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Ki MR, Park KS, Abdelhamid MAA, Pack SP. Novel silicatein-like protein for biosilica production from Amphimedon queenslandica and its use in osteogenic composite fabrication. KOREAN J CHEM ENG 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s11814-022-1314-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Cerrano C, Giovine M, Steindler L. Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789): an excellent model for holobiont and biotechnological studies. Curr Opin Biotechnol 2021; 74:61-65. [PMID: 34800848 DOI: 10.1016/j.copbio.2021.10.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/03/2021] [Revised: 10/10/2021] [Accepted: 10/20/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022]
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The aggregation of prokaryotic and eukaryotic cells has resulted in evolution of organisms with remarkable abilities to synthetize natural bioactive compounds of biotechnological relevance. Marine sponges such as Petrosia ficiformis are examples of this evolutionary strategy. The P. ficiformis microbiome, which produces a diversity of chemical compounds, plays a fundamental role in this sponge's extraordinary adaptation to various ecological conditions. The microbial community of P. ficiformis seems representative of sponge microbiomes, but it has an unusual exclusively horizontal transmission. This uncommon feature, together with its wide environmental distribution, its ability to generate 3D cell cultures that host symbionts, and the availability of meta-omics and physiology information make this sponge an effective model to study the complexity of holobionts.
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- Carlo Cerrano
- Department of Life and Environmental Sciences, Polytechnic University of Marche, Ancona, Italy; Stazione Zoologica Anthon Dohrn, 80121 Napoli, Italy; Fano Marine Center, 61032 Fano, Italy
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- DISTAV-Department of Sciences of Earth, Environment and Life, University of Genoa, Genova, Italy
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- Department of Marine Biology, Leon H. Charney School of Marine Sciences, University of Haifa, Haifa, Israel.
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Nishi M, Kobayashi H, Amano T, Sakate Y, Bito T, Arima J, Shimizu K. Identification of the Domains Involved in Promotion of Silica Formation in Glassin, a Protein Occluded in Hexactinellid Sponge Biosilica, for Development of a Tag for Purification and Immobilization of Recombinant Proteins. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2020; 22:739-747. [PMID: 32291549 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-020-09967-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/03/2020] [Accepted: 03/26/2020] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Glassin, a protein occluded in biosilica of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectela, promotes silica formation from silicic acid at room temperature and neutral pH and is characterized by its primary structure which consists of a tandem repeat carrying three distinct domains, histidine and aspartic acid-rich (HD) domain, proline-rich (P) domain, and histidine and threonine-rich (HT) domain. The present study aims to clarify the domain responsible for the promotion of silica formation and to demonstrate usefulness of glassin and its domain as a tag for purification and immobilization of recombinant proteins. When each domain was mixed with silicic acid at neutral pH, silica was formed with HD domain as well as glassin, or a single repeat, but not with P or HT domain. Neither of amino or carboxy-terminal half of HD domain induced silica formation. The amount of silica formed with HD domain was significantly lower than that of glassin or a single repeat. HD domain fused with HT domain raised the amount of silica formed, while a HD domain fused with P domain, a mixture of HD and P domains, or a mixture of HD and HT domains has little effect on the promotion of silica formation. Collectively, a minimum sequence for promotion of silica formation is HD domain, whose activity can be enhanced by HT domain through a topological effect. In addition, practicality of glassin and HD domain was demonstrated by fusion of these sequences to green fluorescent protein which was successfully purified with Ni affinity chromatography and immobilized on silica.
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- Michika Nishi
- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate studies of Sustainability Science, Tottori University Graduate School, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate studies of Sustainability Science, Tottori University Graduate School, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Division of Agricultural Science, Graduate studies of Sustainability Science, Tottori University Graduate School, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Department of Life Environmental Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Department of Life Environmental Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Department of Life Environmental Agriculture, Faculty of Agriculture, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8553, Japan
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- Platform for Community-based Research and Education, Tottori University, 4-101, Koyama-cho Minami, Tottori, 680-8550, Japan.
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Evolution of the main skeleton-forming genes in sponges (phylum Porifera) with special focus on the marine Haplosclerida (class Demospongiae). Mol Phylogenet Evol 2018; 131:245-253. [PMID: 30502904 DOI: 10.1016/j.ympev.2018.11.015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/27/2018] [Revised: 10/26/2018] [Accepted: 11/19/2018] [Indexed: 01/14/2023]
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The skeletons of sponges (Phylum Porifera) are comprised of collagen, often embedded with small siliceous structures (spicules) arranged in various forms to provide strength and flexibility. The main proteins responsible for the formation of the spicules in demosponges are the silicateins, which are related to the cathepsins L of other animals. While the silicatein active site, necessary for the formation of biosilica crystals, is characterized by the amino acids SHN, different variants of the silicatein genes have been found, some that retain SHN at the active site and some that don't. As part of an effort to further understand skeleton formation in marine sponges of the order Haplosclerida, a search for all silicatein variants were made in Irish species representing the main clades of this large sponge group. For this task, transcriptomes were sequenced and de novo assembled from Haliclona oculata, H. simulans and H. indistincta. Silicatein genes were identified from these and all available genomes and transcriptomes from Porifera. These were analysed along with all complete silicateins from GenBank. Silicateins were only found in species belonging to the class Demospongiae but excluding Keratosa and Verongimorpha and there was significant duplication and diversity of these genes. Silicateins showing SHN at the active site were polyphyletic. Indeed silicatein sequences were divided into six major clades (CHNI, CHNII, CHNIII, SHNI, SHNII and C/SQN). In those clades where haplosclerids were well represented the silicatein phylogeny reflected previous ribosomal and mitochondrial topologies. The most basal silicatein clade (CHNI) contained sequences only from marine haplosclerids and freshwater sponges while one silicatein from H. indistincta was more related to cathepsins L (outgroup) than to the overall silicatein clade indicating the presence of an old silicatein or an intermediary form. This data could suggest that marine haplosclerids were one of the first groups of extant demosponges to acquire silicatein genes. Furthermore, we suggest that the paucity of spicule types in this group may be due to their single copy of SHNI variants, and the lack of a silintaphin gene.
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Mai T, Wolski K, Puciul-Malinowska A, Kopyshev A, Gräf R, Bruns M, Zapotoczny S, Taubert A. Anionic Polymer Brushes for Biomimetic Calcium Phosphate Mineralization-A Surface with Application Potential in Biomaterials. Polymers (Basel) 2018; 10:E1165. [PMID: 30961090 PMCID: PMC6403983 DOI: 10.3390/polym10101165] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/28/2018] [Revised: 10/01/2018] [Accepted: 10/07/2018] [Indexed: 02/02/2023] Open
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This article describes the synthesis of anionic polymer brushes and their mineralization with calcium phosphate. The brushes are based on poly(3-sulfopropyl methacrylate potassium salt) providing a highly charged polymer brush surface. Homogeneous brushes with reproducible thicknesses are obtained via surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. Mineralization with doubly concentrated simulated body fluid yields polymer/inorganic hybrid films containing AB-Type carbonated hydroxyapatite (CHAP), a material resembling the inorganic component of bone. Moreover, growth experiments using Dictyostelium discoideum amoebae demonstrate that the mineral-free and the mineral-containing polymer brushes have a good biocompatibility suggesting their use as biocompatible surfaces in implantology or related fields.
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- Tobias Mai
- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Physics and Astronomy, University of Potsdam, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Institute of Biochemistry and Biology, University of Potsdam, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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- Institute for Applied Materials and Karlsruhe Nano Micro Facility (KNMF), Karlsruhe Institute of Technology, D-76344 Eggenstein-Leopoldshafen, Germany.
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- Faculty of Chemistry, Jagiellonian University, Gronostajowa 2, 30-387 Krakow, Poland.
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- Institute of Chemistry, University of Potsdam, D-14476 Potsdam, Germany.
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Shimizu K, Morse DE. Silicatein: A Unique Silica-Synthesizing Catalytic Triad Hydrolase From Marine Sponge Skeletons and Its Multiple Applications. Methods Enzymol 2018; 605:429-455. [DOI: 10.1016/bs.mie.2018.02.025] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Hyde EDER, Seyfaee A, Neville F, Moreno-Atanasio R. Colloidal Silica Particle Synthesis and Future Industrial Manufacturing Pathways: A Review. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b01839] [Citation(s) in RCA: 85] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Emily D. E. R. Hyde
- School of Engineering, and ‡School of Environmental
and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Engineering, and ‡School of Environmental
and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Engineering, and ‡School of Environmental
and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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- School of Engineering, and ‡School of Environmental
and Life Sciences, The University of Newcastle, Callaghan, NSW 2308, Australia
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Schröder HC, Grebenjuk VA, Wang X, Müller WEG. Hierarchical architecture of sponge spicules: biocatalytic and structure-directing activity of silicatein proteins as model for bioinspired applications. BIOINSPIRATION & BIOMIMETICS 2016; 11:041002. [PMID: 27452043 DOI: 10.1088/1748-3190/11/4/041002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Since the first description of the silicateins, a group of enzymes that mediate the formation of the amorphous, hydrated biosilica of the skeleton of the siliceous sponges, much progress has been achieved in the understanding of this biomineralization process. These discoveries include, beside the proof of the enzymatic nature of the sponge biosilica formation, the dual property of the enzyme, to act both as a structure-forming and structure-guiding protein, and the demonstration that the initial product of silicatein is a soft, gel-like material that has to undergo a maturation process during which it achieves its favorable physical-chemical properties allowing the development of various technological or medical applications. This process comprises the hardening of the material by the removal of water and ions, its cast-molding to specific morphologies, as well as the fusion of the biosilica nanoparticles through a biosintering mechanism. The discovery that the enzymatically formed biosilica is morphogenetically active and printable also opens new applications in rapid prototyping and three-dimensional bioprinting of customized scaffolds/implants for biomedical use.
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- Heinz C Schröder
- Institute for Physiological Chemistry, University Medical Center of the Johannes Gutenberg University, Duesbergweg 6, D-55128 Mainz, Germany
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Glassin, a histidine-rich protein from the siliceous skeletal system of the marine sponge Euplectella, directs silica polycondensation. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2015; 112:11449-54. [PMID: 26261346 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1506968112] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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The hexactinellids are a diverse group of predominantly deep sea sponges that synthesize elaborate fibrous skeletal systems of amorphous hydrated silica. As a representative example, members of the genus Euplectella have proved to be useful model systems for investigating structure-function relationships in these hierarchically ordered siliceous network-like composites. Despite recent advances in understanding the mechanistic origins of damage tolerance in these complex skeletal systems, the details of their synthesis have remained largely unexplored. Here, we describe a previously unidentified protein, named "glassin," the main constituent in the water-soluble fraction of the demineralized skeletal elements of Euplectella. When combined with silicic acid solutions, glassin rapidly accelerates silica polycondensation over a pH range of 6-8. Glassin is characterized by high histidine content, and cDNA sequence analysis reveals that glassin shares no significant similarity with any other known proteins. The deduced amino acid sequence reveals that glassin consists of two similar histidine-rich domains and a connecting domain. Each of the histidine-rich domains is composed of three segments: an amino-terminal histidine and aspartic acid-rich sequence, a proline-rich sequence in the middle, and a histidine and threonine-rich sequence at the carboxyl terminus. Histidine always forms HX or HHX repeats, in which most of X positions are occupied by glycine, aspartic acid, or threonine. Recombinant glassin reproduces the silica precipitation activity observed in the native proteins. The highly modular composition of glassin, composed of imidazole, acidic, and hydroxyl residues, favors silica polycondensation and provides insights into the molecular mechanisms of skeletal formation in hexactinellid sponges.
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Riesgo A, Maldonado M, López-Legentil S, Giribet G. A Proposal for the Evolution of Cathepsin and Silicatein in Sponges. J Mol Evol 2015; 80:278-91. [DOI: 10.1007/s00239-015-9682-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/09/2015] [Accepted: 05/06/2015] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Pozzolini M, Mussino F, Cerrano C, Scarfì S, Giovine M. Sponge cell cultivation: Optimization of the model Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret 1789). JOURNAL OF EXPERIMENTAL MARINE BIOLOGY AND ECOLOGY 2014; 454:70-77. [DOI: 10.1016/j.jembe.2014.02.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 07/04/2024]
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Ki MR, Jang EK, Pack SP. Hypothetical cathepsin-like protein from Nematostella vectensis and its silicatein-like cathepsin mutant for biosilica production. Process Biochem 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.procbio.2013.10.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Submit a Manuscript] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022]
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Mussino F, Pozzolini M, Valisano L, Cerrano C, Benatti U, Giovine M. Primmorphs cryopreservation: a new method for long-time storage of sponge cells. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2013; 15:357-367. [PMID: 23151942 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-012-9490-z] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/30/2012] [Accepted: 10/01/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The possibility to cryopreserve cells allows for wide opportunities of flexible handling of cell cultures from different sponge species. Primmorphs model, a multicellular 3D aggregate formed by dissociated sponge cells, is considered one of the best approaches to establish sponge cell culture but, in spite of the available protocols for freezing sponge cells, there is no information regarding the ability of the latter to form primmorphs after thawing. In the present work, we demonstrate that, after a freezing and thawing cycle using dissociated Petrosia ficiformis cells as a model, cells viability was high but it was not possible to obtain primmorphs. The same protocol for cryopreservation was then used to directly freeze primmorphs. In this second case, after thawing, viability and the cellular proliferative level were similar to unfrozen standard primmorphs. Spiculogenesis in thawed primmorphs was evaluated by quantifying the silicatein gene expression level and by assaying the silica amount in the newly formed spicules, then compared with the correspondent values obtained in standard unfrozen primmorphs. Results indicate that the freezing cycle does not affect the spiculogenesis rate. Finally, the expression level of heat shock protein 70, a well-known stress marker, was assayed and the results showed no differences between frozen and unfrozen samples. These findings are likely to promote relevant improvements in sponge cell culture technique, allowing for a worldwide exchange of living biological material, paving the way for cell banking of Porifera.
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Wang L, Nilsen-Hamilton M. Biomineralization proteins: from vertebrates to bacteria. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/s11515-012-1205-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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Richardson C, Hill M, Marks C, Runyen-Janecky L, Hill A. Experimental manipulation of sponge/bacterial symbiont community composition with antibiotics: sponge cell aggregates as a unique tool to study animal/microorganism symbiosis. FEMS Microbiol Ecol 2012; 81:407-18. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1574-6941.2012.01365.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/14/2011] [Revised: 02/24/2012] [Accepted: 03/07/2012] [Indexed: 11/28/2022] Open
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- Department of Biology; University of Richmond; Richmond; VA; USA
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- Department of Biology; University of Richmond; Richmond; VA; USA
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- Department of Biology; University of Richmond; Richmond; VA; USA
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Wang X, Schloßmacher U, Wiens M, Batel R, Schröder HC, Müller WEG. Silicateins, silicatein interactors and cellular interplay in sponge skeletogenesis: formation of glass fiber-like spicules. FEBS J 2012; 279:1721-36. [DOI: 10.1111/j.1742-4658.2012.08533.x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 51] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Canabady-Rochelle LLS, Belton DJ, Deschaume O, Currie HA, Kaplan DL, Perry CC. Bioinspired silicification of silica-binding peptide-silk protein chimeras: comparison of chemically and genetically produced proteins. Biomacromolecules 2012; 13:683-90. [PMID: 22229696 DOI: 10.1021/bm201555c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Novel protein chimeras constituted of "silk" and a silica-binding peptide (KSLSRHDHIHHH) were synthesized by genetic or chemical approaches and their influence on silica-silk based chimera composite formation evaluated. Genetic chimeras were constructed from 6 or 15 repeats of the 32 amino acid consensus sequence of Nephila clavipes spider silk ([SGRGGLGGQG AGAAAAAGGA GQGGYGGLGSQG](n)) to which one silica binding peptide was fused at the N terminus. For the chemical chimera, 28 equiv of the silica binding peptide were chemically coupled to natural Bombyx mori silk after modification of tyrosine groups by diazonium coupling and EDC/NHS activation of all acid groups. After silica formation under mild, biomaterial-compatible conditions, the effect of peptide addition on the properties of the silk and chimeric silk-silica composite materials was explored. The composite biomaterial properties could be related to the extent of silica condensation and to the higher number of silica binding sites in the chemical chimera as compared with the genetically derived variants. In all cases, the structure of the protein/chimera in solution dictated the type of composite structure that formed with the silica deposition process having little effect on the secondary structural composition of the silk-based materials. Similarly to our study of genetic silk based chimeras containing the R5 peptide (SSKKSGSYSGSKGSKRRIL), the role of the chimeras (genetic and chemical) used in the present study resided more in aggregation and scaffolding than in the catalysis of condensation. The variables of peptide identity, silk construct (number of consensus repeats or silk source), and approach to synthesis (genetic or chemical) can be used to "tune" the properties of the composite materials formed and is a general approach that can be used to prepare a range of materials for biomedical and sensor-based applications.
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- Laetitia L S Canabady-Rochelle
- Biomolecular and Materials Interface Research Group, School of Science and Technology, Nottingham Trent University, Clifton lane, Nottingham NG11 8NS, United Kingdom
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Otzen D. The role of proteins in biosilicification. SCIENTIFICA 2012; 2012:867562. [PMID: 24278750 PMCID: PMC3820600 DOI: 10.6064/2012/867562] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2012] [Accepted: 09/24/2012] [Indexed: 05/19/2023]
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Although the use of silicon dioxide (silica) as a constituent of living organisms is mainly restricted to diatoms and sponges, the ways in which this process is controlled by nature continue to inspire and fascinate. Both diatoms and sponges carry out biosilificiation using an organic matrix but they adopt very different strategies. Diatoms use small and heavily modified peptides called silaffins, where the most characteristic feature is a modulation of charge by attaching long chain polyamines (LCPAs) to lysine groups. Free LCPAs can also cooperate with silaffins. Sponges use the enzyme silicatein which is homologous to the cysteine protease cathepsin. Both classes of proteins form higher-order structures which act both as structural templates and mechanistic catalysts for the polycondensation reaction. In both cases, additional proteins are continuously being discovered which modulate the process further. This paper concentrates on the role of these proteins in the biosilification process as well as in various applications, highlighting areas where focus on specific protein properties may provide further insight. The field of biosilification is a crossroads of different disciplines, where insight into the energetics and mechanisms of molecular self-assembly combine with fundamental biology, complex multicomponent colloidal systems, and an impressive array of potential technological applications.
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- Daniel Otzen
- Interdisciplinary Nanoscience Center (iNANO), Center for Insoluble Protein Structures (inSPIN), and Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Aarhus University, Gustav Wieds Vej 14, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Schippers KJ, Sipkema D, Osinga R, Smidt H, Pomponi SA, Martens DE, Wijffels RH. Cultivation of sponges, sponge cells and symbionts: achievements and future prospects. ADVANCES IN MARINE BIOLOGY 2012; 62:273-337. [PMID: 22664125 DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-394283-8.00006-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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Marine sponges are a rich source of bioactive compounds with pharmaceutical potential. Since biological production is one option to supply materials for early drug development, the main challenge is to establish generic techniques for small-scale production of marine organisms. We analysed the state of the art for cultivation of whole sponges, sponge cells and sponge symbionts. To date, cultivation of whole sponges has been most successful in situ; however, optimal conditions are species specific. The establishment of sponge cell lines has been limited by the inability to obtain an axenic inoculum as well as the lack of knowledge on nutritional requirements in vitro. Approaches to overcome these bottlenecks, including transformation of sponge cells and using media based on yolk, are elaborated. Although a number of bioactive metabolite-producing microorganisms have been isolated from sponges, and it has been suggested that the source of most sponge-derived bioactive compounds is microbial symbionts, cultivation of sponge-specific microorganisms has had limited success. The current genomics revolution provides novel approaches to cultivate these microorganisms.
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- Klaske J Schippers
- Bioprocess Engineering, Wageningen University, Wageningen, The Netherlands
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Kalyuzhnaya OV, Krasko AG, Grebenyuk VA, Itskovich VB, Semiturkina NA, Solovarov IS, Mueller WEG, Belikov SI. Freshwater sponge silicateins: Comparison of gene sequences and exon-intron structure. Mol Biol 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s002689331103006x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Pozzolini M, Valisano L, Cerrano C, Menta M, Schiaparelli S, Bavestrello G, Benatti U, Giovine M. Influence of rocky substrata on three-dimensional sponge cells model development. In Vitro Cell Dev Biol Anim 2011; 46:140-7. [PMID: 19915931 DOI: 10.1007/s11626-009-9253-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/16/2009] [Accepted: 10/07/2009] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Many marine and freshwater organisms are rocky bottom dwellers, and the mineralogical composition of the substratum is known to potentially condition their biology and ecology. In this work, we propose the use of 3D sponge cellular aggregates, called primmorphs, as suitable models for a multidisciplinary study of the mechanisms which regulate the biological responses triggered by the contact with different inorganic substrata. In our experiments, primmorphs obtained from the marine sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789) were reared on calcium carbonate or on quartzitic substrata, respectively, and their morphological development was described. In parallel, the quantitative expression levels of two genes, silicatein and heat shock protein 70 (HSP70), were evaluated. The first gene is strictly correlated to spiculogenesis and sponge growth, while the second is an important indicator of stress. The results achieved with this in vitro model clearly demonstrate that quartzitic substrata determine the increase of silicatein gene expression, a lower expression of HSP70 gene, and a remarkable difference in primmorphs morphology compared to the analogous samples grown on marble.
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- Marina Pozzolini
- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Voznesenskiy SS, Kul’chin YN, Galkina AN. Biomineralization: A natural mechanism of nanotechnologies. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2011. [DOI: 10.1134/s1995078011010137] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Kozhemyako VB, Veremeichik GN, Shkryl YN, Kovalchuk SN, Krasokhin VB, Rasskazov VA, Zhuravlev YN, Bulgakov VP, Kulchin YN. Silicatein genes in spicule-forming and nonspicule-forming Pacific demosponges. MARINE BIOTECHNOLOGY (NEW YORK, N.Y.) 2010; 12:403-409. [PMID: 19813057 DOI: 10.1007/s10126-009-9225-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2008] [Accepted: 08/17/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Silicatein genes are known to be involved in siliceous spicule formation in marine sponges. Proteins encoded by these genes, silicateins, were recently proposed for nanobiotechnological applications. We studied silicatein genes of marine sponges Latrunculia oparinae collected in the west Pacific region, shelf of Kuril Islands. Five silicatein genes, LoSilA1, LoSilA1a, LoSilA2, and LoSilA3 (silicatein-alpha group), LoSilB (silicatein-beta group), and one cathepsin gene, LoCath, were isolated from the sponge L. oparinae for the first time. The deduced amino acid sequence of L. oparinae silicateins showed high-sequence identity with silicateins described previously. LoCath contains the catalytic triad of amino acid residues Cys-His-Asn characteristic for cathepsins as well as motifs typical for silicateins. A phylogenetic analysis places LoCath between sponge silicateins-beta and L-cathepsins suggesting that the LoCath gene represents an intermediate form between silicatein and cathepsin genes. Additionally, we identified, for the first time, silicatein genes (AcSilA and AcSilB) in nonspicule-forming marine sponge, Acsmall a, Cyrillicnthodendrilla sp. The results suggest that silicateins could participate also in the function(s) unrelated to spiculogenesis.
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- Valeri B Kozhemyako
- Pacific Institute of Bioorganic Chemistry, Far East Branch of Russian Academy of Sciences, Vladivostok, Russia.
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Armirotti A, Damonte G, Pozzolini M, Mussino F, Cerrano C, Salis A, Benatti U, Giovine M. Primary Structure and Post-Translational Modifications of Silicatein Beta from the Marine Sponge Petrosia ficiformis (Poiret, 1789). J Proteome Res 2009; 8:3995-4004. [DOI: 10.1021/pr900342y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Andrea Armirotti
- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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- Centro Biotecnologie Avanzate, Largo Rosanna Benzi, 10, 16132 Genova, Italy, Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research, Viale Benedetto XV, 7 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento per lo Studio del Territorio e delle sue Risorse, Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy, Dipartimento di Medicina Sperimentale, Sezione di Biochimica, Viale Benedetto XV, 1 16132 Genova, Italy, and Dipartimento di Biologia, Università degli Studi di Genova, Via Pastore 3, 16132 Genova, Italy
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Silicatein: Nanobiotechnological and Biomedical Applications. BIOSILICA IN EVOLUTION, MORPHOGENESIS, AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2009; 47:251-73. [DOI: 10.1007/978-3-540-88552-8_11] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Mohri K, Nakatsukasa M, Masuda Y, Agata K, Funayama N. Toward understanding the morphogenesis of siliceous spicules in freshwater sponge: differential mRNA expression of spicule-type-specific silicatein genes in Ephydatia fluviatilis. Dev Dyn 2008; 237:3024-39. [PMID: 18816843 DOI: 10.1002/dvdy.21708] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022] Open
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Siliceous spicules of sponges are morphologically diverse and provide good models for understanding the morphogenesis of biomineralized products. The silica deposition enzyme silicatein is a component of siliceous spicules of sponges and is thought to be the key molecule determining the morphology of spicules. Here, we focused on the silicateins of the freshwater sponge Ephydatia fluviatilis, which has two types of morphologically and functionally different spicules, called megascleres and gemmoscleres. We isolated six isoforms of silicateins and examined their mRNA expression in the cells producing megascleres and gemmoscleres. The spicule-type-specific mRNA expression of these isoforms and differential expression during spicule development suggest that the characteristic morphology of spicules is due to the specific properties and combinatory functions of silicatein isoforms.
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- Kurato Mohri
- Department of Biophysics, Graduate School of Science, Kyoto University, Kitashirakawa-Oiwake, Sakyo-ku Kyoto, Japan
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Brutchey RL, Morse DE. Silicatein and the Translation of its Molecular Mechanism of Biosilicification into Low Temperature Nanomaterial Synthesis. Chem Rev 2008; 108:4915-34. [DOI: 10.1021/cr078256b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 206] [Impact Index Per Article: 12.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Richard L. Brutchey
- Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, California NanoSystems Institute, the Materials Research Laboratory, and the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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- Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, California NanoSystems Institute, the Materials Research Laboratory, and the Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, California 90089
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Thakur NL, Jain R, Natalio F, Hamer B, Thakur AN, Müller WE. Marine molecular biology: An emerging field of biological sciences. Biotechnol Adv 2008; 26:233-45. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2008.01.001] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2007] [Revised: 01/03/2008] [Accepted: 01/03/2008] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Schröder HC, Wang X, Tremel W, Ushijima H, Müller WEG. Biofabrication of biosilica-glass by living organisms. Nat Prod Rep 2008; 25:455-74. [DOI: 10.1039/b612515h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 172] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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Kaluzhnaya OV, Belikova AS, Podolskaya EP, Krasko AG, Müller WEG, Belikov SI. Identification of silicateins in freshwater sponge Lubomirskia baicalensis. Mol Biol 2007. [DOI: 10.1134/s002689330704005x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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Weaver JC, Aizenberg J, Fantner GE, Kisailus D, Woesz A, Allen P, Fields K, Porter MJ, Zok FW, Hansma PK, Fratzl P, Morse DE. Hierarchical assembly of the siliceous skeletal lattice of the hexactinellid sponge Euplectella aspergillum. J Struct Biol 2007; 158:93-106. [PMID: 17175169 DOI: 10.1016/j.jsb.2006.10.027] [Citation(s) in RCA: 84] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/22/2006] [Revised: 10/24/2006] [Accepted: 10/25/2006] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
Abstract
Despite its inherent mechanical fragility, silica is widely used as a skeletal material in a great diversity of organisms ranging from diatoms and radiolaria to sponges and higher plants. In addition to their micro- and nanoscale structural regularity, many of these hard tissues form complex hierarchically ordered composites. One such example is found in the siliceous skeletal system of the Western Pacific hexactinellid sponge, Euplectella aspergillum. In this species, the skeleton comprises an elaborate cylindrical lattice-like structure with at least six hierarchical levels spanning the length scale from nanometers to centimeters. The basic building blocks are laminated skeletal elements (spicules) that consist of a central proteinaceous axial filament surrounded by alternating concentric domains of consolidated silica nanoparticles and organic interlayers. Two intersecting grids of non-planar cruciform spicules define a locally quadrate, globally cylindrical skeletal lattice that provides the framework onto which other skeletal constituents are deposited. The grids are supported by bundles of spicules that form vertical, horizontal and diagonally ordered struts. The overall cylindrical lattice is capped at its upper end by a terminal sieve plate and rooted into the sea floor at its base by a flexible cluster of barbed fibrillar anchor spicules. External diagonally oriented spiral ridges that extend perpendicular to the surface further strengthen the lattice. A secondarily deposited laminated silica matrix that cements the structure together additionally reinforces the resulting skeletal mass. The mechanical consequences of each of these various levels of structural complexity are discussed.
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- James C Weaver
- Department of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, Institute for Collaborative Biotechnologies, and the Materials Research Laboratory, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA 93106, USA
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Schröder HC, Brandt D, Schlossmacher U, Wang X, Tahir MN, Tremel W, Belikov SI, Müller WEG. Enzymatic production of biosilica glass using enzymes from sponges: basic aspects and application in nanobiotechnology (material sciences and medicine). Naturwissenschaften 2007; 94:339-59. [PMID: 17216430 DOI: 10.1007/s00114-006-0192-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 41] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2006] [Revised: 10/17/2006] [Accepted: 10/29/2006] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Biomineralization, biosilicification in particular (i.e. the formation of biogenic silica, SiO2), has become an exciting source of inspiration for the development of novel bionic approaches following "nature as model". Siliceous sponges are unique among silica forming organisms in their ability to catalyze silica formation using a specific enzyme termed silicatein. In this study, we review the present state of knowledge on silicatein-mediated "biosilica" formation in marine sponges, the involvement of further molecules in silica metabolism and their potential application in nanobiotechnology and medicine.
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- Heinz C Schröder
- Institut für Physiologische Chemie, Abteilung Angewandte Molekularbiologie, Universität, Duesbergweg 6, Mainz, Germany.
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Armirotti A, Millo E, Damonte G. How to discriminate between leucine and isoleucine by low energy ESI-TRAP MSn. JOURNAL OF THE AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR MASS SPECTROMETRY 2007; 18:57-63. [PMID: 17010643 DOI: 10.1016/j.jasms.2006.08.011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 42] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/05/2006] [Revised: 08/18/2006] [Accepted: 08/19/2006] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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In peptide sequencing experiments involving a single step tandem mass acquisition, leucine and isoleucine are indistinguishable because both are characterized by a 113 Da mass difference from the other peptide fragments in the MS2 spectrum. In this work, we propose a new method to distinguish between these two amino acids in consecutive MSn experiments, exploiting a gas-phase fragmentation of isoleucine that leads to a diagnostic 69 Da ion. We used this method to assess the Leu/Ile residues of several synthetic peptides. The procedure was then tested on a tryptic digest of myoglobin, assigning the correct amino acid in the majority of the peptides. This work was performed with an old and low-resolution instrument, thus demonstrating that our method is suitable for a wide number of ion trap mass spectrometers, not necessarily expensive or up-to-date.
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- Andrea Armirotti
- Department of Experimental Medicine-Biochemistry Section and Center of Excellence for Biomedical Research (DIMES), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.
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