Sterically controlled and pH-dependent self-aggregation of synthetic zinc 3-(alkylamino)methylated chlorophyll-a derivatives in aqueous micellar solution

2020 ◽  
Vol 24 (05n07) ◽  
pp. 685-692
Author(s):  
Hiroaki Watanabe ◽  
Soichi Nakamura ◽  
Hitoshi Tamiaki
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Chlorophyll A ◽  
Hydroxy Group ◽  
Micellar Solution ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Aqueous Micellar Solution ◽  
Ph Dependent ◽  
Coordination Bonds ◽  
Triton X ◽  
Self Aggregation

Zinc methyl 3-(methyl/ethylamino)methyl-pyropheophorbides-[Formula: see text] were prepared as models of photosynthetically active bacteriochlorophyll-[Formula: see text] possessing the 3[Formula: see text]-hydroxy group. The synthetic methylamino analog predominantly dimerized via two Zn[Formula: see text]N coordination bonds in aqueous Triton X-100 micelles, while the more sterically crowding and less coordinating ethylamino derivative self-aggregated to form large oligomers through single coordination and hydrogen bonds, Zn[Formula: see text]N–H[Formula: see text]O=C-13, similarly as in the natural self-aggregates of bacteriochlorophyll-[Formula: see text]. The artificial self-aggregates were dependent on the aqueous pH, but the dimer was less pH-sensitive and also more tolerant to the additional Triton X-100.

scholarly journals Stabilization of [4Fe-4S] Ferredoxin Model Complex by a Combination of Hydrophobic Cholyl Group and the Specific NH···S Hydrogen Bond in Aqueous Micellar Solution

1997 ◽  
Vol 29 (11) ◽  
pp. 949-951 ◽  
Author(s):  
Norikazu Ueyama ◽  
Masahiro Inohara ◽  
Takafumi Ueno ◽  
Taka-aki Okamura ◽  
Akira Nakamura
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bond ◽  
Micellar Solution ◽  
Aqueous Micellar Solution ◽  
Model Complex

scholarly journals Cofilin is a pH sensor for actin free barbed end formation: role of phosphoinositide binding

2008 ◽  
Vol 183 (5) ◽  
pp. 865-879 ◽  
Author(s):  
Christian Frantz ◽  
Gabriela Barreiro ◽  
Laura Dominguez ◽  
Xiaoming Chen ◽  
Robert Eddy ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Actin Filament ◽  
Structural Changes ◽  
Ph Sensor ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Actin Binding ◽  
Filamentous Actin ◽  
Filament Dynamics ◽  
Ph Dependent ◽  
Dynamics Simulations

Newly generated actin free barbed ends at the front of motile cells provide sites for actin filament assembly driving membrane protrusion. Growth factors induce a rapid biphasic increase in actin free barbed ends, and we found both phases absent in fibroblasts lacking H+ efflux by the Na-H exchanger NHE1. The first phase is restored by expression of mutant cofilin-H133A but not unphosphorylated cofilin-S3A. Constant pH molecular dynamics simulations and nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) reveal pH-sensitive structural changes in the cofilin C-terminal filamentous actin binding site dependent on His133. However, cofilin-H133A retains pH-sensitive changes in NMR spectra and severing activity in vitro, which suggests that it has a more complex behavior in cells. Cofilin activity is inhibited by phosphoinositide binding, and we found that phosphoinositide binding is pH-dependent for wild-type cofilin, with decreased binding at a higher pH. In contrast, phosphoinositide binding by cofilin-H133A is attenuated and pH insensitive. These data suggest a molecular mechanism whereby cofilin acts as a pH sensor to mediate a pH-dependent actin filament dynamics.

Enhanced Analytic Approach for Describing pH Triggered Fast Drug Release Systems

2021 ◽  
Vol 18 ◽  
Author(s):  
Aykut Elmas ◽  
Guliz Akyuz ◽  
Ayhan Bergal ◽  
Muberra Andac ◽  
Omer Andac
Keyword(s):  
Drug Release ◽  
Ph Dependence ◽  
Slope Angle ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Analytic Model ◽  
Two Dimensional ◽  
Analytic Equation ◽  
One Dimensional ◽  
Ph Dependent ◽  
Fast Release

Background: pH sensitive dendrimers attached to nanocarriers, as one of the drug release systems, has become quite popular due to their ease of manufacture in experimental conditions and ability to generate fast drug release in the targeted area. This kind of fast release behavior cannot be represented properly most of the existing kinetic mathematical models. Besides, these models have either no pH dependence or pH dependence added separately. So, they have remained one dimensional. Objective: The aim of this study was to establish the proper analytic equation to describe the fast release of drugs from pH sensitive nanocarrier systems. Then, to combine it with the pH dependent equation for establishing a two-dimensional model for whole system. Methods: We used four common kinetic models for comparison and we fitted them to the release data. Finding that, only Higuchi and Korsmeyer-Peppas models show acceptable fit results. None of these models have pH dependence. To get a better description for pH triggered fast release, we observed the behavior of the slope angle of the release curve. Then we puroposed a new analytic equation by using relation between the slope angle and time. Result: To add a pH dependent equation, we assumed the drug release is “on” or “off” above/below specific pH value and we modified a step function to get a desired behavior. Conclusion: Our new analytic model shows good fitting, not only one-dimensional time dependent release, but also two-dimensional pH dependent release, that provides a useful analytic model to represent release profiles of pH sensitive fast drug release systems.

Self-healing, pH-sensitive and shape memory hydrogels based on acylhydrazone and hydrogen bonds

2021 ◽  
pp. 110838
Author(s):  
Liyuan Qiao ◽  
Chengde Liu ◽  
Cheng Liu ◽  
Lishuai Zong ◽  
Hongjian Gu ◽  
...  
Keyword(s):  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Shape Memory ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Self Healing

pH-Sensitive graphene oxide/sodium alginate/polyacrylamide nanocomposite semi-IPN hydrogel with improved mechanical strength

RSC Advances ◽  
2015 ◽  
Vol 5 (108) ◽  
pp. 89083-89091 ◽  
Author(s):  
Huijuan Zhang ◽  
Xianjuan Pang ◽  
Yuan Qi
Keyword(s):  
Graphene Oxide ◽  
Mechanical Strength ◽  
Sodium Alginate ◽  
Ph Sensitive ◽  
Swelling Behavior ◽  
Ph Dependent

A pH-sensitive and mechanically strong graphene oxide/sodium alginate/polyacrylamide nanocomposite semi-IPN hydrogel was designed and prepared. The composite semi-IPN hydrogel showed superior mechanical strength and pH-dependent swelling behavior.

scholarly journals Crystal structure oftrans-N,N′-bis(3,5-di-tert-butyl-2-hydroxyphenyl)oxamide methanol monosolvate

2016 ◽  
Vol 72 (7) ◽  
pp. 918-921
Author(s):  
Miguel-Ángel Velázquez-Carmona ◽  
Sylvain Bernès ◽  
Francisco Javier Ríos-Merino ◽  
Yasmi Reyes Ortega
Keyword(s):  
Crystal Structure ◽  
Hydrogen Bonds ◽  
Hydroxy Group ◽  
Molecular Conformation ◽  
Methanol Molecule ◽  
Molecular Symmetry ◽  
Methyl Group ◽  
Supramolecular Motifs ◽  
Butyl Group ◽  
Hydroxy Groups

The here crystallized oxamide was previously characterized as an unsolvated species [Jímenez-Pérezet al.(2000).J. Organomet. Chem.614–615, 283–293], and is now reported with methanol as a solvent of crystallization, C30H44N2O4·CH3OH, in a different space group. The introduction of the solvent influences neither the molecular symmetry of the oxamide, which remains centrosymmetric, nor the molecular conformation. However, the unsolvated molecule crystallized as an ordered system, while many parts of the solvated crystal are disordered. The hydroxy group in the oxamide is disordered over two chemically equivalent positions, with occupancies 0.696 (4):0.304 (4); onetert-butyl group is disordered by rotation about the C—C bond, and was modelled with three sites for each methyl group, each one with occupancy 1/3. Finally, the methanol solvent, which lies on a twofold axis, is disordered by symmetry. The disorder affecting hydroxy groups and the solvent of crystallization allows the formation of numerous supramolecular motifs using four hydrogen bonds, with N—H and O—H groups as donors and the oxamide and methanol molecule as acceptors.

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