Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States
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- Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Shanghai Center for Systems Biomedicine, Key Laboratory of Systems Biomedicine (Ministry of Education), Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China
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- Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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- Department of Chemistry, The State University of New York at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, 14260, United States.
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- Bio-ID Center, School of Biomedical Engineering, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai, 200240, China.
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Zhang C, Tian J, Qi S, Yang B, Dong Z. Highly Efficient Exclusion of Alkali Metal Ions via Electrostatic Repulsion Inside Positively Charged Channels. NANO LETTERS 2020; 20:3627-3632. [PMID: 32323993 DOI: 10.1021/acs.nanolett.0c00567] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Understanding of the structure-function relationships of natural protein channels remains a challenging task because of their unattainable physiological functions in terms of selectivity. To achieve this, a synthetic system of chemically modified channels has been constructed based on helical polymer scaffolds. Here, we report a type of positively charged channels in which multiple quaternary ammonium groups are covalently modified on the lumen surface of helical polymer while the helical conformation is intact. Compared to unmodified channels, the existence of multiple charged groups in the cavity not only makes the lumen size narrower but also essentially changes the channel properties without obstructing channel structure. Our study indicates that positively charged channels preferentially transport anions with size-dependent selectivity, whereas alkali metal ions are almost completely suppressed by electrostatic repulsion. As a consequence, a specific artificial channel with high Cl-/Na+ selectivity ratio of 41:1 is obtained.
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- Chenyang Zhang
- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Supramolecular Structure and Materials, College of Chemistry, Jilin University, Qianjin Street 2699, Changchun 130012, China
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Roy A, Joshi H, Ye R, Shen J, Chen F, Aksimentiev A, Zeng H. Polyhydrazide-Based Organic Nanotubes as Efficient and Selective Artificial Iodide Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020; 59:4806-4813. [PMID: 31950583 PMCID: PMC7093082 DOI: 10.1002/anie.201916287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/19/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Reported herein is a series of pore-containing polymeric nanotubes based on a hydrogen-bonded hydrazide backbone. Nanotubes of suitable lengths, possessing a hollow cavity of about a 6.5 Å diameter, mediate highly efficient transport of diverse types of anions, rather than cations, across lipid membranes. The reported polymer channel, having an average molecular weight of 18.2 kDa and 3.6 nm in helical height, exhibits the highest anion-transport activities for iodide (EC50 =0.042 μm or 0.028 mol % relative to lipid), whcih is transported 10 times more efficiently than chlorides (EC50 =0.47 μm). Notably, even in cholesterol-rich environment, iodide transport activity remains high with an EC50 of 0.37 μm. Molecular dynamics simulation studies confirm that the channel is highly selective for anions and that such anion selectivity arises from a positive electrostatic potential of the central lumen rendered by the interior-pointing methyl groups.
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- Arundhati Roy
- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore, 138669, Singapore
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, National University of Singapore, Singapore, 117585, Singapore
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- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore, 138669, Singapore
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- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore, 138669, Singapore
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, 61801, USA
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- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore, 138669, Singapore
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Roy A, Joshi H, Ye R, Shen J, Chen F, Aksimentiev A, Zeng H. Polyhydrazide‐Based Organic Nanotubes as Efficient and Selective Artificial Iodide Channels. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201916287] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Arundhati Roy
- NanoBio Lab 31 Biopolis Way The Nanos, Singapore 138669 Singapore
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and TechnologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biomolecular EngineeringNational University of Singapore Singapore 117585 Singapore
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- NanoBio Lab 31 Biopolis Way The Nanos, Singapore 138669 Singapore
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- NanoBio Lab 31 Biopolis Way The Nanos, Singapore 138669 Singapore
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- Department of Physics and Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and TechnologyUniversity of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign Urbana IL 61801 USA
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- NanoBio Lab 31 Biopolis Way The Nanos, Singapore 138669 Singapore
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Wang Q, Zhong Y, Miller DP, Lu X, Tang Q, Lu ZL, Zurek E, Liu R, Gong B. Self-Assembly and Molecular Recognition in Water: Tubular Stacking and Guest-Templated Discrete Assembly of Water-Soluble, Shape-Persistent Macrocycles. J Am Chem Soc 2020; 142:2915-2924. [PMID: 31895977 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b11536] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Supramolecular chemistry in aqueous media is an area with great fundamental and practical significance. To examine the role of multiple noncovalent interactions in controlled assembling and binding behavior in water, the self-association of five water-soluble hexakis(m-phenylene ethynylene) (m-PE) macrocycles, along with the molecular recognition behavior of the resultant assemblies, is investigated with UV-vis, fluorescence, CD, and NMR spectroscopy, mass spectrometry, and computational studies. In contrast to their different extents of self-aggregation in organic solvents, all five macrocycles remain aggregated in water at concentrations down to the micromolar (μM) range. CD spectroscopy reveals that 1-F6 and 1-H6, two macrocycles carrying chiral side chains and capable of H-bonded self-association, assemble into tubular stacks. The tubular stacks serve as supramolecular hosts in water, as exemplified by the interaction of macrocycles 1-H6 and 2-H6 and guests G1 through G4, each having a rod-like oligo(p-phenylene ethynylene) (p-PE) segment flanked by two hydrophilic chains. Fluorescence and 1H NMR spectroscopy revealed the formation of kinetically stable, discrete assemblies upon mixing 2-H6 and a guest. The binding stoichiometry, determined with fluorescence, 1H NMR, and ESI-MS, reveals that the discrete assemblies are novel pseudorotaxanes, each containing a pair of identical guest molecules encased by a tubular stack. The two guest molecules define the number of macrocyclic molecules that comprise the host, which curbs the "infinite" stack growth, resulting in a tubular stack with a cylindrical pore tailoring the length of the p-PE segment of the bound guests. Each complex is stabilized by the action of multiple noncovalent forces including aromatic stacking, side-chain H-bonding, and van der Waals interactions. Thus, the interplay of multiple noncovalent forces aligns the molecules of macrocycles 1 and 2 into tubular stacks with cylindrical inner pores that, upon binding rod-like guests, lead to tight, discrete, and well-ordered tubular assemblies that are unprecedented in water.
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- Qiuhua Wang
- College of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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- Department of Chemistry , Hofstra University , Hempstead , New York 11549 , United States
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- College of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China
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- College of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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- College of Chemistry , Beijing Normal University , Beijing 100875 , China
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- Department of Chemistry , University at Buffalo, The State University of New York , Buffalo , New York 14260 , United States
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Kothapalli SSK, Kannekanti VK, Ye Z, Yang Z, Chen L, Cai Y, Zhu B, Feng W, Yuan L. Light-controlled switchable complexation by a non-photoresponsive hydrogen-bonded amide macrocycle. Org Chem Front 2020. [DOI: 10.1039/d0qo00116c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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A light controlled switchable host–guest system based on a non-photoresponsive H-bonded macrocycle and pyridinium salts was developed using a photoacid.
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- Sudarshana Santhosh Kumar Kothapalli
- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Institute of Nuclear Science and Technology
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
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Dobscha JR, Castillo HD, Li Y, Fadler RE, Taylor RD, Brown AA, Trainor CQ, Tait SL, Flood AH. Sequence-Defined Macrocycles for Understanding and Controlling the Build-up of Hierarchical Order in Self-Assembled 2D Arrays. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:17588-17600. [PMID: 31503483 PMCID: PMC7461245 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b06410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/06/2023]
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Anfinsen's dogma that sequence dictates structure is fundamental to understanding the activity and assembly of proteins. This idea has been applied to all manner of oligomers but not to the behavior of cyclic oligomers, aka macrocycles. We do this here by providing the first proofs that sequence controls the hierarchical assembly of nonbiological macrocycles, in this case, at graphite surfaces. To design macrocycles with one (AAA), two (AAB), or three (ABC) different carbazole units, we needed to subvert the synthetic preferences for one-pot macrocyclizations. We developed a new stepwise synthesis with sequence-defined targets made in 11, 17, and 22 steps with 25, 10, and 5% yields, respectively. The linear build up of primary sequence (1°) also enabled a thermal Huisgen cycloaddition to proceed regioselectively for the first time using geometric control. The resulting macrocycles are planar (2° structure) and form H-bonded dimers (3°) at surfaces. Primary sequences encoded into the suite of tricarb macrocycles were shown by scanning-tunneling microscopy (STM) to impact the next levels of supramolecular ordering (4°) and 2D crystalline polymorphs (5°) at solution-graphite interfaces. STM imaging of an AAB macrocycle revealed the formation of a new gap phase that was inaccessible using only C3-symmetric macrocycles. STM imaging of two additional sequence-controlled macrocycles (AAD, ABE) allowed us to identify the factors driving the formation of this new polymorph. This demonstration of how sequence controls the hierarchical patterning of macrocycles raises the importance of stepwise syntheses relative to one-pot macrocyclizations to offer new approaches for greater understanding and control of hierarchical assembly.
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- James R. Dobscha
- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Molecular Materials Design Laboratory, Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 East Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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Reddy PS, Langlois d'Estaintot B, Granier T, Mackereth CD, Fischer L, Huc I. Structure Elucidation of Helical Aromatic Foldamer-Protein Complexes with Large Contact Surface Areas. Chemistry 2019; 25:11042-11047. [PMID: 31257622 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201902942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/26/2019] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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The development of large synthetic ligands could be useful to target the sizeable surface areas involved in protein-protein interactions. Herein, we present long helical aromatic oligoamide foldamers bearing proteinogenic side chains that cover up to 450 Å2 of the human carbonic anhydrase II (HCA) surface. The foldamers are composed of aminoquinolinecarboxylic acids bearing proteinogenic side chains and of more flexible aminomethyl-pyridinecarboxylic acids that enhance helix handedness dynamics. Crystal structures of HCA-foldamer complexes were obtained with a 9- and a 14-mer both showing extensive protein-foldamer hydrophobic contacts. In addition, foldamer-foldamer interactions seem to be prevalent in the crystal packing, leading to the peculiar formation of an HCA superhelix wound around a rod of stacked foldamers. Solution studies confirm the positioning of the foldamer at the protein surface as well as a dimerization of the complexes.
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- Post Sai Reddy
- CBMN (UMR5248), Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS-INP, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France
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- CBMN (UMR5248), Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS-INP, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France
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- CBMN (UMR5248), Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS-INP, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France
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- ARNA (U1212), Univ. Bordeaux-INSERM-CNRS, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France
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- CBMN (UMR5248), Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS-INP, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France
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- CBMN (UMR5248), Univ. Bordeaux-CNRS-INP, Institut Européen de Chimie et Biologie, 2 rue Escarpit, 33600, Pessac, France.,Department Pharmazie and Center for Integrated Protein Science, Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität, Butenandtstr. 5-13, 81377, München, Germany
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Howe ENW, Gale PA. Fatty Acid Fueled Transmembrane Chloride Transport. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:10654-10660. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b02116] [Citation(s) in RCA: 32] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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- Ethan N. W. Howe
- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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- School of Chemistry, The University of Sydney, Sydney NSW 2006, Australia
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Zeng F, Liu F, Yuan L, Zhou S, Shen J, Li N, Ren H, Zeng H. A Pore-Forming Tripeptide as an Extraordinarily Active Anion Channel. Org Lett 2019; 21:4826-4830. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.orglett.9b01723] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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- Fei Zeng
- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, Hunan, China 425100
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, Hunan, China 425100
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- College of Chemistry and Bioengineering, Hunan University of Science and Engineering, Yongzhou, Hunan, China 425100
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 610065
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- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669
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- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu, China 610065
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- NanoBio Lab, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos, Singapore 138669
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Lee LM, Tsemperouli M, Poblador-Bahamonde AI, Benz S, Sakai N, Sugihara K, Matile S. Anion Transport with Pnictogen Bonds in Direct Comparison with Chalcogen and Halogen Bonds. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:810-814. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b12554] [Citation(s) in RCA: 118] [Impact Index Per Article: 23.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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- Lucia M. Lee
- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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- School of Chemistry and Biochemistry, NCCR Chemical Biology, University of Geneva, CH-1211 Geneva, Switzerland
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Peng Z, Guo X, Xu W, Li J, Deng P, Xiao X, Feng W, Yuan L. Strong positive allosteric cooperativity in ternary complexes based on hydrogen-bonded aromatic amide macrocycles. Chem Commun (Camb) 2019; 55:4869-4872. [PMID: 30951049 DOI: 10.1039/c9cc00925f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Three new hydrogen-bonded aromatic amide macrocycles with eight residues were synthesized. The first single crystal structure of this class of larger macrocycles was obtained, which reveals a saddle-like conformation. Interestingly, in sharp contrast to previous negative cooperativity in binding paraquat with cyclo[6]aramide, strong positive allosteric cooperativity in ternary complexes was observed. This may open an avenue for the construction of mechanically interlocked molecules with these larger H-bonded macrocycles.
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- Zhiyong Peng
- College of Chemistry, Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education, Analytical & Testing Center, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610064, Sichuan, China.
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Guo X, Yang Y, Peng Z, Cai Y, Feng W, Yuan L. Highly efficient synthesis of hydrogen-bonded aromatic tetramers as macrocyclic receptors for selective recognition of lithium ions. Org Chem Front 2019. [DOI: 10.1039/c9qo00612e] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Lithium ion receptor based on novel hydrogen-bonded aromatic tetramer biphenyl-cyclo[4]aramide has been developed.
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- Xuwen Guo
- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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- College of Chemistry
- Key Laboratory for Radiation Physics and Technology of Ministry of Education
- Sichuan University
- Chengdu 610064
- China
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Ren C, Zeng F, Shen J, Chen F, Roy A, Zhou S, Ren H, Zeng H. Pore-Forming Monopeptides as Exceptionally Active Anion Channels. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:8817-8826. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b04657] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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- Changliang Ren
- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Sichuan University, Chengdu 610065, China
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology, 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos 138669, Singapore
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Ren C, Ding X, Roy A, Shen J, Zhou S, Chen F, Yau Li SF, Ren H, Yang YY, Zeng H. A halogen bond-mediated highly active artificial chloride channel with high anticancer activity. Chem Sci 2018; 9:4044-4051. [PMID: 29780533 PMCID: PMC5935034 DOI: 10.1039/c8sc00602d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2018] [Accepted: 03/15/2018] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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Chloride-selective transmembrane carriers or channels might have possible uses in treating channelopathies or cancers. While chloride carriers have been extensively investigated, the corresponding chloride channels have remained limitedly studied. Moreover, all hitherto reported channel systems lack clearly definable and readily modifiable positions in their structures for the reliable construction and combinatorial optimization of their ion transport properties. As a result, the existing channels are limited by their large molecular weight, weak activity or low anion selectivity. In this report, we describe a readily accessible and robust monopeptide-based scaffold for the reliable construction of halogen bond-mediated artificial anion channels via directional assembly of electron-deficient iodine atoms, which create a transmembrane pathway for facilitating anion transport. The high intrinsic modularity of the backbone of the scaffold, which enables the rapid and combinatorial optimization of the transport activity and selectivity of channels, effectively delivers a highly active chloride channel A10. Such high activity in chloride transport subsequently leads to an excellent IC50 value of 20 μM toward inhibiting the growth of human breast cancer cells (BT-474), an anticancer activity that is even higher than that of the well-known anticancer agent cisplatin.
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- Changliang Ren
- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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- College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China 610065
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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- NUS Environmental Research Institute , Department of Chemistry , National University of Singapore , 3 Science Drive 3 , Singapore 117543
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- College of Chemical Engineering , Sichuan University , Chengdu , China 610065
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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- Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology , 31 Biopolis Way, The Nanos , Singapore 138669 .
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Kim S, Castillo HD, Lee M, Mortensen RD, Tait SL, Lee D. From Foldable Open Chains to Shape-Persistent Macrocycles: Synthesis, Impact on 2D Ordering, and Stimulated Self-Assembly. J Am Chem Soc 2018. [DOI: 10.1021/jacs.8b01805] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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- Soobin Kim
- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Indiana University, 800 E. Kirkwood Avenue, Bloomington, Indiana 47405, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Seoul National University, 1 Gwanak-ro, Gwanak-gu, Seoul 08826, Korea
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Chen S, Zhao Y, Bao C, Zhou Y, Wang C, Lin Q, Zhu L. A well-defined unimolecular channel facilitates chloride transport. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 54:1249-1252. [PMID: 29340374 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc09200h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/30/2023]
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A unimolecular ion channel was optimized by functionalization with a new type of rigid-rod oligomer. The macrocycle pendant endows chloride selectivity and the fluorescence feature and suitable length of the rod facilitates the visual insertion of channels into the lipid bilayer, resulting in efficient ion transport with an EC50 value of 0.36 μM.
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- Sujun Chen
- Shanghai Key Laboratory of Functional Materials Chemistry, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, 130# Meilong Road, Shanghai, 200237, P. R. China.
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Yang YD, Sessler JL, Gong HY. Flexible imidazolium macrocycles: building blocks for anion-induced self-assembly. Chem Commun (Camb) 2018; 53:9684-9696. [PMID: 28766599 DOI: 10.1039/c7cc04661h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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This feature article summarises recent contributions of the authors in the area of anion-induced supramolecular self-assembly. It is based on the chemistry of a set of tetracationic imidazolium macrocycles, specifically the so-called 'Texas-sized' molecular box, cyclo[2](2,6-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine)[2](1,4-dimethylenebenzene) (14+), and its congeners, cyclo[2](2,6-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine)[2](1,2-dimethylenebenzene) (24+), cyclo[2](2,6-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine)[2](1,3-dimethylenebenzene) (34+), and cyclo[2](2,6-di(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridine)[2](2,6-dimethylenepyridine) (44+). These systems collectively have been demonstrated as being versatile building blocks that interact with organic carboxylate or sulfonate anions, as well as substrates (e.g., neutral molecules or metal cations). Most work to date has been carried out with 14+, a system that has been found to support the construction of a number of stimuli responsive self-assembled ensembles. This macrocycle and others of the 'Texas-sized' box family also show the potential to react as carbene precursors and to undergo post-synthetic modification (PSM) to produce new functional macrocycles, such as trans- and cis-cyclo[2]((Z)-N-(2-((6-(1H-imidazol-1-yl)pyridin-2-yl)amino)vinyl)formamide)[2](1,4-bismethylbenzene) (52+ and 62+, respectively). On the basis of the work reviewed in this Feature article, we propose that the imidazolium macrocycles 14+-44+ can be considered as useful tools for the construction of ensembles with environmentally responsive features, including control over self-assembly and an ability to undergo precursor-specific PSM.
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- Yu-Dong Yang
- College of Chemistry, Beijing Normal University, Xinjiekouwaidajie 19, Beijing, 100875, P. R. China.
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Resa S, Miguel D, Guisán-Ceinos S, Mazzeo G, Choquesillo-Lazarte D, Abbate S, Crovetto L, Cárdenas DJ, Carreño MC, Ribagorda M, Longhi G, Mota AJ, Álvarez de Cienfuegos L, Cuerva JM. Sulfoxide-Induced Homochiral Folding of ortho
-Phenylene Ethynylenes (o
-OPEs) by Silver(I) Templating: Structure and Chiroptical Properties. Chemistry 2018; 24:2653-2662. [DOI: 10.1002/chem.201704897] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/16/2017] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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- Sandra Resa
- Department of Organic Chemistry; University of Granada, UGR; C. U. Fuentenueva 18071 Granada Spain
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- Department of Physical Chemistry; University of Granada, UGR, Cartuja Campus; 18071 Granada Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Traslazionale; Università di Brescia; Viale Europa 11 25123 Brescia Italy
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- Laboratorio de Estudios Cristalográficos; Instituto Andaluz de Ciencias de la Tierra, CSIC-UGR; Armilla, Granada Spain
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Traslazionale; Università di Brescia; Viale Europa 11 25123 Brescia Italy
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- Department of Physical Chemistry; University of Granada, UGR, Cartuja Campus; 18071 Granada Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; Universidad Autónoma de Madrid, Cantoblanco; 28049 Madrid Spain
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- Dipartimento di Medicina e Traslazionale; Università di Brescia; Viale Europa 11 25123 Brescia Italy
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- Department of Inorganic Chemistry; University of Granada, UGR; C. U. Fuentenueva 18071 Granada Spain
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- Department of Organic Chemistry; University of Granada, UGR; C. U. Fuentenueva 18071 Granada Spain
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