Lazzari, Federica, Alexander, Bruce D., Dalgliesh, Robert M., Alongi, Jenny, Ranucci, Elisabetta, Ferruti, Paolo and Griffiths, Peter C. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-6686-1271 (2020) pH-Dependent Chiral Recognition of D- and L-Arginine Derived Polyamidoamino Acids by Self-assembled Sodium Deoxycholate. Polymers, 12 (4):900. ISSN 2073-4360 (Online) (doi:10.3390/polym12040900)

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Abstract

D- and L-arginine-based polyamidoamino acids, called D- and L-ARGO7, retain the chirality and acid/base properties of the parent -amino acids and show pH-dependent self-structuring in water. The ability of the ARGO7 chiral isomers to selectively interact with chiral biomolecules and/or surfaces was studied by choosing sodium deoxycholate (NaDC) as a model chiral biomolecule for its ability to self-assembly into globular micelles, showing enantio-selectivity. To this purpose, mixtures of NaDC with D-, L- or D,L-ARGO7, respectively, in water were analysed by circular dichroism (CD) spectroscopy and small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) at different levels of acidity expressed in terms of pD and concentrations. Differences in the CD spectra indicated chiral discrimination for NaDC/ARGO7 mixtures in the gel phase (pD 7.30) but not in the solution phase (pD 9.06). SANS measurements confirmed large scale structural perturbation induced by this chiral discrimination in the gel phase yet no modulation of the structure in the solution phase. Together, these techniques shed light on the mechanism by which ARGO7 stereoisomers modify the morphology of NaDC micelles as a function of pH. This work demonstrates chirality-dependent interactions that drive structural evolution and phase behaviour of NaDC, opening the way for designing novel smart drug delivery systems.

Item Type:	Article
Additional Information:	This article belongs to the Special Issue "Bioinspired and Biomimetic Polymers" *** © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).
Uncontrolled Keywords:	chiral discrimination, scattering, circular dichroism
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics Q Science > QD Chemistry
Faculty / School / Research Centre / Research Group:	Faculty of Engineering & Science Faculty of Engineering & Science > Materials & Analysis Research Group
Last Modified:	23 Apr 2020 11:42
URI:	http://gala.gre.ac.uk/id/eprint/27731

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