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Shtykova EV, Dubrovin EV, Ksenofontov AL, Gifer PK, Petoukhov MV, Tokhtar VK, Sapozhnikova IM, Stavrianidi AN, Kordyukova LV, Batishchev OV. Structural Insights into Plant Viruses Revealed by Small-Angle X-ray Scattering and Atomic Force Microscopy. Viruses 2024; 16:427. [PMID: 38543792 PMCID: PMC10975137 DOI: 10.3390/v16030427] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/06/2024] [Revised: 03/05/2024] [Accepted: 03/08/2024] [Indexed: 05/23/2024] Open
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The structural study of plant viruses is of great importance to reduce the damage caused by these agricultural pathogens and to support their biotechnological applications. Nowadays, X-ray crystallography, NMR spectroscopy and cryo-electron microscopy are well accepted methods to obtain the 3D protein structure with the best resolution. However, for large and complex supramolecular structures such as plant viruses, especially flexible filamentous ones, there are a number of technical limitations to resolving their native structure in solution. In addition, they do not allow us to obtain structural information about dynamics and interactions with physiological partners. For these purposes, small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) and atomic force microscopy (AFM) are well established. In this review, we have outlined the main principles of these two methods and demonstrated their advantages for structural studies of plant viruses of different shapes with relatively high spatial resolution. In addition, we have demonstrated the ability of AFM to obtain information on the mechanical properties of the virus particles that are inaccessible to other experimental techniques. We believe that these under-appreciated approaches, especially when used in combination, are valuable tools for studying a wide variety of helical plant viruses, many of which cannot be resolved by classical structural methods.
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- Eleonora V. Shtykova
- National Research Centre, “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow 123098, Russia; (E.V.S.)
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (E.V.D.); (P.K.G.); (A.N.S.)
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (E.V.D.); (P.K.G.); (A.N.S.)
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia;
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (E.V.D.); (P.K.G.); (A.N.S.)
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- National Research Centre, “Kurchatov Institute”, Moscow 123098, Russia; (E.V.S.)
- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (E.V.D.); (P.K.G.); (A.N.S.)
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- Scientific and Educational Center, Botanical Garden of the National Research University “BelSU”, Belgorod 308033, Russia;
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- Institute of Chemical Engineering, Ural Federal University Named after the First President of Russia B. N. Yeltsin, Ekaterinburg 620002, Russia;
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (E.V.D.); (P.K.G.); (A.N.S.)
- Faculty of Physics, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia
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- Belozersky Institute of Physico-Chemical Biology, Lomonosov Moscow State University, Moscow 119991, Russia;
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- Frumkin Institute of Physical Chemistry and Electrochemistry, Russian Academy of Sciences, Moscow 119071, Russia; (E.V.D.); (P.K.G.); (A.N.S.)
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Ghasemi B, Yaghmaei S, Abdi K, Mardanpour MM, Haddadi SA. Introducing an affordable catalyst for biohydrogen production in microbial electrolysis cells. J Biosci Bioeng 2020; 129:67-76. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jbiosc.2019.07.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/07/2018] [Revised: 07/08/2019] [Accepted: 07/12/2019] [Indexed: 10/26/2022]
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Ghadami F, Saber-Samandari S, Rouhi G, Amani Hamedani M, Dehghan MM, Farzad Mohajeri S, Mashhadi-Abbas F, Gholami H. The effects of bone implants' coating mechanical properties on osseointegration: In vivo, in vitro, and histological investigations. J Biomed Mater Res A 2019; 106:2679-2691. [PMID: 29901269 DOI: 10.1002/jbm.a.36465] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/19/2018] [Revised: 04/20/2018] [Accepted: 05/11/2018] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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The main goal of this work was to investigate the effects of implants coatings' mechanical properties and morphology on the osseointegration. In order to produce different mechanical properties of coatings, two thermal spray techniques, high velocity oxy-fuel (HVOF) and air plasma spray (APS) were employed. Titanium pins were coated and implanted into the distal femurs and proximal tibias of fifteen New Zealand white rabbits, equally distributed in three study groups, and a total of 20 pins implanted in each group. Eight weeks after insertion, the rabbits were euthanized and the femur samples were taken out for biomechanical tests and tibia samples for histological evaluations of osseointegration. Scanning electron microscopy results showed enhanced density and a better morphology of HVOF coatings, compared to APS samples, and X-ray diffraction characterized an enhanced crystallinity of HVOF coatings. Nanoindentation tests revealed greater hardness and elastic modulus of HVOF coatings, whereas greater tensile residual stress and more pronounced creep was observed for APS coatings. Neither in biomechanical tests, nor in the histological analyses, a significant difference was observed between HVOF and APS coated samples (p > 0.05, and p > 0.05, respectively). The lack of significant difference between the HVOF and APS coated implants' osseointegration rejected our hypothesis to have a more enhanced osseointegration due to a better morphology, as well as stronger mechanical properties of HA coatings. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res Part A: 106A: 2679-2691, 2018.
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- Farhad Ghadami
- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Biomedical Engineering, Amirkabir University of Technology, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Surgery and Radiology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Oral and Maxillofacial Pathology, Dental School, Shahid Beheshti University of Medical Science, Tehran, Iran
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- Department of Pathology, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, University of Tehran, Tehran, Iran
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Yan Y, Zhang M, Moon CH, Su HC, Myung NV, Haberer ED. Viral-templated gold/polypyrrole nanopeapods for an ammonia gas sensor. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2016; 27:325502. [PMID: 27354441 DOI: 10.1088/0957-4484/27/32/325502] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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One-dimensional gold/polypyrrole (Au/PPy) nanopeapods were fabricated using a viral template: M13 bacteriophage. The genetically modified filamentous virus displayed gold-binding peptides along its length, allowing selective attachment of gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) under ambient conditions. A PPy shell was electropolymerized on the viral-templated Au NP chains forming nanopeapod structures. The PPy shell morphology and thickness were controlled through electrodeposition potential and time, resulting in an ultra-thin conductive polymer shell of 17.4 ± 3.3 nm. A post-electrodeposition acid treatment was used to modify the electrical properties of these hybrid materials. The electrical resistance of the nanopeapods was monitored at each assembly step. Chemiresistive ammonia (NH3) gas sensors were developed from networks of the hybrid Au/PPy nanostructures. Room temperature sensing performance was evaluated from 5 to 50 ppmv and a mixture of reversible and irreversible chemiresistive behavior was observed. A sensitivity of 0.30%/ppmv was found for NH3 concentrations of 10 ppmv or less, and a lowest detection limit (LDL) of 0.007 ppmv was calculated. Furthermore, acid-treated devices exhibited an enhanced sensitivity of 1.26%/ppmv within the same concentration range and a calculated LDL of 0.005 ppmv.
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- Yiran Yan
- Materials Science and Engineering Program, University of California, Riverside, CA 92521, USA
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Wu Y, Feng S, Zan X, Lin Y, Wang Q. Aligned Electroactive TMV Nanofibers as Enabling Scaffold for Neural Tissue Engineering. Biomacromolecules 2015; 16:3466-72. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.5b00884] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Yehong Wu
- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, P. R. China
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631
Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631
Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Polymer Physics and Chemistry, Changchun Institute
of Applied Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Changchun 130022, P. R. China
- Department
of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina, 631
Sumter Street, Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Viral nanoparticles, noble metal decorated viruses and their nanoconjugates. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2015; 222:119-34. [PMID: 24836299 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.04.008] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/05/2012] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 04/11/2014] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Virus-based nanotechnology has generated interest in a number of applications due to the specificity of virus interaction with inorganic and organic nanoparticles. A well-defined structure of virus due to its multifunctional proteinaceous shell (capsid) surrounding genomic material is a promising approach to obtain nanostructured materials. Viruses hold great promise in assembling and interconnecting novel nanosized components, allowing to develop organized nanoparticle assemblies. Due to their size, monodispersity, and variety of chemical groups available for modification, they make a good scaffold for molecular assembly into nanoscale devices. Virus based nanocomposites are useful as an engineering material for the construction of smart nanoobjects because of their ability to associate into desired structures including a number of morphologies. Viruses exhibit the characteristics of an ideal template for the formation of nanoconjugates with noble metal nanoparticles. These bioinspired systems form monodispersed units that are highly amenable through genetic and chemical modifications. As nanoscale assemblies, viruses have sophisticated yet highly ordered structural features, which, in many cases, have been carefully characterized by modern structural biological methods. Plant viruses are increasingly being used for nanobiotechnology purposes because of their relative structural and chemical stability, ease of production, multifunctionality and lack of toxicity and pathogenicity in animals or humans. The multifunctional viruses interact with nanoparticles and other functional additives to the generation of bioconjugates with different properties – possible antiviral and antibacterial activities.
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Wang H, Wang X, Li T, Lee B. Transient viscoelasticity study of tobacco mosaic virus/Ba(2+) superlattice. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2014; 9:300. [PMID: 24994956 PMCID: PMC4067107 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-9-300] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/07/2014] [Accepted: 06/06/2014] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Recently, we reported a new method to synthesize the rod-like tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) superlattice. To explore its potentials in nanolattice templating and tissue scaffolding, this work focused the viscoelasticity of the superlattice with a novel transient method via atomic force microscopy (AFM). For measuring viscoelasticity, in contrast to previous methods that assessed the oscillating response, the method proposed in this work enabled us to determine the transient response (creep or relaxation) of micro/nanobiomaterials. The mathematical model and numerical process were elaborated to extract the viscoelastic properties from the indentation data. The adhesion between the AFM tip and the sample was included in the indentation model. Through the functional equation method, the elastic solution for the indentation model was extended to the viscoelastic solution so that the time dependent force vs. displacement relation could be attained. To simplify the solving of the differential equation, a standard solid model was modified to obtain the elastic and viscoelastic components of the sample. The viscoelastic responses with different mechanical stimuli and the dynamic properties were also investigated.
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- Haoran Wang
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND 58108, USA
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- Department of Mechanical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo ND 58108, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne IL 60439, USA
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- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source of Argonne National Laboratory, 9700 S. Cass Avenue, Argonne IL 60439, USA
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Zan X, Feng S, Balizan E, Lin Y, Wang Q. Facile method for large scale alignment of one dimensional nanoparticles and control over myoblast orientation and differentiation. ACS NANO 2013; 7:8385-8396. [PMID: 24004197 DOI: 10.1021/nn403908k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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A facile and robust method to align one-dimensional (1D) nanoparticles (NPs) in large scale has been developed. Using flow assembly, representative rod-like nanoparticles, including tobacco mosaic virus (TMV), gold nanorods, and bacteriophage M13, have been aligned inside glass tubes by controlling flow rate and substrate surface properties. The properties of 1D NPs, such as stiffness and aspect ratio, play a critical role in the alignment. Furthermore, these hierarchically organized structures can be used to support cell growth and control the cell orientation and morphology. When C2C12 myoblasts were cultured on surfaces coated with aligned TMV, we found that nanoscale topographic features were critical to guide the cell orientation and myogenic differentiation. This method can therefore be used in the fabrication of complex assemblies with 1D NPs and have wide applications in tissue engineering, sensing, electronics, and optical fields.
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- Xingjie Zan
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of South Carolina , Columbia, South Carolina 29208, United States
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Li T, Zan X, Sun Y, Zuo X, Li X, Senesi A, Winans RE, Wang Q, Lee B. Self-assembly of rodlike virus to superlattices. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:12777-12784. [PMID: 24044529 DOI: 10.1021/la402933q] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Rodlike tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) has been found to assemble into superlattices in aqueous solution using the polymer methylcellulose to induce depletion and free volume entropy-based attractive forces. Both transmission electron microscopy and small-angle X-ray scattering show that the superlattices form in both semidilute and concentrated regimes of polymer, where the free volume entropy and the depletion interaction are the dominant driving force, respectively. The superlattices are NaCl and temperature responsive. The rigidity of the rodlike nanoparticles also plays an important role for the formation of superlattices through the free volume entropy mechanism. Compared to the rigid TMV particle, flexible bacteriophage M13 particles are only responsive to the depletion force and thus only assemble in highly concentrated polymer solution, where depletion interaction is dominant.
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- Tao Li
- X-ray Science Division, Advanced Photon Source, Argonne National Laboratory , 9700 South Cass Avenue, Argonne, Illinois 60439, United States
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Geiger FC, Eber FJ, Eiben S, Mueller A, Jeske H, Spatz JP, Wege C. TMV nanorods with programmed longitudinal domains of differently addressable coat proteins. NANOSCALE 2013; 5:3808-16. [PMID: 23519401 DOI: 10.1039/c3nr33724c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 70] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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The spacing of functional nanoscopic elements may play a fundamental role in nanotechnological and biomedical applications, but is so far rarely achieved on this scale. In this study we show that tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) and the RNA-guided self-assembly process of its coat protein (CP) can be used to establish new nanorod scaffolds that can be loaded not only with homogeneously distributed functionalities, but with distinct molecule species grouped and ordered along the longitudinal axis. The arrangement of the resulting domains and final carrier rod length both were governed by RNA-templated two-step in vitro assembly. Two selectively addressable TMV CP mutants carrying either thiol (TMVCys) or amino (TMVLys) groups on the exposed surface were engineered and shown to retain reactivity towards maleimides or NHS esters, respectively, after acetic acid-based purification and re-assembly to novel carrier rod types. Stepwise combination of CP(Cys) and CP(Lys) with RNA allowed fabrication of TMV-like nanorods with a controlled total length of 300 or 330 nm, respectively, consisting of adjacent longitudinal 100-to-200 nm domains of differently addressable CP species. This technology paves the way towards rod-shaped scaffolds with pre-defined, selectively reactive barcode patterns on the nanometer scale.
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- Fania C Geiger
- Department of New Materials and Biosystems, Max-Planck-Institute for Intelligent Systems, University of Heidelberg, Heisenbergstrasse 3, 70569 Stuttgart, Germany
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Encapsidation of DNA, a protein and a fluorophore into virus-like particles by the capsid protein of cucumber mosaic virus. J Gen Virol 2012; 93:1120-1126. [DOI: 10.1099/vir.0.040170-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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An important property of some spherical plant viruses is their ability to reassemble in vitro from native capsid protein (CP) and RNA into infectious virus-like particles (VLPs). Virions of cucumber mosaic virus (CMV) are stabilized by protein–RNA interactions and the nucleic acid is essential for assembly. This study demonstrated that VLPs will form in the presence of both ssDNA and dsDNA oligonucleotides, and with a lower size limit of 20 nt. Based on urea disruption assays, assembled VLPs from CMV CP and RNA (termed ReCMV) exhibited a level of stability similar to that of virions purified from plants, whilst VLPs from CMV CP and a 20mer exhibited comparable or greater stability. Fluorescent labelling of VLPs was achieved by the encapsidation of an Alexa Fluor 488-labelled 45mer oligonucleotide (ReCMV-Alexa488-45) and confirmed by transmission electron and confocal microscopy. Using ssDNA as a nucleating factor, encapsidation of fluorescently labelled streptavidin (53 kDa) conjugated to a biotinylated oligonucleotide was observed. The biological activity and stability of ReCMV and ReCMV-Alexa488-45 was confirmed in infectivity assays and insect vector feeding assays. This work demonstrates the utility of CMV CP as a protein cage for use in the growing repertoire of nanotechnological applications.
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Sitasuwan P, Andrew Lee L, Bo P, Davis EN, Lin Y, Wang Q. A plant virus substrate induces early upregulation of BMP2 for rapid bone formation. Integr Biol (Camb) 2012; 4:651-60. [DOI: 10.1039/c2ib20041d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Wang X, Liu F, Zheng X, Sun J. Water-Enabled Self-Healing of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coatings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011; 50:11378-81. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201105822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 256] [Impact Index Per Article: 19.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2011] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Wang X, Liu F, Zheng X, Sun J. Water-Enabled Self-Healing of Polyelectrolyte Multilayer Coatings. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2011. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201105822] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
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Kaur G, Wang C, Sun J, Wang Q. The synergistic effects of multivalent ligand display and nanotopography on osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow stem cells. Biomaterials 2010; 31:5813-24. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2010.04.017] [Citation(s) in RCA: 87] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2010] [Accepted: 04/11/2010] [Indexed: 01/15/2023]
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Kobayashi M, Onodera K, Watanabe Y, Yamashita I. Fabrication of 3-nm Platinum Wires Using a Tobacco Mosaic Virus Template. CHEM LETT 2010. [DOI: 10.1246/cl.2010.616] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/12/2022]
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Manocchi AK, Horelik NE, Lee B, Yi H. Simple, readily controllable palladium nanoparticle formation on surface-assembled viral nanotemplates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:3670-3677. [PMID: 19919039 DOI: 10.1021/la9031514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 36] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Transition-metal nanoparticles possess unique size-dependent optical, electronic, and catalytic properties on the nanoscale, which differ significantly from their bulk properties. In particular, palladium (Pd) nanoparticles have properties applicable to a wide range of applications in catalysis and electronics. However, predictable and controllable nanoparticle synthesis remains challenging because of harsh reaction conditions, artifacts from capping agents, and unpredictable growth. Biological supramolecules offer attractive templates for nanoparticle synthesis because of their precise structure and size. In this article, we demonstrate simple, controllable Pd nanoparticle synthesis on surface-assembled viral nanotemplates. Specifically, we exploit precisely spaced thiol functionalities of genetically modified tobacco mosaic virus (TMV1cys) for facile surface assembly and readily controllable Pd nanoparticle synthesis via simple electroless deposition under mild aqueous conditions. Atomic force microscopy (AFM) studies clearly show tunable surface assembly and Pd nanoparticle formation preferentially on the TMV1cys templates. Grazing incidence small-angle X-ray scattering (GISAXS) further provided an accurate and statistically meaningful route by which to investigate the broad size ranges and uniformity of the Pd nanoparticles formed on TMV templates by simply tuning the reducer concentration. We believe that our viral-templated bottom-up approach to tunable Pd nanoparticle formation combined with the first in-depth characterization via GISAXS represents a major advancement toward exploiting viral templates for facile nanomaterials/device fabrication. We envision that our strategy can be extended to a wide range of applications, including uniform nanostructure and nanocatalyst synthesis.
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- Amy K Manocchi
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, Tufts University, Medford, Massachusetts 02144, USA
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Wang X, Deng Y, Shi H, Mei Z, Zhao H, Xiong W, Liu P, Zhao Y, Qin C, Tang R. Functional single-virus-polyelectrolyte hybrids make large-scale applications of viral nanoparticles more efficient. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2010; 6:351-4. [PMID: 20077422 DOI: 10.1002/smll.200901795] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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- Xiaoyu Wang
- Center for Biomaterials and Biopathways and Department of Chemistry, Zhejiang University Hangzhou, Zhejiang 310027, P R China
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Kaur G, Valarmathi MT, Potts JD, Jabbari E, Sabo-Attwood T, Wang Q. Regulation of osteogenic differentiation of rat bone marrow stromal cells on 2D nanorod substrates. Biomaterials 2009; 31:1732-41. [PMID: 20022632 DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.11.041] [Citation(s) in RCA: 115] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/07/2009] [Accepted: 11/17/2009] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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Bone marrow stromal cells (BMSCs) possess multi-lineage differentiation potential and can be induced to undergo differentiation into various cell types with the correct combination of chemical and environmental factors. Although, they have shown great prospects in therapeutic and medical applications, less is known about their behavior on nanosurfaces mimicking the extra cellular matrix (ECM). In this report we have employed 2D substrates coated with tobacco mosaic virus (TMV) nanorods to study the differentiation process of BMSCs into osteoblast like cells. TMV is a rod-shaped plant virus with an average length of 300 nm and diameter of 18 nm. The osteogenic differentiation of BMSCs on TMV was studied over time points of 7, 14 and 21 days. We examined the temporal gene expression changes during these time points by real-time quantitative PCR (RT-qPCR) analysis. As expected, osteo-specific genes (osteocalcin, osteopontin and osteonectin) were upregulated and showed a maximum change in expression on TMV at 14 days which was 7 days earlier than on tissue culture plastic (TCP). Based on the genes expression profile generated by RT-qPCR experiments, we proposed that the early interaction of cells with TMV triggers on signaling pathways which regulate speedy expression of osteocalcin in turn, resulting in early mineralization of the cells. To further investigate these regulating factors we studied global changes in gene expression (DNA microarray analyses) during osteogenic differentiation on the nanosubstrate. Multitudes of genes were affected by culturing cells on nanorod substrate, which corroborated our initial PCR findings. Microarray analysis further revealed additional targets influenced by the presence of nanorods on the surface, of which, the expression of bone morphogenetic protein 2 (BMP2) was of particular interests. Further investigation into the temporal change of BMP2, revealed that it acts as a major promoter in signaling the early regulation of osteocalcin on TMV coated substrates.
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- Gagandeep Kaur
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Nanocenter, University of South Carolina, 631 Sumter Street, Columbia, SC 29208, USA
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Rong J, Oberbeck F, Wang X, Li X, Oxsher J, Niu Z, Wang Q. Tobacco mosaic virus templated synthesis of one dimensional inorganic–polymer hybrid fibres. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1039/b901130g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 46] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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