油酸囊泡尺度多分散性及二元醇对其pH窗口的影响

以油酸(OA)为模型脂肪酸, 依据目测激光丁达尔现象在pH滴定曲线上划分相区, 确定OA囊泡化pH窗口为8.2~10.1. 利用光学显微镜、 激光共聚焦显微镜和冷冻刻蚀-透射电子显微镜共同表征了OA囊泡的形貌及粒径, 发现体系中微米和亚微米级的多层囊泡以及纳米级的单层囊泡共存, 呈现尺度多分散性. 用不同链长的短链二元醇辅助OA形成囊泡, 结果表明, 短链二元醇有助于脂肪酸囊泡(FAV)的pH窗口拓宽, 拓宽的方向取决于表面氢键作用方式或疏水插入方式. 在酸性条件下二元醇与FAV相互作用后, 在囊泡表面残留的自由羟基越多, 越有助于拓宽其酸性pH窗口.     

利用烷基糖苷迁移和扩张共轭亚油酸囊泡pH窗口

脂肪酸囊泡(FAV)具有与脂质体类似的中空核壳结构, 且原料来源广泛, 绿色安全, 在包埋/缓释方面有重要意义. 但FAV对pH值依赖性强, pH窗口很窄并偏离生命体系适应pH范围, 限制了其作为包埋/缓释体在日用化学品及外用药等中的应用. 本文用绿色安全非离子表面活性剂烷基糖苷(APG)使共轭亚油酸(CLA)形成FAV的pH窗口从原先的8.0-9.0 迁移并扩张至6.0-8.0, 从而与生命体系适应pH值范围相匹配, 并探讨了改善FAV的pH值依赖性和敏感性的原理.     

pH非敏感型自交联共轭亚油酸囊泡的构建和表征

以共轭亚油酸(Conjugated linoleic acid, CLA)为构造pH非敏感型脂肪酸囊泡(Fatty acid vesicle, FAV)的分子砌块, 通过碱异构化法从亚油酸半合成CLA, 然后采用pH刺激响应自组装法获得CLA的不饱和脂肪酸囊泡(Ufasome), 采用紫外辐照诱导方式对CLA-ufasome实施囊泡内化学绑定, 获得一种新的pH非敏感型FAV. 通过酸碱滴定和表面张力实验确定CLA-ufasome形成的适宜pH范围和浓度, 利用透射电子显微镜(TEM)表征了自交联CLA的FAV的形貌, 并通过动态光散射(DLS)法测定了自交联CLA的FAV的稳定性. 结果表明, 以CLA为分子砌块, 当浓度为3 mmol/L时在pH=8.6条件下构建CLA-ufasome, 紫外辐照2.5 h后得到粒径为10~20 nm, 壁厚为2.0 nm的自交联CLA的FAV, 并具有pH非敏感的特性. 以抗癌药物五氟尿嘧啶为目标包覆药物, 体外释放实验结果表明, 自交联CLA的FAV对五氟尿嘧啶具有良好的缓释效果.     

共轭亚油酸与海藻酸钠囊泡化自组装纳米容器及其药物缓释性能

脂肪酸囊泡(FAV)是一类重要的纳米容器,然而其形成pH范围较窄且偏碱性环境,限制了其应用。 本文将共轭亚油酸(CLA)与海藻酸钠(SA)在近中性环境下共同自组装囊泡化纳米容器并提高其膜稳定性。动态激光光散射(DLS)和透射电子显微镜(TEM)结果表明,当SA质量分数为25%~50%时复合体系可在近中性条件下自组装形成50~250 nm尺寸的囊泡化纳米容器,且pH=7.4时随着质量分数增加囊泡化纳米容器直径增大。 根据SA和CLA在中性环境的物种存在形式推测,二者通过氢键作用驱动形成囊泡化纳米容器。 体外模拟释放实验表明,囊泡化纳米容器具有较高包覆率和较优缓释效果,有望应用于药物传输领域。     

单十二烷基磷酸酯辅助共轭亚油酸的囊泡化研究

以共轭亚油酸(CLA)为模型脂肪酸,与安全、温和的阴离子表面活性剂单十二烷基磷酸酯(MLP)进行复配,动态激光光散射和透射电镜表征结果表明,CLA在中性至弱酸性环境中仍然能够囊泡化.通过pH滴定曲线研究了CLA和MLP 2种分子的荷电物种随pH值的变化规律,据此分析各物种间的相互作用,并推断经MLP辅助CLA能够在中性至弱酸性环境中囊泡化的动因是CLA-MLP间的氢键或离子-偶极作用.     

高内相/自乳液聚合的共轭亚油酸低聚体的囊泡化及稳定性

采用自乳化法制备了高内相共轭亚油酸(CLA)的水包油(O/W)乳液, 并通过热引发乳液聚合反应得到共轭亚油酸低聚体(oligo-CLA); 将oligo-CLA用于自组装脂肪酸囊泡(FAV). 透射电子显微镜和动态激光光散射表征结果均表明, 在pH=8.6~13范围内得到了囊泡粒径为10~30 nm的FAV, 此结果对提高FAV的pH适应性具有理论意义. 自乳液聚合实验结果表明, 该高内相自乳化/热引发低聚反应策略可以使浓度高达75.3%(质量分数)的CLA完成无外加表面活性剂乳液聚合, 并使共轭双键总自交联率达到33%且控制oligo-CLA的平均聚合度约为6, 对规模化生产oligo-CLA及构筑FAV具有实用价值. 与CLA相比, oligo-CLA具有更好的低温溶解性, 由其自组装的FAV具有更好的环境适应性, 如耐酸性和抗钙皂能力, 而且显示出较好的钙响应囊泡体积膨胀率; 以极少量非离子表面活性剂Span 40或AEO₂辅助oligo-CLA形成的杂化囊泡具有更宽的pH适应性. 因此, 所制备的FAV在药物释放体系、 日用化学产品、 家用洗涤剂和个人护理产品中具有更广阔的应用前景.     

胺类分子结构对油酸囊泡pH窗口的影响

基于激光丁达尔效应及浊度测定, 考察了改变二元胺的碳桥长度、 多元胺的氨基多寡、 长链伯胺的碳链长度及季铵化等因素对油酸囊泡pH窗口的影响. 结果表明, 二元胺及多元胺主要导致油酸囊泡的pH窗口向碱性方向拓宽, 而长链伯胺和十二烷基三甲基溴化铵(DTAB)不仅可使油酸囊泡的pH窗口向碱性拓宽, 而且可使油酸在酸性pH区域形成另一个介稳至稳定的新囊泡相. 氨基在不同pH下质子化和脱质子化转换是胺类分子调节油酸囊泡pH窗口的共同驱动力, 疏水作用是长链胺类的又一驱动力, 而静电吸引是季铵盐的另一种特殊驱动力. 分子间相互作用的热力学参数及结合能计算结果表明, 二乙烯三胺为代表的二元胺或多元胺在油酸囊泡表面以氢键或离子-偶极作用等非共价结合为主, 其调节功能弱于长链伯胺及DTAB与油酸的疏水共组装或DTAB与油酸的静电吸引作用.     

自交联共轭亚油酸囊泡的温敏膨胀行为

采用紫外辐照引发共轭亚油酸(CLA)囊泡内聚合反应,获得自交联CLA囊泡.用动态激光光散射(DLS)和冷冻透射电子显微镜(cryo-TEM)等观察自交联CLA囊泡的粒径和形貌变化,结果表明,自交联CLA囊泡的囊泡结构不仅不随温度变化解体,而且表现出明显的温敏膨胀性.自交联CLA囊泡体外释放5-氟尿嘧啶的实验表明其具有温度响应的缓释和控释特性.     

电场下离子型聚合物复合囊泡结构变化的分子动力学模拟

利用粗粒化分子动力学模拟研究了电场作用下离子型聚合物复合囊泡形变与破裂的过程.定量分析了囊泡破裂过程中的结构变化,包括囊泡的形变程度、破裂速度、组分分布以及破裂后的结构.研究表明,电场强度较弱时,囊泡表面所吸附的聚电解质首先脱落,囊泡由球形结构转变为椭球结构.随着电场强度增大,离聚物的离子侧基发生重新排布,囊泡表面电荷的有序结构被破坏,导致囊泡的结构无法维持而破裂,囊泡塌缩,分裂形成离聚物团簇,并进一步破裂为小尺寸的离聚物聚集体,均匀分散于溶液中.本文利用分子动力学模拟明确了电场中离子型高分子复合囊泡破裂过程的分子机理,为药物释放技术的优化及发展提供了理论支持.     

囊泡状二氧化硅的合成及油气吸附性能

以正硅酸四甲酯(TMOS)为硅源,P123(EO20PO70EO20)为表面活性剂,在p H=6的磷酸缓冲体系中制备了囊泡状二氧化硅材料.利用乙醇萃取脱除模板剂P123,电镜观测结果表明所得二氧化硅具有大孔囊泡结构,N2吸附结果表明其具有高比表面积和大孔容.通过Boehm滴定法确定了硅羟基数量与吸水率呈正相关.用囊泡状二氧化硅材料与商业化活性炭(AC)和硅胶(SG)对水蒸气、正己烷和油气进行静态吸附.在自建的动态正己烷吸附装置上用对囊泡状二氧化硅材料和商业化AC和SG对正己烷进行动态吸附.吸附结果表明,囊泡状二氧化硅材料的静/动态吸附容量和稳定性都远高于商业化活性炭和硅胶.     

Linkage position and residue identification of disaccharides by tandem mass spectrometry and linear discriminant analysis

The discrimination of isomeric disaccharides with different linkage types and different monosaccharide residues--glucose (Glc), galactose (Gal), and mannose (Man) at the non-reducing end--was investigated with tandem mass spectrometry (MS/MS) and linear discriminant analysis (LDA). Conventional matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization (MALDI)-MS has strong interference peaks from matrix ions in the low mass region (<500 Da). This greatly limits the application of MALDI-MS for the analysis of small molecules such as saccharides. We solved this problem by using LDI with acidic fullerene matrix, which gives a very clean background in the low-mass region. Disaccharides with different linkage types give different tandem mass spectral profiles from various cross-ring fragmentation pathways. Disaccharides with the same linkage type but with three different kinds of monosaccharide residues bear the same fragmentation profiles. However, the relative ratios of the fragment ion intensities were found to be distinctly different among the three disaccharide isomers. By employing statistical tools such as LDA to classify the tandem mass spectra, disaccharide isomers with either different linkages or different monosaccharide residues were successfully classified.     

静态法和EXAFS技术研究Eu(III)在钛酸纳米管上的吸附行为和微观机制

结合静态实验和X射线吸收精细结构谱学(EXAFS)技术研究了pH、时间、有机配体等环境因素对放射性核素Eu(III)在钛酸纳米管上的吸附行为和微观机制的影响.宏观实验结果表明:Eu(III)在钛酸纳米管上的吸附在pH<6.0条件下受离子强度影响,而在pH>6.0条件下不受离子强度影响;腐殖酸HA/FA在低pH条件下可以促进Eu(III)在钛酸纳米管上的吸附,而在高pH条件下抑制Eu(III)在钛酸纳米管上的吸附.EXAFS微观分析结果表明:在pH<6.0条件下,吸附属于外层吸附机理;在pH>6.0条件下,吸附属于内层吸附机理.pH<6.0时,中心原子Eu周围只有Eu-O一个配位层,其平均键长为2.40,配位数在9左右;随着pH逐渐升高,第一配位层的配位数下降,表明吸附Eu原子配位的对称性下降.当吸附时间延长或pH升高,吸附原子Eu周围出现了Eu-Eu和Eu-Ti第二配位层,其平均键长分别为3.60和4.40,配位数分别在2或1左右,表明形成了内层吸附产物或表面沉淀或表面多聚体.腐殖酸HA/FA的存在,可以改变Eu(III)在钛酸纳米管表面的吸附形态和微观原子结构,Eu(III)不仅可以与钛酸纳米管的表面羟基直接键合形成二元表面复合物(Eu-TNTs),还可以通过HA/FA的桥连作用形成三元表面复合物(HA/FA-Eu-TNTs).这些研究结果对于评估放射性核素Eu(III)与纳米材料在分子水平上的作用机理及分析Eu(III)在环境中的物理化学行为具有重要的意义.     

Synthesis and conformational analysis of novel N(OCH3)-linked disaccharide analogues

N(OMe)-linked disaccharide analogues, isosteric to the corresponding natural disaccharides, have been synthesized by chemoselective assembly of unprotected natural monosaccharides with methyl 6-deoxy-6-methoxyamino-alpha-D-glucopyranoside in an aqueous environment. The coupling reactions were found to be chemo- and stereoselective affording beta-(1-->6) disaccharide mimics when using Glc and GlcNAc; in the case of Gal, the beta-anomer was prevalent (beta:alpha=7:1). An iterative method for the synthesis of linear N(OMe) oligosaccharide analogues was demonstrated, based on the use of an unprotected monosaccharide building block in which an oxime functionality at C-6 is converted during the synthesis into the corresponding methoxyamino group. The conformational analysis of these compounds was carried out by using NMR spectroscopy, ab initio, molecular mechanics, and molecular dynamics methods. Optimized geometries and energies of fourteen conformers for each compound have been calculated at the B3LYP/6-31G* level. Predicted conformational equilibria were compared with the results based on NMR experiments and good agreement was found. It appears that N(OMe)-linked disaccharide analogues exhibit a slightly different conformational behavior to their parent natural disaccharides.     

Long-range influence of carbohydrates on the solvation dynamics of water--answers from terahertz absorption measurements and molecular modeling simulations

We present new terahertz (THz) spectroscopic measurements of solvated sugars and compare the effect of two disaccharides (trehalose and lactose) and one monosaccharide (glucose) with respect to the solute-induced changes in the sub-picosecond network dynamics of the hydration water. We found that the solute affects the fast collective network motions of the solvent, even beyond the first solvation layer. For all three carbohydrates, we find an increase of 2-4% in the THz absorption coefficient of the hydration water in comparison to bulk water. Concentration-dependent changes in the THz absorption between 2.1 and 2.8 THz of the solute-water mixture were measured with a precision better than 1% and were used to deduce a dynamical hydration shell, which extends from the surface up to 5.7 +/- 0.4 and 6.5 +/- 0.9 A for the disaccharides lactose and trehalose, respectively, and 3.7 +/- 0.9 A for the glucose. This exceeds the values for the static hydration shell as determined, for example, by scattering, where the long-range structure was found to be not significantly affected by the solute beyond the first hydration shell. When comparing all three carbohydrates, we found that the solute-induced change in the THz absorption depends on the product of molar concentration of the solute and the number of hydrogen bonds between the carbohydrate and water molecules. We can conclude that the long-range influence on the sub-picosecond collective water network motions of the hydration water is directly correlated with the average number of hydrogen bonds between the molecule and adjacent water molecules for carbohydrates. This implies that monosaccharides have a smaller influence on the surrounding water molecules than disaccharides. This could explain the bioprotection mechanism of sugar-water mixtures, which has been found to be more effective for disaccharides than for monosaccharides.     

Boronic acid based peptidic receptors for pattern-based saccharide sensing in neutral aqueous media, an application in real-life samples

The advent of the alternative sweeteners market has signaled a demand for chemosensors which target multiple saccharides and saccharide derivatives, in aqueous media at physiological pH. This demand has largely been unmet as existing molecular receptors for saccharides have generally not shown sufficient degrees of affinity and selectivity in aqueous media. A chemosensor array for saccharides and saccharide derivatives, fully operational in aqueous media at physiological pH, has been developed and is reported herein. Boronic acid based peptidic receptors, derived from a combinatorial library, served as the cross-reactive sensor elements in this array. The binding of saccharides to these receptors was assessed colorimetrically using an indicator uptake protocol in the taste-chip platform. The differential indicator uptake rates of these receptors in the presence of saccharides were exploited in order to identify patterns within the data set using linear discriminant analysis. This chemosensor array is capable of classifying disaccharides and monosaccharides as well as discriminating compounds within each saccharide group. Disaccharides have also been distinguished from closely related reduced-calorie counterparts. This linear discriminant analysis set was then employed as a training set for identifying a specific saccharide in a real-world beverage sample. The methodology developed here augurs well for use in other real-world samples involving saccharides as well as for sensing other desired analytes.