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Li R, Muraoka T, Kinbara K. Thermo-driven self-assembly of a PEG-containing amphiphile in a bilayer membrane. RSC Adv 2020; 10:25758-25762. [PMID: 35518572 PMCID: PMC9055338 DOI: 10.1039/d0ra03920a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 07/01/2020] [Indexed: 11/23/2022] Open
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Self-assembly of lipid molecules in a plasma membrane, namely lipid raft formation, is involved in various dynamic functions of cells. Inspired by the raft formation observed in the cells, here we studied thermally induced self-assembly of a synthetic amphiphile, bola-AkDPA, in a bilayer membrane. The synthetic amphiphile consists of a hydrophobic unit including fluorescent aromatic and aliphatic components and hydrophilic tetraethylene glycol chains attached at both ends of the hydrophobic unit. In a polar solvent, bola-AkDPA formed aggregates to show excimer emission. In a lipid bilayer membrane, bola-AkDPA showed intensified excimer emission upon increase of its concentration or elevation of the temperature; bola-type amphiphiles containing oligoethylene glycol chains likely tend to form self-assemblies in a bilayer membrane triggered by thermal stimuli. A synthetic multi-block amphiphile containing oligoethylene glycol chains formed a self-assembly in a bilayer membrane triggered by thermal stimuli.![]()
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- Rui Li
- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
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- Department of Life Science and Technology
- Tokyo Institute of Technology
- Yokohama
- Japan
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- Institute of Multidisciplinary Research for Advanced Materials
- Tohoku University
- Sendai
- Japan
- Department of Life Science and Technology
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Duhamel J. New insights in the study of pyrene excimer fluorescence to characterize macromolecules and their supramolecular assemblies in solution. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:6527-6538. [PMID: 22423596 DOI: 10.1021/la2047646] [Citation(s) in RCA: 143] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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This report highlights some of the recent developments that have been made in the quantitative analysis of fluorescence decays acquired with pyrene-labeled macromolecules. With these new analytical tools, macromolecules of different composition and architecture can now be labeled in a variety of ways with the pyrene chromophore, and the kinetics of pyrene excimer formation can be described to retrieve quantitative information about the internal dynamics of the macromolecules studied. In particular, this review presents the procedure that was followed to develop these new analytical tools and how the process of pyrene excimer formation with vinyl polymers, poly(L-glutamic acid), dendrimers, associative polymers, surfactants, and lipids labeled with pyrene has been successfully characterized thanks to these analysis programs.
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- Jean Duhamel
- Institute of Polymer Research, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo , Waterloo ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Siu H, Duhamel J. Molar Absorbance Coefficient of Pyrene Aggregates in Water Generated by a Poly(ethylene oxide) Capped at a Single End with Pyrene. J Phys Chem B 2012; 116:1226-33. [DOI: 10.1021/jp208168r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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- Howard Siu
- Institute of Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute of Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Chen S, Duhamel J, Bahun GJ, Adronov A. Quantifying the Presence of Unwanted Fluorescent Species in the Study of Pyrene-Labeled Macromolecules. J Phys Chem B 2011; 115:9921-9. [DOI: 10.1021/jp203124a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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- Shaohua Chen
- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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- Department of Chemistry and the Brockhouse Institute for Materials Research, McMaster University, Hamilton, Canada
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Keyes C, Duhamel J, Wettig S. Characterization of the behavior of a pyrene substituted gemini surfactant in water by fluorescence. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:3361-3371. [PMID: 21341800 DOI: 10.1021/la104820w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Time-resolved fluorescence was applied to characterize the behavior in solution of a gemini surfactant substituted with pyrene (Py-3-12). Upon association in water, excimer formation by Py-3-12 can be probed by acquiring pyrene monomer and excimer fluorescence decays which can be fitted globally according to the model free (MF) analysis to yield quantitative information about the internal dynamics of the Py-3-12 surfactant micelles as well as a complete description of the distribution of the different pyrene species in solution either incorporated inside the micelles or free in solution. A proof of procedure for the MF analysis was established by noting that the concentrations of free surfactant in solution, [Py-3-12](free), was found to equal the critical micelle concentration (CMC) for surfactant concentrations larger than the CMC. (I(E)/I(M))(SPC), the ratio of pyrene monomer to excimer fluorescence intensities, was calculated from parameters retrieved from the MF analysis of the fluorescence decays and was found to be independent of sample geometry. This work demonstrates how time-resolved fluorescence can be used to study the properties of pyrene-labeled macromolecules under conditions where large absorptions and inner filter effects usually distort the steady-state fluorescence signals. It was found that the pyrene excimer is formed mostly by diffusion within the Py-3-12 micelles, which suggests that the pyrene microenvironment is fluid, an important feature for future studies on the interactions of Py-3-12 with DNA.
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- Christine Keyes
- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
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Yip J, Duhamel J, Qiu XP, Winnik FM. Fluorescence studies of a series of monodisperse telechelic α,ω-dipyrenyl poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s in ethanol and in water. CAN J CHEM 2011. [DOI: 10.1139/v10-117] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Steady-state and time-resolved fluorescence measurements were performed on solutions in ethanol and in water (23 °C) of a series of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)s labeled with a pyrenyl group at each chain end (Py2-PNIPAM) and ranging in molecular weight (Mn) from 5 900 to 44 500 g·mol−1. Water and ethanol are of similar solvent quality towards the PNIPAM chain. The pyrene labels, in contrast, are soluble in ethanol but not in water. The efficiency of excimer formation for Py2-PNIPAM samples in ethanol decreased with increasing chain length, a trend typical of pyrene end-labeled polymers in good solvents. The ratio IE/IM, where IE is the Py excimer emission intensity and IM is the Py monomer emission intensity, scaled as Mn−1.4, where Mn is the number-average molecular weight of the sample. The kinetics of excimer formation were more complex for aqueous Py2-PNIPAM solutions, as a consequence of pyrene–pyrene association prior to excitation. The excimer time-dependent profiles exhibited significantly faster rise times, compared with the situation in ethanol, and they could not be fitted with the traditional Birks scheme. The results are discussed in the context of the solution properties of telechelic amphiphilic PNIPAMs and are compared with data gathered previously in studies of dipyrenyl end-labeled poly(ethylene oxides), the only other polymers soluble in water and organic solvents subjected to similar studies in the past.
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- Jamie Yip
- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1, Canada
- Faculty of Pharmacy and Department of Chemistry, Université de Montréal, CP 6128 Succursale Centre Ville, Montréal, QC H3C 3J7, Canada
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