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Liu Z, Wang Y, Zheng X, Jin S, Liu S, He Z, Xiang JF, Wang J. Bioinspired Crowding Inhibits Explosive Ice Growth in Antifreeze Protein Solutions. Biomacromolecules 2021; 22:2614-2624. [PMID: 33945264 DOI: 10.1021/acs.biomac.1c00331] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
Abstract
Antifreeze (glyco)proteins (AF(G)Ps) are naturally evolved ice inhibitors incomparable to any man-made materials, thus, they are gaining intensive interest for cryopreservation and beyond. AF(G)Ps depress the freezing temperature (Tf) noncolligatively below the melting temperature (Tm), generating a thermal hysteresis (TH) gap, within which the ice growth is arrested. However, the ice crystals have been reported to undergo a retaliatory and explosive growth beyond the TH gap, which is lethal to living organisms. Although intensive research has been carried to inhibit such an explosive ice growth, no satisfactory strategy has been discovered until now. Here, we report that crowded solutions mimicking an extracellular matrix (ECM), in which AF(G)Ps are located, can completely inhibit the explosive ice growth. The crowded solutions are the condensates of liquid-liquid phase separation consisting of polyethylene glycol (PEG) and sodium citrate (SC), which possess a nanoscale network and strong hydrogen bond (HB) forming ability, completely different to crowded solutions made of single components, that is, PEG or SC. Due to these unique features, the dynamics of the water is significantly slowed down, and the energy needed for breaking the HB between water molecules is distinctly increased; consequently, ice growth is inhibited as the rate of water molecules joining the ice is substantially reduced. The present work not only opens a new avenue for cryopreservation, but also suggests that the ECM of cold-hardy organisms, which also exhibit great water confining properties, may have a positive effect in protecting the living organisms from freezing damage.
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- Zhang Liu
- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- School of Medicine, Shihezi University, Shihezi, Xinjiang 832000, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.,CAS Research/Education Center for Excellence in Molecular Sciences, and Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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- Key Laboratory of Green Printing, Beijing National Laboratory for Molecular Science, Institute of Chemistry, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China.,School of Future Technology, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100049, People's Republic of China.,School of Chemical Sciences, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing 100190, People's Republic of China
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Schurr JM, Fujimoto BS, Huynh L, Chiu DT. A Theory of Macromolecular Chemotaxis. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:7626-52. [DOI: 10.1021/jp302587d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- J. Michael Schurr
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700,
United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Washington, Box 351700, Seattle, Washington 98195-1700,
United States
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Vanag VK, Rossi F, Cherkashin A, Epstein IR. Cross-Diffusion in a Water-in-Oil Microemulsion Loaded with Malonic Acid or Ferroin. Taylor Dispersion Method for Four-Component Systems. J Phys Chem B 2008; 112:9058-70. [DOI: 10.1021/jp800525w] [Citation(s) in RCA: 35] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Vladimir K. Vanag
- Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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- Department of Chemistry and Volen Center for Complex Systems, MS 015, Brandeis University, Waltham, Massachusetts 02454
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Das B, Maitra B, Mercer SM, Everist M, Leaist DG. A comparison of diffusion coefficients for ternary mixed micelle solutions measured by macroscopic gradient and dynamic light scattering techniques. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2008; 10:3083-92. [DOI: 10.1039/b801393d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Vergara A, Capuano F, Paduano L, Sartorio R. Lysozyme Mutual Diffusion in Solutions Crowded by Poly(ethylene glycol). Macromolecules 2006. [DOI: 10.1021/ma0605705] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Alessandro Vergara
- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cinthia, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy, and Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone, 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cinthia, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy, and Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone, 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cinthia, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy, and Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone, 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Naples “Federico II”, Via Cinthia, Complesso Monte S. Angelo, 80126 Naples, Italy, and Istituto di Biostrutture e Bioimmagini, CNR, Via Mezzocannone, 16, 80134, Naples, Italy
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