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Hale CS, McBride DW, Batarseh R, Hughey J, Vang K, Rodgers VGJ. Development and applications of a concentrating membrane osmometer for colloid solutions. THE REVIEW OF SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS 2019; 90:034102. [PMID: 30927796 DOI: 10.1063/1.5065512] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/10/2018] [Accepted: 03/06/2019] [Indexed: 06/09/2023]
Abstract
The membrane concentration osmometer coupled with multiple sample preparations has been used for over a century to determine a number of colloidal properties. At the dilute region, this method has been used to determine solute molecular mass. When the solution is proteinaceous, in the intermediate region, the osmotic pressure profile provides the second virial coefficient, useful for estimating protein crystallization and salting out. At the most crowded concentrations, it provides insight into protein hydration and protein-ion interaction. One of the most critical factors in generating the osmotic pressure profile is minimizing the quantity of protein used and reducing the error in preparing samples. Here, we introduce a membrane concentrating osmometer that allows one to measure osmotic pressure over a wide concentration range from a single sample. A test study was performed using the osmotic pressure profile of self-crowded bovine serum albumin solutions. The resulting profile was in good agreement with previous data in the literature obtained from multiple sample studies. The osmotic pressure profile was further used with a free solvent-based osmotic pressure model to determine protein hydration and ion binding. These results were in excellent agreement with literature values. This concentrating osmometer has several advantages over a conventional concentration osmometer for obtaining the osmotic pressure profile for proteinaceous solutions: (1) the amount of protein required is significantly decreased, (2) the potential for experimental error in sample preparation diminishes, and (3) the time for generating the osmotic pressure profile is substantially reduced.
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Affiliation(s)
- Christopher S Hale
- B2K Group (Biotransport and Bioreaction Kinetics Group), Department of Bioengineering, University of California, A127 Bourns Hall, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - Devin W McBride
- B2K Group (Biotransport and Bioreaction Kinetics Group), Department of Bioengineering, University of California, A127 Bourns Hall, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - Ramsey Batarseh
- B2K Group (Biotransport and Bioreaction Kinetics Group), Department of Bioengineering, University of California, A127 Bourns Hall, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - Jordan Hughey
- B2K Group (Biotransport and Bioreaction Kinetics Group), Department of Bioengineering, University of California, A127 Bourns Hall, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - Kevin Vang
- B2K Group (Biotransport and Bioreaction Kinetics Group), Department of Bioengineering, University of California, A127 Bourns Hall, Riverside, California 92521, USA
| | - V G J Rodgers
- B2K Group (Biotransport and Bioreaction Kinetics Group), Department of Bioengineering, University of California, A127 Bourns Hall, Riverside, California 92521, USA
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