High-affinity and selective detection of pyrophosphate in water by a resorcinarene salt receptor

Ngong Kodiah Beyeh; Isabel Díez; S. Maryamdokht Taimoory; Daniel Meister; Andrew I. Feig; John F. Trant; Robin H. A. Ras; Kari Rissanen

doi:10.1039/C7SC05167K

High-affinity and selective detection of pyrophosphate in water by a resorcinarene salt receptor†

Ngong Kodiah Beyeh,

*^ab Isabel Díez,^a S. Maryamdokht Taimoory,

^b Daniel Meister,^b Andrew I. Feig,

^d John F. Trant,

*^b Robin H. A. Ras

*^ac and Kari Rissanen

*^e

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^a Aalto University, School of Science, Department of Applied Physics, Puumiehenkuja 2, Espoo, Finland
E-mail: tbeyeh@gmail.com, robin.ras@aalto.fi

^b University of Windsor, Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Windsor, ON N9B 3P4, Canada
E-mail: j.trant@uwindsor.ca

^c Aalto University, School of Chemical Engineering, Department of Bioproducts and Biosystems, Kemistintie 1, 02150 Espoo, Finland

^d Wayne State University, Department of Chemistry, 5101 Cass Ave., Detroit, MI, USA

^e University of Jyvaskyla, Department of Chemistry, P. O. Box 35, FI-40014 Jyväskylä, Finland
E-mail: kari.t.rissanen@jyu.fi

Abstract

Pyrophosphate (PPi) is a byproduct of DNA and RNA synthesis, and abnormal levels are indicative of disease. We report the high-affinity binding of PPi in water by N-alkyl ammonium resorcinarene chloride receptors. Experimental analysis using ¹H and ³¹P NMR, isothermal titration calorimetry, mass spectrometry, and UV-vis spectroscopy all support exceptional selectivity of these systems for PPi in water. The measured affinity of K₁ = 1.60 × 10⁷ M⁻¹ for PPi is three orders of magnitude larger than that observed for binding to another phosphate, ATP. This exceptional anion-binding affinity in water is explored through a detailed density functional theory computational study. These systems provide a promising avenue for the development of future innovative medical diagnostic tools.

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DOI: https://doi.org/10.1039/C7SC05167K
Article type: Edge Article
Submitted: 07 Dec 2017
Accepted: 15 Dec 2017
First published: 19 Dec 2017
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Chem. Sci., 2018,9, 1358-1367

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N. K. Beyeh, I. Díez, S. M. Taimoory, D. Meister, A. I. Feig, J. F. Trant, R. H. A. Ras and K. Rissanen, Chem. Sci., 2018, 9, 1358 DOI: 10.1039/C7SC05167K

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High-affinity and selective detection of pyrophosphate in water by a resorcinarene salt receptor†

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