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Dey A, Ghosh S. Investigation of the vesicle-to-micelle transition of 11-amino undecanoic acid derived sulphonamide and a comprehensive study of its interaction with protein. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 253:127282. [PMID: 37827413 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.127282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2023] [Revised: 09/28/2023] [Accepted: 10/05/2023] [Indexed: 10/14/2023]
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In the present manuscript, an amphiphile sulphonamide based surfactant benzenesulphonyl-11-amino sodium undecanoate (BASU) is designed and synthesized. The surface activity of the amphiphile in the solutions is studied at neutral pH so that the resulting amphiphile self-organizes and transfers from large unilamellar vesicles to small micelles from dilute to concentrated solutions. During the aggregate transitions, the common surfactants tend to form the small aggregate at low concentrations; but BASU shows the large vesicle structure at low concentration of ~3 mM and converts into the small micelle at ~9 mM. Therefore, different techniques have been used, such as, tensiometry, conductometry, fluorimetry and DLS and some microscopic characterization, e.g., confocal fluorescence microscopy to reveal the aggregate assembly and transition mechanism. The isothermal titration calorimetry is used for quantitative measurement of thermodynamic properties of self-assembly formation and the process is found spontaneous and entropically favorable. The permeability of the vesicle membrane bilayer is explored by a kinetic study. Effects of salt and cholesterol on the aggregate of respective amphiphile are also investigated. The interaction of surfactant with both human and bovine serum albumin is analyzed through UV-visible and fluorescence techniques to draw a comparative study. Antibacterial activity is tested by both spectral and zone inhibition methods and its application for mixed amphiphiles (e.g., BASU/CTAB) is found. Therefore, according to the ability of formation of unilamellar vesicles (ULV) and its stability, permeability and antibacterial activity, the amphiphile can have potential applications in the medicinal field.
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- Apensu Dey
- Centre for Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India
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- Centre for Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700 032, India.
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Singh M, Kumar S, Aswal VK, Kang TS. Mixed Aggregates of Surface-Active Ionic Liquids and 14-2-14 Gemini Surfactants in an Aqueous Medium as Fluid Scaffolds for Enzymology of Cytochrome-c. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:11582-11595. [PMID: 37552854 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.3c01050] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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The aggregation behavior of the surface-active ionic liquid (SAIL), 3-(2-(hexadecyloxy)-2-oxoethyl)-1-methyl-1H-imidazol-3-ium chloride, [C16Emim][Cl], and a gemini surfactant (GS) (14-2-14) in the whole mole fraction range has been investigated in an aqueous medium employing various techniques. Experimentally obtained values of critical aggregation concentration (cac) are in good agreement with the theoretical cac values obtained using Clint's equation. Rubingh's model has been employed to evaluate the extent of synergistic interactions between two components, which has been found to be dependent upon the composition of a mixture of surfactants. The polarity index, hydrodynamic diameter (Dh), zeta potential (ζ-Pot.), and morphology of the aggregates have been found to be dependent upon the extent of hydrophobic as well as dipolar interactions and the degree of counterion binding governed by the content of the GS in mixed aggregates. Thermodynamic parameters evaluated employing isothermal titration calorimetry have revealed the aggregation as an entropy-driven process. Density functional theory calculations provide a detailed account of the SAIL-GS interactions at the molecular level. The reduced density gradient (RDG) along with the calculated isosurfaces asserts that the dominant interactions are noncovalent interactions. Furthermore, the enzymology of cytochrome-c in the aqueous SAIL-GS aggregated systems has been investigated and a two-fold increase in the enzyme activity has been observed in the aggregates formed by the GS as compared to that in buffer.
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- Manpreet Singh
- Department of Chemistry, UGC-Centre for Advance Studies - II, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
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- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400085, India
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- Department of Chemistry, UGC-Centre for Advance Studies - II, Guru Nanak Dev University, Amritsar 143005, India
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Aggrawal R, Halder S, Dyagala S, Saha SK. Role of Dual Nature of Ionic Liquid in Solvation Dynamics and Rotational Diffusion in Mixed Micelles: A Time‐Resolved Fluorescence and Fluorescence Anisotropy Study. ChemistrySelect 2023. [DOI: 10.1002/slct.202204360] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 03/09/2023]
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- Rishika Aggrawal
- Department of Chemistry Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus Telangana 500078 INDIA
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- Department of Chemistry Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus Telangana 500078 INDIA
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- Department of Chemistry Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus Telangana 500078 INDIA
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- Department of Chemistry Birla Institute of Technology & Science (BITS) Pilani Hyderabad Campus Telangana 500078 INDIA
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Mondal S, Pyne S, Pyne P, Patra A, Mitra RK, Ghosh S. Interfacial Structure and Electrostatics Related to Solute Activity in a Model Anionic-Surfactant/Polymer Self-Assembly. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:2850-2858. [PMID: 36758211 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c03447] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Polymer/surfactant composites are used in industry as an excipient for water-insoluble solutes. Such enhanced dissolution ability of composite media is related to the spontaneous formation of pre-micellar polymer surfactant aggregates (PS) at a magnitude of order lower than the surfactant critical micelle concentration in water. Combining electrochemical and spectroscopic studies, we investigate the microscopic interfacial structure (i.e., interface electrostatics and surface polarity) of PS formed in composite media. We establish that in a composite system, a mere change in the polymer concentration at a fixed surfactant concentration makes possible to regulate the counter-ion binding ability, surface potential, surface charge density, packing and surface polarity of the PS interface. Our study shows that the higher dissolution of water-insoluble nonionic solutes in composite media is driven by the depressing of surface charge density and polarity of the PS interface. A similar modulation of the PS interface acts as a barrier for the passive relocation of water-soluble charged solutes into the PS pseudo-phase. The time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy study allows us to underline the effect of surface charge modulation on the dynamical aspects of solutes at the PS interface.
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- Sonali Mondal
- Centre for Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, Salt Lake, Kolkata 700106, India
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- Centre for Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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Ravindar C, Reddy ST, Sivaramakrishna D, Damera DP, Swamy MJ. Base-triggerable lauryl sarcosinate-dodecyl sulfate catanionic liposomes: structure, biophysical characterization, and drug entrapment/release studies. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:7814-7826. [PMID: 36196686 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00965j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Equimolar mixtures of oppositely charged single-chain amphiphiles form a variety of phases, including vesicles. Such catanionic mixed lipid systems show high stability and exhibit versatile physicochemical properties. In the present study we have investigated the aggregation behaviour of lauryl sarcosinate hydrochloride (LS·HCl) in aqueous dispersion as well as its interaction with the anionic surfactant sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). The CMC of LS·HCl was estimated to be ∼5 mM by isothermal titration calorimetry (ITC) and fluorescence spectroscopy using pyrene as the fluorescent probe. Turbidimetric and ITC studies on the interaction of LS·HCl with SDS demonstrated that the two surfactants form an equimolar catanionic complex. The crystal structure of the lauryl sarcosinate-dodecyl sulfate (LS-DS) complex revealed that the complex is stabilized by classical N-H⋯O as well as C-H⋯O hydrogen bonds, besides the electrostatic attraction between LS (cation) and DS (anion) and dispersion interactions between the hydrocarbon chains. Differential scanning calorimetry studies revealed that the phase transition of the equimolar LS-DS complex is significantly reduced compared to the analogous LG-DS and LA-DS complexes in the fully hydrated state. Dynamic light scattering, atomic force microscopy and transmission electron microscopy studies demonstrated that the LS-DS catanionic complex forms stable medium-sized vesicles (diameter of ∼300-500 nm). In vitro studies with 5-fluorouracil and rhodamine 6G showed efficient entrapment and release of these two anti-cancer drugs in the physiologically relevant pH range of 6.0-8.0, but with contrasting pH dependences. These observations indicate that LS-DS catanionic vesicles may find application in designing drug delivery systems.
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- School of Chemistry, University of Hyderabad, Hyderabad 500046, India.
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Solra M, Das S, Srivastava A, Sen B, Rana S. Temporally Controlled Multienzyme Catalysis Using a Dissipative Supramolecular Nanozyme. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:45096-45109. [PMID: 36171536 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c08888] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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The development of superior functional enzyme mimics (nanozymes) is essential for practical applications, including point-of-care diagnostics, biotechnological applications, biofuels, and environmental remediation. Nanozymes with the ability to control their catalytic activity in response to external fuels offer functionally valuable platforms mimicking nonequilibrium systems in nature. Herein, we fabricated a supramolecular coordination bonding-based dynamic vesicle that exhibits multienzymatic activity. The supramolecular nanozyme shows effective laccase-like catalytic activity with a KM value better than the native enzyme and higher stability in harsh conditions. Besides, the nanostructure demonstrates an efficient peroxidase-like activity with NADH peroxidase-like properties. Generation of luminescence from luminol and oxidation of dopamine are efficiently catalyzed by the nanozyme with high sensitivity, which is useful for point-of-care detections. Notably, the active nanozyme exhibits dynamic laccase-mimetic activity in response to pH variation, which has never been explored before. While a neutral/high pH leads to the self-assembly, a low pH disintegrates the assembled nanostructures and consequently turns off the nanozyme activity. Altogether, the self-assembled Cu2+-based vesicular nanostructure presents a pH-fueled dissipative system demonstrating effective temporally controlled multienzymatic activity.
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- Manju Solra
- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, C. V. Raman Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, C. V. Raman Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, C. V. Raman Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, C. V. Raman Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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- Materials Research Centre, Indian Institute of Science, C. V. Raman Road, Bangalore, Karnataka 560012, India
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Zhang J, Li H, Xue L, Pei X, Cui Z, Song B. Rheological behavior of thread-like fiber solutions formed from a rosin-based surfactant with two head groups. SOFT MATTER 2022; 18:6694-6702. [PMID: 36017747 DOI: 10.1039/d2sm00964a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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Wormlike micelles are conventional aggregates that exist in viscoelastic solutions. However, to achieve a solution with prominent viscoelasticity, rather high concentrations of surfactants are usually required due to the flexibility of aggregates in solution. If thread-like aggregates with rigidity can be formed by surfactants, the solutions are expected to show strong viscoelasticity at very low surfactant concentrations. Herein, A novel rosin-based quaternary ammonium surfactant with two head groups (abbreviated as R-11-3-DA) was synthesized. Cryogenic transmission electron microscopy (Cryo-TEM) images showed that flexible nanofibers with diameters of about 7-8 nm and lengths of over 1 μm were formed in the 1 : 1.5 R-11-3-DA : SL solutions. The rigidity of the aggregates seems to be inherited from the rigidity of the surfactant molecules. The novel aggregates endow the solutions with remarkable viscoelasticity at very low concentrations, with a critical overlap concentration of 0.01 wt% and a critical gelling concentration of 0.58 wt%. The rheological behavior of the solutions also shows excellent shear resistance and weak sensitivity to temperature below the critical gelation temperature (Tgel). This work reveals the advantages of viscoelastic solutions containing flexible nanofibers. The design principles of new molecular structures and system compositions can be applied to the preparation of smart soft materials based on the self-assembly of molecules.
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- Jinpeng Zhang
- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, P. R. China.
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- The Key Laboratory of Synthetic and Biological Colloids, Ministry of Education, School of Chemical and Material Engineering, Jiangnan University, Wuxi, Jiangsu, 214122, P. R. China.
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Ba-Salem AO, Gong R, Duhamel J. Characterization of the Interactions between an Unassociated Cationic Pyrene-Labeled Gemini Surfactant and Anionic Sodium Dodecyl Sulfate. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:7484-7495. [PMID: 35675508 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c00452] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/15/2023]
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The gemini surfactant PyO-3-12, made of two dimethylammonium bromides joined by a propyl linker and bearing a dodecyl pendant on one side and a 1-pyrenemethoxyhexyl group on the other side, was employed to probe the interactions between positively charged PyO-3-12 and negatively charged sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS). PyO-3-12 was selected for its ability to respond to the polarity of its local environment through the fluorescence intensity ratio I1/I3 of the first-to-third fluorescence peaks of the pyrene monomer and the local pyrene concentration [Py]loc through the IE/IM ratio of the pyrene excimer-to-pyrene monomer fluorescence intensity. Furthermore, analysis of the fluorescence decays of aqueous solutions of PyO-3-12 and SDS yielded a measure of the internal dynamics, local concentration, and state (associated vs unassociated) of PyO-3-12 in solution. By following these parameters for aqueous solutions prepared with a constant PyO-3-12 concentration of either 1, 4, or 16 μM and SDS concentrations ranging from 0 to 200 mM, six SDS concentration regimes were identified to describe the interactions between PyO-3-12 and SDS in pure water. Sharp transitions of the parameters describing the fluorescence of pyrene marked the boundaries between the different regimes. Perhaps the most important transition was the one defining the formation of the PyO-3-12/SDS aggregates, which was completed at the equicharge point, implying that they were constituted of 1 meq of PyO-3-12 and 2 meq of SDS. The low I1/I3 ratio obtained for the PyO-3-12/SDS aggregates suggested that they were multilamellar aggregates, which would shield the pyrenyl labels from polar water. The formation of these multilamellar aggregates was confirmed by transmission electron microscopy (TEM), which demonstrated the existence of multilamellar vesicles, whose presence increased with decreasing PyO-3-12 concentration. This study suggests that the combination of pyrene excimer formation and TEM provides an interesting experimental means to probe the assemblies generated from oppositely charged surfactants at surfactant concentrations, which are much lower than their critical micelle concentration.
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- Abdullah O Ba-Salem
- Institute for Polymer Research, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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- Institute for Polymer Research, Waterloo Institute for Nanotechnology, Department of Chemistry, University of Waterloo, Waterloo, Ontario N2L 3G1, Canada
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Photoinduced electron transfer reactions in mixed micelles of a star block copolymer and surface active ionic liquids: Role of the anion. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116951] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Nandi S, Ghosh B, Ghosh M, Layek S, Nandi PK, Sarkar N. Phenylalanine Interacts with Oleic Acid-Based Vesicle Membrane. Understanding the Molecular Role of Fibril-Vesicle Interaction under the Context of Phenylketonuria. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:9776-9793. [PMID: 34420302 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c05592] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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In the present contribution, on the basis of a spectroscopic and microscopic investigation, the characterization and photophysics of various assemblies of oleic acid/oleate solution at three pH values, namely, 8.28, 9.72, and 11.77, were explored. The variation in the dynamic response of aqua molecules in and around the assemblies has been interrogated by a picoseconds solvation dynamics experiment using a time-correlated single-photon counting setup employing coumarin-153 as a probe. On the one hand, the time-resolved fluorescence anisotropy measurement along with the fluorescence correlation spectroscopy experiment was executed to extract information regarding the comparison of the extent of the internal restricted confinement of these assemblies. On the other hand, an effort to investigate the cross-interaction between the self-assembled architectures of l-phenylalanine (l-Phe), responsible for phenylketonuria (PKU) disorder, and the oleic acid at the vesicle-forming pH established that the l-Phe fibrillar morphologies strongly alter the dynamic properties of the vesicle membrane formed by the oleic acid. Specifically, the interaction of the l-Phe assemblies with the oleic acid vesicle membrane is found to introduce the flexibility of the vesicle membrane and alter the hydration properties of the membrane. To track the fibril-induced alterations of the oleic acid vesicle properties, various spectroscopic and microscopic investigations were performed. The mutual reconciliation of the experimental outputs, therefore, portrays the state of the art, which accounts for the fibril-induced alterations of the properties of the oleic acid vesicle membrane, the mimicking setup of the cellular membrane, thereby informing us that alterations of such a property of the membrane should be taken into active consideration during the rational development of therapeutic modulators against disorders like PKU.
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- Sourav Nandi
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- School of Medical Science and Technology, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology Kharagpur, Kharagpur, West Bengal 721302, India
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Oliveira IS, Pereira C, Borges E, do Vale ML, Gomes AC, Marques EF. Formation of catanionic vesicles by threonine-derived surfactants and gemini surfactants based on conventional or serine-derived headgroups: designing versatile and cytocompatible nanocarriers. SOFT MATTER 2021; 17:7099-7110. [PMID: 34259282 DOI: 10.1039/d1sm00766a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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In this work, we explore the ability of newly synthesized threonine-derived surfactants to form robust, versatile and cytocompatible catanionic vesicles when mixed with gemini surfactants, as potential effective nanocarriers for biomolecules. The threonine surfactants consist of single-tailed amphiphiles with carboxylate headgroups and varying alkyl tail length, CnThr, where n is the (even) number of tail C atoms, varying from 8 to 16. After an initial characterization of the micellization behavior of the neat CnThr surfactants (at pH = 7 and 12), the dodecyl derivative, C12Thr, was selected as the optimal surfactant to investigate regions of formation of spontaneous catanionic vesicles. Phase behavior studies and microstructural characterization of mixtures involving both conventional bis-quat n-s-n gemini (where n and s are the tail and spacer number of C atoms) and biocompatible serine-derived gemini surfactants were carried out. Light and electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and zeta potential measurements show spontaneous vesicles indeed form and exhibit versatile features in terms of average size, morphology, polydispersity, surface charge and pH. The toxicological profile of the neat surfactants and C12Thr/gemini vesicles based on MTT assays with a L929 cell line was also evaluated, showing good levels of in vitro cytocompatibility. Overall, the assortment of developed catanionic vesicles offers very attractive physicochemical and biological features to be explored for delivery purposes.
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- Isabel S Oliveira
- CIQUP, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- LAQV-REQUIMTE, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal
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- CBMA, Departamento de Biologia, Universidade do Minho, Campus de Gualtar, 4710-057 Braga, Portugal
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- CIQUP, Departamento de Química e Bioquímica, Faculdade de Ciências, Universidade do Porto, Rua do Campo Alegre s/n, 4169-007 Porto, Portugal.
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Mondal S, Pyne P, Patra A, Mitra RK, Ghosh S. Effect of Surfactant Tail Length on the Hydroxypropyl Cellulose-Mediated Premicellar Aggregation of Sodium n-Alkyl Sulfate Surfactants. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2021; 37:6168-6177. [PMID: 33969683 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c00273] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Polymer/surfactant composites have emerged as a subject of interest for their diverse applications. The improved solution properties in polymer/surfactant composites have been correlated to the formation of premicellar surfactant aggregate-polymer complexes (PS) at a surfactant concentration well below their critical micelle concentrations. Using different physicochemical and spectroscopic techniques here we have studied PS formed by hydroxypropyl cellulose, a nonionic-biocompatible polymer, and alkyl sulfate surfactants of different tail lengths. Our study shows that an increase in surfactant tail length eases PS formation and enhances PS-induced polymer cross-linking and, correspondingly, solution viscosity. PS consisting of shorter tail surfactants and those with longer tail surfactants differ microscopically as the former offers more polar interior than the later as evidenced from fluorescence measurements. Our study establishes that shorter tail surfactants intend to stay loosely packed inside PS and allow larger water penetration, which creates a relatively polar hydrophobic core compared to the PS with longer tail surfactants. The stronger packing of PS with longer tail surfactants is an outcome of favorable interaction between polymer polar groups and surfactant headgroups, which further creates strongly hydrogen-bonded water in their hydration shell.
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- Sonali Mondal
- Centre for Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD-Block, Sec-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata700106, India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD-Block, Sec-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata700106, India
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- Department of Chemical, Biological & Macromolecular Sciences, S. N. Bose National Centre for Basic Sciences, JD-Block, Sec-III, Salt Lake, Kolkata700106, India
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- Centre for Surface Science, Physical Chemistry Section, Department of Chemistry, Jadavpur University, Kolkata 700032, India
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Mal A, Ghosh S, Moulik SP. Time dependent physicochemical changes of SDS-CTAB interacted self assembled vesicles: Ostwald ripening effect. Colloids Surf A Physicochem Eng Asp 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfa.2021.126328] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Chen Q, Liu W, Liu H, Huang X, Shang Y, Liu H. Molecular Dynamics Simulations and Density Functional Theory on Unraveling Photoresponsive Behavior of Wormlike Micelles Constructed by 12-2-12·2Br - and trans- ortho-Methoxy Cinnamate. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:9499-9509. [PMID: 32683870 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Photoresponsive systems with controllable self-assembly morphologies and adjustable rheological properties have attracted widespread interest by researchers in the past few years. Among them, the photoresponsive systems consisting of ortho-methoxycinnamic (OMCA) and Gemini surfactants are endowed with rich self-assemblies with different states and in different scales including spherical micelles, wormlike micelles, vesicles, aqueous two-phase system (ATPS), etc. All these self-assemblies display excellent photoresponsive behavior. However, the mechanism of these photoresponsive behaviors has not been unraveled systematically so far. In this study, molecular dynamics (MD) simulations, density functional theory (DFT) calculations, transmission electron microscopy, and rheology are employed to investigate the photoresponsive behaviors of wormlike micelles caused by photoisomerization of trans-OMCA in 12-2-12·2Br-/trans-OMCA solutions and to unravel the underlying mechanisms of these photoresponsive behaviors. The experimental results show that 12-2-12·2Br-/trans-OMCA micelles display photoresponsiveness after UV-light irradiation, with the transformation of micellar morphologies from wormlike micelle to spherical micelles. In MD simulations, certain micelle morphologies in experiments and the specific packing between 12-2-12·2Br-/OMCA were successfully captured. The larger three-dimensional structure and steric hindrance of cis-OMCA disturb the interior structure of micelles. The stronger hydrophilicity of cis-OMCA induces the escape of cis-OMCA from the interval of micelles to the solution. The energy results prove that trans-OMCA associates more strongly with 12-2-12·2Br- than cis-OMCA. These causes lead to the fission and repacking of wormlike micelles.
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- Qizhou Chen
- Key Laboratory for Advanced Materials, 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, 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, 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, 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, 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, School of Chemistry and Molecular Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai 200237, China
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Yang J, Huang H, Zheng J, Huang Y, Xie H, Gao F. Effect of head group of surfactant on the self-assembly structures and aggregation transitions in a mixture of cationic surfactant and anionic surfactant-like ionic liquid. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112995] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/25/2023]
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Pal A, Punia R. Self-aggregation behaviour of cationic surfactant tetradecyltrimethylammonium bromide and bi-amphiphilic surface active ionic liquid 3-methyl-1-pentylimidazolium dodecylsulfate in aqueous solution. J Mol Liq 2020. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2020.112803] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/24/2022]
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Lu B, Huang Y, Chen Z, Ye J, Xu H, Chen W, Long X. Niosomal Nanocarriers for Enhanced Skin Delivery of Quercetin with Functions of Anti-Tyrosinase and Antioxidant. Molecules 2019; 24:E2322. [PMID: 31238562 PMCID: PMC6632015 DOI: 10.3390/molecules24122322] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/02/2019] [Revised: 06/12/2019] [Accepted: 06/21/2019] [Indexed: 12/02/2022] Open
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This study aimed to screen an effective flavonoid with promising whitening and antioxidant capacities, and design flavonoid-loaded niosomes to improve its solubility, stability, and penetration. In vitro anti-tyrosinase and 1,1-diphenyl-2-picrylhydrazyl (DPPH) free radical scavenging experiments were conducted to investigate the whitening and antioxidant capacities of several flavonoids, including quercetin, morin, festin, myricetin, rutin, and breviscapine. The conductivity, viscosity, and particle size of Span60-RH40-based formulation of nonionic surfactant vesicles (niosomes) with different mass ratios were studied to determine the most appropriate formulation. Drug-loaded niosomes were characterized for size, zeta potential, morphology, and entrapment efficiency. The photostability, solubility, release behavior, ex vivo drug penetration, and skin retention were also studied. The results showed that quercetin has considerable whitening and antioxidant capacities and Span60-RH40 at a mass ratio of 9:11 forms spherical or oval niosomes of 97.6 ± 3.1 nm with a zeta potential range of 31.1 ± 0.9 mV, and drug entrapment efficiency as high as 87.3 ± 1.6%. Niosomes remarkably improved the solubility and photostability of quercetin. Furthermore, compared to quercetin solution, quercetin-niosomes had the advantages of sustained release and improved transdermal penetration, with skin retention 2.95 times higher than quercetin solution.
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- Banyi Lu
- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (B.L.); (Y.H.); (H.X.)
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (B.L.); (Y.H.); (H.X.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (Z.C.); (J.Y.)
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- Department of Pharmaceutics, School of Pharmacy, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (Z.C.); (J.Y.)
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (B.L.); (Y.H.); (H.X.)
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- Research and Development Center, Sirio Pharma Co., Ltd, Shantou 515041, China
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- School of Traditional Chinese Medicine, Guangdong Pharmaceutical University, Guangzhou 510006, China; (B.L.); (Y.H.); (H.X.)
- Guangdong Engineering & Technology Research Center of Topical Precise Drug Delivery System, Guangzhou 510006, China
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Ghosh A, Seth SK, Purkayastha P. Surfactant and Cyclodextrin Induced Vesicle to Micelle to Vesicle Transformation in Aqueous Medium. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:11503-11509. [PMID: 30193462 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02233] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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The physicochemical behavior and characteristics of lipid vesicles and micelles in aqueous medium are greatly tuned by changing the ambient physical parameters, such as temperature, pH, and ionic strength. The process is also controlled by external additives and the nature of the surfactants. In this work, we have used water-soluble surfactant and cyclodextrin to transform lipid vesicles to micelles to vesicles without changing the physical ambience. In this regard, we have used a special pyrene-tagged guest compound that readily forms excimer in water and thus acts as a reporter for the process. Giant lipid vesicles (biological cell mimics) are disrupted by cationic surfactants to form mixed elongated micelles that transform to vesicles on applying a cyclodextrin host.
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- Ashutosh Ghosh
- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur , WB 741246 , India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur , WB 741246 , India
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- Department of Chemical Sciences , Indian Institute of Science Education and Research (IISER) Kolkata , Mohanpur , WB 741246 , India
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