Chain Length Effect on the Binding of Amphiphiles to Serum Albumin and to POPC Bilayers
摘要:
The interaction of small molecules, such as drugs or metabolites, with proteins and biomembranes is of fundamental importance for their bioavailability. The systematic characterization of the binding affinity for structurally related ligands may provide rules that allow its prediction for any other relevant molecule. In this work we have studied a homologous series of fluorescent fatty amines with the fluorescent moiety 7-nitrobenz-2-oxa-1,3-diazol-4-yl covalently bound to the amine group (NBD-C-n; n = 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, 14, and 16) in aqueous solution and associated with BSA or lipid bilayers. We have found a linear dependence with the length of the alkyl chain, up to NBD-C-10, for the Gibb's free energy of partition between the aqueous solution and 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl phosphatidylcholine bilayers equal to Delta Delta G = 2.5 +/- 0.3 kJ/mol per methylene group. Additionally, the amphiphiles interacted efficiently with bovine serum albumin, and it was inhibited by fatty acids indicating that binding occurs to the fatty acids highest affinity binding site. The association of the amphiphiles with BSA and POPC bilayers was performed at different temperatures (15-35 degrees C) allowing for the calculation of the enthalpic and entropic contributions. A value of Delta H = -15 +/- 4 kJ/mol was obtained for all amphiphiles and binding agents. The entropy contribution was always positive and increased with the length of the alkyl chain. The location of the ligand in the biological membrane is also of high relevance, namely because this will determine its effect on biomembrane properties at high ligand concentrations. With this goal, we have measured some photophysical properties of the amphiphiles inserted in POPC bilayers, and we found no significant variation along the series, indicating that the NBD group is located in a region with similar properties regardless of the length of the nonpolar group. An exception was noted for the case of NBD-C-14 whose parameters were somewhat different from the trend observed.
HEBERER, H.;KERSTING, H.;MATSCHINER, H., J. PRAKT. CHEM., 1985, 327, N 3, 487-504
作者:HEBERER, H.、KERSTING, H.、MATSCHINER, H.
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COLOR-CHANGING FISHING EQUIPMENT
申请人:Pure Fishing, Inc.
公开号:EP1758447A2
公开(公告)日:2007-03-07
EP1758447A4
申请人:——
公开号:EP1758447A4
公开(公告)日:2008-06-04
Color-changing fishing equipment
申请人:Cook B. Roger
公开号:US20050274055A1
公开(公告)日:2005-12-15
Fishing equipment incorporates one or more dyes that change or display colors upon exposure to light (photochromic), a change in temperature (thermochromic), or change in ambient moisture (solvatochromic). Products that include parts that are made of, or products which are wholly a polymer can benefit from the present invention and may include fishing lines, fishing rods, fishing reels, thread used to wrap line guides on a fishing rod, and fishing reel handles.