期刊
JOURNAL OF COLLOID AND INTERFACE SCIENCE
卷 604, 期 -, 页码 415-428出版社
ACADEMIC PRESS INC ELSEVIER SCIENCE
DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.06.140
关键词
Nanotubes hydrogel; Self-assembly; Sponge structure; Bile salt; Biosurfactant; Mesophases transition; Lamellae; Vesicle
资金
- Ministerio de Economia, Industria y Competitividad, Spain [MAT2017-86109-P]
- NSF [DMR-0520547]
- European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under the SINE2020 project [654000]
Sodium deoxycholate exhibits various self-assembled structures in water, with novel phases and reversible transitions observed under conditions suitable for physiological working environment. These findings enhance the understanding of its diversity and help clarify its role in vivo.
Hypothesis: Sodium deoxycholate is a natural bile salt produced by animals and fulfilling important physiological processes. It is also used as dispersive surfactant and building block for self-assembled architectures in biology and material science. Although long debated, the study of its self-assembly in water is hereto incomplete and the models of the known aggregates are still controversial. This background suggests a complex scenario likely missing of additional mesophases. Experiments: Electron and optical microscopy techniques were crossed with SAXS data for the research. Findings: Novel rod, sponge, vesicle, lamellae, nanotube phases and reversible transitions among them arise at conditions (concentration, pH, temperature, ionic strength, ionic composition) fitting the physiological working environment of sodium deoxycholate. These findings enlarge the perspective towards different directions. The integration of the previous literature with this work removes any interpretative contradiction since all the structures cover the entire spectrum of phases expected for surfactants, thus being explained according to the Israelachvili's scheme. It is not trivial that a single molecule can show such a high structural variability. This fact highlights a very versatile system. Probably it is not a coincidence that it occurs in a multitasking biomolecule. These results furnish fundamental knowledge to clarify the bile salts' role in vivo. (C) 2021 Elsevier Inc. All rights reserved.
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