合成凝聚层和生物分子凝聚物的通用膜化实现超稳定性和自发乳化
Universal membranization of synthetic coacervates and biomolecular condensates towards ultrastability and spontaneous emulsification.
作者信息
Tang Da, Zhu Jun, Wang Hao, Chen Nannan, Wang Hui, Huang Yongqi, Jiang Lingxiang
机构信息
South China Advanced Institute for Soft Matter Science and Technology (AISMST), State Key Laboratory of Pulp and Paper Engineering, School of Emergent Soft Matter, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
Guangdong Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional and Intelligent Hybrid Materials and Devices, Guangdong Basic Research Center of Excellence for Energy and Information Polymer Materials, South China University of Technology, Guangzhou, China.
出版信息
Nat Chem. 2025 Apr 10. doi: 10.1038/s41557-025-01800-4.
Membranization of membraneless coacervates and condensates is emerging as a promising strategy to resolve their inherent susceptibility to fusion, ripening and environmental variations. Yet current membranization agents by design are largely limited to a subclass or a specific kind of coacervate or condensate systems. Here we develop a library of condensate-amphiphilic block polymers that can efficiently form a polymeric layer on the droplet interface for a wide spectrum of synthetic coacervates and biomolecular condensates. Condensate-amphiphilic block polymers are designed with a condenophilic block firmly anchored to the condensed phase, a condenophobic block extended to the dilute phase and a self-association block to promote membrane formation. Critical to our design is the condenophilic block of phenylboronic acid and amidoamine that target the disparate chemistry of condensed droplets via multivalent affinities. The condensate-amphiphilic block polymer membranes render the droplets mechanically robust against fusion, regulate interfacial properties such as permeability and stiffness, and substantially improve droplet tolerance to challenging conditions of temperature, salinity, pH and organic solvents.
无膜凝聚体和凝聚物的膜化正成为一种很有前景的策略,以解决它们固有的融合、成熟和环境变化敏感性问题。然而,目前设计的膜化剂在很大程度上仅限于某一亚类或特定类型的凝聚体或凝聚物系统。在此,我们开发了一个凝聚体-两亲性嵌段聚合物库,它可以在液滴界面上为多种合成凝聚体和生物分子凝聚物高效形成聚合物层。凝聚体-两亲性嵌段聚合物的设计是,一个亲凝聚体嵌段牢固地锚定在凝聚相上,一个疏凝聚体嵌段延伸到稀相,还有一个自缔合嵌段以促进膜的形成。我们设计的关键在于苯硼酸和酰胺胺的亲凝聚体嵌段,它们通过多价亲和力靶向凝聚液滴的不同化学性质。凝聚体-两亲性嵌段聚合物膜使液滴在机械上对融合具有抗性,调节诸如渗透性和硬度等界面性质,并显著提高液滴对温度、盐度、pH值和有机溶剂等挑战性条件的耐受性。