Stern-Layer Adsorption of Oligonucleotides on Lamellar Cationic Lipid Bilayer Investigated by Polarization-Resolved SFG-VS
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The molecular interaction between the oligonucleotides and lipid membranes is the key to the functions of virus, aptamer, and various oligonucleotide-based materials. In this study, the conformational changes of oligonucleotides (dT25) on lamellar cationic 1,2-dimyristoyl-3-trimethylammonium-propane (DMTAP) bilayer were investigated by polarization-resolved sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy (SFG-VS) in situ. The SFG-VS spectra within different wavenumber ranges were analyzed to give conformation details of thymine groups, phosphate groups, and OD/OH groups and to provide a comprehensive and fundamental understanding of the oligonucleotide adsorption on a model bilayer. It is shown that the adsorption of dT25 on DMTAP bilayer reaches maximum at CdT ≈ 500 nM. And the conformation of dT25 molecules change significantly when surface charge of DMTAP bilayer reaches the point of zero charge (PZC) at CdT ≈ 100 nM. Combined spectroscopic evidences also indicate that the formation of electric double layer at the DMTAP/dT25 surface follows the Gouy-Chapman-Stern model. The analysis results also show that the symmetric PO2- stretching mode of oligonucleotide molecules can serve as a sensitive vibration molecular probe for ...Continue Reading
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