Hard-charged amphiphiles are highly selective against mycobacteria, whereas soft-charged amphiphiles are active against Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacteria.
硬电荷两性分子对分枝杆菌具有高度选择性,而软电荷两性分子对革兰氏阳性和革兰氏阴性细菌具有活性。
Deciphering the role of charge, hydration, and hydrophobicity for cytotoxic activities and membrane interactions of bile acid based facial amphiphiles
We synthesized four cationic bile add based facial amphiphiles featuring trimethyl ammonium head groups. We evaluated the role of these amphiphiles for cytotoxic activities against colon cancer cells and their membrane interactions by varying charge, hydration and hydrophobicity. The singly charged cationic Lithocholic add based amphiphile (LCA-TMA(1)) is most cytotoxic, whereas the triply charged cationic Cholic add based amphiphile (CA-TMA(3)) is least cytotoxic. Light microscopy and Annexin-FITC assay revealed that these facial amphiphiles caused late apoptosis. In addition, we studied the interactions of these amphiphiles with model membrane systems by Prodan-based hydration, DPH-based anisotropy, and differential scanning calorimetry. LCA-TMA(1) is most hydrophobic with a hard charge causing efficient dehydration and maximum perturbations of membranes thereby facilitating translocation and high cytotoxicity against colon cancer cells. In contrast, the highly hydrated and multiple charged CA-TMA(3) caused least membrane perturbations leading to low translocation and less cytotoxicity. As expected, Chenodeoxycholic add and Deoxycholic add based amphiphiles (CDCA-TMA(2), DCA-TMA(2)) featuring two charged head groups showed intermediate behavior. Thus, we deciphered that charge, hydration, and hydrophobicity of these amphiphiles govern membrane interactions, translocation, and resulting cytoxicity against colon cancer cells. (C) 2013 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Design, synthesis, and micellar properties of bile acid dimers and oligomers linked with a 1,2,3-triazole ring
作者:Nilkanth G. Aher、Vandana S. Pore、Sachin P. Patil
DOI:10.1016/j.tet.2007.10.042
日期:2007.12
1,3-Dipolar cycloaddition of propargyl esters of bile acids to azide group attached at different positions of bile acids gave dimers, trimer, and tetramer linked with 1,2,3-triazole. These dimeric and oligomeric structures were able to solubilize hydrophilic dye-cresol red, in nonpolar solvent. (c) 2007 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.