硼酸类荧光受体识别单糖*

糖广泛存在于自然界中,与蛋白质和核酸一起并列构成生命体的三大物质单元。由于糖含有多个羟基,含硼酸基的有机物与二醇间有强烈结合作用,故硼酸基团常用于糖类识别和细胞标记。当荧光体与硼酸基团相连接时即可构建识别糖的荧光传感器。本文按发光团结构进行分类,分为：萘基硼酸类受体（包括对二甲氨基萘硼酸衍生物,N-取代的氨基萘硼酸衍生物,1,8-萘二甲酰亚胺为母体的单硼酸衍生物）、杂环硼酸类受体（包括含氮杂环硼酸衍生物、含硫杂环硼酸衍生物以及含氧杂环硼酸衍生物）、蒽环硼酸类受体、芘环硼酸类受体、紫精硼酸类受体及其它类型的硼酸类受体等,详细评述了自2002年以来含硼酸基团的新型荧光受体在单糖识别研究中的最新进展。     

对-二苯氨基联二苯基硼酸对单糖的识别研究

本文以二苯基胺和对-二溴联苯合成新型硼酸衍生物对-二苯氨基联二苯基硼酸(DBBA).用DBBA作为荧光探针,在20%的乙醇水溶液中对各种单糖,如果糖、半乳糖、葡萄糖、甘露糖等进行识别研究,并且计算了DBBA与各种单糖的结合常数.研究结果表明,该新型硼酸衍生物对果糖具有很好的选择性识别.初步探讨了DBBA与果糖、半乳糖、葡萄糖、甘露糖的识别机理,表明DBBA能够识别单糖,DBBA具有分子内电荷转移特性,它与单糖分子结合后不同程度地阻碍了其分子内的电荷转移性质.     

新型单硼酸衍生物的合成及作为荧光探针对糖的选择性识别

合成了一种新的单硼酸衍生物,分别考察了其与D-葡萄糖、D-果糖、D-甘露糖的结合反应,通过硼酸衍生物荧光强度变化达到对糖的选择性识别.该化合物合成简单,作为糖的荧光探针,选择性好,生物基质中的氨基酸、蛋白质和生物胺均不干扰糖的测定.测定上述3种糖时,其浓度分别在0.01～1.0 μmol·L-1,0.1～2.0 μmol·L-1和0.2～3.0 μmol·L-1范围内,与荧光强度呈现良好的线性关系.方法具有较高的灵敏度,不同糖的检出限在0.008 2～0.10 μmol·L-1之间.应用于人血清中D-葡萄糖浓度的测定,结果满意.     

一个基于2-(4-二羟基硼烷)苯基喹啉-4-羧酸的长波长水溶性荧光探针

水溶性荧光探针2-(4-二羟基硼烷)苯基喹啉-4-羧酸(PBAQA)能实现儿茶酚的选择性识别,但发射波长较短.PBAQA及衍生物通常在285 nm进行荧光发射.本文报道以PBAQA为building block,通过化学合成制备一个新的二硼酸荧光探针.该化合物具有更长的发射波长,发射波长为364 nm.初步荧光活性测试结果表明,该化合物对多巴胺具有一定结合选择性.对寻找具有较长发射波长的硼酸荧光探针,实现探针分子在嗜铬细胞瘤等细胞组织进行荧光成像具有重要意义.     

季戊四醇衍生物为骨架的糖簇、糖树枝状分子的合成与应用

综述了以季戊四醇衍生物为骨架的糖簇、糖树枝状分子的合成与应用. 由于季戊四醇衍生物本身所具备的结构特点, 这类分子非常适合于合成新型的糖簇分子和糖树枝状分子. 同时, 由于季戊四醇衍生物在有机合成领域应用广泛, 很多有机合成方法都可以应用到这类糖缀合物的合成中.     

杯[4]芳烃对单糖及嘧啶衍生物的分子识别和分子开关

用AM1和INDO/SCI方法对八羟基杯[4]芳烃与单糖及嘧啶衍生物形成的超分子体系进行理论研究,结果表明,主体通过CH-π相互作用对单糖类进行分子识别,尤其对赤藓糖识别效果更好;主体与嘧啶没有明显的π-π堆砌作用,但能识别含吸电子基团的嘧啶衍生物,据此可设计酸碱调控的分子开关.讨论了配合物的UV谱带与主体相比发生红移的原因.     

水溶性杯芳烃对染料客体分子的包结配位作用

研究了水溶性的杯[n]芳烃磺酸盐(n=4,6,8)及杯[6]芳烃磺酸盐的烷基化衍生物在25.0℃对几种染料客体分子的包结配位作用,发现杯[n]芳烃磺酸盐均使客体的荧光强度降低,而在其下缘的烷基化衍生物却使客体的荧光强度增强,从光物理行为对这些结果进行了解释。由荧光光谱分光光度滴定技术确定了25.0℃时所形成配合物的稳定常数,讨论了其分子识别性质。     

环糊精衍生物及包合物构建荧光探针的研究进展

环糊精是超分子化学中的一类重要主体化合物,在药物缓释、化学传感、对映体分离以及新型材料等众多领域都得到了广泛的应用.由于环糊精具有外亲水内疏水的桶形结构,其空腔内可以插入具有识别功能的受体分子或荧光染料,可通过螯合或置换方式实现对目标分子的识别,因此基于环糊精衍生物及包合物构建荧光探针也受到了人们的极大关注.总结了基于环糊精设计合成的荧光探针在检测金属离子、阴离子和分子等方面的应用,重点描述了识别性能和识别机制,为环糊精衍生物及包合物在荧光检测领域的应用提供理论依据.     

选择性识别儿茶酚胺的长波长二硼酸荧光探针

儿茶酚胺是人体中重要的神经递质.选择性识别儿茶酚胺对帕金森氏综合症、嗜铬细胞瘤、神经母细胞瘤等疾病临床诊断及病理学研究具有重要意义.2-(4-二羟基硼烷)苯基喹啉-4-羧酸(PBAQA)与糖结合后荧光强度增强,与儿茶酚胺结合后荧光强度下降,可以作为选择性识别儿茶酚胺的荧光探针.但由于发射波长较短,PBAQA及其衍生物在荧光成像方面存在诸多限制.本文作者采用廉价易得的原料制备中间体PBAQA,然后经酰胺缩合、脱保护,制备氨基中间体,再与3-羧基硼酸缩合合成二硼酸.目标化合物的发射波长明显红移至500 nm左右,斯托克位移超过100 nm.初步活性测试发现,目标化合物与儿茶酚胺结合后荧光强度明显降低,且荧光强度改变与儿茶酚胺浓度存在线性关系,可作为选择性识别儿茶酚胺的长波长荧光探针.     

固液态均荧光发射的四苯乙烯基衍生物的合成

为了打破传统荧光材料的聚集荧光淬灭(ACQ)的应用限制,通过共价键连接聚集诱导发光(AIE)分子与平面ACQ分子,可以构建在溶液中和固态下都具有荧光发射特性的化合物。分别通过多步反应合成了带有烷基硫醚的萘酰亚胺衍生物3和连接炔吡啶的四苯乙烯衍生物7。化合物3和化合物7通过酰胺缩合,合成了一种四苯乙烯-萘酰亚胺二联体化合物8,化合物8兼具ACQ和AIE分子的特性。结果表明：溶液状态下化合物8具有蓝色荧光发射,其最大发射峰位于452 nm,固态下为黄绿色荧光,最大发射峰位于487 nm。利用三氟乙酸对其荧光进行调控能够实现CIE色坐标为(0.33, 0.32)的单分子白光发射。     

Coupling a natural receptor protein with an artificial receptor to afford a semisynthetic fluorescent biosensor

An artificial receptor and a signal transducer have been engineered on a lectin (saccharide-binding protein) surface by a post-photoaffinity labeling modification method. Saccharide binding can be directly and selectively read out by the fluorescence changes of the fluorophore via photoinduced electron transfer (PET) mode. Fluorescence titration with various saccharides reveals that molecular recognition by the artificial receptor is successfully coupled to the native binding site of the lectin, producing a novel fluorescent saccharide biosensor showing modulated specificity and enhanced affinity. Designed cooperativity between artificial and native molecular recognition modules was quantitatively demonstrated by the comparison of the binding affinities, and it represents a new strategy in molecular recognition. By using appropriate artificial receptors and various native lectins, this approach may provide many new semisynthetic biosensors for saccharide derivatives such as glycolipids and glycopeptides/proteins. An extended library of lectin-based biosensors is envisioned to be useful for glycome research, a newly emerging field of the post-genomic era.     

Enhancing effect of phenylboronic acid compounds and their interactions with the diol groups of saccharides in a capillary electrophoresis-chemiluminescence detection system.

In our previous study, we proposed molecular recognition of mono- and disaccharides making use of the interaction between their diol groups and p-iodophenylboronic acid in capillary electrophoresis with a chemiluminescence detection system. Here, to extend our knowledge of molecular recognition, we first examined the enhancing effects of four phenylboronic acid compounds other than p-iodophenylboronic acid i.e., 4-biphenylboronic acid, 4-octyloxyphenyl-boronic acid, 3-octyloxyphenylboronic acid, and 4-dodecyloxyphenylboronic acid, for luminol-hydrogen peroxide-horseradish peroxidase reaction in the capillary electrophoresis-chemiluminescence detection system. Only 4-biphenylboronic acid showed an enhancing effect similar to that of p-iodophenylboronic acid; the effect was determined over the range of 0.5-10 microM in this system. Second, we estimated the apparent stability constants between the diol groups of saccharides (1-methyl-D-glucoside, D-saccharose, and D-fructose) and the boronic acid moieties of the two enhancers, p-iodophenylboronic acid and 4-biphenylboronic acid. The apparent binding constants obtained here provided insight to confirm the principle of molecular recognition for the saccharides examined here.     

Molecular recognition of mono- and disaccharides through interaction with p-iodophenylboronic acid in capillary electrophoresis with a chemiluminescence detection system

Molecular recognition of mono- and disaccharides was performed making use of the interaction between their diol groups and p-iodophenylboronic acid in capillary electrophoresis (CE) with a chemiluminescence (CL) detection system. p-Iodophenylboronic acid acted as an enhancer for luminol-horseradish peroxidase-hydrogen peroxide CL reaction. p-Iodophenylboronic acid was injected as a sample into the present system to give a CL peak on the electropherogram. The CL intensities were examined using running buffers including mono- and disaccharides. The CL intensities with 1-methyl-D-glucoside, D-saccharose, D-maltose, D-glucose, and D-fructose decreased in this order. The decrease in CL intensity was based on the formation by p-iodophenylboronic acid of cyclic esters with mono- and disaccharides, particularly with those including cis-diol groups. That is, the decrease in CL intensity affected the specific complexation between p-iodophenylboronic acids and saccharides, leading to the molecular recognition of saccharides. We also report separation of a mixture of p-iodophenol and p-iodophenylboronic acid as well as estimation of the apparent binding constant between p-iodophenylboronic acid and saccharides taking advantage of their molecular recognition behavior.     

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.     

A fluorescent lectin array using supramolecular hydrogel for simple detection and pattern profiling for various glycoconjugates

Because sugar and its derivatives play important roles in various biological phenomena, the rapid and high-throughput analysis of various glycoconjugates is keenly desirable. We describe herein the construction of a novel fluorescent lectin array for saccharide detection using a supramolecular hydrogel matrix. In this array, the fluorescent lectins were noncovalently fixed under semi-wet conditions to suppress the protein denaturation. It is demonstrated by fluorescence titration and fluorescence lifetime experiments that the immobilized lectins act as a molecular recognition scaffold in the hydrogel matrix, similar to that in aqueous solution. That is, a bimolecular fluorescence quenching and recovery (BFQR) method can successfully operate under both conditions. This enables one to fluorescently read-out a series of saccharides on the basis of the recognition selectivity and affinity of the immobilized lectins without tedious washing processes and without labeling the target saccharides. Simple and high-throughput sensing and profiling were carried out using the present lectin array for diverse glycoconjugates, which not only included a simple glucose, but also oligosaccharides, and glycoproteins, and, furthermore, the pattern recognition and profiling of several types of cell lysates were also accomplished.     

Applications of pillarenes,an emerging class of synthetic macrocycles

Synthetic macrocycles, a typical type of building block for molecular recognition and self-assembly, are crucial to supramolecular chemistry and materials science. Since 2008, a new generation of synthetic macrocyclic hosts, pillarenes and their abundant derivatives, which consist of hydroquinone units linked by methylene bridges at 2,5-positions, have been the focus of much research. Numerous studies on their host-guest properties and the fabrication of supramolecular assemblies have demonstrated that pillarenes and their derivatives possess many advantages that facilitate their applications in many research fields. Herein we summarize and classify the applications of pillarenes in terms of artificial transmembrane channels, controlled delivery systems, dispersion of carbon hybrid materials, extraction and absorption, liquid crystals, metal-organic frameworks, sensing and detection, stabilization of nanoparticles (Au/Ag/CdTe), and other typical biological applications. We also provide an overview of future developments in pillarene chemistry.     

High Yielding Acid-Catalysed Hydrolysis of Cellulosic Polysaccharides and Native Biomass into Low Molecular Weight Sugars in Mixed Ionic Liquid Systems

Ionic media comprising 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium chloride and the acidic deep eutectic solvent choline chloride/oxalic acid as co-solvent-catalyst, very efficiently convert various cellulosic substrates, including native cellulosic biomass, into water-soluble carbohydrates. The optimum reaction systems yield a narrow range of low molecular weight carbohydrates directly from cellulose, lignocellulose, or algal saccharides, in high yields and selectivities up to 98 %. Cellulose possesses significant potential as a renewable platform from which to generate large volumes of green replacements to many petrochemical products. Within this goal, the production of low molecular weight saccharides from cellulosic substances is the key to success. Native cellulose and lignocellulosic feedstocks are less accessible for such transformations and depolymerisation of polysaccharides remains a primary challenge to be overcome. In this study, we identify the catalytic activity associated with selected deep eutectic solvents that favours the hydrolysis of polysaccharides and develop reaction conditions to improve the outcomes of desirable low molecular weight sugars. We successfully apply the chemistry to raw bulk, non-pretreated cellulosic substances.     

石英晶体微天平在手性识别中的应用

石英晶体微天平(QCM)是一类重要的质量型检测器,因具有灵敏度高、分析速度快、检测成本低等优点而具有极好的应用前景,现已广泛应用于环境监测、药物分析、食品质量控制等诸多领域。手性工程的崛起对简单、快速、在线的手性检测技术提出了挑战,QCM手性传感器就是其中一个重要的发展分支。该文简要介绍了QCM的典型实验装置和基本传感原理,详细综述了近年来QCM在手性识别领域的研究进展,包括以环糊精衍生物、分子印迹聚合物、氨基酸衍生物等为手性主体的QCM在手性识别中的应用,并对其今后的发展进行了展望。     

杯芳烃对生物活性分子的识别性能

杯芳烃是一类由苯酚和甲醛缩合而成的大环化合物,由于杯芳烃的上沿和下沿容易进行化学修饰及其本身具有一个大小可调节的疏水空腔,使得杯芳烃对客体分子表现出特殊的识别能力.本文就杯芳烃对氨基酸、糖、肽链、蛋白质等生物活性分子及手性药物的分子识别作一综述.     

荧光衍生中性糖的高效液相色谱分析

在HypersilODS2色谱柱上,利用新型荧光试剂1,2-苯并-3,4-二氢咔唑-9-乙基肼基甲酸酯(BCEC)作柱前衍生化试剂,采用梯度洗脱对5种中性糖荧光衍生物进行了优化分离.65℃下在乙腈溶剂中以冰乙酸作催化剂,衍生反应6.5h后获得稳定的荧光产物,衍生反应完全.激发和发射波长分别为λex=333nm,λem=390nm.线性回归系数均在0.999以上,检测限为24.3～62.1fmol.