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Gong M, Dong Y, Zhu M, Qin F, Wang T, Shah FU, An R. Cation Chain Length of Nonhalogenated Ionic Liquids Matters in Enhancing SERS of Cytochrome c on Zr-Al-Co-O Nanotube Arrays. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2024; 40:8886-8896. [PMID: 38622867 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.4c00067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/17/2024]
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Surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS) is a remarkably powerful analytical technique enabling trace-level detection of biological molecules. The interaction of a probe molecule with the SERS substrate shows important distinctions in the SERS spectra, providing inherent fingerprint information on the probe molecule. Herein, nonhalogenated phosphonium-based ionic liquids (ILs) containing cations with varying chain lengths were used as trace additives to amplify the interaction between the cytochrome c (Cyt c) and Zr-Al-Co-O (ZACO) nanotube arrays, strengthening the SERS signals. An increased enhancement factor (EF) by 2.5-41.2 times compared with the system without ILs was achieved. The improvement of the SERS sensitivity with the introduction of these ILs is strongly dependent on the cation chain length, in which the increasing magnitude of EF is more pronounced in the system with a longer alkyl chain length on the cation. Comparing the interaction forces measured by Cyt c-grafted atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes on ZACO substrates with those predicted by the extended Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek (XDLVO) theory, the van der Waals forces became increasingly dominant as the chain length of the cations increased, associated with stronger Cyt c-ZACO XDLVO interaction forces. The major contributing component, van der Waals force, stems from the longer cation chains of the IL, which act as a bridge to connect Cyt c and the ZACO substrate, promoting the anchoring of the Cyt c molecules onto the substrate, thereby benefiting SERS enhancement.
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- Mian Gong
- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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- Chemistry of Interfaces, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science and Technology, Nanjing 210094, China
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Khavani M, Mehranfar A, Mofrad MRK. On the Sensitivity and Affinity of Gold, Silver, and Platinum Surfaces against the SARS-CoV-2 Virus: A Comparative Computational Study. J Chem Inf Model 2023; 63:1276-1292. [PMID: 36735895 PMCID: PMC9924083 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.2c01378] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2022] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The novel coronavirus disease and its complications have motivated the design of new sensors with the highest sensitivity, and affinity for the detection of the SARS-CoV-2 virus is considered in many research studies. In this research article, we employ full atomistic molecular dynamics (MD) models to study the interactions between the receptor binding domain (RBD) and spike protein of the coronavirus and different metals such as gold (Au), platinum (Pt), and silver (Ag) to analyze their sensitivity against this virus. The comparison between the RBD interactions with ACE2 (angiotensin-converting enzyme 2) and different metals indicates that metals have remarkable effects on the structural features and dynamical properties of the RBD. The binding site of the RBD has more affinity to the surfaces of gold, platinum, and silver than to the other parts of the protein. Moreover, the initial configuration of the RBD relative to the metal surface plays an important role in the stability of metal complexes with the RBD. The binding face of the protein to the metal surface has been changed in the presence of different metals. In other words, the residues of the RBD that participate in RBD interactions with the metals are different irrespective of the initial configurations in which the [Asn, Thr, Tyr], [Ser, Thr, Tyr], and [Asn, Asp, Tyr] residues of the protein have a greater affinity to Ag, Au, and Pt, respectively. The corresponding metals have a considerable affinity to the RBD, which due to strong interactions with the protein can change the secondary structure and structural features. Based on the obtained results during the complexation process between the protein and metals, the helical structure of the protein changes to the bend and antiparallel β-sheets. The calculated binding energies for the RBD complexes with silver, gold, and platinum are -95.03, -138.03, and -133.96 kcal·mol-1, respectively. The adsorption process of the spike protein on the surfaces of different metals represents similar results and indicates that the entire spike protein of the coronavirus forms a more stable complex with the gold surface compared with other metals. Moreover, the RBD of the spike protein has more interactions with the surfaces than with the other parts of the protein. Therefore, it is possible to predict the properties of the coronavirus on the metal surface based on the dynamical behavior of the RBD. Overall, our computational results confirm that the gold surface can be considered as an outstanding substrate for developing new sensors with the highest sensitivity against SARS-CoV-2.
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- Mohammad Khavani
- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and
Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley,
Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and
Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley,
Berkeley, California94720, United States
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- Molecular Cell Biomechanics Laboratory, Departments of Bioengineering and
Mechanical Engineering, University of California Berkeley,
Berkeley, California94720, United States
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Dong Y, Lin W, Laaksonen A, Ji X. Complementary Powerful Techniques for Investigating the Interactions of Proteins with Porous TiO2 and Its Hybrid Materials: A Tutorial Review. MEMBRANES 2022; 12:membranes12040415. [PMID: 35448385 PMCID: PMC9029952 DOI: 10.3390/membranes12040415] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2022] [Revised: 04/05/2022] [Accepted: 04/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
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Understanding the adsorption and interaction between porous materials and protein is of great importance in biomedical and interface sciences. Among the studied porous materials, TiO2 and its hybrid materials, featuring distinct, well-defined pore sizes, structural stability and excellent biocompatibility, are widely used. In this review, the use of four powerful, synergetic and complementary techniques to study protein-TiO2-based porous materials interactions at different scales is summarized, including high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), atomic force microscopy (AFM), surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS), and Molecular Dynamics (MD) simulations. We expect that this review could be helpful in optimizing the commonly used techniques to characterize the interfacial behavior of protein on porous TiO2 materials in different applications.
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- Yihui Dong
- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
- Correspondence: (Y.D.); (X.J.)
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- Department of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel;
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- Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden;
- Arrhenius Laboratory, Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Stockholm University, 10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- Center of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, ‘‘Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, 700469 Iasi, Romania
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden;
- Correspondence: (Y.D.); (X.J.)
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Dong Y, Laaksonen A, Gong M, An R, Ji X. Selective Separation of Highly Similar Proteins on Ionic Liquid-Loaded Mesoporous TiO 2. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:3202-3211. [PMID: 35253426 PMCID: PMC8928471 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.1c03277] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/09/2021] [Revised: 02/23/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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Separating proteins from their mixtures is an important process in a great variety of applications, but it faces difficult challenges as soon as the proteins are simultaneously of similar sizes and carry comparable net charges. To develop both efficient and sustainable strategies for the selective separation of similar proteins and to understand the underlying molecular mechanisms to enable the separation are crucial. In this work, we propose a novel strategy where the cholinium-based amino acid [Cho][Pro] ionic liquid (IL) is used as the trace additive and loaded physically on a mesoporous TiO2 surface for separating two similar proteins (lysozyme and cytochrome c). The observed selective adsorption behavior is explained by the hydration properties of the [Cho][Pro] loaded on the TiO2 surface and their partially dissociated ions under different pH conditions. As the pH is increased from 5.0 to 9.8, the degree of hydration of IL ions also increases, gradually weakening the interaction strength of the proteins with the substrates, more for lysozymes, leading to their effective separation. These findings were further used to guide the detection of the retention behavior of a binary mixture of proteins in high-performance liquid chromatography, where the introduction of ILs did effectively separate the two similar proteins. Our results should further stimulate the use of ILs in the separation of proteins with a high degree of mutual similarity.
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- Yihui Dong
- Department
of Molecular Chemistry and Materials Science, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot 76100, Israel
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- Energy
Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå 97187, Sweden
- Department
of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, Stockholm SE-10691, Sweden
- Center
of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, “Petru Poni” Institute of Macromolecular
Chemistry, Iasi 700469, Romania
- State Key
Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 211816, China
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- Herbert
Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science
and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P.R. China
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- Herbert
Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Department of Materials Science
and Engineering, Nanjing University of Science
and Technology, Nanjing 210094, P.R. China
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- Energy
Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, Luleå 97187, Sweden
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Barberi J, Spriano S. Titanium and Protein Adsorption: An Overview of Mechanisms and Effects of Surface Features. MATERIALS (BASEL, SWITZERLAND) 2021; 14:1590. [PMID: 33805137 PMCID: PMC8037091 DOI: 10.3390/ma14071590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 53] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/05/2021] [Revised: 03/09/2021] [Accepted: 03/19/2021] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Titanium and its alloys, specially Ti6Al4V, are among the most employed materials in orthopedic and dental implants. Cells response and osseointegration of implant devices are strongly dependent on the body-biomaterial interface zone. This interface is mainly defined by proteins: They adsorb immediately after implantation from blood and biological fluids, forming a layer on implant surfaces. Therefore, it is of utmost importance to understand which features of biomaterials surfaces influence formation of the protein layer and how to guide it. In this paper, relevant literature of the last 15 years about protein adsorption on titanium-based materials is reviewed. How the surface characteristics affect protein adsorption is investigated, aiming to provide an as comprehensive a picture as possible of adsorption mechanisms and type of chemical bonding with the surface, as well as of the characterization techniques effectively applied to model and real implant surfaces. Surface free energy, charge, microroughness, and hydroxylation degree have been found to be the main surface parameters to affect the amount of adsorbed proteins. On the other hand, the conformation of adsorbed proteins is mainly dictated by the protein structure, surface topography at the nano-scale, and exposed functional groups. Protein adsorption on titanium surfaces still needs further clarification, in particular concerning adsorption from complex protein solutions. In addition, characterization techniques to investigate and compare the different aspects of protein adsorption on different surfaces (in terms of roughness and chemistry) shall be developed.
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- Jacopo Barberi
- Department of Applied Science and Technology, Politecnico di Torino, 10129 Turin, Italy;
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Dong Y, Ji X, Laaksonen A, Cao W, He H, Lu X. Excellent Protein Immobilization and Stability on Heterogeneous C-TiO 2 Hybrid Nanostructures: A Single Protein AFM Study. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:9323-9332. [PMID: 32673488 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01942] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Enhancing molecular interaction is critical for improving the immobilization and stability of proteins on TiO2 surfaces. In this work, mesoporous TiO2 materials with varied pore geometries were decorated with phenyl phosphoric acid (PPA), followed by a thermal treatment to obtain chemically heterogeneous C-TiO2 samples without changing the geometry and crystalline structure, which can keep the advantages of both carbon and TiO2. The molecular interaction force between the protein and the surfaces was measured using atomic force microscopy by decomposing from the total adhesion forces, showing that the surface chemistry determines the interaction strength and depends on the amount of partial carbon coverage on the TiO2 surface (∼40-80%). Samples with 58.3% carbon coverage provide the strongest molecular interaction force, consistent with the observation from the detected friction force. Surface-enhanced Raman scattering and electrochemical biosensor measurements for these C-TiO2 materials were further conducted to illustrate their practical implications, implying their promising applications such as in protein detection and biosensing.
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- Yihui Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P.R. China
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- Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science, Luleå University of Technology, 97187 Luleå, Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P.R. China
- Department of Materials and Environmental Chemistry, Arrhenius Laboratory, Stockholm University, SE-10691 Stockholm, Sweden
- Centre of Advanced Research in Bionanoconjugates and Biopolymers, Petru Poni Institute of Macromolecular Chemistry, Aleea Grigore Ghica-Voda, 41A, 700487 Iasi, Romania
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- School of Chemistry, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- CAS Key Laboratory of Green Process and Engineering, State Key Laboratory of Multiphase Complex Systems, Beijing Key Laboratory of Ionic Liquids Clean Process, Institute of Process Engineering, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University, Nanjing 210009, P.R. China
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Zhu H, Sun Y, Yi T, Wang S, Mi J, Meng Q. Tough synthetic spider-silk fibers obtained by titanium dioxide incorporation and formaldehyde cross-linking in a simple wet-spinning process. Biochimie 2020; 175:77-84. [PMID: 32417459 DOI: 10.1016/j.biochi.2020.05.003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/04/2020] [Revised: 05/01/2020] [Accepted: 05/04/2020] [Indexed: 11/18/2022]
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Due to its unique mechanical properties, spider silk shows great promise as a strong super-thin fiber in many fields. Although progress has been made in the field of synthesizing spider-silk fiber from recombinant spidroin (spider silk protein) in the last few decades, methods to obtain synthetic spider-silk fibers as tough as natural silk from small-sized recombinant protein with a simple spinning process have eluded scientists. In this paper, a recombinant spidroin (MW: 93.4 kDa) was used to spin tough synthetic spider-silk fibers with a simple wet-spinning process. Titanium oxide incorporation and formaldehyde cross-linking were used to improve the mechanical properties of synthetic spider-silk fibers. Fibers treated with incorporation or/and cross-linking varied in microstructure, strength and extensibility while all exhibited enhanced strength and toughness. In particular, one fiber possessed a toughness of 249 ± 22 MJ/m3. This paper presents a new method to successfully spin tough spider-silk fibers in a simple way.
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- Hongnian Zhu
- Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
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- Institute of Biological Sciences and Biotechnology, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China.
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Huangfu C, Dong Y, Ji X, Wu N, Lu X. Mechanistic Study of Protein Adsorption on Mesoporous TiO 2 in Aqueous Buffer Solutions. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2019; 35:11037-11047. [PMID: 31378070 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.9b01354] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Protein adsorption is of fundamental importance for bioseparation engineering applications. In this work, a series of mesoporous TiO2 with various geometric structures and different aqueous buffer solutions were prepared as platforms to investigate the effects of the surface geometry and ionic strength on the protein adsorptive behavior. The surface geometry of the TiO2 was found to play a dominant role in the protein adsorption capacity when the ionic strength of buffer solutions is very low. With the increase in ionic strength, the effect of the geometric structure on the protein adsorption capacity reduced greatly. The change of ionic strength has the highest significant effect on the mesoporous TiO2 with large pore size compared with that with small pore size. The interaction between the protein and TiO2 measured with atomic force microscopy further demonstrated that the adhesion force induced by the surface geometry reduced with the increase in the ionic strength. These findings were used to guide the detection of the retention behavior of protein by high-performance liquid chromatography, providing a step forward toward understanding the protein adsorption for predicting and controlling the chromatographic separation of proteins.
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- Changan Huangfu
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- Energy Engineering, Division of Energy Science , Luleå University of Technology , 97187 Luleå , Sweden
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented and Chemical Engineering , Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009 , China
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Determination of the small amount of proteins interacting with TiO2 nanotubes by AFM-measurement. Biomaterials 2019; 192:368-376. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2018.11.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/24/2018] [Revised: 11/07/2018] [Accepted: 11/09/2018] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Loreto S, Cuypers B, Brokken J, Van Doorslaer S, De Wael K, Meynen V. The effect of the buffer solution on the adsorption and stability of horse heart myoglobin on commercial mesoporous titanium dioxide: a matter of the right choice. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2018; 19:13503-13514. [PMID: 28497146 DOI: 10.1039/c6cp08585g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/30/2022]
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Despite the numerous studies on the adsorption of different proteins onto mesoporous titanium dioxide and indications on the important role of buffer solutions in bioactivity, a systematic study on the impact of the buffer on the protein incorporation into porous substrates is still lacking. We here studied the interaction between a commercial mesoporous TiO2 and three of the most used buffers for protein incorporation, i.e. HEPES, Tris and phosphate buffer. In addition, this paper analyzes the adsorption of horse heart myoglobin (hhMb) onto commercial mesoporous TiO2 as a model system to test the influence of buffers on the protein incorporation behavior in mesoporous TiO2. N2 sorption analysis, FT-IR and TGA/DTG measurements were used to evaluate the interaction between the buffers and the TiO2 surface, and the effect of such an interaction on hhMb adsorption. Cyclic voltammetry (CV) and electron paramagnetic resonance (EPR) were used to detect changes in the microenvironment surrounding the heme. The three buffers show a completely different interaction with the TiO2 surface, which drastically affects the adsorption of myoglobin as well as its structure and electrochemical activity. Therefore, special attention is required while choosing the buffer medium to avoid misguided evaluation of protein adsorption on mesoporous TiO2.
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- Stefano Loreto
- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium. and Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2010 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Physics, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2010 Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, 2610 Wilrijk, Belgium.
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An R, Dong Y, Zhu J, Rao C. Adhesion and friction forces in biofouling attachments to nanotube- and PEG- patterned TiO2 surfaces. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 159:108-117. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.07.067] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/10/2017] [Revised: 07/25/2017] [Accepted: 07/26/2017] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Dong Y, An R, Zhao S, Cao W, Huang L, Zhuang W, Lu L, Lu X. Molecular Interactions of Protein with TiO 2 by the AFM-Measured Adhesion Force. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:11626-11634. [PMID: 28772074 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b02024] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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Understanding the interactions between porous materials and biosystems is of great important in biomedical and environmental sciences. Upon atomic force microscopy (AFM) adhesion measurement, a new experimental approach was presented here to determine the molecular interaction force between proteins and mesoporous TiO2 of various surface roughnesses. The interaction force between each protein molecule and the pure anatase TiO2 surface was characterized by fitting the adhesion and adsorption capacity per unit contact area, and it was found that the adhesion forces were approximately 0.86, 2.63, and 4.41 nN for lysozyme, myoglobin, and BSA, respectively. Moreover, we reported that the molecular interaction force was independent of the surface topography of the material but the protein type is a factor of the interaction. These experimental results on the molecular level provide helpful insights for stimulating model calculation and molecular simulation studies of protein interaction with surfaces.
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- Yihui Dong
- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- Herbert Gleiter Institute of Nanoscience, Nanjing University of Science & Technology , Nanjing 210094, P. R. China
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- School of Chemical Engineering, East China University of Science and Technology , Shanghai 200237, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Tribology, Tsinghua University , Beijing 100084, China
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- School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma , Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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- State Key Laboratory of Materials-Oriented Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, P. R. China
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Liu Y, Ma Y, Zhang J, Xie Q, Wang Z, Yu S, Yuan Y, Liu C. MBG-Modified β-TCP Scaffold Promotes Mesenchymal Stem Cells Adhesion and Osteogenic Differentiation via a FAK/MAPK Signaling Pathway. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2017; 9:30283-30296. [PMID: 28820575 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.7b02466] [Citation(s) in RCA: 37] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/22/2023]
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The β-TCP scaffold has been widely used as a bone graft substitute, but the traditional PMMA molding method-induced undesirable mechanical strength and poor interconnectivity still have not been addressed until now. In this study, a MBG-based PU foam templating method was developed to fabricate β-TCP scaffolds with desirable microtopography. The MBG gel, as both binder and modifier, prepared by a modified sol-gel method with controlled viscosity is incorporated with β-TCP powder and thereafter is impregnated into PU foam. The resultant hybrid scaffolds exhibited interconnected macropores (200-500 μm) and distinctive micropores (0.2-1.5 μm), especially for the TCP/25MBG (with 25 wt % content MBG). As expected, the compression strength of β-TCP/MBG composite scaffolds was enhanced with increasing MBG content, and TCP/50MBG (with 50 wt % content MBG) exhibited almost 100-fold enhancement compared to the pure β-TCP. Intriguingly, the cell affinity and osteogenic capacity of rBMSCs were also dramatically improved the best on TCP/25MBG. Further investigation found that the subtle, grainy-like microtopography, not the chemical composition, of the TCP/25MBG favored the adsorption of Fn and expression of integrin α5β1 and further facilitated FA formation and the expression of p-FAK, following activation of the MAPK/ERK signaling pathway and ultimately upregulated expression of osteogenic genes. Further in vivo experiments confirmed the promoted osteogenesis of TCP/25MBG in vivo. The results suggest that such a novel MBG-based PU foam templating method offers new guidance to construct hierarchically porous scaffolds, and the prepared MBG-modified β-TCP scaffold will have great potential for future use in bone tissue regeneration.
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai 200011, People's Republic of China
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- Department of Ophthalmology, Ninth People's Hospital, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine , Shanghai 200011, People's Republic of China
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Liu C, Guo Y, Hong Q, Rao C, Zhang H, Dong Y, Huang L, Lu X, Bao N. Bovine Serum Albumin Adsorption in Mesoporous Titanium Dioxide: Pore Size and Pore Chemistry Effect. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:3995-4003. [PMID: 27048991 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b04496] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
Abstract
Understanding the mechanism of protein adsorption and designing materials with high sensitivity, high specificity and fast response are critical to develop the next-generation biosensing and diagnostic platforms. Mesoporous materials with high surface area, tunable pores, and good thermal/hydrostatic stabilities are promising candidates in this field. Because of the excellent biocompatibility, titanium dioxide has received an increasing interest in the past decade for biomedical applications. In this work, we synthesized mesoporous titanium dioxide with controlled pore sizes (7.2-28.0 nm) and explored their application for bovine serum albumin (BSA) adsorption. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM), X-ray powder diffraction (XRD), Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), and nitrogen adsorption/desorption experiments were performed to characterize the mesoporous TiO2 samples before and after BSA adsorption. Isothermal microcalorimetry was applied to measure both the adsorption heat and conformation rearrangement heat of BSA in those mesopores. We also carried out thermogravimetry measurements to qualitatively estimate the concentration of hydroxyl groups, which plays an important role in stabilizing BSA in-pore adsorption. The adsorption stability was also examined by leaching experiments. The results showed that TiO2 mesopores can host BSA adsorption when their diameters are larger than the hydrodynamic size of BSA (∼9.5 nm). In larger mesopores studied, two BSA molecules were adsorbed in the same pores. In contrast to the general understanding that large mesopores demonstrate poor stabilities for protein adsorptions, the synthesized mesoporous TiO2 samples demonstrated good leaching stabilities for BSA adsorption. This is probably due to the combination of the mesoporous confinement and the in-pore hydroxyl groups.
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Affiliation(s)
- Chang Liu
- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
- School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma , Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
- Jiangnan Graphene Research Institute, Changzhou 213149, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
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- School of Chemical, Biological & Materials Engineering, University of Oklahoma , Norman, Oklahoma 73019, United States
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- College of Chemical Engineering, Nanjing Tech University , Nanjing 210009, China
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- Jiangnan Graphene Research Institute, Changzhou 213149, China
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Zhuang W, Zhang Y, Zhu J, An R, Li B, Mu L, Ying H, Wu J, Zhou J, Chen Y, Lu X. Influences of geometrical topography and surface chemistry on the stable immobilization of adenosine deaminase on mesoporous TiO 2. Chem Eng Sci 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.ces.2015.09.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022]
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Enhancement of operational stability of chloroperoxidase from Caldariomyces fumago by immobilization onto mesoporous supports and the use of co-solvents. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molcatb.2015.02.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/23/2023]
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