Interactions of surfactants in nonionic/anionic reverse hexagonal mesophases and solubilization of α-chymotrypsinogen A

Janna Gurfinkel, Abraham Aserin, Nissim Garti*

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Abstract

In an attempt to form HII mesophases at room temperature we prepared lyotropic liquid crystals with two surfactants of the same lipophilic tails (glycerol monooleate, GMO, and oleyl lactate, OL) but differing in the size and charge of the headgroups.Increasing OL concentration significantly affected the hydration of the headgroups and subsequently the lipids packing. At low OL content the cubic mesophase was formed, while at higher OL contents the formation of hexagonal mesophase was favored. It was assumed that OL competed on the water binding, tuning the headgroups' curvature and the packing parameter inducing the formation of reverse hexagonal mesophase. It was detected that cubic mesophase transformed upon heating to hexagonal structures. The hexagonal mesophases, which were formed both immediately after preparation and after aging, remained stable at elevated temperatures.α-Chymotrypsinogen was solubilized into the obtained LLCs at relatively high concentration (up to 1. wt%). The lattice parameter of the host LLCs exhibited a decrease as a function of the protein content. This process was assigned to partial dehydration of the GMO polar moieties in favor to CTA hydration.Generally speaking, the present study indicated that adding anionic to nonionic lipid is highly beneficial to gain additional compositional and structural characteristics of LLCs.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)322-328
Number of pages7
JournalColloids and Surfaces A: Physicochemical and Engineering Aspects
Volume392
Issue number1
DOIs
StatePublished - 5 Dec 2011

Keywords

  • DSC
  • FTIR
  • Lyotropic liquid crystals
  • Monoolein
  • Oleyl lactate
  • SAXS

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