Supramolecular aggregates constructed from gold nanoparticles and l-try-CD polypseudorotaxanes as captors for fullerenes

J Am Chem Soc. 2005 Jan 19;127(2):657-66. doi: 10.1021/ja046294w.

Abstract

A series of cyclodextrin-based polypseudorotaxanes (PPRs) were constructed by threading native beta-cyclodextrin or l-tryptophan-modified beta-cyclodextrin onto the amino-terminated PPG chains of different lengths. Subsequently, these PPRs were further assembled to form netlike supramolecular aggregates through the linkage of gold nanoparticles, and the resulting water-soluble Au-PPR aggregates were comprehensively characterized by FT-IR, UV, NMR, fluorescence spectroscopy, powder X-ray diffraction patterning, TG-DTA, and transmission electron microscopy. The results showed that the size and sedimentation rate of the Au-PPR aggregates were mainly dependent on the lengths of the PPG chains. Significantly, the Au-PPR aggregate 8, involving many l-tryptophan residues, showed not only a satisfactory water solubility but also a good capturing ability for fullerenes in aqueous solution. The 8-fullerene conjugate thus formed exhibited a good DNA cleavage ability under light irradiation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • DNA / chemistry
  • Drug Stability
  • Fullerenes / chemistry*
  • Gold / chemistry*
  • Hot Temperature
  • Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy
  • Microscopy, Electron, Transmission
  • Models, Molecular
  • Molecular Conformation
  • Nanostructures / chemistry*
  • Plasmids / chemistry
  • Polymers / chemistry
  • Propylene Glycols / chemistry
  • Spectrometry, Fluorescence
  • Spectrophotometry, Ultraviolet
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Taxoids / chemistry*
  • Thermogravimetry
  • Tryptophan / analogs & derivatives
  • Tryptophan / chemistry*
  • X-Ray Diffraction
  • beta-Cyclodextrins / chemistry*

Substances

  • Fullerenes
  • Polymers
  • Propylene Glycols
  • Taxoids
  • beta-Cyclodextrins
  • polypropylene glycol
  • Gold
  • Tryptophan
  • DNA
  • betadex
  • fullerene C60