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Wei X, Shi X, Yang M, Tan Q, Xu Z, Ma B, Pan D, Wu W. Phosphate and illite colloid pose a synergistic risk of enhanced uranium transport in groundwater: A challenge for phosphate immobilization remediation of uranium contaminated environmental water. WATER RESEARCH 2024; 255:121514. [PMID: 38554633 DOI: 10.1016/j.watres.2024.121514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/27/2024] [Revised: 03/13/2024] [Accepted: 03/23/2024] [Indexed: 04/02/2024]
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The phosphorus-containing reagents have been proposed to remediate the uranium contaminated sites due to the formation of insoluble uranyl phosphate mineralization products. However, the colloids, including both pseudo and intrinsic uranium colloids, could disturb the environmental fate of uranium due to its nonnegligible mobility. In this work, the transport pattern and micro-mechanism of uranium coupled to phosphate and illite colloid (IC) were investigated by combining column experiments and micro-spectroscopic evidences. Results showed that uranium transport was facilitated in granular media by forming the intrinsic uranyl phosphate colloid (such as Na-autunite) when the pH > 3.5 and CNa+ < 10 mM. Meanwhile, the mobility of uranium depended greatly on the typical water chemistry parameters governing the aggregation and deposit of intrinsic uranium colloids. However, the attachment of phosphate on illite granule increased the repulsive force and enhanced the dispersion stability of IC in the IC-U(VI)-phosphate ternary system. The non-preequilibrium transport and retention profiles, HRTEM-mapping, as well as TRLFS spectra revealed that the IC enhanced uranium mobility by forming the ternary IC-uranyl phosphate hybrid, and acted as the coagulation preventing agent for uranyl phosphate particles. This observed facilitation of uranium transport resulted from the formation of intrinsic uranyl phosphate colloids and IC-uranyl phosphate hybrids should be taken into consideration when evaluating the potential risk of uranium migration and optimizing the in-situ mineralization remediation strategy for uranium contaminated environmental water.
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- Xiaoyan Wei
- MOE Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; Laboratory for Waste Management, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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- Laboratory for Waste Management, Paul Scherrer Institut (PSI), CH-5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland; College of Environmental Science and Engineering, North China Electric Power University, Beijing 102206, China
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- MOE Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China.
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- MOE Frontiers Science Center for Rare Isotopes, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China; School of Nuclear Science and Technology, Lanzhou University, Lanzhou 730000, China
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Cao M, Peng Q, Wang Y, Luo G, Feng L, Zhao S, Yuan Y, Wang N. High-efficiency uranium extraction from seawater by low-cost natural protein hydrogel. Int J Biol Macromol 2023; 242:124792. [PMID: 37169051 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2023.124792] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/27/2023] [Revised: 04/26/2023] [Accepted: 05/05/2023] [Indexed: 05/13/2023]
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Utilization of uranium resource in seawater are highly possible to meet the growth demands for the sustainable development of nuclear energy industry. Bio-adsorbents exhibit high performance in terms of adsorption selectivity, equilibrium speed, and environmental friendliness, while the high fabrication cost hinders their practical application. In this study, a low-cost soy protein isolate (SPI) is used to fabricate adsorbent named SPI hydrogel for uranium extraction. This is the first report on applying bio-adsorbents derived from low-cost natural proteins for uranium extraction. The SPI hydrogel showed high uranium adsorption capacity of 53.94 mg g-1 in simulated nuclear wastewater and 5.29 mg g-1 is achieved in natural seawater, which is higher than all currently available adsorbents based on non-modified natural biomolecules. The amino and oxygen-containing groups are identified as the functional groups for uranyl binding by providing four oxygen and two nitrogen atoms to form equatorial coordination with uranyl, which guarantees the high binding selectivity and affinity to uranyl ions. The low cost for accessing the raw material together with the environmental friendliness, high salt tolerance, high uranium adsorption ability, and high selectivity to uranium, make SPI hydrogel a promising adsorbent for uranium extraction from seawater and nuclear wastewater.
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- Meng Cao
- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- Ministry of Education Key Laboratory for Ecology of Tropical Islands, College of Life Sciences, Hainan Normal University, Haikou 571158, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Marine Resource Utilization in South China Sea, Hainan University, Haikou 570228, China.
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Platts JA, Tolbatov I. Simulation of Uranyl-Biomolecule Interaction using a Cationic Dummy Atom Model. Chem Phys Lett 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2023.140479] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/03/2023]
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Trypsin-modified amidoxime improves the adsorption selectivity of uranium. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2023. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-023-08770-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/18/2023]
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Abou-Zeid L, Pell A, Garcia Cortes M, Isnard H, Delangle P, Bresson C. Determination of the affinity of biomimetic peptides for uranium through the simultaneous coupling of HILIC to ESI-MS and ICP-MS. Anal Chim Acta 2023; 1242:340773. [PMID: 36657886 DOI: 10.1016/j.aca.2022.340773] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/11/2022] [Revised: 12/17/2022] [Accepted: 12/30/2022] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
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Several proteins have been identified in the past decades as targets of uranyl (UO22+) in vivo. However, the molecular interactions responsible for this affinity are still poorly known which requires the identification of the UO22+ coordination sites in these proteins. Biomimetic peptides are efficient chemical tools to characterize these sites. In this work, we developed a dedicated analytical method to determine the affinity of biomimetic, synthetic, multi-phosphorylated peptides for UO22+ and evaluate the effect of several structural parameters of these peptides on this affinity at physiological pH. The analytical strategy was based on the implementation of the simultaneous coupling of hydrophilic interaction chromatography (HILIC) with electrospray ionization mass spectrometry (ESI-MS) and inductively coupled plasma mass spectrometry (ICP-MS). An essential step had been devoted to the definition of the best separation conditions of UO22+ complexes formed with di-phosphorylated peptide isomers and also with peptides of different structure and degrees of phosphorylation. We performed the first separations of several sets of UO22+ complexes by HILIC ever reported in the literature. A dedicated method had then been developed for identifying the separated peptide complexes online by ESI-MS and simultaneously quantifying them by ICP-MS, based on uranium quantification using external calibration. Thus, the affinity of the peptides for UO22+ was determined and made it possible to demonstrate that (i) the increasing number of phosphorylated residues (pSer) promotes the affinity of the peptides for UO22+, (ii) the position of the pSer in the peptide backbone has very low impact on this affinity (iii) and finally the cyclic structure of the peptide favors the UO22+ complexation in comparison with the linear structure. These results are in agreement with those previously obtained by spectroscopic techniques, which allowed to validate the method. Through this approach, we obtained essential information to better understand the mechanisms of toxicity of UO22+ at the molecular level and to further develop selective decorporating agents by chelation.
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- Lana Abou-Zeid
- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service d'Etudes Analytiques et de Réactivité des Surfaces, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France; Sorbonne Université, UPMC, F-75005, Paris, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service d'Etudes Analytiques et de Réactivité des Surfaces, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service d'Etudes Analytiques et de Réactivité des Surfaces, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service d'Etudes Analytiques et de Réactivité des Surfaces, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, GRE-INP, IRIG, SyMMES, 38 000, Grenoble, France
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- Université Paris-Saclay, CEA, Service d'Etudes Analytiques et de Réactivité des Surfaces, F-91191, Gif-sur-Yvette, France.
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Pardoux R, Sauge-Merle S, Bremond N, Beccia MR, Lemaire D, Battesti C, Delangle P, Solari PL, Guilbaud P, Berthomieu C. Optimized Coordination of Uranyl in Engineered Calmodulin Site 1 Provides a Subnanomolar Affinity for Uranyl and a Strong Uranyl versus Calcium Selectivity. Inorg Chem 2022; 61:20480-20492. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.inorgchem.2c03185] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Romain Pardoux
- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000Grenoble, France
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- MARS beamline, Synchrotron SOLEIL, L’Orme des Merisiers, Saint-Aubin, 91192Gif-sur-Yvette Cedex, France
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- Aix Marseille Univ, CEA, CNRS, UMR 7265, BIAM, Interactions Protéine Métal, 13108Saint Paul-Lez-Durance, France
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Poly(amidoxime)-graft-magnetic chitosan for highly efficient and selective uranium extraction from seawater. Carbohydr Polym 2022; 301:120367. [DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2022.120367] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/14/2022] [Revised: 11/07/2022] [Accepted: 11/15/2022] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Laporte F, Chenavier Y, Botz A, Gateau C, Lebrun C, Hostachy S, Vidaud C, Delangle P. A Simple Fluorescence Affinity Assay to Decipher Uranyl-Binding to Native Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022; 61:e202203198. [PMID: 35466512 PMCID: PMC9322271 DOI: 10.1002/anie.202203198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Determining the affinity of proteins for uranyl is key to understand the toxicity of this cation and to further develop decorporation strategies. However, usual techniques to achieve that goal often require specific equipment and expertise. Here, we propose a simple, efficient, fluorescence‐based method to assess the affinity of proteins and peptides for uranyl, at equilibrium and in buffered solution. We first designed and characterized an original uranyl‐binding fluorescent probe. We then built a reference scale for uranyl affinity in solution, relying on signal quenching of our fluorescent probe in presence of high‐affinity uranyl‐binding peptides. We finally validated our approach by re‐evaluating the uranyl‐binding affinity of four native proteins. We envision that this tool will facilitate the reliable and reproducible assessment of affinities of peptides and proteins for uranyl.
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- Fanny Laporte
- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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- CEA, Fundamental Research Division, Biosciences and Biotechnologies Institute of Aix-Marseille, 30207, Bagnols sur Céze, France
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- IRIG, SyMMES, Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP, 38000, Grenoble, France
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Laporte F, Chenavier Y, Botz A, Gateau C, Lebrun C, Hostachy S, Vidaud C, Delangle P. A Simple Fluorescence Affinity Assay to Decipher Uranyl‐Binding to Native Proteins. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2022. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.202203198] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/10/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Fanny Laporte
- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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- CEA, Fundamental Research Division Biosciences and Biotechnologies Institute of Aix-Marseille 30207 Bagnols sur Céze France
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- IRIG, SyMMES Université Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, Grenoble INP 38000 Grenoble France
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Bao L, Cai Y, Liu Z, Li B, Bian Q, Hu B, Wang X. High Sorption and Selective Extraction of Actinides from Aqueous Solutions. Molecules 2021; 26:molecules26237101. [PMID: 34885684 PMCID: PMC8658866 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26237101] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/21/2021] [Revised: 11/14/2021] [Accepted: 11/21/2021] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
The selective elimination of long-lived radioactive actinides from complicated solutions is crucial for pollution management of the environment. Knowledge about the species, structures and interaction mechanism of actinides at solid–water interfaces is helpful to understand and to evaluate physicochemical behavior in the natural environment. In this review, we summarize recent works about the sorption and interaction mechanism of actinides (using U, Np, Pu, Cm and Am as representative actinides) on natural clay minerals and man-made nanomaterials. The species and microstructures of actinides on solid particles were investigated by advanced spectroscopy techniques and computational theoretical calculations. The reduction and solidification of actinides on solid particles is the most effective way to immobilize actinides in the natural environment. The contents of this review may be helpful in evaluating the migration of actinides in near-field nuclear waste repositories and the mobilization properties of radionuclides in the environment.
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- Linfa Bao
- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
- Correspondence:
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- Power China Sichuan Electric Power Engineering Co., Ltd., Chengdu 610041, China;
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- Shaoxing ZeYuan Science Technology Ltd., Shaoxing 312000, China;
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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- School of Life Science, Shaoxing University, Huancheng West Road 508, Shaoxing 312000, China; (L.B.); (Y.C.); (B.H.); (X.W.)
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Rodzik A, Pomastowski P, Railean-Plugaru V, Sprynskyy M, Buszewski B. The Study of Zinc Ions Binding to α S1-, β- and κ-Casein. Int J Mol Sci 2020; 21:E8096. [PMID: 33142990 PMCID: PMC7662941 DOI: 10.3390/ijms21218096] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/07/2020] [Revised: 10/15/2020] [Accepted: 10/28/2020] [Indexed: 01/28/2023] Open
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The presented studies focused on the specificity binding of particular casein fractions: αS1-, β- and κ-casein (αS1CN, βCN, κCN), with zinc ions. The binding mechanism was determined by kinetic modeling using results of batch sorption. For this goal, models of zero-order kinetics, pseudo-first-order, pseudo-second-order and Weber-Morris intraparticle diffusion were used. The formation of Zn-αS1CN, Zn-βCN and Zn-κCN complexes was additionally monitored using spectroscopic methods such as Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) and Raman spectroscopy, characterizing active functional groups involved in the binding process. Additionally, a mass spectrometry technique-matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectrometry (MALDI-TOF MS)-was used to characterize respective protein fractions and obtained complexes. Spectroscopic and spectrometric studies were carried out both before and after binding the protein with zinc ions. The obtained results showed the difference in Zn-αS1CN, Zn-βCN and Zn-κCN complexes created at separate kinetic stages. On the basis of instrumental studies, a significant influence of acidic (glutamic acid (Glu), aspartic acid (Asp)) and aromatic (tryptophan (Trp), phenylalanine (Phe), tyrosine (Tyr)) amino acids on the formation of metal complexes was proven. In turn, spectrometric studies allowed determining the molecular masses of casein isoforms before and after binding to zinc ions.
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- Agnieszka Rodzik
- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (A.R.); (V.R.-P.); (M.S.); (B.B.)
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (A.R.); (V.R.-P.); (M.S.); (B.B.)
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (A.R.); (V.R.-P.); (M.S.); (B.B.)
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- Department of Environmental Chemistry and Bioanalysis, Faculty of Chemistry, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Gagarina 7, 87-100 Toruń, Poland; (A.R.); (V.R.-P.); (M.S.); (B.B.)
- Centre for Modern Interdisciplinary Technologies, Nicolaus Copernicus University, Wileńska 4, 87-100 Toruń, Poland
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Bi L, Ma J, Niu Z, Duan G, Lei Z, Wu R, Hu P, Qian L, Wu W, Liu T. Synthesis of β-cyclodextrin derivatives and their selective separation behaviors for U(VI) in solution. J Radioanal Nucl Chem 2020. [DOI: 10.1007/s10967-020-07343-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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Garai A, Delangle P. Recent advances in uranyl binding in proteins thanks to biomimetic peptides. J Inorg Biochem 2019; 203:110936. [PMID: 31864150 DOI: 10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2019.110936] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2019] [Revised: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 11/17/2019] [Indexed: 12/29/2022]
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Uranium is an element belonging to the actinide series. It is ubiquitous in rock, soil, and water. Uranium is found in the ecosystem due to mining and milling industrial activities and processing to nuclear fuel, but also to the extensive use of phosphate fertilizers. Understanding uranium binding in vivo is critical, first to deepen our knowledge of molecular events leading to chemical toxicity, but also to provide new mechanistic information useful for the development of efficient decorporation treatments to be applied in case of intoxication. The most stable form in physiological conditions is the uranyl cation (UO22+), in which uranium oxidation state is +VI. This short review presents uranyl coordination properties and chelation, and what is currently known about uranium binding to proteins. Although several target proteins have been identified, the UO22+ binding sites have barely been identified. Biomimetic approaches using model peptides are good options to shed light on high affinity uranyl binding sites in proteins. A strategy based on constrained cyclodecapeptides allowed recently to propose a tetraphosphate binding site for uranyl that provides an affinity similar to the one measured with the phosphoprotein osteopontin.
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- Aditya Garai
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, SyMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CEA, CNRS, IRIG, SyMMES, F-38000 Grenoble, France.
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