Ion Transport across Biological Membranes by Carborane-Capped Gold Nanoparticles.


Grzelczak, Marcin P ORCID: 0000-0002-3215-1044, Danks, Stephen P, Klipp, Robert C, Belic, Domagoj ORCID: 0000-0002-7954-7046, Zaulet, Adnana, Kunstmann-Olsen, Casper, Bradley, Dan F, Tsukuda, Tatsuya, Viñas, Clara, Teixidor, Francesc et al (show 2 more authors) (2017) Ion Transport across Biological Membranes by Carborane-Capped Gold Nanoparticles. ACS nano, 11 (12). pp. 12492-12499.

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Abstract

Carborane-capped gold nanoparticles (Au/carborane NPs, 2-3 nm) can act as artificial ion transporters across biological membranes. The particles themselves are large hydrophobic anions that have the ability to disperse in aqueous media and to partition over both sides of a phospholipid bilayer membrane. Their presence therefore causes a membrane potential that is determined by the relative concentrations of particles on each side of the membrane according to the Nernst equation. The particles tend to adsorb to both sides of the membrane and can flip across if changes in membrane potential require their repartitioning. Such changes can be made either with a potentiostat in an electrochemical cell or by competition with another partitioning ion, for example, potassium in the presence of its specific transporter valinomycin. Carborane-capped gold nanoparticles have a ligand shell full of voids, which stem from the packing of near spherical ligands on a near spherical metal core. These voids are normally filled with sodium or potassium ions, and the charge is overcompensated by excess electrons in the metal core. The anionic particles are therefore able to take up and release a certain payload of cations and to adjust their net charge accordingly. It is demonstrated by potential-dependent fluorescence spectroscopy that polarized phospholipid membranes of vesicles can be depolarized by ion transport mediated by the particles. It is also shown that the particles act as alkali-ion-specific transporters across free-standing membranes under potentiostatic control. Magnesium ions are not transported.

Item Type: Article
Uncontrolled Keywords: artificial ion transporters gold nanoparticles carborane membrane potential fluorescence spectroscopy electrochemistry
Depositing User: Symplectic Admin
Date Deposited: 29 Jan 2018 16:16
Last Modified: 19 Jan 2023 06:42
DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.7b06600
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URI: https://livrepository.liverpool.ac.uk/id/eprint/3017102

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