脉冲回波法研究微乳液体系的稳定性

本文主要以正庚炕（C71116）、水乳浊液（以span-80为表面活性剂）为模型体系,研究了脉冲回波法探测微乳体系结构稳定性的可能性,并进行了初步讨论。实验结果表明,超声衰减系数（a）与微乳体系配比、表面活性剂含量及微乳液制备时搅拌转速密切相关。微乳液体系在实验当中均出现了由油和水两相混合的状态到油和水分相的状态。微乳液体系的超声衰减系数在分相前后均保持着相对平稳的变化,但对应于不同条件下制备的溶液,分相时间都有所不同。且一般而言,当微乳液开始两相（水相和油相）分离时,超声衰减系数将发生明显变化。因此预计脉冲回波法有可能发展成为一种简单、可靠、非破环性的微乳体系稳定性检测新方法。     

龙须菜及其色素突变体藻胆蛋白的光谱及分子特征的比较

对龙须菜（Gracilaria lemaneiformis Greville）及其色素突变体藻胆蛋白吸收光谱进行了比较研究,结果显示不同藻株藻红蛋白的吸收光谱有显的变化,而藻蓝蛋白和别藻蓝蛋白的基本相同。我们克隆了龙须菜及其色素突变体的藻红蛋白亚基的部分基因序列,用该基因序列推导出的氨基酸序列进行分析以揭示这一变化的分子机理,结果显示除几个氨基酸残基的替换外,几株藻间的藻红蛋白的氨基酸序列十分相似,一些氨基酸的替换发生在决定藻红蛋白二级结构及亚基间相互作用的区域,可能会影响藻胆蛋白的构型及相互作用,导致光谱性质的变化。     

龙须菜及其色素突变体藻胆蛋白的光谱及分子特征的比较(英)

对龙须菜 (GracilarialemaneiformisGreville)及其色素突变体藻胆蛋白吸收光谱进行了比较研究 ,结果显示不同藻株藻红蛋白的吸收光谱有显著的变化 ,而藻蓝蛋白和别藻蓝蛋白的基本相同。我们克隆了龙须菜及其色素突变体的藻红蛋白亚基的部分基因序列 ,用该基因序列推导出的氨基酸序列进行分析以揭示这一变化的分子机理 ,结果显示除几个氨基酸残基的替换外 ,几株藻间的藻红蛋白的氨基酸序列十分相似 ,一些氨基酸的替换发生在决定藻红蛋白二级结构及亚基间相互作用的区域 ,可能会影响藻胆蛋白的构型及相互作用 ,导致光谱性质的变化。     

龙须菜及其色素突变体藻胆蛋白的光谱及分子特征的比较

对龙须菜(Gracilaria lemaneiformis Greville)及其色素突变体藻胆蛋白吸收光谱进行了比较研究,结果显示不同藻株藻红蛋白的吸收光谱有显著的变化,而藻蓝蛋白和别藻蓝蛋白的基本相同.我们克隆了龙须菜及其色素突变体的藻红蛋白亚基的部分基因序列,用该基因序列推导出的氨基酸序列进行分析以揭示这一变化的分子机理,结果显示除几个氨基酸残基的替换外,几株藻间的藻红蛋白的氨基酸序列十分相似,一些氨基酸的替换发生在决定藻红蛋白二级结构及亚基间相互作用的区域,可能会影响藻胆蛋白的构型及相互作用,导致光谱性质的变化.     

三种藻胆蛋白在复合累积LB膜中的能量传递

制备了R-藻红蛋白(R-PE)、C-藻蓝蛋白(C-PC)及变藻蓝蛋白(APC)的单组分累积LB膜及三组分复合累积LB膜. 吸收及荧光光谱测定表明三种蛋白的LB膜的光谱重叠性质与他们在水溶液中的性质相同. 结构测定表明, 三种蛋白在其LB膜中排列有序, 且由它们组装的复合累积LB膜结构类似于藻类植物中的藻胆体结构. 通过稳态荧光光谱及其光谱解叠, 观察到了三种蛋白在复合累积LB膜中的激发能量传递现象. 根据给体荧光峰的猝灭, 计算出在复合累积LB膜中从给体R-PE经C-PC到受体APC的能量传递效率为51%.     

R-藻红蛋白的光谱分析

R-藻红蛋白在不同pH条件下的光谱研究表明,在pH5～8范围内,R-藻红蛋白的结构特征变化不大。能量传递是从藻尿胆素传给敏化-藻红胆素,再传递到荧光-藻红胆素,而不在α,β亚单位间进行。敏化-藻红胆素易受pH的影响,在pH6时有最强的Cotton效应,当pH小于或大于6时,它的Cotton效应变得很弱,荧光-藻红胆素受pH影响小。     

藻蓝蛋白与含叶绿素a脂质体之间的能量传递

制备了嗜热蓝藻优雅粘囊藻（Ｍｙｘｏｓａｒｃｉｎａ　ｃｏｎｃｉｎnａ　Ｐｒｉｎｔz）的藻蓝蛋白和含Ｃｈｌ　ａ脂质体,测定了它们的吸收光谱和低温荧光发射光谱,研究了藻蓝蛋白与含Ｃｈｌａ脂质体之间的能量传递。结果显示能量传递的效率随着脂质体膜表面电荷的改变而改变：当膜表面带负电荷时,能量传递效率降低;当膜表面带正电荷时,能量传递效率随着正电荷表面活性剂ｄｉｏｃｔａｄｅｃｙｌｄｉｍｅｔｈｙｌａｍｍｏｎｉｕｍ　ｃｈｌｏｒｉｄｅ（ＤＯＤＡＣ）的增加（从０到３０ｍｏｌ％）而升高。表明静电引力在它们的能量传递中起重要作用。     

B-藻红蛋白和R-藻红蛋白γ亚基的分离、特性及其在分子中的空间位置分析

紫球藻 (Porphyridiumcruentum)B 藻红蛋白和多管藻 (Polysiphoniaurceo lata)R -藻红蛋白经蛋白酶K部分酶切消化后 ,分离得到近似天然态的γ亚基 ,并且对它的光谱特性以及在藻红蛋白分子中的空间位置进行了研究 .酶解动力学分析表明γ亚基位于R- 藻红蛋白和B -藻红蛋白六聚体 (αβ) ₆的中央空洞中 .分离的γ亚基上藻红胆素的吸收峰位于 5 89nm ,荧光发射峰位于 6 2 0nm ,与藻蓝蛋白的吸收峰重叠 ,有助于藻胆体中藻红蛋白与藻蓝蛋白分子间高效能量传递 .     

脂肪酶在微乳液和微乳液凝胶中催化辛酸辛醇的酯化反应

脂肪酶在合成反应中具有很高的区域选择性和立体选择性 ,已广泛用于食品工业和药物工业[1,2 ] ,在有机介质中的脂肪酶催化反应已有较多研究[3 ,4 ] 。微乳液一般由表面活性剂、助表面活性剂、油和水等组份组成 ,它是一种热力学稳定、光学透明、宏观均匀而微观不均匀的体系 ,能提供酶催化所需要的巨大油 /水界面[5] 。而将脂肪酶增溶于油包水(Ｗ /Ｏ)微乳液中的纳米级“水池”中 ,可使酶以分子水平分散[6] ,图 1(ａ) ,从而可用来模拟细胞微环境中的反应。油包水微乳液中的酶可通过加入明胶而制成固定化酶 ,含明胶的微乳液凝胶 (ＭＢＧｓ)最早…     

耐冷希瓦氏菌外膜蛋白的体外折叠研究

目的:旨在建立耐低温革兰氏阴性菌外膜蛋白体外折叠体系,为膜蛋白合成耐低温机制提供理论基础。方法:以包涵体的形式在大肠杆菌中过量表达了来源于耐低温希瓦氏菌的OmpA同源外膜蛋白Omp74的全蛋白质和N端跨膜结构域,纯化包涵体后,用高浓度尿素或强阴离子表面活性剂溶液溶解包涵体,以非离子表面活性剂为折叠介质,建立该外膜蛋白的体外折叠体系,同时以大肠杆菌的OmpA作为对照进行了比较研究。结果:与OmpA相比,Omp74体外折叠受温度影响较小,低浓度的阴离子表面活性剂能促Omp74的折叠,但对OmpA的折叠没有影响;C端结构域抑制Omp74在表面活性剂中的折叠;Omp74在0.5%的月桂酰基麦芽糖苷(DDM)和0.4%的十二烷基肌氨酸钠的混合溶液中能达到接近100%的折叠效率。     

The Influence of Surfactant HLB and Oil/Surfactant Ratio on the Formation and Properties of Self-emulsifying Pellets and Microemulsion Reconstitution

Self-emulsifying oil/surfactant mixtures can be incorporated into pellets that have the advantages of the oral administration of both microemulsions and a multiple-unit dosage form. The purpose of this work was to study the effects of surfactant hydrophilic–lipophilic balance (HLB) and oil/surfactant ratio on the formation and properties of self-emulsifying microcrystalline cellulose (MCC) pellets and microemulsion reconstitution. Triglycerides (C₈–C₁₀) was the oil and Cremophor ELP and RH grades and Solutol the surfactants. Pellets were prepared by extrusion/spheronization using microemulsions with fixed oil/surfactant content but with different water proportions to optimize size and shape parameters. Microemulsion reconstitution from pellets suspended in water was evaluated by turbidimetry and light scattering size analysis, and H-bonding interactions of surfactant with MCC from FT-IR spectra. It was found that water requirements for pelletization increased linearly with increasing HLB. Crushing load decreased and deformability increased with increasing oil/surfactant ratio. Incorporation of higher HLB surfactants enhanced H-bonding and resulted in faster and more extensive disintegration of MCC as fibrils. Reconstitution was greater at high oil/surfactant ratios and the droplet size of the reconstituted microemulsions was similar to that in the wetting microemulsions. The less hydrophilic ELP with a double bond in the fatty acid showed weaker H-bonding and greater microemulsion reconstitution. Purified ELP gave greater reconstitution than the unpurified grade. Thus, the work demonstrates that the choice of type and quantity of the surfactant used in the formulation of microemulsions containing pellets has an important influence on their production and performance.Key words: disintegration and mechanical properties, FT-IR and H-bonding, microemulsion reconstitution, self-emulsifying pellets, surfactant HLB and oil/surfactant ratio     

A quasi-elastic neutron-scattering study of the molecular mobility of water associated with a protein both in aqueous solution and adjacent to a charged surfactant interface

The quasi-elastic incoherent neutron-scattering method has been used to investigate the mobility of water molecules associated with the protein, alpha-chymotrypsin, both in aqueous solution and adjacent to a charged surfactant interface. The latter was studied by solubilizing the protein as monomer in the aqueous cores of small water-in-oil microemulsion droplets (radius 3.5 nm). The droplets were stabilised by an interfacial shell of a double-chain surfactant (Aerosol-OT). The spectra of the water in both these protein-containing system contained a component corresponding to a 7-fold reduction in mobility as compared with bulk water. The integrated intensity of this 'immobilised' spectra component shows that a maximum of approx. 450 water molecules, corresponding to half complete monolayer coverage, are associated with a single protein molecule. This value of 450 may contain a contribution from exchangeable hydrogens within the protein, but this contribution is estimated to be small. The mobility of the remainder of the water is unaffected. The solvation behaviour of the protein is similar in bulk water and in the microemulsion water droplets.     

Model biological microemulsions: Part I--Phase behaviour and physicochemical properties of cholesteryl benzoate and sodium deoxycholate contained microemulsions

Phase behaviour and some physicochemical properties of cholesteryl benzoate-contained microemulsions of xylene and heptane with water using sodium deoxycholate and butan-1-ol as surfactant and co-surfactant respectively have been studied. While the microemulsion area of xylene depends insignificantly on the surfactant/co-surfactant ratio, that of heptane shows appreciable dependence. At surfactant + co-surfactant percentage of 50 or above, both the systems become oil continuous. With respect to time and temperature, the microemulsion systems have been found to be very stable. At low percentage of water, the xylene system is considerably viscous; that of heptane is less viscous but shows viscosity maximum at 45% water. Cholesterol in xylene has given greater viscosity than cholesteryl benzoate. The equivalent conductance of both the systems increase with increasing water content and the values are comparable. Unlike normal electrolyte solutions, the products of equivalent conductance and viscosity (the Walden product) sharply rise with increased water content, which suggests a special mechanism of conduction via 'channel' formation. The overall rigidity of the microemulsions is suggested by their lower specific volumes and compressibilities at all compositions. The excess specific volumes and excess compressibilities at different percentages of water are presented.     

Solubilization and growth of Candida pseudotropicalis in water-in-oil microemulsions

Some new aspects of microbiology in water-in-oil microemulsions are investigated using Candida pseudotropicalis in a hexadecane solution containing Tween85/Span80 (each 5% wt:wt) as surfactant, and limited amount of water (up to 3%, vol:vol), Microemulsion solutions containing cells up to 10 mg fresh weight per milliliter can be prepared, which display a greater time stability and a much smaller light scattering than aqueous suspensions having the same cell concentration. This is ascribed to a lower aggregation tendency of the cells in the microemulsion environment. It is also shown that C. pseudotropicalis cells are able to grow (up to a factor of approximately 6-7 within a few days) in the microemulsion system containing nutrient medium in the aqueous microphase; but they are also able to grow at the expense of the hexadecane. This is proved with radioactive-labeled hexadecane by measuring the increase of radioactivity in the cells as well as the emission of (14)CO(2). The growth rate of the cells is then compared with the growth rate of cellular proteins during cell reproduction in the microemulsion system. Two regimes are observed: a first one, in which cells growth rate and protein growth rate proceed parallel to each other; and a second one (established after 0.5-1 day) characterized by depletion of proteins in the microemulsion system. The implications of these findings for cell metabolism in microemulsion and for possible biotechnological applications are discussed.     

Studies on the catalytic behaviour of a cholinesterase-like abzyme in an AOT microemulsion system

The hydrolytic activity of a monoclonal catalytic antibody (9A8) (abzyme) with acetylcholinesterase-like activity was investigated in water-in-oil (w/o) microemulsions (reverse micelles) based on sodium bis-2-(ethylhexyl)sulfosuccinate (AOT) in isooctane, using p- and o-nitrophenylacetate (p-and o-NPA) as substrates. The dependence of the abzyme hydrolytic activity on the molar ratio of water to surfactant (w(o)) showed a bell-shaped curve, presenting a maximum at w(o)=11.1. An increase of the AOT concentration at constant w(o), resulted in a decrease of the catalytic activity suggesting a possible inhibition effect of the surfactant. The incorporation of the abzyme into the reverse micelle system caused a blue shift of the fluorescence emission maximum by a magnitude of 7-10 nm depending on the w(o) value. This result indicates that the antibody molecule, or a large part of it, is located in the aqueous microphase of the system. Kinetic studies showed that the hydrolysis of p-and o-NPA in microemulsion system as well as in aqueous solution follows Michaelis-Menten kinetics. The catalytic efficiency (k(cat)/K(m)) in w/o microemulsion was significant lower than in aqueous solution.     

Structure-Activity Relationship of a U-Type Antimicrobial Microemulsion System

The structure-activity relationship of a U-type antimicrobial microemulsion system containing glycerol monolaurate and ethanol at a 1∶1 mass ratio as oil phase and Tween 20 as surfactant were investigated along a water dilution line at a ratio of 80∶20 mass% surfactant/oil phase, based on a pseudo-ternary phase diagram. The differential scanning calorimetry results showed that in the region of up to 33% water, all water molecules are confined to the hydrophilic core of the reverse micelles, leading to the formation of w/o microemulsion. As the water content increases, the water gains mobility, and transforms into bicontinuous in the region of 33–39% water, and finally the microemulsion become o/w in the region of above 39% water. The microstructure characterization was confirmed by the dynamic light scattering measurements and freeze-fracture transmission electron microscope observation. The antimicrobial activity assay using kinetics of killing analysis demonstrated that the microemulsions in w/o regions exhibited relatively high antimicrobial activity against Escherichia coli and Staphylococcus aureus due to the antimicrobial oil phase as the continuous phase, while the antimicrobial activity started to decrease when the microemulsions entered the bicontinuous region, and decreased rapidly as the water content increased in the o/w region, as a result of the dilution of antimicrobial oil droplets in the aqueous continuous phase.     

Interesterification and synthesis by Candida cylindracea lipase in microemulsions

Unusual reactions of interesterification and synthesis catalyzed by Candida cylindracea lipase have been tested in reverse microemulsions. The microemulsions used are made of fatty acids or triglycerides, the enzyme dissolved in a very low water quantity, Brij 35 used as surfactant and an alcoholic cosurfactant. In such a system, fats and alcohols are both the substrates of the enzyme and the microemulsion components. Incidentally, non specific Candida cylindracea lipase does not catalyze interesterification of short chain triglycerides, revealing a specificity for the chain length. Interesterification reactions tested in the presence of a given water quantity but with varying water activities show that it is the water activity and not the water quantity which is a fundamental parameter of the system. The effect of the surfactant (Brij 35) on the interesterification reaction is studied. Heptyl-oleate synthesis catalyzed by non-specific lipase is obtained in microemulsions at a 98% yield. Synthesis of glycerol esters is also tested in monophasic medium and mono and diglycerides are obtained.     

Mechanism of protein extraction from the solid state by water-in-oil microemulsions

The extraction of solid-phase alpha-chymotrypsin, bovine serum albumin (BSA), and lysozyme by water-in-oil microemulsion (w/o-ME) solution containing Aerosol-OT (AOT) was thoroughly examined as a means to maximize protein solubilization in organic solvent media. Protein extraction occurred simultaneously with the adsorption of water and AOT by the solid protein. Water and AOT were desorbed at nearly equal rates, suggesting that both materials were desorbed together as micreomulsions. The solubilization of protein increased linearly with the ratio of solid protein to extractant solution except at a high value of the ratio, where most protein-containing microemulsions were desorbed. Based on our results, a mechanistic model was developed to describe the solid-phase extraction procedure. First, microemulsions are desorbed from solution by the solid protein, resulting in the formation of a solid protein-AOT-water aggregate. Second, when a protein in the solid phase binds to a sufficient number of microemulsions, the resulting aggregate's increased hydrophobicity drives its solubilization into lipophilic solvent. Third, through the exchange of materials between the solubilized precipitate and the remaining microemulsions, protein-containing w/o-MEs are formed. The presence of adsorption is further indicated by an isotherm existing between the water, AOT, and protein content of the resulting solid phase for each protein. The driving force behind adsorption is either AOT-protein interactions or the protein's affinity for microemulsion-encapsulated water, depending on the properties of the protein and the size of the microemulsions, in agreement with the model of P. L. Luisi [Chimia, 44: 270-282 (1990)]. The second step of our model is mass transfer limited for the extraction of solid alpha-chymotrypsin and BSA. The extraction of solid lysozyme was limited by the occurrence of an irreversible precipitation process. (c) 1997 John Wiley & Sons, Inc. Biotechnol Bioeng 53: 583-593, 1997.     

Stability of bilirubin oxidase in organic solvent media: a comparative study on two low-water systems

The storage stability of bilirubin oxidase was studied in water-in-oil CTAB microemulsions with a chloroformrich continuous organic phase. The kinetics of the inactivation process were best described by a double exponential equation. Approximately half of enzymatic activity was lost during a "fast" phase with a half life of ca. 50 min, whereas the remaining activity was lost much more slowly (half life ca. 1000 min). Rates of inactivation were not affected significantly by variation of either solvent composition or concentration of water droplets, but inactivation was more rapid when droplet size was very small. Steady-state enzyme kinetics were studied at various stages in the inactivation process, and it was shown that inactivation occurred without change in the K(m) of the enzyme for bilirubin. Stability was also studied in a liquid/solid two-phase system; it was found that the inactivation process in this system; it was found that the inactivation process in this system was best described by a single exponential term. The rate was similar to the "fast" phase rate observed in the water-in-oil microemulsion system. Inactivation of the enzyme slow. Addition of the surfactant CTAB to the aqueous environment increased the rate of inactivation to levels comparable to those of the "slow" phase observed in water-in-oil microemulsions. (c) 1993 Wiley & Sons, Inc.     

Squalene epoxide cyclase and microemulsion

Squalene epoxide cyclase was extracted from microsomal preparations of rat liver using anionic, cationic and non-ionic microemulsions. The anionic microemulsion was the best with respect to protein solubilisation, extracted cyclase activity and stability of this activity over time. The activity assay showed cyclase activity to be higher in anionic microemulsion than in buffer in the presence of surfactant. Calcium chloride in the anionic microemulsion had a stabilising effect and less total protein seemed to be extracted.