Interfacial complexes between a protein and lipophilic ions at an oil - water interface

Rune Andersen Hartvig, Manuel A. Méndez, Marco van de Weert, Lene Jørgensen, Jesper Østergaard, Hubert H. Girault, Henrik Jensen

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    Abstract

    The interaction between an intact protein and two lipophilic ions at an oil-water interface has been investigated using cyclic voltammetry, impedance based techniques and a newly developed method in which the biphasic oil-water system is analyzed by biphasic electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (BESI-MS), using a dual-channel electrospray emitter. It is found that the protein forms interfacial complexes with the lipophilic ions and that it specifically requires the presence of the oil-water interface to be formed under the experimental conditions. Furthermore, impedance based techniques and BESI-MS with a common ion to polarize the interface indicated that the Galvani potential difference across the oil-water interface significantly influences the interfacial complexation degree. The ability to investigate protein-ligand complexes formed at polarized liquid-liquid interfaces is thus a new analytical method for assessing potential dependent interfacial complexation using a structure elucidating detection principle.

    Original languageEnglish
    JournalAnalytical Chemistry
    Volume82
    Issue number18
    Pages (from-to)7699-7705
    ISSN0003-2700
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 15 Sept 2010

    Keywords

    • Former Faculty of Pharmaceutical Sciences

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