基于偶氮苯的光开关分子探针与传感芯片研究进展

随着人们对偶氮苯光致异构化反应机制和特性的研究和认识越来越深入透彻,偶氮苯衍生物无论是在理论上还是在实验方面都受到了大量的关注。近年来,偶氮苯衍生物作为光开关响应的功能元件不仅已经用于合成智能聚合物,液晶材料,分子开关和分子机器等,而且正迅速地渗透到化学生物学体系研究和分析的各个方面。因此,本文将着重就基于偶氮苯衍生物功能化的光开关型分子探针与传感芯片及其在化学生物学分析研究方面所取得的最新进展进行总结和综述。引用103篇文献,并对未来的发展前景进行了展望。     

光调控分子有序聚集体及其功能化研究进展

双亲分子在溶液中可以缔合形成胶束、囊泡、液晶、乳液等有序分子聚集体。在分子中引入功能性的基团,通过改变分子的结构、浓度或引入外部刺激,可以对有序分子聚集体的类型和性能进行调控。光作为一种绿色可控的清洁能源,是一种理想的外部刺激信号。在双亲分子中引入感光基团,可以通过光照调节有序聚集体的组装,并进一步实现功能性的调控。本文综述了近年来在光调控分子有序聚集体方面的研究及其在生物、传导、纳米材料制备中的应用。同时,对光调控的功能性有序分子聚集体未来的发展前景进行了展望。     

核酸分子"光开关"的研究进展

综述了核酸分子“光开关”的发展及最新动态 ,阐述了它在核酸分子识别分析中的应用 ,并提出了研究核酸分子“光开关”的一些建议和看法     

对称偶氮苯的合成及性质

以Cu(Ⅰ)催化的氨基偶联反应为关键步骤,合成了末端各带3条柔性烷基链的最简单小分子偶氮凝胶剂——对称偶氮苯化合物A;通过~1H NMR,~(13)C NMR和元素分析鉴定了其结构;采用紫外光谱和SEM等手段对其性质进行了表征.凝胶实验结果表明,该化合物能在极性、非极性有机溶剂中形成凝胶,且该凝胶在紫外光和可见光照射下能够发生凝胶-溶液的可逆转化.SEM表征结果表明,该凝胶具有由纤维束聚集成的三维网状结构,此外还具有热响应性和机械响应性.紫外光谱测试结果表明,该化合物具有光响应性.     

含氟偶氮苯光响应性聚合物的合成及性能

以1,2,3,4,5-五氟苯胺为原料, FeSO-4?7H2O负载的KMnO4为氧化剂, 制得全氟代偶氮苯, 在KOH作用下醇解, 进行丙烯酰化反应, 得到光响应性的功能单体4-甲基丙烯酰氧基九氟偶氮苯, 用GC-MS, 元素分析及NMR等方法对功能单体进行表征, 并研究了其光异构化性能. 以4-甲基丙烯酰氧基九氟偶氮苯(MANFAB)为功能单体, 与十字交联剂三羟甲基丙烷三甲基丙烯酸酯(TRIM)在自由基引发下合成了光响应性的三维交联聚合物, 并研究了其光响应性质.     

含偶氮苯侧链分子刷聚合物的合成及其光响应自组装

分子刷聚合物伸展的高分子主链、高密度的侧链和较低的侧链空间缠结,使其展现出独特的流变学、力学性能和特殊的分子聚集状态,在纳米技术、表面科学等领域有着广泛的应用前景.基于同时含有2-羰基溴与炔基基团的大分子试剂聚2-((2-溴代丙酰氧基)甲基)丙烯酸丙炔酯,引发偶氮苯丙烯酸酯单体的原子转移自由基聚合(ATRP)与叠氮功能...     

光驱动的金属富勒烯分子磁开关※

由于碳笼的保护, 从外部操控内嵌富勒烯笼内分子的特性一直是一个挑战. 通过在顺磁性金属富勒烯Sc₃C₂@C₈₀碳笼外修饰具有光活性的偶氮苯-氮氧自由基, 成功设计出基于金属富勒烯-氮氧自由基的分子开关, 实现了原位可逆地光驱动远程控制金属富勒烯的顺磁特性. 在不同光照条件下, 利用偶氮苯的光异构化特性改变双自旋中心的相对位置, 调整自旋-自旋、自旋-晶格相互作用, 进而影响金属富勒烯的电子顺磁特性. 研究发现, 紫外光照下, 氮氧自由基使金属富勒烯Sc₃C₂@C₈₀的顺磁信号逐渐减弱, 可见光照下Sc₃C₂@C₈₀的顺磁信号又增强, 由此实现了氮氧自由基作为顺磁开关的功能.     

光响应偶氮苯类小分子凝胶因子的合成及性能

合成了3个系列各6类的偶氮苯衍生物1a~6a, 1b~6b和1c~6c. 凝胶性能测试结果表明, 这些化合物均能在多种极性或非极性有机溶剂中形成凝胶. 运用扫描电子显微镜和核磁共振波谱仪对代表性化合物4b形成的凝胶结构和成胶驱动力进行了分析. 化合物4a~4c形成的凝胶在紫外光和可见光照射下, 能够发生凝胶-溶胶的相互转化. 计算了溶剂和凝胶因子的梯氏参数, 利用梯氏三角图分析了凝胶测试结果, 发现凝胶因子在溶剂中的4种行为(溶液、 半凝胶、 凝胶和沉淀)分别分布在三角图的不同区域; 在凝胶区域, 溶剂与凝胶因子之间的距离反映了凝胶的热稳定性, 距离越远表示凝胶的热稳定性越好.     

可见光驱动的偶氮苯分子开关的理论设计与计算模拟

可见光驱动的偶氮苯等光致异构材料在生物探针和传感体系、光敏电池以及储能材料等领域有重要的应用前景.采用密度泛函理论(DFT)以及反应性分子动力学方法,研究了卤素原子(F,Cl,Br,I)四邻位取代的4,4′-乙酰胺偶氮苯衍生物分子的几何结构与光学性能之间的关系.DFT计算表明,卤素原子F,Cl,Br,I的邻位四取代不同程度地使其反式异构体的偶氮苯分子平面发生扭曲,导致在可见光范围内均出现了明显的吸收峰.另外,应用反应性分子动力学模拟了卤素(F,Cl,Br,I)-4,4′-乙酰胺偶氮苯分子的顺反可逆异构过程,其反式到顺式的构型转换率在46%~86%之间,与实验现象定性相符.     

光控DNA可逆杂交/解链及其应用

通过光敏分子与DNA相互作用,可以实现光控DNA杂交与解链,这种光控DNA有望成为下一代DNA功能构筑材料和纳米机械能量输入模式。本文总结了可逆光控DNA杂交/解链的各种途径及其作用机理,并分析其使用条件和光控效果。已有实验结果的对比和归纳表明,从DNA骨架上楔入含侧链偶氮苯官能团的单元,通过顺反异构实现DNA双链解链与杂交的可逆光控最具应用潜力,并且仍有一定的改进空间。本文介绍了这种骨架楔入偶氮苯光控DNA材料在纳米技术和生物技术方面的应用,并对其进一步的研究方向进行了展望。     

Modification of Nucleic Acids by Azobenzene Derivatives and Their Applications in Biotechnology and Nanotechnology

Azobenzene has been widely used as a photoregulator due to its reversible photoisomerization, large structural change between E and Z isomers, high photoisomerization yield, and high chemical stability. On the other hand, some azobenzene derivatives can be used as universal quenchers for many fluorophores. Nucleic acid is a good candidate to be modified because it is not only the template of gene expression but also widely used for building well‐organized nanostructures and nanodevices. Because the size and polarity distribution of the azobenzene molecule is similar to a nucleobase pair, the introduction of azobenzene into nucleic acids has been shown to be an ingenious molecular design for constructing light‐switching biosystems or light‐driven nanomachines. Here we review recent advances in azobenzene‐modified nucleic acids and their applications for artificial regulation of gene expression and enzymatic reactions, construction of photoresponsive nanostructures and nanodevices, molecular beacons, as well as obtaining structural information using the introduced azobenzene as an internal probe. In particular, nucleic acids bearing multiple azobenzenes can be used as a novel artificial nanomaterial with merits of high sequence specificity, regular duplex structure, and high photoregulation efficiency. The combination of functional groups with biomolecules may further advance the development of chemical biotechnology and biomolecular engineering.     

Mismatches Improve the Performance of Strand‐Displacement Nucleic Acid Circuits

Catalytic hairpin assembly (CHA) has previously proven useful as a transduction and amplification method for nucleic acid detection. However, the two hairpin substrates in a CHA circuit can potentially react non‐specifically even in the absence of a single‐stranded catalyst, and this non‐specific background degrades the signal‐to‐noise ratio. The introduction of mismatched base pairs that impede uncatalyzed strand exchange reactions led to a significant decrease of the background signal, while only partially damping the signal in the presence of a catalyst. Various types and lengths of mismatches were assayed by fluorimetry, and in many instances, our MismatCHA designs yielded 100‐fold increased signal‐to‐background ratios compared to a ratio of 4:1 with the perfectly matched substrates. These observations could be of general utility for the design of non‐enzymatic nucleic acid circuits.     

Synthesis of Redshifted Azobenzene Photoswitches by Late‐Stage Functionalization

Azobenzenes are versatile photoswitches that can be cycled between their trans‐ and cis‐configuration with light. The wavelengths required for this isomerization are substantially shifted from the UV to the visible range through tetra‐ortho‐chlorination. These halogenated azobenzenes display unique photoswitching characteristics, but their syntheses remain limited and inefficient. A new general method for the synthesis of tetra‐ortho‐chloro azobenzenes has been developed, which relies on direct palladium(II)‐catalyzed C?H activation of pre‐existing standard azobenzenes. This late‐stage functionalization has a broad substrate scope and can be used to create a variety of useful building blocks for the construction of more elaborate redshifted photopharmaceuticals. This method is used to prepare red‐ AzCA‐4 , a photoswitchable vanilloid that enables optical control of the cation channel TRPV1 with visible light.     

Nanoscopic Visualization of Cross‐Linking Density in Polymer Networks with Diarylethene Photoswitches

The in situ nanoscopic imaging of soft matter polymer structures is of importance to gain knowledge of the relationship between structure, properties, and functionality on the nanoscopic scale. Cross‐linking of polymer chains effects the viscoelastic properties of gels. The correlation of mechanical properties with the distribution and amount of cross‐linkers is relevant for applications and for a detailed understanding of polymers on the molecular scale. We introduce a super‐resolution fluorescence‐microscopy‐based method for visualizing and quantifying cross‐linker points in polymer systems. A novel diarylethene‐based photoswitch with a highly fluorescent closed and a non‐fluorescent open form is used as a photoswitchable cross‐linker in a polymer network. As an example for its capability to nanoscopically visualize cross‐linking, we investigate pNIPAM microgels as a system known with variations in internal cross‐linking density.     

DNA‐Binding Properties of Amidine‐Substituted Spiropyran Photoswitches

Two amidine‐substituted spiropyran derivatives have been characterized with respect to the DNA‐binding properties over a broad pH interval. The two derivatives differ in the number of positive charges. By varying the pH, the protonation state of the derivatives is also changed, allowing for additional variations in the charge distribution. We show that the closed spiro isomer does not bind for either of the two derivatives, whereas the open merocyanine forms bind both in the protonated and in the nonprotonated state, but with dramatically different binding constants. Flow‐oriented linear dichroism (LD) measurements also show that there are differences in the binding modes between the various forms. We rationalize these differences in terms of structure and charge distribution.