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Agarwala P, Bera T, Sasmal DK. Molecular Mechanism of Interaction of Curcumin with BSA, Surfactants and Live E. Coli Cell Membrane Revealed by Fluorescence Spectroscopy and Confocal Microscopy. Chemphyschem 2022; 23:e202200265. [DOI: 10.1002/cphc.202200265] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/21/2022] [Revised: 05/20/2022] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Pratibha Agarwala
- Indian Institute of Technology Rajasthan: Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Department of chemistry 342037 Jodhpur INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Department of chemistry INDIA
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- Indian Institute of Technology Jodhpur Chemistry NH65, Surpura bypass roadkarwar 342037 Jodhpur INDIA
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Yen HY, Abramsson ML, Agasid MT, Lama D, Gault J, Liko I, Kaldmäe M, Saluri M, Qureshi AA, Suades A, Drew D, Degiacomi MT, Marklund EG, Allison TM, Robinson CV, Landreh M. Electrospray ionization of native membrane proteins proceeds via a charge equilibration step. RSC Adv 2022; 12:9671-9680. [PMID: 35424940 PMCID: PMC8972943 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra01282k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/25/2022] [Accepted: 03/21/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Electrospray ionization mass spectrometry is increasingly applied to study the structures and interactions of membrane protein complexes. However, the charging mechanism is complicated by the presence of detergent micelles during ionization. Here, we show that the final charge of membrane proteins can be predicted by their molecular weight when released from the non-charge reducing saccharide detergents. Our data indicate that PEG detergents lower the charge depending on the number of detergent molecules in the surrounding micelle, whereas fos-choline detergents may additionally participate in ion–ion reactions after desolvation. The supercharging reagent sulfolane, on the other hand, has no discernible effect on the charge of detergent-free membrane proteins. Taking our observations into the context of protein-detergent interactions in the gas phase, we propose a charge equilibration model for the generation of native-like membrane protein ions. During ionization of the protein-detergent complex, the ESI charges are distributed between detergent and protein according to proton affinity of the detergent, number of detergent molecules, and surface area of the protein. Charge equilibration influenced by detergents determines the final charge state of membrane proteins. This process likely contributes to maintaining a native-like fold after detergent release and can be harnessed to stabilize particularly labile membrane protein complexes in the gas phase. The electrospray ionization mechanism contributes to preserving the structures and interactions of membrane protein complexes in native mass spectrometry.![]()
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- Hsin-Yung Yen
- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QZ UK .,Institute of Biological Chemistry, Academia Sinica 128, Academia Road Sec. 2, Nankang Taipei 115 Taiwan
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet Tomtebodavägen 23A 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QZ UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet Tomtebodavägen 23A 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QZ UK
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QZ UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet Tomtebodavägen 23A 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet Tomtebodavägen 23A 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QZ UK .,Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University 10691 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University 10691 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University 10691 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry - BMC, Uppsala University Box 576 75123 Uppsala Sweden
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- Biomolecular Interaction Centre, School of Physical and Chemical Sciences, University of Canterbury Christchurch 8140 New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Oxford South Parks Road Oxford OX1 3QZ UK
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- Department of Microbiology, Tumor and Cell Biology, Karolinska Institutet Tomtebodavägen 23A 17165 Stockholm Sweden
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Pascale R, Acquavia MA, Onzo A, Cataldi TRI, Calvano CD, Bianco G. Analysis of surfactants by mass spectrometry: Coming to grips with their diversity. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2021. [PMID: 34570373 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21735] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2021] [Revised: 09/15/2021] [Accepted: 09/15/2021] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Surfactants are surface-active agents widely used in numerous applications in our daily lives as personal care products, domestic, and industrial detergents. To determine complex mixtures of surfactants and their degradation products, unselective and rather insensitive methods, based on colorimetric and complexometric analyses are no longer employable. Analytical methodologies able to determine low concentration levels of surfactants and closely related compounds in complex matrices are required. The recent introduction of robust, sensitive, and selective mass spectrometry (MS) techniques has led to the rapid expansion of the surfactant research field including complex mixtures of isomers, oligomers, and homologues of surfactants as well as their chemically and biodegradation products at trace levels. In this review, emphasis is given to the state-of-the-art MS-based analysis of surfactants and their degradation products with an overview of the current research landscape from traditional methods involving hyphenate techniques (gas chromatography-MS and liquid chromatography-MS) to the most innovative approaches, based on high-resolution MS. Finally, we outline a detailed explanation on the utilization of MS for mechanistic purposes, such as the study of micelle formation in different solvents.
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
- ALMAGISI S.r.l Corso Italia, Bolzano, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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- Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, Bari, Italy
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Bari, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Potenza, Italy
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Berthon L, Paquet A, Saint-Louis G, Guilbaud P. How Phase Modifiers Disrupt Third-phase Formation in Solvent Extraction Solutions. SOLVENT EXTRACTION AND ION EXCHANGE 2021. [DOI: 10.1080/07366299.2020.1831782] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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- CEA, DES, ISEC, DMRC, Univ. Montpellier, Marcoule, France
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Onzo A, Acquavia MA, Cataldi TRI, Ligonzo M, Coviello D, Pascale R, Martelli G, Bondoni M, Scrano L, Bianco G. Coceth sulfate characterization by electrospray ionization tandem mass spectrometry. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2020; 34:e8884. [PMID: 32648966 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.8884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2020] [Revised: 07/07/2020] [Accepted: 07/09/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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RATIONALE The anionic surfactants, among which are alkyl ether sulfates (AESs), are the most used class of surfactants in cleansing applications. The negatively charged head group of AESs is a sulfate moiety linked with a variable number of ethylene oxide units, i.e. a polyethylene glycol chain. The hydrophobic part of an AES is constituted by a linear alkyl chain of carbon atoms, generally obtained from natural fatty acids. Coconut oil fatty acids, including the sodium salts of coceth sulfate (CES) with chemical formula Cx Hy (OCH2 CH2 )n OSO3 Na, are widely used as feedstock for AESs synthesis. CES is added to many cleaning products and detergents defined as non-aggressive. Currently, no detailed structural information concerning the alkyl chain length x and, more importantly, the degree of ethoxylation n has been reported. METHODS A commercial standard solution of CES was characterized by tandem mass spectrometry, employing direct injection into the electrospray ionization (ESI) source of a a linear quadrupole ion trap mass spectrometer. RESULTS Two series of oligomeric species, characterized by a C12 and C14 alkyl chains, i.e. [C12 H25 (OCH2 CH2 )nOSO3 ]- and [C14 H29 (OCH2 CH2 )n OSO3 ]- with n ranging from 0 to 7, were successfully identified. The interpretation of these data was very useful for CES identification in three commercial dishwasher cleaning products. CONCLUSIONS Direct injection MS/MS analysis of CES revealed a well-defined molecular weight distribution and allowed the alkyl chain composition and the number of ethylene oxide units to be to identified.
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- Alberto Onzo
- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
- ALMAGISI s.r.l, Corso Italia, 27, Bolzano, 39100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Bari Aldo Moro, via E. Orabona 4, Bari, 70126, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
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- Dipartimento delle Culture Europee e del Mediterraneo: Arch, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Ambiente, Patrimoni Culturali, Via Lanera, 20, Matera, 75100, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze, Università degli Studi della Basilicata, Via dell'Ateneo Lucano 10, Potenza, 85100, Italy
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Lee ST, Kim H, Kwon JH, Oh HB. Abnormal behaviors in the calibration curves of liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry occurring in the quantitative analysis of surfactants near critical micelle concentrations. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2020; 56:e4599. [PMID: 32677769 DOI: 10.1002/jms.4599] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/11/2020] [Revised: 06/15/2020] [Accepted: 06/21/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
Abstract
Surfactants, including quaternary ammonium compounds, are widely used in daily life as part of consumer chemical products and, more recently, in the shale oil industry. Because of their unique amphiphilic properties, surfactants form micelles at concentrations above a certain threshold known as the critical micelle concentration (CMC). A previous electrospray ionization mass spectrometry studies conducted by Siuzdak et al. and others presented indirect evidence regarding micelle formation. Herein, we have used liquid chromatography-tandem mass spectrometry to explore how such micelle formations affect the quantitative analysis of surfactants. Results reveal abnormal behaviors in the calibration plots of a few selected anionic and cationic surfactants, such as sodium decyl sulfate (SDeS), sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS), myristyltrimethylammonium bromide (MTAB), and benzyldimethyloctadecylammonium chloride (BAC-18). At concentrations close to the respective CMCs of these surfactants, the calibration plot for MTAB flattened, whereas the slopes of the calibration plots for SDeS, SDS, and BAC-18 suddenly changed. These abnormal behaviors can be related to micelle formation. From a practical perspective, the above observations suggest that in the quantitative analysis of surfactants, high micelle concentrations close to the CMC should be avoided to obtain accurate surfactant measurements.
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- Sang Tak Lee
- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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- Division of Environmental Science and Ecological Engineering, Korea University, Seoul, 02841, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemistry, Sogang University, Seoul, 04107, Republic of Korea
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Bulavchenko AI, Shaparenko NO, Kompan’kov NB, Popovetskiy PS, Demidova MG, Arymbaeva AT. The formation of free ions and electrophoretic mobility of Ag and Au nanoparticles in n-hexadecane–chloroform mixtures at low concentrations of AOT. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2020; 22:14671-14681. [DOI: 10.1039/d0cp02153a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/03/2023]
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The electrophoretic mobility of Ag and Au nanoparticles in n-hexadecane–chloroform mixtures was studied as a function of the chloroform content (from 0 to 100 vol%).
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
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- Nikolaev Institute of Inorganic Chemistry
- Russian Academy of Sciences
- Novosibirsk
- Russia
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Taraban MB, Deredge DJ, Smith ME, Briggs KT, Feng Y, Li Y, Jiang ZX, Wintrode PL, Yu YB. Conformational transition of a non-associative fluorinated amphiphile in aqueous solution. II. Conformational transition vs. supramolecular assembly. RSC Adv 2019; 9:1956-1966. [PMID: 35516151 PMCID: PMC9059749 DOI: 10.1039/c8ra08795d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/23/2018] [Accepted: 01/08/2019] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
Unlike many known amphiphiles, the fluorinated amphiphilic dendrimer studied in this work demonstrated a concentration-dependent conformational transition rather than micellization or assembly. Hydrophobic and hydrophilic interactions with water were suggested as the most probable driving force of this transition. This assumption was consistent with the observed 19F chemical shift changes of the dendrimer compared to a known micelle-forming fluorinated amphiphile. Since water is an important factor in the process, trends of the concentration-dependent changes in water proton transverse relaxation rate served as an indicator of structural changes and/or supramolecular assembly. The conformational transition process was also confirmed by ion-mobility mass-spectrometry. We suggested that structural features, namely, steric hindrances, prevented the micellization/assembly of the dendrimer of this study. This conclusion might inform the approach to develop novel unconventional amphiphiles. Conformational transition in non-associative fluorinated dendrimer—a way to novel unconventional amphiphiles.![]()
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- Marc B. Taraban
- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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- School of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- Wuhan University
- Wuhan
- China
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
- School of Pharmacy
- University of Maryland
- Baltimore
- USA
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Guilbaud P, Berthon L, Louisfrema W, Diat O, Zorz N. Determination of the Structures of Uranyl-Tri-n-butyl-Phosphate Aggregates by Coupling Experimental Results with Molecular Dynamic Simulations. Chemistry 2017; 23:16660-16670. [PMID: 28971546 DOI: 10.1002/chem.201703967] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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The complex structure of a plutonium uranium refining by extraction (PUREX) process organic phase was characterized by combining results from experiments and molecular dynamics simulations. For the first time, the molecular interactions between tri-n-butyl phosphate (TBP) and the extracted solutes, as well as TBP aggregation after the extraction of water and/or uranyl nitrate, were described and analyzed concomitantly. Coupling molecular dynamics simulations with small- and wide-angle X-ray scattering (SWAXS) experiments can lead to simulated organic solutions that are representative of the experimental ones, even for high extractant and solute concentrations. Furthermore, this coupling is well adapted for the interpretation of SWAXS experiments without preliminary hypothesis on the size or shape of aggregates. The results link together previous literature studies obtained for each level of depiction separately (complexation or aggregation). Without uranium, or at low metal concentration, almost no aggregation was observed. At high uranium concentration, organic phases contain small [UO2 (NO3 )2 (TBP)2 ]n polymetallic aggregates (with n=2 to 4), in which the 1:2 U/TBP stoichiometry is preserved.
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- Phillipe Guilbaud
- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department, on Mining and Fuel Recycling Processes (SPDS/LILA), BP17171, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department, on Mining and Fuel Recycling Processes (SPDS/LILA), BP17171, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department, on Mining and Fuel Recycling Processes (SPDS/LILA), BP17171, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule (ICSM/ UMR 5257), CEA/CNRS/UM/ENSCM, BP17171, 30206, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- CEA, Nuclear Energy Division, Research Department, on Mining and Fuel Recycling Processes (SPDS/LILA), BP17171, 30207, Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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Indelicato S, Bongiorno D, Calabrese V, Perricone U, Almerico AM, Ceraulo L, Piazzese D, Tutone M. Micelles, Rods, Liposomes, and Other Supramolecular Surfactant Aggregates: Computational Approaches. Interdiscip Sci 2017; 9:392-405. [PMID: 28478537 DOI: 10.1007/s12539-017-0234-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/21/2016] [Revised: 03/31/2017] [Accepted: 04/24/2017] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
Abstract
Surfactants are an interesting class of compounds characterized by the segregation of polar and apolar domains in the same molecule. This peculiarity makes possible a whole series of microscopic and macroscopic effects. Among their features, their ability to segregate particles (fluids or entire domains) and to reduce the surface/interfacial tension is the utmost important. The interest in the chemistry of surfactants never weakened; instead, waves of increasing interest have occurred every time a new field of application of these molecules has been discovered. All these special characteristics depend largely on the ability of surfactants to self-assemble and constitute supramolecular structures where their chemical properties are amplified. The possibility to obtain structural and energy information and, above all, the possibility of forecast the self-organizing mechanisms of surfactants have had a significant boost via computational chemistry. The molecular dynamics models, initially coarse-grained and subsequently (with the increasing computer power) using more accurate models, allowed, over the years, to better understand different aspects of the processes of dispersion, self-assembly, segregation of surfactant. Moreover, several other aspects have been investigated as the effect of the counterions of many ionic surfactants in defining the final supramolecular structures, the mobility of side chains, and the capacity of some surfactant to envelope entire proteins. This review constitutes a perspective/prospective view of these results. On the other hand, some comparison of in silico results with experimental information recently acquired through innovative analytical techniques such as ion mobility mass spectrometry which have been introduced.
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- Serena Indelicato
- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DISTEM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo (STEBICEF), Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo (STEBICEF), Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo (STEBICEF), Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo (STEBICEF), Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo (STEBICEF), Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra e del Mare (DISTEM), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo (STEBICEF), Palermo, Italy.
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Pecheur O, Dourdain S, Guillaumont D, Rey J, Guilbaud P, Berthon L, Charbonnel M, Pellet-Rostaing S, Testard F. Synergism in a HDEHP/TOPO Liquid–Liquid Extraction System: An Intrinsic Ligands Property? J Phys Chem B 2016; 120:2814-23. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b11693] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- O. Pecheur
- Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, CEA, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- ICSM, Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule UMR 5257, 30207 Marcoule,
Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, CEA, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, CEA, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, CEA, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, CEA, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- Nuclear Energy Division, RadioChemistry & Processes Department, CEA, 30207 Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- ICSM, Institut de Chimie Séparative de Marcoule UMR 5257, 30207 Marcoule,
Bagnols-sur-Cèze, France
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- LIONS,
NIMBE, CEA, CNRS, Université Paris-Saclay, CEA Saclay, 91191 Gif sur Yvette Cedex, France
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Indelicato S, Bongiorno D, Ceraulo L, Calabrese V, Piazzese D, Napoli A, Mazzotti F, Avellone G, Di Stefano V, Turco Liveri V. Electrospray ion mobility mass spectrometry of positively and negatively charged (1R,2S)-dodecyl(2-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)dimethylammonium bromide aggregates. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2016; 30:230-238. [PMID: 26661990 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7422] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/05/2015] [Revised: 10/06/2015] [Accepted: 10/06/2015] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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RATIONALE Self-assembling processes of surfactants in the gas phase constitute a developing research field of interest since they allow information to be gained on the peculiar structural organization of these aggregates, on their ability to incorporate from small molecules up to proteins and on their possible use as carriers of drugs in the gas phase or as cleaning agents and exotic reaction media. METHODS The mass spectra of charged aggregates of the chiral surfactant (1R,2S)-dodecyl(2-hydroxy-1-methyl-2-phenylethyl)dimethylammonium bromide (DMEB) in the gas phase have been recorded using a Synapt G2-Si mass spectrometer in the positive and negative ion mode. For comparison purposes, the mass spectra of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate and sodium octane sulfonate aggregates have also been recorded under the same experimental conditions. The collisional cross sections of positively and negatively charged DMEB aggregates were obtained through an appropriate calibration of the measured drift times. RESULTS For all the surfactants investigated, it has been found that there is a lowest and a highest limit of the aggregation number at each charge state: no aggregates are found outside this range. Moreover, the occurrence at each aggregation number and extra charge of a unique value of drift time points toward aggregates whose conformations do not show discernible shape change in the experiment time scale. The analysis of the collisional cross sections emphasizes that the DMEB aggregates are nearly spherical clusters somewhat affected by the charge state and constituted by interlaced polar and apolar domains. CONCLUSIONS The analysis of all the experimental findings indicates that in the gas phase DMEB forms supramolecular aggregates characterized by an internal organization whose stability is triggered by the charge state. The comparison of the behavior of DMEB aggregates with that of sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate and sodium octane sulfonate aggregates allows us to highlight the effects on the aggregate organization in gas phase due to nature of the head group and alkyl chain steric hindrance.
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- Serena Indelicato
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Fisica e Chimica, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed. 17, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, I-87036, Arcavacata di Rende, (CS)-Italy
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- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, I-87036, Arcavacata di Rende, (CS)-Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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Bongiorno D, Ceraulo L, Indelicato S, Turco Liveri V, Indelicato S. Charged supramolecular assemblies of surfactant molecules in gas phase. MASS SPECTROMETRY REVIEWS 2016; 35:170-187. [PMID: 26113001 DOI: 10.1002/mas.21476] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/17/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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The aim of this review is to critically analyze recent literature on charged supramolecular assemblies formed by surfactant molecules in gas phase. Apart our specific interest on this research area, the stimuli to undertake the task arise from the widespread theoretical and applicative benefits emerging from a comprehensive view of this topic. In fact, the study of the formation, stability, and physicochemical peculiarities of non-covalent assemblies of surfactant molecules in gas phase allows to unveil interesting aspects such as the role of attractive, repulsive, and steric intermolecular interactions as driving force of supramolecular organization in absence of interactions with surrounding medium and the size and charge state dependence of aggregate structural and dynamical properties. Other interesting aspects worth to be investigated are joined to the ability of these assemblies to incorporate selected solubilizates molecules as well as to give rise to chemical reactions within a single organized structure. In particular, the incorporation of large molecules such as proteins has been of recent interest with the objective to protect their structure and functionality during the transition from solution to gas phase. Exciting fall-out of the study of gas phase surfactant aggregates includes mass and energy transport in the atmosphere, origin of life and simulation of supramolecular aggregation in the interstellar space. Moreover, supramolecular assemblies of amphiphilic molecules in gas phase could find remarkable applications as atmospheric cleaning agents, nanosolvents and nanoreactors for specialized chemical processes in confined space. Mass spectrometry techniques have proven to be particularly suitable to generate these assemblies and to furnish useful information on their size, size polydispersity, stability, and structural organization. On the other hand molecular dynamics simulations have been very useful to rationalize many experimental findings and to furnish a vivid picture of the structural and dynamic features of these aggregates. Thus, in this review, we will focus on the most important achievements gained in recent years by both these investigative tools.
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- David Bongiorno
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
- Centro Grandi Apparecchiature-UniNetLab, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Marini 14, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
- Centro Grandi Apparecchiature-UniNetLab, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Marini 14, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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- Core Laboratory of Quality control and Chemical Risk, Policlinico P. Giaccone, Università di Palermo, via del Vespro 129, I-90127, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
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- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche Farmaceutiche (STEBICEF), Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Archirafi 32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy
- Centro Grandi Apparecchiature-UniNetLab, Università degli Studi di Palermo, Via Marini 14, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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Di Donna L, Benabdelkamel H, Taverna D, Indelicato S, Aiello D, Napoli A, Sindona G, Mazzotti F. Determination of ketosteroid hormones in meat by liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry and derivatization chemistry. Anal Bioanal Chem 2015; 407:5835-42. [PMID: 26014285 DOI: 10.1007/s00216-015-8772-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/12/2015] [Revised: 04/22/2015] [Accepted: 05/07/2015] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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A method for the determination and quantification of ketosteroid hormones in meat by mass spectrometry, based on the derivatization of the carbonyl moiety of steroids by O-methylhydroxylamine, is presented. The quantitative assay is performed by means of multiple-reaction-monitoring (MRM) scan mode and using the corresponding labelled species, obtained by reaction with d 3-methoxylamine, as internal standard. The accuracy of the method was established by evaluating artificially spiked samples, obtaining values in the range 90-110%. Recovery tests were performed on blank matrix samples spiked with non-natural steroids including trenbolone and melengestrol acetate. The latter experiment revealed that the yield of the extraction processes was approximately 60%. Good values of LOQ and LOD were achieved, making this method competitive with current hormone assay methods.
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- Leonardo Di Donna
- Dipartimento di Chimica e Tecnologie Chimiche, Università della Calabria, Via P. Bucci Cubo 12/C, 87036, Arcavacata di Rende, CS, Italy
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Indelicato S, Bongiorno D, Turco Liveri V, Mele A, Panzeri W, Castiglione F, Ceraulo L. Self-assembly and intra-cluster reactions of erbium and ytterbium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinates in the gas phase. RAPID COMMUNICATIONS IN MASS SPECTROMETRY : RCM 2014; 28:2523-2530. [PMID: 25366399 DOI: 10.1002/rcm.7045] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/14/2014] [Revised: 09/02/2014] [Accepted: 09/04/2014] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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RATIONALE The study of surfactant organization in vacuum allows surfactant-surfactant interaction to be unveiled in the absence of surrounding solvent molecules. Knowledge on their chemical-physical properties may also lead to the definition of more efficient gas-phase carriers, air-cleaning agents and nanoreactors. In addition, the presence of lanthanide-group ions adds unique photochemical properties to surfactants. METHODS The structural features, stability and fragmentation patterns of charged aggregates formed by lanthanide-functionalized surfactants, ytterbium and erbium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate ((AOT)3Yb and (AOT)3Er), have been investigated by electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS), tandem mass spectrometry (ESI-MS/MS) and energy-resolved mass spectrometry (ER-MS). RESULTS The experimental data indicate that the self-assembling of (AOT)3Yb and (AOT)3Er in the gas phase leads to the formation of a wide range of singly charged aggregates differing in their aggregation number, relative abundance and stability. In addition to specific effects on aggregate organization due to the presence of lanthanide ions, ER-MS experiments show rearrangements and in-cage reactions activated by collision, eventually including alkyl chain intra-cluster migration. CONCLUSIONS Analysis of the experimental findings suggests that the observed chemical transformations occur within an organized supramolecular assembly rather than in a random association of components. The fragmentation pathways leading to the neutral loss of a fragment of nominal mass 534 Da, assigned as C28 H54 O7 S, from some positively charged aggregates has been rationalized.
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- Serena Indelicato
- Department STEBICEF, University of Palermo, Via Archirafi n.32, I-90123, Palermo, Italy; CGA-UniNetLab, University of Palermo, Via F. Marini n.14, I-90128, Palermo, Italy
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Zhou C, Cheng X, Zhao O, Liu S, Liu C, Wang J, Huang J. The evolution of self-assemblies in the mixed system of oleic acid-diethylenetriamine based on the transformation of electrostatic interactions and hydrogen bonds. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:8023-8030. [PMID: 25159624 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm01204f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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With the aid of pH variation, the fine control of the electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bond was realised in the mixed system of oleic acid and diethylenetriamine. Owing to the transformation of the intermolecular interactions, the corresponding building blocks changed from DETA(2+)@2OA(-)via the coexistence of DETA@2OA(-) and DETA(+)@OA(-) to DETA@2OA(-). Therefore, diverse microstructures and phase behaviors in this mixed surfactant system were obtained at the different pH values. It is found that the fine control of the electrostatic interaction and hydrogen bond is efficient for tailoring the self-assembled structures in this cationic-anionic surfactant system, including vesicles, bilayers, networks formed by aggregated vesicles and fibers.
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- Chengcheng Zhou
- College of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Xinjiang University, Urumqi 830046, China
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Shelkovsky VS, Kosevich MV, Boryak OA, Chagovets VV, Shmigol IV, Pokrovskiy VA. Monomer/dimer dependent modulation of reduction of the cationic dye methylene blue in negatively charged nanolayers as revealed by mass spectrometry. RSC Adv 2014. [DOI: 10.1039/c4ra09592h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023] Open
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Mass spectrometric approach to differentiation of monomer or dimer form of cationic dye methylene blue adsorption at negatively charged nanolayers is proposed.
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- Vadim S. Shelkovsky
- B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Kharkov, Ukraine
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- B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Kharkov, Ukraine
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- B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Kharkov, Ukraine
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- B.Verkin Institute for Low Temperature Physics and Engineering of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Kharkov, Ukraine
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- Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Chuiko Institute of Surface Chemistry of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine
- Kyiv, Ukraine
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Bilton PA, da Campo R, Nikzad R, Hazelton M, Derrick PJ. Interactions between naphthenic acids; dependence on molecular structure revealed through statistical analysis of ultra-high-resolution electrospray mass spectra. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2014; 20:221-231. [PMID: 24892293 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Negative-ion electrospray mass spectra of samples of naphthenic acids contain peaks due to monomeric species [M-H](-) and dimeric species [2M-H](-). Working with a model system, intensities of the dimers were related to the intensities of monomers through linear inverse modelling. The statistical approaches investigated and the details of their applications to naphthenic acids are described here. The statistical analysis gives estimates of the relative probabilities of association of all pairs of monomers, where the monomers are defined by their accurate masses. The trends observed in these calculated probabilities of association exhibit breakpoints in the vicinity of monomers with 16 carbon atoms. These findings are discussed in terms of hydrophobic effects influencing the probability of association of naphthenic acids.
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- Penelope A Bilton
- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand.
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand
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- Institute of Fundamental Sciences, Massey University, Palmerston North, New Zealand, Department of Chemistry, University of Warwick, Coventry CV4 7AL, United Kingdom, Department of Physics and Department of Chemistry, The University of Auckland, Auckland, New Zealand
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Bongiorno D, Indelicato S, Giorgi G, Scarpella S, Liveri VT, Ceraulo L. Electrospray ion mobility mass spectrometry of positively charged sodium bis[2-ethythexyl)sulfosuccinate aggregates. EUROPEAN JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY (CHICHESTER, ENGLAND) 2014; 20:169-175. [PMID: 24895777 DOI: 10.1255/ejms.1261] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Collision cross-sections (CCS) of positively singly and multiply charged aggregates of the surfactant sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOTNa) in the gas phase have been measured by quadrupole ion mobility time-of-flight mass spectrometry. Calibration of the observed drift times to the CCS of the AOTNa non-covalent aggregates was achieved by collecting, under the same experimental conditions, the drift times of a range of singly and multiply charged polyalanine peptides whose CCS had been obtained by conventional ion mobility spectrometry. Together with an obvious increase of the aggregate cross-section with the aggregation number, it was found that the aggregate cross-section increases with the charge state due to the sodium counterions steric effect and the augmented electrostatic repulsion. This finding is consistent with the result of a previous molecular dynamics study on positively charged AOTNa aggregates in the gas phase showing that, by increasing the charge state, the aggregates become progressively more oblate; implying a rise of their CCS. Moreover, the occurrence at each aggregation number and extra charge of a unique value of cross section points toward aggregates whose conformations do not show discernible shape change in the experiment time scale.
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Indelicato S, Bongiorno D, Indelicato S, Drahos L, Turco Liveri V, Turiák L, Vékey K, Ceraulo L. Degrees of freedom effect on fragmentation in tandem mass spectrometry of singly charged supramolecular aggregates of sodium sulfonates. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2013; 48:379-383. [PMID: 23494795 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3161] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2012] [Revised: 11/08/2012] [Accepted: 12/20/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The characteristic collision energy (CCE) to obtain 50% fragmentation of positively and negatively single charged noncovalent clusters has been measured. CCE was found to increase linearly with the degrees of freedom (DoF) of the precursor ion, analogously to that observed for synthetic polymers. This suggests that fragmentation behavior (e.g. energy randomization) in covalent molecules and clusters are similar. Analysis of the slope of CCE with molecular size (DoF) indicates that activation energy of fragmentation of these clusters (loss of a monomer unit) is similar to that of the lowest energy fragmentation of protonated leucine-enkephalin. Positively and negatively charged aggregates behave similarly, but the slope of the CCE versus DoF plot is steeper for positive ions, suggesting that these are more stable than their negative counterparts.
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- Serena Indelicato
- Dipartimento di Scienze e Tecnologie Biologiche Chimiche e Farmaceutiche, Università degli Studi di Palermo, V.le delle Scienze-Ed, 16-90128, Palermo, Italy
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Fang Y, Liu F, Liu J. Mass spectrometry study of multiply negatively charged, gas-phase NaAOT micelles: how does charge state affect micellar structure and encapsulation? JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2013; 24:9-20. [PMID: 23247969 DOI: 10.1007/s13361-012-0530-8] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/26/2012] [Revised: 10/26/2012] [Accepted: 10/30/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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We report the formation and characterization of multiply negatively charged sodium bis(2-ethylhexyl) sulfosuccinate (NaAOT) aggregates in the gas phase, by electrospray ionization of methanol/water solution of NaAOT followed by detection using a guided-ion-beam tandem mass spectrometer. Singly and doubly charged aggregates dominate the mass spectra with the compositions of [Na(n-z)AOT(n)](z-) (n = 1-18 and z = 1-2). Solvation by water was detected only for small aggregates [Na(n-1)AOT(n)H(2)O](-) of n = 3-9. Incorporation of glycine and tryptophan into [Na(n-z)AOT(n)](z-) aggregates was achieved, aimed at identifying effects of guest molecule hydrophobicity on micellar solubilization. Only one glycine molecule could be incorporated into each [Na(n-z)AOT(n)](z-) of n ≥ 7, and at most two glycine molecules could be hosted in that of n ≥ 13. In contrast to glycine, up to four tryptophan molecules could be accommodated within single aggregates of n ≥ 6. However, deprotonation of tryptophan significantly decrease its affinity towards aggregates. Collision-induced dissociation (CID) was carried out for mass-selected aggregate ions, including measurements of product ion mass spectra for both empty and amino acid-containing aggregates. CID results provide a probe for aggregate structures, surfactant-solute interactions, and incorporation sites of amino acids. The present data was compared with mass spectrometry results of positively charged [Na(n+z)AOT(n)](z+) aggregates. Contrary to their positive analogues, which form reverse micelles, negatively charged aggregates may adopt a direct micelle-like structure with AOT polar heads exposed and amino acids being adsorbed near the micellar outer surface.
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- Yigang Fang
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Queens College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York, 65-30 Kissena Blvd, Flushing, NY 11367, USA
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Giorgi G, Ceraulo L, Liveri VT. Characterization of gas phase aggregates of bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) and divalent metal ions. Elimination of radical species in the decomposition pathways of even-electron [AOTMIICl2]- anions. JOURNAL OF MASS SPECTROMETRY : JMS 2012; 47:1537-1545. [PMID: 23280741 DOI: 10.1002/jms.3067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/09/2012] [Revised: 07/17/2012] [Accepted: 07/19/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Structure and properties of even-electron anionic species formed by bis(2-ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) and divalent metal ions (M(II)) with stoichiometry [AOTM(II)Cl(2)](-) have been investigated by using electrospray ionization and different mass spectrometry techniques, such as high resolution, accurate mass measurements, collision-induced dissociation (CID) multiple-stage mass spectrometry. Owing to CID, eliminations of neutrals, mainly consisting in hydrochloric acid, 2-ethyl-1-hexene and 2-ethylhexanol, and an unexpected loss of an alkyl radical have been observed. The radical anions [C(4)HO(6)SM(II)Cl](-•) so produced have been characterized by MS(3) experiments. Density functional theory calculations have been carried out for investigating structure and stability of the ionic species formed in the decomposition pathways.
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- Gianluca Giorgi
- Dipartimento di Chimica, Università degli Studi di Siena, Via Aldo Moro, I-53100, Siena, Italy.
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Marty MT, Zhang H, Cui W, Blankenship RE, Gross ML, Sligar SG. Native mass spectrometry characterization of intact nanodisc lipoprotein complexes. Anal Chem 2012; 84:8957-60. [PMID: 23061736 DOI: 10.1021/ac302663f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 82] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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We describe here the analysis of nanodisc complexes by using native mass spectrometry (MS) to characterize their molecular weight (MW) and polydispersity. Nanodiscs are nanoscale lipid bilayers that offer a platform for solubilizing membrane proteins. Unlike detergent micelles, nanodiscs are native-like lipid bilayers that are well-defined and potentially monodisperse. Their mass spectra allow peak assignment based on differences in the mass of a single lipid per complex. Resultant masses agree closely with predicted values and demonstrate conclusively the narrow dispersity of lipid molecules in the nanodisc. Fragmentation with collisionally activated dissociation (CAD) or electron-capture dissociation (ECD) shows loss of a small number of lipids and eventual collapse of the nanodisc with release of the scaffold protein. These results provide a foundation for future studies utilizing nanodiscs as a platform for launching membrane proteins into the gas phase.
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