Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising materials exploited as solvents and media in many innovative applications, some already used at the industrial scale. The chemical structure and physicochemical properties of ILs can differ significantly according to the specific applications for which they have been synthesized. As a consequence, their interaction with biological entities and toxicity can vary substantially. To select highly effective and minimally harmful ILs, these properties need to be investigated. Here we use the so called chromatophores - protein-phospholipid membrane vesicles obtained from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides- to assess the effects of imidazolinium and pyrrolidinium ILs, with chloride or dicyanamide as counter anions, on the ionic permeability of a native biological membrane. The extent and modalities by which these ILs affect the ionic conductivity can be studied in chromatophores by analyzing the electrochromic response of endogenous carotenoids, acting as an intramembrane voltmeter at the molecular level. We show that chromatophores represent an in vitro experimental model suitable to probe permeability changes induced in cell membranes by ILs differing in chemical nature, degree of oxygenation of the cationic moiety and counter anion. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.

Malferrari, M., Malferrari, D., Francia, F., Galletti, P., Tagliavini, E., Venturoli, G. (2015). Ionic liquids effects on the permeability of photosynthetic membranes probed by the electrochromic shift of endogenous carotenoids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES, 1848(11), 2898-2909 [10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.09.006].

Ionic liquids effects on the permeability of photosynthetic membranes probed by the electrochromic shift of endogenous carotenoids

MALFERRARI, MARCO;MALFERRARI, DANILO;FRANCIA, FRANCESCO;GALLETTI, PAOLA;TAGLIAVINI, EMILIO;VENTUROLI, GIOVANNI
2015

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Ionic liquids (ILs) are promising materials exploited as solvents and media in many innovative applications, some already used at the industrial scale. The chemical structure and physicochemical properties of ILs can differ significantly according to the specific applications for which they have been synthesized. As a consequence, their interaction with biological entities and toxicity can vary substantially. To select highly effective and minimally harmful ILs, these properties need to be investigated. Here we use the so called chromatophores - protein-phospholipid membrane vesicles obtained from the photosynthetic bacterium Rhodobacter sphaeroides- to assess the effects of imidazolinium and pyrrolidinium ILs, with chloride or dicyanamide as counter anions, on the ionic permeability of a native biological membrane. The extent and modalities by which these ILs affect the ionic conductivity can be studied in chromatophores by analyzing the electrochromic response of endogenous carotenoids, acting as an intramembrane voltmeter at the molecular level. We show that chromatophores represent an in vitro experimental model suitable to probe permeability changes induced in cell membranes by ILs differing in chemical nature, degree of oxygenation of the cationic moiety and counter anion. (C) 2015 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
2015
Malferrari, M., Malferrari, D., Francia, F., Galletti, P., Tagliavini, E., Venturoli, G. (2015). Ionic liquids effects on the permeability of photosynthetic membranes probed by the electrochromic shift of endogenous carotenoids. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES, 1848(11), 2898-2909 [10.1016/j.bbamem.2015.09.006].
Malferrari, Marco; Malferrari, Danilo; Francia, Francesco; Galletti, Paola; Tagliavini, Emilio; Venturoli, Giovanni
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