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J. Lipid Res.-1992-Moroi-49-53
J. Lipid Res.-1992-Moroi-49-53
THEORY
Aqueous solubility of a chemical species depends
on two intensive thermodynamic variables, on
temperature at atmospheric pressure, due to two
phases and two components (one chemical species
and water). However, the total solubility of a slightly
soluble organic acid is more sensitive to solution pH
than to temperature. This is because undissociated
monomeric acid is in equilibrium with the dissociated
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Foam
Eq. 1)
CA-?A-UH' / CAH
EXPERIMENTAL
50
G l a s s filter
Solubility
A suspension of bile acid powder in buffer solution
was stirred by a disk rotor in a 10-ml injector tube
that was kept at constant temperature for more than
10 h until solubility equilibrium was reached. The pH
buffer solutions were prepared from acetic acid and
sodium hydroxide keeping the ionic strength at 0.05.
The temperature was kept constant at 15, 25, 35, and
45OC and controlled within 0.1"C. The filtrate was
withdrawn by applying pressure upon the injector
through the filter of 0.2-pm pore size (Millipore;
FGLP01300) and the pH at solubility equilibrium was
measured by dipping a pH electrode directly into the
suspension. The concentration of total bile acid( G)
in the filtrate was determined by fluorometry: the
Eq. 2)
where the activity of the nonionic species is assumed to
be equal to its concentration because it is extremely
low. Because both C m and YA- (activity coefficient of
A-) remain almost constant at constant temperature,
pressure, and ionic strength, this equality predicts a
linear relationship between C, and l/aH+.
=
log YA-=-A
I z ~ z a/(l
~ I +B&
E9. 3)
where 5 A is used for ionic radius, a; the ionic strength
Z is 0.05; and the numerical values in Appendix 7.1 of
the above reference (28) are used for A and B in Eq. 3.
The values of activity coefficients then become 0.827,
Cholic Acid
(CA)
<
0.2
0.4
0.6
0.8
1.0
1.2
Fi.3. Plots of total solubility against I/%+ for cholic acid, where
A is the solubility in 0.01 N HCI solution.
0.825, 0.822, and 0.819 at 15, 25, 35, and 45C, respectively. The acidity constants thus obtained are tabulated in Table 1.
The acidity constants are quite reasonable judging
from the chemical structure of the bile acids and, at
the same time, quite similar to the acidity constant of
n-valeric acid, 1.56 x lfY5 at 25C. Solubilities of bile
acids at low pH have also been reported, but they do
not agree with one another [Igimi and Carey (17)
and Roda and Fini (19)]. Our results on the solubilities of undissociated forms of the bile acids are
closer to those by Roda and Fini (19). The fact that
the acidity constants from the aqueous solubilities are
quite reasonable strongly indicates that the solubility
values are correct, not only at very low pH but also at
higher pH.
1.5
2
CONCENTRATION
3
/ 10-5
5-
mol an-3
0-2
0.4
006
0.8
1.0
1.2
io+
(IH+
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A calibration curve is indispensable for the determination of the concentration of bile acids. The
calibration curves used for the present study are
shown in Fig. 2; there was excellent linearity for each
bile acid. Plots of the total solubility of each bile acid
against l/aH+ are illustrated in Fig. 3, Fig. 4, Fig. 5,
and Fig. 6 for CA, DCA, CDCA, and UDCA, respectively. There was good linearity for each bile acid at
the different temperatures. In addition, the intercept
values are very close to the solubility in 0.01 N HCl
which can be regarded as that of the undissociated
bile acid, as can be expected from Eq. 1. These results
strongly support the reliability of the solubility measurements and the validity of the theory. The value of
&/YA- can be determined by dividing the slope by the
interception value of the ordinate as mentioned in
the Theory section. The temperature dependence of
the activity coefficient is calculated using the following equation of 1-1 electrolyte (28):
35-c
I
0
0.2
0.6
O,8
lo+ /
1.0
1.2
0.2
0.4
0.6
1.0
0.8
1.2
io-' 1
a"+
The intercept of the ordinate is the solubility of undissociated bile acids. The temperature dependence
of the solubility makes it possible to evaluate the enthalpy change (Ah) of dissolution:
Eq-4)
were S is the solubility, R is the gas constant, and T is
the absolute temperature. The values of enthalpy
change are 16, 17, 23, and 22 kJ mol-' for CA, DCA,
CDCA, and UDCA, respectively. They are very small
A h = - R { alnS/a(l/T)
]p
Temp.
CDCA
UDCA
Aqueous
Solubilities'
Acidity
Constants
Aqueous
Solubilities
m 5
l e m o l . dm-3
I ~ m o ldm-3
1.09
1.02
1.20
1.22
1.48
1.39
1.80
1.73
1.01
0.846
0.921
0.772
15
25
35
45
0.219
0.326
0.436
0.533
0.235
0.340
0.435
0.530
1.73
1.65
1.29
1.10
1.11 (20%)
15
25
35
45
0.256
0.355
0.526
0.637
0.280
0.410
0.500
0.615
3.01
2.24
1.43
1.54
2.29 (20OC)
15
25
35
45
0.0657
0.0780
0.137
0.150
0.0680
0.0800
0.140
0.176
0.573
0.712
0.547
1.04
0.51 (20OC)
"C
CA*1/2H20 15
25
35
45
DCA
Aqueous
SolubilitieP
I n 0.01 N HCIsolution.
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Acidity
Constants
Aqueous
Solubilities
Ekwall et a1
(Ref. 16)
Acidity
Constants
Acidity
Constants
l U 4 m l *dm?
1u5
10-~
1.05 (20OC)
2.35 (25%)
0.832
0.28 (25C)
0.955
0.27 (25OC)
0.851
0.09 (25OC)
0.832
4.20 (20C)
4.60 (37C)
0.676 (20OC)
1.14 (37%)
2.56 (37OC)
0.53 (37OC)
0.0417(37OC)
0.148(37C)
This research was supported by the CIBA-GEIGY Foundation, which is gratefully acknowledged.
Manuscrip r e w i v e d 12July 1991.
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