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The replacement of oxygen by sulfur atoms of [1,3]-dioxolo[4.5-f]benzodioxole (DBD) fluorescent dyes is an efficient way to adjust the photophysical properties (sulfur tuning). While previously developed S-4-DBD dyes exhibit considerably red-shifted absorption and emission wavelength, the heavy atom effect of four sulfur atoms cause low fluorescence quantum yields and short fluorescence lifetimes. Herein, we demonstrate that the replacement of less than four sulfur atoms (S-1-DBD, 1,2-S-2-DBD, and 1,4-S-2-DBD dyes) permits a fine-tuning of the photophysical properties. In some cases, a similar influence on the wavelength without the detrimental effect on the quantum yields and lifetimes is observed. Furthermore, the synthetic accessibility of S-1- and S-2-DBD dyes is improved, compared with S-4-DBD dyes. For coupling with biomolecules a series of reactive derivatives of the new dyes were developed (azides, OSu esters, alkynes, maleimides).
Arsenolipids include a wide range of organic arsenic species that occur naturally in seafood and thereby contribute to human arsenic exposure. Recently arsenic-containing phosphatidylcholines (AsPCs) were identified in caviar, fish, and algae. In this first toxicological assessment of AsPCs, we investigated the stability of both the oxo- and thioxo-form of an AsPC under experimental conditions, and analyzed cell viability, indicators of genotoxicity and biotransformation in human liver cancer cells (HepG2). Precise toxicity data could not be obtained owing to the low solubility in the cell culture medium of the thioxo-form, and the ease of hydrolysis of the oxo-form, and to a lesser degree the thioxo-form. Hydrolysis resulted amongst others in the respective constituent arsenic-containing fatty acid (AsFA). Incubation of the cells with oxo-AsPC resulted in a toxicity similar to that determined for the hydrolysis product oxo-AsFA alone, and there were no indices for genotoxicity. Furthermore, the oxo-AsPC was readily taken up by the cells resulting in high cellular arsenic concentrations (50 μM incubation: 1112 ± 146 μM As cellular), whereas the thioxo-AsPC was substantially less bioavailable (50 μM incubation: 293 ± 115 μM As cellular). Speciation analysis revealed biotransformation of the AsPCs to a series of AsFAs in the culture medium, and, in the case of the oxo-AsPC, to as yet unidentified arsenic species in cell pellets. The results reveal the difficulty of toxicity studies of AsPCs in vitro, indicate that their toxicity might be largely governed by their arsenic fatty acid content and suggest a multifaceted human metabolism of food derived complex arsenolipids.
Recently, Nocera and co-workers (J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 13711) demonstrated that triaryl borate Lewis acids facilitate the direct electrochemical reduction of triphenylphosphine oxide (TPPO) to triphenylphosphine (TPP). In the present contribution, we report a quantum chemical study unravelling details of the reaction, which also supports the proposed ECrECi mechanism. Alternative electrochemical routes to TPPO reduction facilitated by other Lewis acids (CH3+), or by photocatalysis at semiconductor surfaces, are also briefly discussed.
Cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) is a powerful structure determination technique that is well-suited to the study of protein and polymer self-assembly in solution. In contrast to conventional transmission electron microscopy (TEM) sample preparation, which often times involves drying and staining, the frozen-hydrated sample preparation allows the specimens to be kept and imaged in a state closest to their native one. Here, we give a short overview of the basic principles of Cryo-EM and review our results on applying it to the study of different protein and polymer self-assembled nanostructures. More specifically, we show how we have applied cryo-electron tomography (cryo-ET) to visualize the internal morphology of self-assembled poly(ionic liquid) nanoparticles and cryo-EM single particle analysis (SPA) to determine the three-dimensional (3D) structures of artificial protein microtubules.
Arsenolipids, especially arsenic-containing hydrocarbons (AsHC), are an emerging class of seafood originating contaminants. Here we toxicologically characterize a recently identified oxo-AsHC 332 metabolite, thioxo-AsHC 348 in cultured human liver (HepG2) cells. Compared to results of previous studies of the parent compound oxo-AsHC 332, thioxo-AsHC 348 substantially affected cell viability in the same concentration range but exerted about 10-fold lower cellular bioavailability. Similar to oxo-AsHC 332, thioxo-AsHC 348 did not substantially induce oxidative stress nor DNA damage. Moreover, in contrast to oxo-AsHC 332 mitochondria seem not to be a primary subcellular toxicity target for thioxo-AsHC 348. This study indicates that thioxo-AsHC 348 is at least as toxic as its parent compound oxo-AsHC 332 but very likely acts via a different mode of toxic action, which still needs to be identified.
Scope: Trace element (TE) deficiencies often occur accumulated, as nutritional intake is inadequate for several TEs, concurrently. Therefore, the impact of a suboptimal supply of iron, zinc, copper, iodine, and selenium on the TE status, health parameters, epigenetics, and genomic stability in mice are studied. Methods and results: Male mice receive reduced or adequate amounts of TEs for 9 weeks. The TE status is analyzed mass‐spectrometrically in serum and different tissues. Furthermore, gene and protein expression of TE biomarkers are assessed with focus on liver. Iron concentrations are most sensitive toward a reduced supply indicated by increased serum transferrin levels and altered hepatic expression of iron‐related genes. Reduced TE supply results in smaller weight gain but higher spleen and heart weights. Additionally, inflammatory mediators in serum and liver are increased together with hepatic genomic instability. However, global DNA (hydroxy)methylation is unaffected by the TE modulation. Conclusion: Despite homeostatic regulation of most TEs in response to a low intake, this condition still has substantial effects on health parameters. It appears that the liver and immune system react particularly sensitive toward changes in TE intake. The reduced Fe status might be the primary driver for the observed effects.
The article describes a systematic investigation of the effects of an aqueous NaOH treatment of 3D printed poly(lactic acid) (PLA) scaffolds for surface activation. The PLA surface undergoes several morphology changes and after an initial surface roughening, the surface becomes smoother again before the material dissolves. Erosion rates and surface morphologies can be controlled by the treatment. At the same time, the bulk mechanical properties of the treated materials remain unaltered. This indicates that NaOH treatment of 3D printed PLA scaffolds is a simple, yet viable strategy for surface activation without compromising the mechanical stability of PLA scaffolds.
The article describes a systematic investigation of the effects of an aqueous NaOH treatment of 3D printed poly(lactic acid) (PLA) scaffolds for surface activation. The PLA surface undergoes several morphology changes and after an initial surface roughening, the surface becomes smoother again before the material dissolves. Erosion rates and surface morphologies can be controlled by the treatment. At the same time, the bulk mechanical properties of the treated materials remain unaltered. This indicates that NaOH treatment of 3D printed PLA scaffolds is a simple, yet viable strategy for surface activation without compromising the mechanical stability of PLA scaffolds.
Nanoporous carbon materials (NCMs) provide the "function" of high specific surface area and thus have large interface area for interactions with surrounding species, which is of particular importance in applications related to adsorption processes. The strength and mechanism of adsorption depend on the pore architecture of the NCMs. In addition, chemical functionalization can be used to induce changes of electron density and/or electron density distribution in the pore walls, thus further modifying the interactions between carbons and guest species. Typical approaches for functionalization of nanoporous materials with regular atomic construction like porous silica, metal-organic frameworks, or zeolites, cannot be applied to NCMs due to their less defined local atomic construction and abundant defects. Therefore, synthetic strategies that offer a higher degree of control over the process of functionalization are needed. Synthetic approaches for covalent functionalization of NCMs, that is, for the incorporation of heteroatoms into the carbon backbone, are critically reviewed with a special focus on strategies following the concept "from molecules to materials." Approaches for coordinative functionalization with metallic species, and the functionalization by nanocomposite formation between pristine carbon materials and heteroatom-containing carbons, are introduced as well. Particular focus is given to the influences of these functionalizations in adsorption-related applications.
The goal of regenerative medicine is to guide biological systems towards natural healing outcomes using a combination of niche-specific cells, bioactive molecules and biomaterials. In this regard, mimicking the extracellular matrix (ECM) surrounding cells and tissues in vivo is an effective strategy to modulate cell behaviors. Cellular function and phenotype is directed by the biochemical and biophysical signals present in the complex 3D network of ECMs composed mainly of glycoproteins and hydrophilic proteoglycans. While cellular modulation in response to biophysical cues emulating ECM features has been investigated widely, the influence of biochemical display of ECM glycoproteins mimicking their presentation in vivo is not well characterized. It remains a significant challenge to build artificial biointerfaces using ECM glycoproteins that precisely match their presentation in nature in terms of morphology, orientation and conformation. This challenge becomes clear, when one understands how ECM glycoproteins self-assemble in the body. Glycoproteins produced inside the cell are secreted in the extra-cellular space, where they are bound to the cell membrane or other glycoproteins by specific interactions. This leads to elevated local concentration and 2Dspatial confinement, resulting in self-assembly by the reciprocal interactions arising from the molecular complementarity encoded in the glycoprotein domains. In this thesis, air-water (A-W) interface is presented as a suitable platform, where self-assembly parameters of ECM glycoproteins such as pH, temperature and ionic strength can be controlled to simulate in vivo conditions (Langmuir technique), resulting in the formation of glycoprotein layers with defined characteristics. The layer can be further compressed with surface barriers to enhance glycoprotein-glycoprotein contacts and defined layers of glycoproteins can be immobilized on substrates by horizontal lift and touch method, called Langmuir-Schäfer (LS) method. Here, the benefit of Langmuir and LS methods in achieving ECM glycoprotein biointerfaces with controlled network morphology and ligand density on substrates is highlighted and contrasted with the commonly used (glyco)protein solution deposition (SO) method on substrates. In general, the (glyco)protein layer formation by SO is rather uncontrolled, influenced strongly by (glyco)protein-substrate interactions and it results in multilayers and aggregations on substrates, while the LS method results in (glyco)proteins layers with a more homogenous presentation. To achieve the goal of realizing defined ECM layers on substrates, ECM glycoproteins having the ability to self-assemble were selected: Collagen-IV (Col-IV) and fibronectin (FN). Highly packed FN layer with uniform presentation of ligands was deposited on polydimethysiloxane VIII (PDMS) by LS method, while a heterogeneous layer was formed on PDMS by SO with prominent aggregations visible. Mesenchymal stem cells (MSC) on PDMS equipped with FN by LS exhibited more homogeneous and elevated vinculin expression and weaker stress fiber formation than on PDMS equipped with FN by SO and these divergent responses could be attributed to the differences in glycoprotein presentation at the interface. Col-IV are scaffolding components of specialized ECM called basement membranes (BM), and have the propensity to form 2D networks by self-polymerization associated with cells. Col- IV behaves as a thin-disordered network at the A-W interface. As the Col-IV layer was compressed at the A-W interface using trough barriers, there was negligible change in thickness (layer thickness ~ 50 nm) or orientation of molecules. The pre-formed organization of Col-IV was transferred by LS method in a controlled fashion onto substrates meeting the wettability criterion (CA ≤ 80°). MSC adhesion (24h) on PET substrates deposited with Col-IV LS films at 10, 15 and 20 mN·m-1 surface pressures was (12269.0 ± 5856.4) cells for LS10, (16744.2 ± 1280.1) cells for LS15 and (19688.3 ± 1934.0) cells for LS20 respectively. Remarkably, by selecting the surface areal density of Col-IV on the Langmuir trough on PET, there is a linear increase between the number of adherent MSCs and the Col-IV ligand density. Further, FN has the ability to self-stabilize and form 2D networks (even without compression) while preserving native β-sheet structure at the A-W interface on a defined subphase (pH = 2). This provides the possibility to form such layers on any vessel (even on standard six-well culture plates) and the cohesive FN layers can be deposited by LS transfer, without the need for expensive LB instrumentation. Multilayers of FN can be immobilized on substrates by this approach, as easily as Layer-by-Layer method, even without the need for secondary adlayer or activated bare substrate. Thus, this facile glycoprotein coating strategy approach is accessible to many researchers to realize defined FN films on substrates for cell culture. In conclusion, Langmuir and LS methods can create biomimetic glycoprotein biointerfaces on substrates controlling aspects of presentation such as network morphology and ligand density. These methods will be utilized to produce artificial BM mimics and interstitial ECM mimics composed of more than one ECM glycoprotein layer on substrates, serving as artificial niches instructing stem cells for cell-replacement therapies in the future.