Iodide-Selective Synthetic Ion Channels Based on Shape-Persistent Organic Cages

Autor: In-Chul Hwang, Rumum Rohman, Pulakesh Aich, Younghoon Kim, Kyung Lock Kim, Kimoon Kim, Joon Ho Roh, Soonsang Hong, Bahiru Punja Benke, Eun Hui Lee
Rok vydání: 2017
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Zdroj: Journal of the American Chemical Society. 139:7432-7435
ISSN: 1520-5126
0002-7863
Popis: We report here a synthetic ion channel developed from a shape-persistent porphyrin-based covalent organic cage. The cage was synthesized by employing a synthetically economical dynamic covalent chemistry (DCC) approach. The organic cage selectively transports biologically relevant iodide ions over other inorganic anions by a dehydration-driven, channel mechanism as evidenced by vesicle-based fluorescence assays and planar lipid bilayer-based single channel recordings. Furthermore, the organic cage appears to facilitate iodide transport across the membrane of a living cell, suggesting that the cage could be useful as a biological tool that may replace defective iodide channels in living systems.
Databáze: OpenAIRE