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Sheglov DV, Rogilo DI, Fedina LI, Sitnikov SV, Sysoev EV, Latyshev AV. Bottom-Up Generated Height Gauges for Silicon-Based Nanometrology. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2023; 15:12511-12523. [PMID: 36808946 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c20154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
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Steady progress in integrated circuit design has forced basic metrology to adopt silicon lattice parameter as a secondary realization of the SI meter that lacks convenient physical gauges for precise surface measurements at a nanoscale. To employ this fundamental shift in nanoscience and nanotechnology, we propose a set of self-organized silicon surface morphologies as a gauge for height measurements within the whole nanoscale (0.3-100 nm) range. Using 2 nm sharp atomic force microscopy (AFM) probes, we have measured the roughness of wide (up to 230 μm in diameter) singular terraces and the height of monatomic steps on the step-bunched and amphitheater-like Si(111) surfaces. For both types of self-organized surface morphology, the root-mean-square terrace roughness exceeds 70 pm but has a little effect on step height measurements having 10 pm accuracy for AFM technique in air. We implement a step-free 230-μm-wide singular terrace as a reference mirror in an optical interferometer to reduce the systematic error of height measurements from >5 nm to about 0.12 nm, which allows visualizing 136-pm-high monatomic steps on the Si(001) surface. Then, using a "pit-patterned" extremely wide terrace with dense but counted monatomic steps in a pit wall, we have optically measured mean Si(111) interplanar spacing (313.8 ± 0.4 pm) that agrees well with the most precise metrological data (313.56 pm). This opens up avenues for the creation of silicon-based height gauges using bottom-up approaches and advances optical interferometry among techniques for metrology-grade nanoscale height measurements.
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- Dmitry V Sheglov
- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev aven. 13, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev aven. 13, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev aven. 13, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev aven. 13, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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- Technological Design Institute of Scientific Instrument Engineering SB RAS, Russkaya str. 41, Novosibirsk 630058, Russia
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- Rzhanov Institute of Semiconductor Physics SB RAS, Lavrentiev aven. 13, Novosibirsk 630090, Russia
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Chen H, Guan X, Liu Q, Yang L, Guo J, Gao F, Qi Y, Wu X, Zhang F, Tian X. Co-assembled Nanocarriers of De Novo Thiol-Activated Hydrogen Sulfide Donors with an RGDFF Pentapeptide for Targeted Therapy of Non-Small-Cell Lung Cancer. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2022; 14:53475-53490. [PMID: 36413755 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c14570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/16/2023]
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Hydrogen sulfide releasing agents (or H2S donors) have been recognized gasotransmitters with potent cytoprotective and anticancer properties. However, the clinical application of H2S donors has been hampered by their fast H2S-release, instability, and lack of tumor targeting, despite the unclear molecular mechanism of H2S action. Here we rationally designed an amphiphilic pentapeptide (RGDFF) to coassemble with the de novo designed thiol-activated H2S donors (CL2/3) into nanocarriers for targeted therapy of non-small-cell lung cancer, which has been proved as a one-stone-three-birds strategy. The coassembly approach simply solved the solubility issue of CL2/3 by the introduction of electron-donating groups (phenyl rings) to slow down the H2S release while dramatically improving their biocompatible interface, circulation time, slow release of H2S, and tumor targeting. Experimental results confirmed that as-prepared coassembled nanocarriers can significantly induce the intrinsic apoptotic, effectively arrest cell cycle at the G2/M phase, inhibit H2S-producing enzymes, and lead to mitochondrial dysfunction by increasing intracellular ROS production in H1299 cells. The mouse tumorigenesis experiments further confirmed the in vivo anticancer effects of the coassembled nanocarriers, and such treatment made tumors more sensitive to radiotherapy then improved the prognosis of tumor-bearing mice, which holds great promise for developing a new combined approach for NSCLC.
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- Hong Chen
- The School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Luoyang Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China
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- The School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- The Emergency Department, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan 511518, China
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- The School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Key Laboratory of Optical Technology and Instrument for Medicine, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325001, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- Luoyang Key Laboratory of Organic Functional Molecules, College of Food and Drug, Luoyang Normal University, Luoyang 471934, China
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- Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, The Second Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 510120, China
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- The School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511436, China
- Key Laboratory of Optical Technology and Instrument for Medicine, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, Shanghai 200093, China
- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Wenzhou 325001, Wenzhou 325000, China
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- The School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University, Xinzao Town, Panyu District, Guangzhou 511436, China
- The Emergency Department, The Sixth Affiliated Hospital of Guangzhou Medical University, Qingyuan 511518, China
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Li Y, Li N, Wang L, Lu Q, Ji X, Zhang F. A Comparative Study on the Self-Assembly of Peptide TGV-9 by In Situ Atomic Force Microscopy. MICROSCOPY AND MICROANALYSIS : THE OFFICIAL JOURNAL OF MICROSCOPY SOCIETY OF AMERICA, MICROBEAM ANALYSIS SOCIETY, MICROSCOPICAL SOCIETY OF CANADA 2020; 26:319-325. [PMID: 32051052 DOI: 10.1017/s1431927620000082] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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Previous studies of amyloid diseases reported that the aggregating proteins share a similar conserved peptide sequence which can form the cross-β-sheet-containing nanostructures like nanofilaments. The template-assisted self-assembly (TASA) of peptides on inorganic substrates with different hydrophilicity could be an alternative approach to shed light on the fibrillization mechanism of proteins/peptides in vivo. To figure out the effect of interfaces on amyloid aggregation, we herein employed in situ atomic force microscopy (AFM) to investigate the self-assembling of a Parkinson disease-related core peptide sequence (TGV-9) on a hydrophobic liquid-solid interface via real-time observation of the dynamic fibrillization process. The results show that TGV-9 forms one-dimensional nanostructures on the surface of highly ordered pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) with three preferred growth orientations, which are consistent with the atomic lattice of HOPG, indicating an epitaxial growth or TASA. Conversely, the nanostructures formed in bulk solution can be free-standing nanofilaments, and the fibrillization mechanism is different from that on HOPG. These results could not only deepen the understanding of the protein/peptide aggregation mechanism but also benefit for the early diagnosis and clinic treatment of related diseases.
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- Yaping Li
- School of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou014010, P. R. China
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- Terahertz Technology Innovation Research Institute, Shanghai Key Laboratory of Modern Optical System, Terahertz Science Cooperative Innovation Center, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology, 516 Jungong Road, Shanghai200093, P. R. China
- Biomedical Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot010018, P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou014010, P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou014010, P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou014010, P. R. China
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- School of Life Science and Technology, Inner Mongolia University of Science and Technology, Baotou014010, P. R. China
- Biomedical Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot010018, P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Oral Medicine, Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou511436, P. R. China
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Dikecoglu FB, Topal AE, Ozkan AD, Tekin ED, Tekinay AB, Guler MO, Dana A. Force and time-dependent self-assembly, disruption and recovery of supramolecular peptide amphiphile nanofibers. NANOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 29:285701. [PMID: 29664418 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6528/aabeb4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Biological feedback mechanisms exert precise control over the initiation and termination of molecular self-assembly in response to environmental stimuli, while minimizing the formation and propagation of defects through self-repair processes. Peptide amphiphile (PA) molecules can self-assemble at physiological conditions to form supramolecular nanostructures that structurally and functionally resemble the nanofibrous proteins of the extracellular matrix, and their ability to reconfigure themselves in response to external stimuli is crucial for the design of intelligent biomaterials systems. Here, we investigated real-time self-assembly, deformation, and recovery of PA nanofibers in aqueous solution by using a force-stabilizing double-pass scanning atomic force microscopy imaging method to disrupt the self-assembled peptide nanofibers in a force-dependent manner. We demonstrate that nanofiber damage occurs at tip-sample interaction forces exceeding 1 nN, and the damaged fibers subsequently recover when the tip pressure is reduced. Nanofiber ends occasionally fail to reconnect following breakage and continue to grow as two individual nanofibers. Energy minimization calculations of nanofibers with increasing cross-sectional ellipticity (corresponding to varying levels of tip-induced fiber deformation) support our observations, with high-ellipticity nanofibers exhibiting lower stability compared to their non-deformed counterparts. Consequently, tip-mediated mechanical forces can provide an effective means of altering nanofiber integrity and visualizing the self-recovery of PA assemblies.
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- F Begum Dikecoglu
- Institute of Materials Science and Nanotechnology and National Nanotechnology Research Center (UNAM), Bilkent University, Ankara, 06800, Turkey. Institute of Biophysics, Johannes Kepler University Linz, Gruberstrasse 40, A-4020 Linz, Austria
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Zhang X, Hu H. Investigating and characterizing the binding activity of the immobilized calmodulin to calmodulin-dependent protein kinase I binding domain with atomic force microscopy. Chem Cent J 2017; 11:128. [PMID: 29214517 PMCID: PMC5718999 DOI: 10.1186/s13065-017-0360-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2017] [Accepted: 11/30/2017] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Protein–protein interactions are responsible for many biological processes, and the study of how proteins undergo a conformational change induced by other proteins in the immobilized state can help us to understand a protein’s function and behavior, empower the current knowledge on molecular etiology of disease, as well as the discovery of putative protein targets of therapeutic interest. In this study, a bottom-up approach was utilized to fabricate micro/nanometer-scale protein patterns. One cysteine mutated calmodulin (CaM), as a model protein, was immobilized on thiol-terminated pattern surfaces. Atomic Force Microscopy (AFM) was then employed as a tool to investigate the interactions between CaM and CaM kinase I binding domain, and show that the immobilized CaM retains its activity to interact with its target protein. Our work demonstrate the potential of employing AFM to the research and assay works evolving surface-based protein–protein interactions biosensors, bioelectronics or drug screening.
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- Xiaoning Zhang
- College of Biotechnology, Southwest University, Chongqing, 400715, China.
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- Key Laboratory of Mariculture and Enhancement of Zhejiang Province, Marine Fishery Institute of Zhejiang Province, Zhoushan, 316021, China
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Li N, Jang H, Yuan M, Li W, Yun X, Lee J, Du Q, Nussinov R, Hou J, Lal R, Zhang F. Graphite-Templated Amyloid Nanostructures Formed by a Potential Pentapeptide Inhibitor for Alzheimer's Disease: A Combined Study of Real-Time Atomic Force Microscopy and Molecular Dynamics Simulations. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2017; 33:6647-6656. [PMID: 28605901 PMCID: PMC7900909 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b00414] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Self-assembly of peptides is closely related to many diseases, including Alzheimer's, Parkinson's, and prion diseases. Understanding the basic mechanism of this assembly is essential for designing ultimate cure and preventive measures. Template-assisted self-assembly (TASA) of peptides on inorganic substrates can provide fundamental understanding of substrate-dependent peptides assemble, including the role of hydrophobic interface on the peptide fibrillization. Here, we have studied the self-assembly process of a potential pentapeptide inhibitor on the surface of highly oriented pyrolytic graphite (HOPG) using real time atomic force microscopy (RT-AFM) as well as molecular dynamics (MD) simulation. Experimental and simulation results show nanofilament formation consisting of β-sheet structures and epitaxial growth on HOPG. Height analysis of the nanofilaments and MD simulation indicate that the peptides adopt a lying down configuration of double-layered antiparallel β-sheets for its epitaxial growth, and the number of nanofilament layers is concentration-dependent. These findings provide new perspective for the mechanism of peptide-based fibrillization in amyloid diseases as well as for designing well-ordered micrometrical and nanometrical structures.
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- Na Li
- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 United States
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Cancer and Inflammation Program, Leidos Biomedical Research, Inc., Frederick National Laboratory for Cancer Research, National Cancer Institute at Frederick, Frederick, Maryland 21702, United States
- Department of Human Molecular Genetics and Biochemistry, Sackler School of Medicine, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv 69978, Israel
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- Department of Biomedical Engineering, School of Basic Medical Sciences, Guangzhou Medical University, Guangzhou 511436, China
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- Materials Science and Engineering Program and Department of Mechanical and Aerospace Engineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093, United States
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 United States
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
- Department of Bioengineering, University of California San Diego, 9500 Gilman Drive, La Jolla, California 92093 United States
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Ke S, Chen C, Fu N, Zhou H, Ye M, Lin P, Yuan W, Zeng X, Chen L, Huang H. Transparent Indium Tin Oxide Electrodes on Muscovite Mica for High-Temperature-Processed Flexible Optoelectronic Devices. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:28406-28411. [PMID: 27726330 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.6b09166] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Sn-doped In2O3 (ITO) electrodes were deposited on transparent and flexible muscovite mica. The use of mica substrate makes a high-temperature annealing process (up to 500 °C) possible. ITO/mica retains its low electric resistivity even after continuous bending of 1000 times on account of the unique layered structure of mica. When used as a transparent flexible heater, ITO/mica shows an extremely fast ramping (<15 s) up to a high temperature of over 438 °C. When used as a transparent electrode, ITO/mica permits a high-temperature annealing (450 °C) approach to fabricate flexible perovskite solar cells (PSCs) with high efficiency.
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- Shanming Ke
- State Key Laboratory of Solidification Processing, Northwestern Polytechnical University , Xi'an 710072, P. R. China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, South China University of Technology , Guangzhou 510640, PR China
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- Department of Physics, South University of Science and Technology of China , Shenzhen, 518055, PR China
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- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Research Center, The Hong Kong Polytechnic University , Hung Hom, Kowloon, Hong Kong, PR China
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Liu Y, Zhong R, Zhang P, Ma Y, Yun X, Gong P, Wei J, Zhao X, Zhang F. Understanding the Robust Physisorption between Bovine Serum Albumin and Amphiphilic Polymer Coated Nanoparticles. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2016; 8:2478-85. [PMID: 26718324 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.5b08386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The robust physisorption between nanoparticles (NPs) and proteins has attracted increasing attention due to the significance for both conjugation techniques and protein's corona formation at the bionano interface. In the present study, we first explored the possible binding sites of the bovine serum albumin (BSA) on amphiphilic polymer coated gold nanoparticles (AP-AuNPs). By using mass spectrometry, a 105-amino-acid peptide (12.2 kDa) is discovered as the possible "epitope" responsible for the robust physisorption between BSA and AP-AuNPs. Second, with the help of nanometal surface energy transfer (NSET) theory, we further found that the epitope peptide could insert at least 2.9 nm into the organic molecular layers of AP-AuNPs when the robust conjugates formed, which indicates how such a long epitope peptide can be accommodated by AP-AuNPs and resist protease's digestion. These findings might shed light on a new strategy for studying interactions between proteins and NPs, and further guide the rational design of NPs for safe and effective biomedical applications.
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- Yushuang Liu
- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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- Agricultural Nanocenter, School of Life Science, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University , 306 Zhaowuda Road, Hohhot 010018, China
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