scholarly journals Aromatic isophthalamides aggregate in lipid bilayers: evidence for a cooperative transport mechanism

2015 ◽  
Vol 13 (10) ◽  
pp. 3136-3143 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart N. Berry ◽  
Nathalie Busschaert ◽  
Charlotte L. Frankling ◽  
Dale Salter ◽  
Philip A. Gale

The synthesis and anion transport properties of a series of aromatic transmembrane anion transporters based on an isophthalamide scaffold are reported.

2014 ◽  
Vol 5 (9) ◽  
pp. 3617-3626 ◽  
Author(s):  
Nathalie Busschaert ◽  
Robert B. P. Elmes ◽  
Dawid D. Czech ◽  
Xin Wu ◽  
Isabelle L. Kirby ◽  
...  

Thiosquaramides show pH controlled anion transport properties in lipid bilayers.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Mohamed Fares ◽  
Xin Wu ◽  
Daniel A. McNaughton ◽  
Alexander M. Gilchrist ◽  
William Lewis ◽  
...  

A series of fluorescent coumarin bis-ureas have been synthesised and their anion transport properties studied. The compounds function as highly potent HCl co-transport agents in lipid bilayer membranes.


2016 ◽  
Vol 7 (8) ◽  
pp. 5069-5077 ◽  
Author(s):  
Stuart N. Berry ◽  
Vanessa Soto-Cerrato ◽  
Ethan N. W. Howe ◽  
Harriet J. Clarke ◽  
Ishna Mistry ◽  
...  

A series of fluorescent anion transporters have been synthesised and their anion transport properties and interactions with cancer cell lines studied.


2006 ◽  
Vol 125 (7) ◽  
pp. 074901 ◽  
Author(s):  
Senthil K. Kandasamy ◽  
Ronald G. Larson

2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Daniel A. McNaughton ◽  
Tsz Ying (Teresa) To ◽  
Bryson A. Hawkins ◽  
David E. Hibbs ◽  
Philip Alan Gale

CYCLODEXTRINS HAVE BEEN EMPLOYED AS DELIVERY AGENTS FOR LIPOPHILIC ANION TRANSPORTERS, WHICH ALLOW THEIR INCORPORATION INTO LIPID BILAYERS WITHOUT USING AN ORGANIC SOLVENT OR PRE-INCORPORATION.


Liposomes are spherical shaped vesicles comprising of at least one phospholipid bilayer that serve as a novel drug delivery framework. They are microscopic structures in which a fluid system is totally encased by a film made out of lipid bilayers. It varies in size, conformation, charge and drug transporter stacked with assortment of particles, for example, small molecules of drug, plasmids, nucleotides or proteins and so on. Ongoing advances in nanotherapeutics have brought about engineered liposomes rising in nanomedicine, giving better restorative control of diseased states. This has made ready for the improvement of second-stage liposomes for increased efficiency and could at last lead to a change in perspective from the regular drug delivery methods.


2021 ◽  
Author(s):  
Rayhanus Salam ◽  
Surid Mohammad Chowdhury ◽  
Sarah Ruth Marshall ◽  
Hassan Gneid ◽  
Nathalie Busschaert

In this manuscript, we show that small-molecule-based anion transporters can significantly increase the permeability of carboxylic acid containing drugs across lipid bilayers of model vesicles. Due to the drug-like characteristics...


1978 ◽  
Vol 235 (2) ◽  
pp. E158 ◽  
Author(s):  
W G Hardison ◽  
C A Wood

The bile salt independent fraction (BSIF) of canalicular bile flow from the isolated rat liver perfused with bicarbonate-free perfusate is 50% of that from the liver perfused with bicarbonate-containing perfusate. HCO3-excretion is nearly eliminated and Na+ and Cl- excretion is reduced 50%. Replacement of HCO3- into perfusate increased bile flow by 0.3 microliter/g.min without changing bile acid excretion rate. 5.5-Dimethyl-2,4-oxazolidinedione (DMO) produced a similar effect. DMO was passively distributed between bile and plasma. The data indicate that a bicarbonate transport mechanism is responsible for production of up to 50% of the BSIF. Another weak acid, N-5[5-(2-methoxyethoxy)-2-pyrimidinyl]sulfamoylbenzene (glymidine), was rapidly excreted into bile and increased bile flow by over 2.0 microliter/g.min. Glymidine is probably excreted by an independent organic anion transport mechanism, and any effect on the bicarbonate transport mechanism is obscured. Canaliculus-enriched hepatocyte membrane fractions contained no HCO3-stimulated ATPase activity. Either this enzyme is unimportant in hepatocyte bicarbonate transport or transport occurs across membranes other than the bile canalicular membrane.


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