Three families of multiarmed and multicationic gemini surfactants, having pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, or adamantane cores, were synthesized and examined for their colloidal properties in water. Geminis with four or six six-carbon chains are highly water-soluble and do not self-assemble. But surface tension and conductivity measurements show that the geminis with four or six eight-carbon chains form micelles in the 3-6 mM range (compared to 0.5 M for a corresponding surfactant with a single chain). According to dynamic light scattering, these micelles are small (<30 Angstrom diameter); no evidence of dendritic growth below 25 mM is evident. Geminis with four or six 12-carbon chains are too water-insoluble to examine for micelle formation. It is concluded the outward projection of the hydrocarbon chains in water greatly enhances the propensity of the surfactants to self-assemble. Micellar growth is seemingly restricted by chain pairing, chain looping, and associative ring formation. Since;the aggregates have, despite these effects, greater residual water-hydrocarbon contact than found in typical micelles, water solubility of surfactants having longer chains is impaired.
Small cyclic agonists of iron regulatory hormone hepcidin
作者:Kristine Chua、Eileen Fung、Ewa D. Micewicz、Tomas Ganz、Elizabeta Nemeth、Piotr Ruchala
DOI:10.1016/j.bmcl.2015.03.012
日期:2015.11
Minihepcidins are in vitro and in vivo active mimetics of iron-regulatory hormone hepcidin. They contain various unusual amino acids including: N-substituted, beta-homo-, and D-amino acids with their combination depending on particular minihepcidin. In the current study, we sought to limit the use of unusual/more expensive amino acids derivatives by peptide cyclization. Novel cyclic mimetics of hepcidin were synthesized and tested in vitro and showed activity at low nanomolar concentration. Nonetheless, the most active cyclic compound (mHS17) is approximately ten times less active than the parental minihepcidin PR73. Collectively, our findings suggest that cyclization is viable approach in the synthesis of hepcidin mimetics. (C) 2015 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.
Uedaira, Takahiro; Koide, Naoyuki, Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals Science and Technology, Section A: Molecular Crystals and Liquid Crystals, 2001, vol. 365, p. 23 - 32
作者:Uedaira, Takahiro、Koide, Naoyuki
DOI:——
日期:——
Synthesis and Properties of Multiarmed Geminis
作者:Fredric M. Menger、Vasily A. Migulin
DOI:10.1021/jo9912350
日期:1999.11.1
Three families of multiarmed and multicationic gemini surfactants, having pentaerythritol, dipentaerythritol, or adamantane cores, were synthesized and examined for their colloidal properties in water. Geminis with four or six six-carbon chains are highly water-soluble and do not self-assemble. But surface tension and conductivity measurements show that the geminis with four or six eight-carbon chains form micelles in the 3-6 mM range (compared to 0.5 M for a corresponding surfactant with a single chain). According to dynamic light scattering, these micelles are small (<30 Angstrom diameter); no evidence of dendritic growth below 25 mM is evident. Geminis with four or six 12-carbon chains are too water-insoluble to examine for micelle formation. It is concluded the outward projection of the hydrocarbon chains in water greatly enhances the propensity of the surfactants to self-assemble. Micellar growth is seemingly restricted by chain pairing, chain looping, and associative ring formation. Since;the aggregates have, despite these effects, greater residual water-hydrocarbon contact than found in typical micelles, water solubility of surfactants having longer chains is impaired.