Preparation and Characterization of Vesicles from Mono-n-alkyl Phosphates and Phosphonates
摘要:
The aggregation properties of different linear, single-chain alkyl phosphates and phosphonates in water were investigated at concentrations of up to 50 mM as a function of pH, focusing in particular on spontaneous vesicle formation. Under conditions where about half the molecules are monoionic and half the molecules are completely protonated (pH approximate to 2), n-dodecylphosphoric acid, n-decylphosphonic acid, and n-dodecylphosphonic acid spontaneously form vesicles at room temperature. For n-hexadecylphosphoric acid, stable vesicles only form above similar to 40 degrees C. The presence of vesicles was evidenced by light and electron microscopy and in the case of n-dodecylphosphoric acid by entrapment experiments using as water soluble probes glucose, dextran, and pepsin. The phase-transition temperature of vesicles of n-dodecylphosphoric acid was 2.3 degrees C, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry. For n-hexadecylphosphoryladenosine evidence for micelle formation has been obtained with a cmc of 20-50 mu M at 25 degrees C. In an experimental extension of the vesicle self-reproduction principles to phosphoamphiphiles, results are also presented on the alkaline hydrolysis of the water-insoluble di-n-decyl-4-nitrophenyl phosphate, which led to the formation of 4-nitrophenol and di-n-decyl phosphate, the latter being a known vesicle-forming amphiphile.
Preparation and Characterization of Vesicles from Mono-<i>n</i>-alkyl Phosphates and Phosphonates
作者:Peter Walde、Michaela Wessicken、Ulf Rädler、Nathalie Berclaz、Kilian Conde-Frieboes、Pier Luigi Luisi
DOI:10.1021/jp970898n
日期:1997.9.1
The aggregation properties of different linear, single-chain alkyl phosphates and phosphonates in water were investigated at concentrations of up to 50 mM as a function of pH, focusing in particular on spontaneous vesicle formation. Under conditions where about half the molecules are monoionic and half the molecules are completely protonated (pH approximate to 2), n-dodecylphosphoric acid, n-decylphosphonic acid, and n-dodecylphosphonic acid spontaneously form vesicles at room temperature. For n-hexadecylphosphoric acid, stable vesicles only form above similar to 40 degrees C. The presence of vesicles was evidenced by light and electron microscopy and in the case of n-dodecylphosphoric acid by entrapment experiments using as water soluble probes glucose, dextran, and pepsin. The phase-transition temperature of vesicles of n-dodecylphosphoric acid was 2.3 degrees C, as determined by differential scanning calorimetry. For n-hexadecylphosphoryladenosine evidence for micelle formation has been obtained with a cmc of 20-50 mu M at 25 degrees C. In an experimental extension of the vesicle self-reproduction principles to phosphoamphiphiles, results are also presented on the alkaline hydrolysis of the water-insoluble di-n-decyl-4-nitrophenyl phosphate, which led to the formation of 4-nitrophenol and di-n-decyl phosphate, the latter being a known vesicle-forming amphiphile.