Nanostructured nonionic thymidine nucleolipid self-assembly materials |
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Authors: | Mulet Xavier Kaasgaard Thomas Conn Charlotte E Waddington Lynne J Kennedy Danielle F Weerawardena Asoka Drummond Calum J |
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Institution: | CSIRO Materials Science and Engineering, Bag 10, Clayton South MDC, VIC 3169, Australia. |
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Abstract: | Three nucleoside lipids have been synthesized: 3'-oleoylthymidine, 3',5'-dioleoylthymidine, and 3'-phytanoylthymidine. Differential scanning calorimetry and X-ray diffraction have been employed to characterize the physical properties of these neat lipids. Polarizing optical microscopy, small-angle X-ray scattering, and cryo-transmission electron microscopy techniques have been used to investigate the phase behavior in aqueous systems. Both oleoyl-based nucleoside lipids adopted a lamellar crystalline phase in the neat form at room temperature, and the phytanoyl derivative exhibited a fluid isotropic phase. Under excess water conditions, the presence of one branched (phytanoyl) or one unsaturated (oleoyl) chain promoted the formation of a liquid-crystalline lamellar phase at physiological temperatures. In contrast, the 3',5'-dioleoylthymidine derivative is nonswelling and does not exhibit lyotropic liquid-crystalline phase behavior. The nucleolipids' propensity for DNA-type binding and recognition has been evaluated by using a monolayer system to measure surface pressure-area isotherms in a Langmuir trough and indicates that the nucleoside base is available for nonspecific hydrogen bonding in the monolayer liquid expanded state for the single-chain nucleolipids but not for the dual-chain amphiphile. |
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