Study of the interaction of gemini surfactant NAE12-4-12 with bovine serum albumin

The interaction of 1,4-bis(3-(dodecyloxylacyl)pyridinium)butane dibromide (designated as NAE12-4-12) and bovine serum albumin (BSA) was investigated by UV–vis absorption, FTIR and fluorescence spectroscopies. The results showed that NAE12-4-12 had strong ability to quench the intrinsic fluorescence of BSA and caused the emission peak blueshift through a static quenching process. The binding constant of NAE12-4-12 with BSA decreased with increasing temperature. The binding process was exothermic, spontaneous and enthalpy driven. The distance between BSA and NAE12-4-12 decreased with incremental concentration of NAE12-4-12. Furthermore, FTIR spectra of BSA–NAE12-4-12 reflected that the secondary structure of BSA changed in the presence of NAE12-4-12, and the curve fitting of IR spectra revealed that the content of α-helix decreased while those of β-sheet, β-turn and random coil rose.     

C60-MoP-C纳米花范德瓦耳斯异质结及其电催化析氢性能

采用气固法制备了磷化钼-碳纳米花(MoP-CFs),通过简单的超声自组装将C₆₀修饰在MoP-CFs表面,形成范德瓦耳斯异质结。研究其电催化析氢性能发现,C₆₀的修饰能够有效降低电催化析氢过电位。其中,10% C₆₀-MoP-CFs样品(10%为C₆₀的质量分数)表现出最佳催化活性,在酸性和碱性条件下达到10 mA·cm^-2的电流密度时,所需要的过电位分别为158和157 mV,并且具有至少20 h的电催化稳定性。C₆₀与MoP-CFs之间强电子耦合作用促进电子由C₆₀迁移到MoP-CFs表面,有助于减小电荷传输阻力,加快电催化析氢界面反应动力学过程。     

Spectroscopic analyses on interaction of Amantadine-Salicylaldehyde, Amantadine-5-Chloro-Salicylaldehyde and Amantadine-o-Vanillin Schiff-Bases with bovine serum albumin (BSA)

In this work, three Tricyclo [3.3.1.1(3,7)] decane-1-amine (Amantadine) Schiff-Bases, Amantadine-Salicylaldehyde (AS), Amantadine-5-Chloro-Salicylaldehyde (AS-5-C) and Amantadine-o-Vanillin (AS-o-V), were synthesized by direct heating reflux method in ethanol solution and characterized by infrared spectrum and elementary analysis. Fluorescence quenching was used to study the interaction of these Amantadine Schiff-Bases (AS, AS-5-C and AS-o-V) with bovine serum albumin (BSA). According to fluorescence quenching calculations the bimolecular quenching constant (K(q)), apparent quenching constant (K(SV)), effective binding constant (K(A)) and corresponding dissociation constant (K(D)), binding site number (n) and binding distance (r) were obtained. The results show that these Amantadine Schiff-Bases can obviously bind to BSA molecules and the binding strength order is AS相似文献   

Oxidation-extraction spectrometry of reactive oxygen species (ROS) generated by chlorophyllin magnesium (Chl-Mg) under ultrasonic irradiation

In order to examine the mechanism and process of sonodynamic reaction, the chlorophyllin magnesium (Chl-Mg) acting as a sonosensitizer was irradiated by ultrasound, and the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) were detected by the method of oxidation-extraction spectrometry (OES). That is, under ultrasonic irradiation in the presence of Chl-Mg, the 1,5-diphenyl carbazide (DPCI) is oxidized by generated ROS into 1,5-diphenyl carbazone (DPCO), which can be extracted by mixed organic solvent and display a obvious visible absorption at 563 nm wavelength. Besides, the generation conditions of ROS were also reviewed. The results demonstrated that the quantities of generated ROS increased with the increase of ultrasonic irradiation time, Chl-Mg concentration and DPCI concentration. Finally, several radical scavengers (l-Histidine (His), 2,6-Di-tert-butyl-methylphenol (BHT) and Vitamin C (VC)) were used to determine the kind of the generated ROS. It was found that at least the hydroxyl radical (OH) and singlet oxygen (1O2) were generated in the presence of Chl-Mg under ultrasonic irradiation. It is wish that this paper might offer some valuable references for the study on the mechanism of SDT and the application of Chl-Mg in tumor treatment.     

Spectroscopic investigation on the sonodynamic activity of amsacrine (AMSA) to bovine serum albumin (BSA) damage

The sonodynamic damage of bovine serum albumin (BSA) under ultrasonic irradiation in the presence of amsacrine (AMSA) was studied by hyperchromic effect of UV-vis spectra and quenching effect of intrinsic fluorescence. In addition, several influencing factors such as ultrasonic irradiation time, AMSA concentration, system acidity and ionic strength about the damage of BSA molecules were reviewed. The results showed that the damage degree was obviously enhanced with the increase of ultrasonic irradiation time and AMSA concentration, but it was only slightly increased with the increase of solution pH value and ionic strength. Furthermore, the binding and damaging sites to BSA molecules were estimated by synchronous fluorescence spectra. The different chances to damage tryptophan (Trp) and tyrosine (Tyr) residues were found through the ratios of synchronous fluorescence quenching (R_SFQ). At last, the generation of reactive oxygen species (ROS) in sonodynamic process was estimated by the method of oxidation-extraction Spectrometry (OES). And then, several radical scavengers were used to determine the kind of ROS, which includes singlet oxygen (¹O₂) and hydroxyl radicals (·OH). Perhaps, the result would bring a certain guiding significance to use sonosensitive drugs in the fields of tumor treatment.     

A chronocoulometric aptamer sensor for adenosine monophosphate

The selective recognition of adenosine monophosphate by a half-duplex aptamer-modified electrode leads to a simple chronocoulometric aptasensor based on the changes in surface charges.     

Controlling Transport and Synchronization in Non-identical Inertial Ratchets

In this paper, transport control and synchronization are investigated between two periodically driven non-identical, inertial ratchets that are able to exhibit directed transport. One of the two ratchets is acting as a drive system, while the other one represents the response system. Based on the Lyapunov stability theorem, the essential conditions, under which the error nonlinear system is transformed into an equivalent passive system and globally asymptotically stabilized at equilibrium points, are established. With these results, synchronization, not only between two non-identical ratchets with known parameters but also between two different uncertain ratchets, are realized via adaptive passive controllers and parameter update algorithm. The direction of transporting particles can be dominated along expected one and it is useful to control the motion of tiny particles, ratchetlike devices in nanoscience.     

Electrochemical biosensors utilising electron transfer in heme proteins immobilised on Fe3O4 nanoparticles

Fe3O4 nanoparticles cast on pyrolytic graphite (PG) electrodes were used to immobilize hemoglobin (Hb), myoglobin (Mb) and horseradish peroxidase (HRP). The Fe3O4 nanoparticles provided a favorable microenvironment for the proteins to directly transfer electrons with electrodes. The protein-Fe3O4 films were used to electrochemically catalyze the reduction of oxygen, trichloroacetic acid, nitrite and hydrogen peroxide, and showed a potential applicability in fabricating biosensors. Transmission electron microscopy (TEM), UV-visible absorption and reflectance absorption infrared (RAIR) spectroscopy, and cyclic and square wave voltammetry, were used to characterize the films.