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Aerathupalathu Janardhanan J, Valaboju A, Dhawan U, Mansoure TH, Yan CCS, Yang CH, Gautam B, Hsu CP, Yu HH. Molecular and nano structures of chiral PEDOT derivatives influence the enantiorecognition of biomolecules. In silico analysis of chiral recognition. Analyst 2021; 146:7118-7125. [PMID: 34739011 DOI: 10.1039/d1an01465j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
Abstract
In this study we investigated the synergistic effects of the chirality (molecular structure) and surface morphology (nanostructure) of a newly designed sensing platform for the stereoselective recognition of biomolecules. We synthesized 3,4-ethylenedioxythiophene monomers presenting an OH functional group on the side chain (EDOT-OH) with either R or S chirality and then electropolymerized them in a template-free manner to engineer poly(EDOT-OH) nanotubes and smooth films with R or S chirality. We used a quartz crystal microbalance (QCM) to examine the differential binding of fetal bovine serum, RGD peptide, insulin, and (R)- and (S)-mandelic acid (MA) on these chiral polymeric platforms. All of these biomolecules bound stereoselectively and with greater affinity toward the nanotubes than to the smooth films. The sensitive chiral recognition of (S)- and (R)-MA on the (R)-poly(EDOT-OH) nanotube surface occurred with the highest chiral discrepancy ratio of 1.80. In vitro experiments revealed a greater degree of protein deposition from MCF-7 cells on the chiral nanotube surfaces. We employed ab initio molecular dynamics simulations and density functional theory calculations to investigate the mechanism underlying the sensitive chiral recognition between the chiral sensing platforms and the chiral analyte molecules.
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Affiliation(s)
- Jayakrishnan Aerathupalathu Janardhanan
- Smart Organic Materials Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Taiwan International Graduate Program (TIGP), Sustainable Chemical Science & Technology (SCST), Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.,Department of Applied Chemistry, National Yang Ming Chiao Tung University (NYCU), Hsinchu 300, Taiwan
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Department of Chemical Engineering, National Taiwan University of Science and Technology, Taipei 106, Taiwan
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- Smart Organic Materials Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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- Smart Organic Materials Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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- Smart Organic Materials Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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- Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,National Center for Theoretical Sciences, Physics Division, Taipei 10617, Taiwan
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- Smart Organic Materials Laboratory, Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan. .,Institute of Chemistry, Academia Sinica, Taipei 11529, Taiwan.
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