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Savenko M, Rivel T, Yesylevskyy S, Ramseyer C. Influence of Substrate Hydrophilicity on Structural Properties of Supported Lipid Systems on Graphene, Graphene Oxides, and Silica. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:8060-8074. [PMID: 34284579 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c04615] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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Pristine graphene, a range of graphene oxides, and silica substrates were used to investigate the effect of surface hydrophilicity on supported lipid bilayers by means of all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. Supported 1,2-dioleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine lipid bilayers were found in close-contact conformations with hydrophilic substrates with as low as 5% oxidation level, while self-assembled monolayers occur on pure hydrophobic graphene only. Lipids and water at the surface undergo large redistribution to maintain the stability of the supported bilayers. Deposition of bicelles on increasingly hydrophilic substrates shows the continuous process of reshaping of the supported system and makes intermediate stages between self-assembled monolayers and supported bilayers. The bilayer thickness changes with hydrophilicity in a complex manner, while the number of water molecules per lipid in the hydration layer increases together with hydrophilicity.
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- Mariia Savenko
- Laboratoire Chrono Environnement UMR CNRS 6249, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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- Laboratoire Chrono Environnement UMR CNRS 6249, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France.,CEITEC - Central European Institute of Technology, Masaryk University, Kamenice, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic.,National Centre for Biomolecular Research, Faculty of Science, Masaryk University, Kamenice, CZ-62500 Brno, Czech Republic
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- Laboratoire Chrono Environnement UMR CNRS 6249, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France.,Department of Physics of Biological Systems, Institute of Physics of the National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Prospect Nauky 46, 03028 Kyiv, Ukraine
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- Laboratoire Chrono Environnement UMR CNRS 6249, Université de Bourgogne Franche-Comté, 16 route de Gray, 25030 Besançon Cedex, France
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Yamaguchi A, Katayama K, Holt SA. In-situ Neutron Reflectometry Study on Adsorption of Glucose Oxidase at Mesoporous Aluminum Oxide Film. ANAL SCI 2020; 36:1331-1336. [PMID: 32536623 DOI: 10.2116/analsci.20p160] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/23/2022]
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In the present study, the adsorption of glucose oxidase (GOD) to a mesoporous aluminum oxide (MAO) film was examined with in-situ neutron reflectometry (NR) measurements. The MAO film was deposited on a cover glass slip and a Si disc, and its pore structure was characterized by X-ray reflectometry (XRR) and NR. The Si disc with MAO film was applied for an in-situ NR experiment, and its NR profiles before/after adsorption of GOD were continuously measured with a flow cell. The results indicated that the negatively-charged GOD molecules hardly penetrate into the narrow pore channel (pore diameter = ca. 10 nm) with opposite surface charge.
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- Australian Centre for Neutron Scattering, Australian Nuclear Science and Technology Organisation (ANSTO)
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Schoch RL, Barel I, Brown FLH, Haran G. Lipid diffusion in the distal and proximal leaflets of supported lipid bilayer membranes studied by single particle tracking. J Chem Phys 2018; 148:123333. [DOI: 10.1063/1.5010341] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022] Open
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- Rafael L. Schoch
- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry and Department of Physics, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Physics, Weizmann Institute of Science, P.O. Box 26, Rehovot 7610001, Israel
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Ferhan AR, Jackman JA, Cho NJ. Probing Spatial Proximity of Supported Lipid Bilayers to Silica Surfaces by Localized Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensing. Anal Chem 2017; 89:4301-4308. [PMID: 28293950 DOI: 10.1021/acs.analchem.7b00370] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/27/2023]
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On account of high surface sensitivity, localized surface plasmon resonance (LSPR) sensors have proven widely useful for studying lipid membrane configurations at solid-liquid interfaces. Key measurement capabilities include distinguishing adsorbed vesicles from supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) as well as profiling the extent of deformation among adsorbed vesicles. Such capabilities rely on detecting geometrical changes in lipid membrane configuration on a length scale that is comparable to the decay length of the LSPR-induced electromagnetic field enhancement (∼5-20 nm). Herein, we report that LSPR sensors are also capable of probing nanoscale (∼1 nm) variations in the distance between SLBs and underlying silica-coated surfaces. By tuning the electrostatic properties of lipid membranes, we could modulate the bilayer-substrate interaction and corresponding separation distance, as verified by simultaneous LSPR and quartz crystal microbalance-dissipation (QCM-D) measurements. Theoretical calculations of the expected variation in the LSPR measurement response agree well with experimental results and support that the LSPR measurement response is sensitive to subtle variations in the bilayer-substrate separation distance.
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- Abdul Rahim Ferhan
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 50 Nanyang Avenue, 639798, Singapore.,School of Chemical and Biomedical Engineering, Nanyang Technological University , 62 Nanyang Drive, 637459, Singapore
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Ogawa M. Mesoporous Silica Layer: Preparation and Opportunity. CHEM REC 2016; 17:217-232. [DOI: 10.1002/tcr.201600068] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/08/2016] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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- Makoto Ogawa
- School of Energy Science and Engineering; Vidyasirimedhi Institute of Science and Technology (VISTEC); 555 Moo 1 Payupnai, Wangchan Rayong 21210 Thailand
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Duro N, Gjika M, Siddiqui A, Scott HL, Varma S. POPC Bilayers Supported on Nanoporous Substrates: Specific Effects of Silica-Type Surface Hydroxylation and Charge Density. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2016; 32:6766-6774. [PMID: 27283467 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.6b01155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
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Recent advances in nanotechnology bring to the forefront a new class of extrinsic constraints for remodeling lipid bilayers. In this next-generation technology, membranes are supported over nanoporous substrates. The nanometer-sized pores in the substrate are too small for bilayers to follow the substrate topology; consequently, the bilayers hang over the pores. Experiments demonstrate that nanoporous substrates remodel lipid bilayers differently from continuous substrates. The underlying molecular mechanisms, however, remain largely undetermined. Here we use molecular dynamics (MD) simulations to probe the effects of silica-type hydroxylation and charge densities on adsorbed palmitoyl-oleoylphosphatidylcholine (POPC) bilayers. We find that a 50% porous substrate decorated with a surface density of 4.6 hydroxyls/nm(2) adsorbs a POPC bilayer at a distance of 4.5 Å, a result consistent with neutron reflectivity experiments conducted on topologically similar silica constructs under highly acidic conditions. Although such an adsorption distance suggests that the interaction between the bilayer and the substrate will be buffered by water molecules, we find that the substrate does interact directly with the bilayer. The substrate modifies several properties of the bilayer-it dampens transverse lipid fluctuations, reduces lipid diffusion rates, and modifies transverse charge densities significantly. Additionally, it affects lipid properties differently in the two leaflets. Compared to substrates functionalized with sparser surface hydroxylation densities, this substrate adheres to bilayers at smaller distances and also remodels POPC more extensively, suggesting a direct correspondence between substrate hydrophilicity and membrane properties. A partial deprotonation of surface hydroxyls, as expected of a silica substrate under mildly acidic conditions, however, produces an inverse effect: it increases the substrate-bilayer distance, which we attribute to the formation of an electric double layer over the negatively charged substrate, and restores, at least partially, leaflet asymmetry and headgroup orientations. Overall, this study highlights the intrinsic complexity of lipid-substrate interactions and suggests the prospect of making two surface attributes-dipole densities and charge densities-work antagonistically toward remodeling lipid bilayer properties.
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- Nalvi Duro
- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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- Department of Physics, Illinois Institute of Technology , Chicago, Illinois 60616, United States
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- Department of Cell Biology, Microbiology and Molecular Biology, University of South Florida , Tampa, Florida 33620, United States
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Bilayer membrane interactions with nanofabricated scaffolds. Chem Phys Lipids 2015; 192:75-86. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2015.07.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2015] [Revised: 07/16/2015] [Accepted: 07/25/2015] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Gupta G, Staggs K, Mohite AD, Baldwin JK, Iyer S, Mukundan R, Misra A, Antoniou A, Dattelbaum AM. Fluid and Resistive Tethered Lipid Membranes on Nanoporous Substrates. J Phys Chem B 2015; 119:12868-76. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.5b04482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- School
of Mechanical Engineering, Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, Georgia 30332, United States
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Heberle FA, Myles DAA, Katsaras J. Biomembranes research using thermal and cold neutrons. Chem Phys Lipids 2015; 192:41-50. [PMID: 26241882 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphyslip.2015.07.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/24/2015] [Revised: 07/25/2015] [Accepted: 07/27/2015] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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In 1932 James Chadwick discovered the neutron using a polonium source and a beryllium target (Chadwick, 1932). In a letter to Niels Bohr dated February 24, 1932, Chadwick wrote: "whatever the radiation from Be may be, it has most remarkable properties." Where it concerns hydrogen-rich biological materials, the "most remarkable" property is the neutron's differential sensitivity for hydrogen and its isotope deuterium. Such differential sensitivity is unique to neutron scattering, which unlike X-ray scattering, arises from nuclear forces. Consequently, the coherent neutron scattering length can experience a dramatic change in magnitude and phase as a result of resonance scattering, imparting sensitivity to both light and heavy atoms, and in favorable cases to their isotopic variants. This article describes recent biomembranes research using a variety of neutron scattering techniques.
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- F A Heberle
- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States; Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States
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- Biology and Soft Matter Division, Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States; Joint Institute for Neutron Sciences, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, TN, 37831, United States; Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, 37996, United States.
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Wang L, Roth JS, Han X, Evans SD. Photosynthetic Proteins in Supported Lipid Bilayers: Towards a Biokleptic Approach for Energy Capture. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2015; 11:3306-3318. [PMID: 25727786 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201403469] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/21/2014] [Revised: 01/11/2015] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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In nature, plants and some bacteria have evolved an ability to convert solar energy into chemical energy usable by the organism. This process involves several proteins and the creation of a chemical gradient across the cell membrane. To transfer this process to a laboratory environment, several conditions have to be met: i) proteins need to be reconstituted into a lipid membrane, ii) the proteins need to be correctly oriented and functional and, finally, iii) the lipid membrane should be capable of maintaining chemical and electrical gradients. Investigating the processes of photosynthesis and energy generation in vivo is a difficult task due to the complexity of the membrane and its associated proteins. Solid, supported lipid bilayers provide a good model system for the systematic investigation of the different components involved in the photosynthetic pathway. In this review, the progress made to date in the development of supported lipid bilayer systems suitable for the investigation of membrane proteins is described; in particular, there is a focus on those used for the reconstitution of proteins involved in light capture.
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- Lei Wang
- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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- State Key Laboratory of Urban Water Resource and Environment, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin, 150001, China
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- School of Physics and Astronomy, University of Leeds, Leeds, LS2 9JT, UK
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Analysis of biosurfaces by neutron reflectometry: from simple to complex interfaces. Biointerphases 2015; 10:019014. [PMID: 25779088 DOI: 10.1116/1.4914948] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Because of its high sensitivity for light elements and the scattering contrast manipulation via isotopic substitutions, neutron reflectometry (NR) is an excellent tool for studying the structure of soft-condensed material. These materials include model biophysical systems as well as in situ living tissue at the solid-liquid interface. The penetrability of neutrons makes NR suitable for probing thin films with thicknesses of 5-5000 Å at various buried, for example, solid-liquid, interfaces [J. Daillant and A. Gibaud, Lect. Notes Phys. 770, 133 (2009); G. Fragneto-Cusani, J. Phys.: Condens. Matter 13, 4973 (2001); J. Penfold, Curr. Opin. Colloid Interface Sci. 7, 139 (2002)]. Over the past two decades, NR has evolved to become a key tool in the characterization of biological and biomimetic thin films. In the current report, the authors would like to highlight some of our recent accomplishments in utilizing NR to study highly complex systems, including in-situ experiments. Such studies will result in a much better understanding of complex biological problems, have significant medical impact by suggesting innovative treatment, and advance the development of highly functionalized biomimetic materials.
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JUNGHANS ANN, WALTMAN MARYJO, SMITH HILLARYL, POCIVAVSEK LUKA, ZEBDA NOUREDDINE, BIRUKOV KONSTANTIN, VIAPIANO MARIANO, MAJEWSKI JAROSLAW. Understanding dynamic changes in live cell adhesion with neutron reflectometry. MODERN PHYSICS LETTERS. B, CONDENSED MATTER PHYSICS, STATISTICAL PHYSICS, APPLIED PHYSICS 2014; 28:1430015. [PMID: 25705067 PMCID: PMC4334466 DOI: 10.1142/s0217984914300154] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/04/2023]
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Neutron reflectometry (NR) was used to examine various live cells adhesion to quartz substrates under different environmental conditions, including flow stress. To the best of our knowledge, these measurements represent the first successful visualization and quantization of the interface between live cells and a substrate with sub-nanometer resolution. In our first experiments, we examined live mouse fibroblast cells as opposed to past experiments using supported lipids, proteins, or peptide layers with no associated cells. We continued the NR studies of cell adhesion by investigating endothelial monolayers and glioblastoma cells under dynamic flow conditions. We demonstrated that neutron reflectometry is a powerful tool to study the strength of cellular layer adhesion in living tissues, which is a key factor in understanding the physiology of cell interactions and conditions leading to abnormal or disease circumstances. Continuative measurements, such as investigating changes in tumor cell - surface contact of various glioblastomas, could impact advancements in tumor treatments. In principle, this can help us to identify changes that correlate with tumor invasiveness. Pursuit of these studies can have significant medical impact on the understanding of complex biological problems and their effective treatment, e.g. for the development of targeted anti-invasive therapies.
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- ANN JUNGHANS
- MPA-CINT/Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA
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- Biosciences Division, Bioenergy and Biome Sciences, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA
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- Department of Applied Physics and Materials Science, California Institute of Technology, Pasadena, CA 91125, USA
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- Department of Surgery, University of Pittsburgh Medical Center, 200 Lothrop St, Pittsburgh, PA 15213, USA
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- NDA Analytics, Woolley Road, Huntingdon, Cambridgeshire, PE28 4HS, UK
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- Lung Injury Center, Department of Medicine, The University of Chicag; 5841 S. Maryland Ave., Chicago, IL 60637, USA
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- Department of Neurosurgery, Brigham and Women’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School 4 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115, USA
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- MPA-CINT/Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos Neutron Science Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico, 87545, USA
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DeCaluwe SC, Kienzle PA, Bhargava P, Baker AM, Dura JA. Phase segregation of sulfonate groups in Nafion interface lamellae, quantified via neutron reflectometry fitting techniques for multi-layered structures. SOFT MATTER 2014; 10:5763-5776. [PMID: 24981163 DOI: 10.1039/c4sm00850b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 44] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/03/2023]
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Neutron reflectometry analysis methods for under-determined, multi-layered structures are developed and used to determine the composition depth profile in cases where the structure is not known a priori. These methods, including statistical methods, sophisticated fitting routines, and coupling multiple data sets, are applied to hydrated and dehydrated Nafion nano-scaled films with thicknesses comparable to those found coating electrode particles in fuel cell catalyst layers. These results confirm the lamellar structure previously observed on hydrophilic substrates, and demonstrate that for hydrated films they can accurately be described as layers rich in both water and sulfonate groups alternating with water-poor layers containing an excess of fluorocarbon groups. The thickness of these layers increases slightly and the amplitude of the water volume fraction oscillation exponentially decreases away from the hydrophilic interface. For dehydrated films, the composition oscillations die out more rapidly. The Nafion-SiO2 substrate interface contains a partial monolayer of sulfonate groups bonded to the substrate and a large excess of water compared to that expected by the water-to-sulfonate ratio, λ, observed throughout the rest of the film. Films that were made thin enough to truncate this lamellar region showed a depth profile nearly identical to thicker films, indicating that there are no confinement or surface effects altering the structure. Comparing the SLD profile measured for films dried at 60 °C to modeled composition profiles derived by removing water from the hydrated lamellae suggests incomplete re-mixing of the polymer groups upon dehydration, indicated limited polymer mobility in these Nafion thin films.
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- Steven C DeCaluwe
- Department of Mechanical Engineering, Colorado School of Mines, Golden, CO 80401, USA
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Kendall EL, Ngassam VN, Gilmore SF, Brinker CJ, Parikh AN. Lithographically defined macroscale modulation of lateral fluidity and phase separation realized via patterned nanoporous silica-supported phospholipid bilayers. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:15718-21. [PMID: 24111800 DOI: 10.1021/ja408434r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
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Using lithographically defined surfaces consisting of hydrophilic patterns of nanoporous and nonporous (bulk) amorphous silica, we show that fusion of small, unilamellar lipid vesicles produces a single, contiguous, fluid bilayer phase experiencing a predetermined pattern of interfacial interactions. Although long-range lateral fluidity of the bilayer, characterized by fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, indicates a nominally single average diffusion constant, fluorescence microscopy-based measurements of temperature-dependent onset of fluidity reveals a locally enhanced fluidity for bilayer regions supported on nanoporous silica in the vicinity of the fluid-gel transition temperature. Furthermore, thermally quenching lipid bilayers composed of a binary lipid mixture below its apparent miscibility transition temperature induces qualitatively different lateral phase separation in each region of the supported bilayer: The nanoporous substrate produces large, microscopic domains (and domain-aggregates), whereas surface texture characterized by much smaller domains and devoid of any domain-aggregates appears on bulk glass-supported regions of the single-lipid bilayer. Interestingly, lateral distribution of the constituent molecules also reveals an enrichment of gel-phase lipids over nanoporous regions, presumably as a consequence of differential mobilities of constituent lipids across the topographic bulk/nanoporous boundary. Together, these results reveal that subtle local variations in constraints imposed at the bilayer interface, such as by spatial variations in roughness and substrate adhesion, can give rise to significant differences in macroscale biophysical properties of phospholipid bilayers even within a single, contiguous phase.
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- Eric L Kendall
- Departments of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, ‡Biomedical Engineering, and §Applied Science, University of California , Davis, California 95616, United States
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Ankner JF, Heller WT, Herwig KW, Meilleur F, Myles DAA. Neutron scattering techniques and applications in structural biology. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2013; Chapter 17:Unit17.16. [PMID: 23546619 DOI: 10.1002/0471140864.ps1716s72] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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Neutron scattering is exquisitely sensitive to the position, concentration, and dynamics of hydrogen atoms in materials and is a powerful tool for the characterization of structure-function and interfacial relationships in biological systems. Modern neutron scattering facilities offer access to a sophisticated, nondestructive suite of instruments for biophysical characterization that provides spatial and dynamic information spanning from Ångstroms to microns and from picoseconds to microseconds, respectively. Applications in structural biology range from the atomic-resolution analysis of individual hydrogen atoms in enzymes through to meso- and macro-scale analysis of complex biological structures, membranes, and assemblies. The large difference in neutron scattering length between hydrogen and deuterium allows contrast variation experiments to be performed and enables H/D isotopic labeling to be used for selective and systematic analysis of the local structure, dynamics, and interactions of multi-component systems. This overview describes the available techniques and summarizes their practical application to the study of biomolecular systems.
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- John F Ankner
- Neutron Sciences Directorate, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, Oak Ridge, Tennessee, USA
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Veneziano R, Derrien G, Tan S, Brisson A, Devoisselle JM, Chopineau J, Charnay C. One step synthesis of gold-loaded radial mesoporous silica nanospheres and supported lipid bilayer functionalization: towards bio-multifunctional sensors. SMALL (WEINHEIM AN DER BERGSTRASSE, GERMANY) 2012; 8:3674-3682. [PMID: 22969002 DOI: 10.1002/smll.201200758] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/07/2012] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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A simple synthetic route is developed to achieve gold functionalized radial mesoporous silica nanoparticles (Au-MsNP) synthesized by a one step procedure fully compatible with basic conditions required for the preparation of monodispersed nanospheres. In a second step, Au-MsNP particles have been coated with phospholipid bilayers in order to design an advanced biofunctional platform with the gold metallic nanoparticles previously grown into the pore channels and responsible for a plasmonic activity relevant for biosensing. The size of Au-MsNP is checked by dynamic light scattering while zeta potential measurements reflect their surface charge. The particle morphology is characterized by transmission and scanning electron microscopy and the Si/Au ratios are obtained from energy dispersive X-ray analysis. The textural properties of Au-MsNP, specific surface area and pore size, are determined from N(2) adsorption. The supported bilayers are achieved from vesicles of different phospholipids incubated with Au-MsNP particles. The coating efficiency is investigated by zeta potential and cryo- transmission electron microscopy. The plasmonic activities of bare Au-MsNP particles and coated lipid bilayer Au-MsNP platform are evidenced for two model systems: direct adsorption of bovine serum albumin and molecular recognition events between avidin molecules and biotin receptors integrated in the supported lipid bilayer.
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- Remi Veneziano
- Institut Charles Gerhardt Montpellier, Equipe MACS, 8 rue de l'Ecole, Normale, Montpellier Cedex 5, France
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Zhai Y, Chong PLG, Taylor LJA, Erlkamp M, Grobelny S, Czeslik C, Watkins E, Winter R. Physical properties of archaeal tetraether lipid membranes as revealed by differential scanning and pressure perturbation calorimetry, molecular acoustics, and neutron reflectometry: effects of pressure and cell growth temperature. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:5211-5217. [PMID: 22352806 DOI: 10.1021/la300142r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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The polar lipid fraction E (PLFE) is a major tetraether lipid component in the thermoacidophilic archaeon Sulfolobus acidocaldarius. Using differential scanning and pressure perturbation calorimetry as well as ultrasound velocity and density measurements, we have determined the compressibilities and volume fluctuations of PLFE liposomes derived from different cell growth temperatures (T(g) = 68, 76, and 81 °C). The compressibility and volume fluctuation values of PLFE liposomes, which are substantially less than those detected from diester lipid membranes (e.g., DPPC), exhibit small but significant differences with T(g). Among the three T(g)s employed, 76 °C leads to the least compressible and most tightly packed PLFE membranes. This temperature is within the range for optimal cell growth (75-80 °C). It is known that a decrease in T(g) decreases the number of cyclopentane rings in archael tetraether lipids. Thus, our data enable us to present the new view that membrane packing in PLFE liposomes varies with the number of cyclopentane rings in a nonlinear manner, reaching maximal tightness when the tetraether lipids are derived from cells grown at optimal T(g)s. In addition, we have studied the effects of pressure on total layer thickness, d, and neutron scattering length density, ρ(n), of a silicon-D(2)O interface that is covered with a PLFE membrane using neutron reflectometry (NR). At 55 °C, d and ρ(n) are found to be rather insensitive to pressure up to 1800 bar, suggesting minor changes of the thickness of the membrane's hydrophobic core and headgroup orientation upon compression only.
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- Yong Zhai
- Physical Chemistry I, Faculty of Chemistry, TU Dortmund University, Dortmund, Germany
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Folliet N, Roiland C, Bégu S, Aubert A, Mineva T, Goursot A, Selvaraj K, Duma L, Tielens F, Mauri F, Laurent G, Bonhomme C, Gervais C, Babonneau F, Azaïs T. Investigation of the interface in silica-encapsulated liposomes by combining solid state NMR and first principles calculations. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:16815-27. [PMID: 21899369 DOI: 10.1021/ja201002r] [Citation(s) in RCA: 67] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/03/2023]
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In the context of nanomedicine, liposils (liposomes and silica) have a strong potential for drug storage and release schemes: such materials combine the intrinsic properties of liposome (encapsulation) and silica (increased rigidity, protective coating, pH degradability). In this work, an original approach combining solid state NMR, molecular dynamics, first principles geometry optimization, and NMR parameters calculation allows the building of a precise representation of the organic/inorganic interface in liposils. {(1)H-(29)Si}(1)H and {(1)H-(31)P}(1)H Double Cross-Polarization (CP) MAS NMR experiments were implemented in order to explore the proton chemical environments around the silica and the phospholipids, respectively. Using VASP (Vienna Ab Initio Simulation Package), DFT calculations including molecular dynamics, and geometry optimization lead to the determination of energetically favorable configurations of a DPPC (dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine) headgroup adsorbed onto a hydroxylated silica surface that corresponds to a realistic model of an amorphous silica slab. These data combined with first principles NMR parameters calculations by GIPAW (Gauge Included Projected Augmented Wave) show that the phosphate moieties are not directly interacting with silanols. The stabilization of the interface is achieved through the presence of water molecules located in-between the head groups of the phospholipids and the silica surface forming an interfacial H-bonded water layer. A detailed study of the (31)P chemical shift anisotropy (CSA) parameters allows us to interpret the local dynamics of DPPC in liposils. Finally, the VASP/solid state NMR/GIPAW combined approach can be extended to a large variety of organic-inorganic hybrid interfaces.
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- Nicolas Folliet
- UPMC Univ Paris 06 & CNRS, UMR 7574, Chimie de la Matière Condensée de Paris, Collège de France, 11, place Marcelin Berthelot, F-75005, Paris, France
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Jia D, Tao K, Wang J, Wang C, Zhao X, Yaseen M, Xu H, Que G, Webster JRP, Lu JR. Dynamic adsorption and structure of interfacial bilayers adsorbed from lipopeptide surfactants at the hydrophilic silicon/water interface: effect of the headgroup length. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:8798-8809. [PMID: 21675796 DOI: 10.1021/la105129m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Lipopeptides are an important group of biosurfactants expressed by microorganisms. Because they are well-known for being biocompatible, biodegradable, and highly surface active, they are attractive for a wide range of applications. Natural lipopeptide surfactants are however impure; it is hence difficult to use them for exploring the structure-function relation. In this work, a series of cationic lipopeptide surfactants, C(14)K(n) (n = 1-4), where C denotes the myristic acyl chain and K denotes lysine (Lys), have been synthesized, and their interfacial behavior has been characterized by studying their adsorption at the silicon/water interface (bearing a thin native oxide layer) using spectroscopic ellipsometry and neutron reflection (NR). The dynamic adsorption was marked by an initial fast step within the first 2-3 min followed by a slow molecular relaxation process over the subsequent 20-30 min. The initial rate of time-dependent adsorption and the equilibrated adsorbed amount showed a steady decrease with increasing n, indicating the impact of the molecular size, structure, and charge. NR revealed the formation of sandwiched bilayers from C(14)K(n), similar to conventional surfactants such as nonionic C(12)E(6) and cationic C(16)TAB. However, the electrostatic attraction between K and the silica surface caused confinement of the K groups, forcing the head segments into a predominantly flat-on conformation. This characteristic structural feature was confirmed by the almost constant thickness of the headgroup regions ranging from 8 to 11 Å as determined from NR combined with partial deuterium labeling to the acyl tail. An increase in area per molecular pair with n resulted directly from increasing the footprint. As a result, the hydrophobic back-to-back tail mixing and acyl chain tilting rose with n. The extent of chain-head intermixing became so intensified that the C(14)K(4) bilayer could be approximated to a uniform layer distribution.
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- Donghui Jia
- Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology, China University of Petroleum (East China), Qingdao, China
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Ashley CE, Carnes EC, Phillips GK, Padilla D, Durfee PN, Brown PA, Hanna TN, Liu J, Phillips B, Carter MB, Carroll NJ, Jiang X, Dunphy DR, Willman CL, Petsev DN, Evans DG, Parikh AN, Chackerian B, Wharton W, Peabody DS, Brinker CJ. The targeted delivery of multicomponent cargos to cancer cells by nanoporous particle-supported lipid bilayers. NATURE MATERIALS 2011; 10:389-97. [PMID: 21499315 PMCID: PMC3287066 DOI: 10.1038/nmat2992] [Citation(s) in RCA: 734] [Impact Index Per Article: 56.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2010] [Accepted: 02/24/2011] [Indexed: 05/18/2023]
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Encapsulation of drugs within nanocarriers that selectively target malignant cells promises to mitigate side effects of conventional chemotherapy and to enable delivery of the unique drug combinations needed for personalized medicine. To realize this potential, however, targeted nanocarriers must simultaneously overcome multiple challenges, including specificity, stability and a high capacity for disparate cargos. Here we report porous nanoparticle-supported lipid bilayers (protocells) that synergistically combine properties of liposomes and nanoporous particles. Protocells modified with a targeting peptide that binds to human hepatocellular carcinoma exhibit a 10,000-fold greater affinity for human hepatocellular carcinoma than for hepatocytes, endothelial cells or immune cells. Furthermore, protocells can be loaded with combinations of therapeutic (drugs, small interfering RNA and toxins) and diagnostic (quantum dots) agents and modified to promote endosomal escape and nuclear accumulation of selected cargos. The enormous capacity of the high-surface-area nanoporous core combined with the enhanced targeting efficacy enabled by the fluid supported lipid bilayer enable a single protocell loaded with a drug cocktail to kill a drug-resistant human hepatocellular carcinoma cell, representing a 10(6)-fold improvement over comparable liposomes.
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- Carlee E Ashley
- Center for Micro-Engineered Materials, University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, New Mexico 87131, USA.
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Nellis BA, Satcher JH, Risbud SH. Phospholipid bilayer formation on a variety of nanoporous oxide and organic xerogel films. Acta Biomater 2011; 7:380-6. [PMID: 20674809 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2010.07.031] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/23/2010] [Revised: 07/22/2010] [Accepted: 07/23/2010] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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Lipid bilayers supported by nanoporous xerogel materials are being explored as models for cell membranes. In order to better understand and characterize the nature of the surface-bilayer interactions, several oxide and organic nanoporous xerogel films (alumina, titania, iron oxide, phloroglucinol-formaldehyde, resorcinol-formaldehyde and cellulose acetate) have been investigated as a scaffold for vesicle-fused 1,2-dioleoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DOPC) lipid bilayer formation and mobility. The surface topography of the different substrates was analyzed using contact and tapping-mode atomic force microscopy and the surface energy of the substrates was determined using contact angle goniometry. Lipid bilayer formation has been observed with fluorescence microscopy and lateral lipid diffusion coefficients have been determined using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching. Titania xerogel films were found to be a robust and convenient support for formation of a two-phase DOPC/1,2-distearoyl-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer and domains were observed with this system. It was found that the cellulose acetate xerogel film support produced the slowest lipid lateral diffusion.
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Smith HL, Hickey J, Jablin MS, Trujillo A, Freyer JP, Majewski J. Mouse fibroblast cell adhesion studied by neutron reflectometry. Biophys J 2010; 98:793-9. [PMID: 20197032 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2009.11.019] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/09/2009] [Revised: 10/29/2009] [Accepted: 11/02/2009] [Indexed: 11/18/2022] Open
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Neutron reflectometry (NR) was used to examine live mouse fibroblast cells adherent on a quartz substrate in a deuterated phosphate-buffered saline environment at room temperature. These measurements represent the first, to our knowledge, successful visualization and quantization of the interface between live cells and a substrate with subnanometer resolution using NR. NR data, attributable to the adhesion of live cells, were observed and compared with data from pure growth medium. Independently of surface cell density, the average distance between the center of the cell membrane region and the quartz substrate was determined to be approximately 180 A. The membrane region ( approximately 80 A thick) contains the membranes of cells that are inhomogeneously distributed or undulating, likely conforming to the nonplanar geometry of the supporting adherence proteins. A second region of cell membranes at a greater distance from the substrate was not detectable by NR due to the resolution limits of the technique employed. Attachment of the live cell samples was confirmed by interaction with both distilled water and trypsin. Distinct changes in the NR data after exposure indicate the removal of cells from the substrate.
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- Hillary L Smith
- Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos, New Mexico, USA
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Neutron reflectometry to investigate the delivery of lipids and DNA to interfaces (Review). Biointerphases 2010; 3:FB64. [PMID: 20408684 DOI: 10.1116/1.2976448] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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The application of scattering methods in the study of biological and biomedical problems is a field of research that is currently experiencing fast growth. In particular, neutron reflectometry (NR) is a technique that is becoming progressively more widespread, as indicated by the current commissioning of several new reflectometers worldwide. NR is valuable for the characterization of biomolecules at interfaces due to its capability to provide quantitative structural and compositional information on relevant molecular length scales. Recent years have seen an increasing number of applications of NR to problems related to drug and gene delivery. We start our review by summarizing the experimental methodology of the technique with reference to the description of biological liquid interfaces. Various methods for the interpretation of data are then discussed, including a new approach based on the lattice mean-field theory to help characterize stimulus-responsive surfaces relevant to drug delivery function. Recent progress in the subject area is reviewed in terms of NR studies relevant to the delivery of lipids and DNA to surfaces. Lastly, we discuss two case studies to exemplify practical features of NR that are exploited in combination with complementary techniques. The first case concerns the interactions of lipid-based cubic phase nanoparticles with model membranes (a drug delivery application), and the second case concerns DNA compaction at surfaces and in the bulk solution (a gene delivery application).
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Zwang TJ, Fletcher WR, Lane TJ, Johal MS. Quantification of the layer of hydration of a supported lipid bilayer. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:4598-4601. [PMID: 20187648 DOI: 10.1021/la100275v] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Dual polarization interferometry (DPI) and quartz-crystal microgravimetry (QCM-D) were used to investigate the adsorption of DOPC vesicles to a solid hydrophilic surface. The layer of hydration formed between a self-assembled DOPC bilayer and a silica solid support was probed in assemblies constructed using H(2)O and D(2)O buffers. We used QCM-D to measure the mass of the bilayer, including the mass contribution of the coupled solvent that resides between the membrane-solid interface. The mass of only the DOPC in the bilayer was resolved using DPI. By comparing these two measurements, and also accounting for the bulk phase effects on mass, we have been able to determine the mass of water below the bilayer. The thickness of this hydration layer, calculated by relating its mass to the density of the layer, was determined to be 10.46 A +/- 0.15 A for trapped D(2)O and 10.21 A +/- 0.40 A for trapped H(2)O, in agreement with measurements obtained by other methods. This work establishes the feasibility of concurrently using DPI and QCM-D to gauge the extent of hydration in thin films.
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- Theodore J Zwang
- Chemistry Department, Pomona College, 645 North College Avenue, Claremont, California 91711, USA
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Goksu EI, Hoopes MI, Nellis BA, Xing C, Faller R, Frank CW, Risbud SH, Satcher JH, Longo ML. Silica xerogel/aerogel-supported lipid bilayers: Consequences of surface corrugation. BIOCHIMICA ET BIOPHYSICA ACTA-BIOMEMBRANES 2010; 1798:719-29. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bbamem.2009.09.007] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/03/2009] [Revised: 09/02/2009] [Accepted: 09/07/2009] [Indexed: 01/09/2023]
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Hartshorn CM, Jewett CM, Brozik JA. Molecular effects of a nanocrystalline quartz support upon planar lipid bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2010; 26:2609-2617. [PMID: 20085365 DOI: 10.1021/la904308g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Supported lipid bilayer membranes play a vital role in a number of applications from biosensors to fundamental studies of membrane proteins. It is widely understood that the underlying solid support in such assemblies causes large perturbations to the lipid bilayer as compared with black lipid membranes, but the exact nature of these effects on the membrane by the solid support is less understood. Here, all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of DLPC, DMPC, POPC, and DEPC on a hydroxylated nanocrystalline alpha-quartz (011) slab have revealed a pronounced thinning effect. It is shown that this thinning effect proceeds by one of two mechanisms; the first is through a curling of the terminal methyl groups at the interface of opposing leaflets, and the second is through increased interdigitation of the alkyl chains. In all cases, it is shown that the thinning effect is accompanied by a commensurate spreading of the lipid membrane across the quartz substrate. Also, with the introduction of the solid support, a marked asymmetry in a number of structural properties is reported. These asymmetries include (a) the surface areas per lipid, (b) the electron probabilities of the polar headgroups, (c) the radial distributions of the choline groups, and (d) the average orientation of water surrounding the membranes. Finally, asymmetries associated with the different interaction energies within each system studied are reported. These unequal interaction energies lead to a net force holding the membrane to the surface of the support. It was found that direct membrane-substrate interactions play only a minor role in holding the membrane to the surface and it is the interstitial water that dominates these interactions. This is due to the fact that the water throughout the interstitial region displays an average orientational preference that is more favorable (attractive to the membrane and yields a higher number of hydrogen bonds) than water in the external region of the assembly.
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- Christopher M Hartshorn
- Department of Chemistry, Washington State University, P.O. Box 644630, Pullman, Washington 99164-4630, USA
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Smith HL, Howland MC, Szmodis AW, Li Q, Daemen LL, Parikh AN, Majewski J. Early stages of oxidative stress-induced membrane permeabilization: a neutron reflectometry study. J Am Chem Soc 2009; 131:3631-8. [PMID: 19275260 DOI: 10.1021/ja807680m] [Citation(s) in RCA: 54] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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Neutron reflectometry was used to probe in situ the structure of supported lipid bilayers at the solid-liquid interface during the early stages of UV-induced oxidative degradation. Single-component supported lipid bilayers composed of gel phase, dipalmitoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (DPPC), and fluid phase, 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine (POPC), phospholipids were exposed to low-dose oxidative stress generated by UV light and their structures were examined by neutron reflectometry. An interrupted illumination mode, involving exposures in 15 min increments with 2 h intervals between subsequent exposures, and a continuous mode involving a single 60 (or 90) min exposure period were employed. In both cases, pronounced differences in the structure of the lipid bilayer after exposure were observed. Interrupted exposure led to a substantial decrease in membrane coverage but preserved its total thickness at reduced scattering length densities. These results indicate that the initial phase during UV-induced membrane degradation involves the formation of hydrophilic channels within the membrane. This is consistent with the loss of some lipid molecules we observe and attendant reorganization of residual lipids forming hemimicellar edges of the hydrophilic channels. In contrast, continuous illumination produced a graded interface of continuously varied scattering length density (and hence hydrocarbon density) extending 100-150 A into the liquid phase. Exposure of a DPPC bilayer to UV light in the presence of a reservoir of unfused vesicles showed low net membrane disintegration during oxidative stress, presumably because of surface back-filling from the bulk reservoir. Chemical evidence for membrane degradation was obtained by mass spectrometry and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. Further evidence for the formation of hydrophilic channels was furnished by fluorescence microscopy and imaging ellipsometry data.
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- Hillary L Smith
- Manuel Lujan Neutron Scattering Center, Los Alamos National Laboratory, Los Alamos, New Mexico 87545, USA
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Goksu EI, Nellis BA, Lin WC, Satcher JH, Groves JT, Risbud SH, Longo ML. Effect of support corrugation on silica xerogel--supported phase-separated lipid bilayers. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2009; 25:3713-3717. [PMID: 19708250 DOI: 10.1021/la803851b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Lipid bilayers supported by substrates with nanometer-scale surface corrugations hold interest in understanding both nanoparticle-membrane interactions and the challenges of constructing models of cell membranes on surfaces with desirable properties, e.g., porosity. Here, we successfully form a two-phase (gel-fluid) lipid bilayer supported by nanoporous silica xerogel. Surface topology, lateral diffusion coefficient, and lipid density in comparison to mica-supported lipid bilayers were characterized by atomic force microscopy, fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (FRAP), fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (FCS), and quantitative fluorescence microscopy, respectively. We found that the two-phase lipid bilayer follows the silica xerogel surface contours. The corrugation imparted on the lipid bilayer results in a lipid density that is twice that on a flat mica surface in the fluid regions. In direct agreement with the doubling of actual bilayer area in a projected area, we find that the lateral diffusion coefficient (D) of fluid lipids on silica xerogel (approximately 1.7 microm2/s) is lower than on mica (approximately 3.9 microm2/s) by both FRAP and FCS techniques. Furthermore, the gel-phase domains on silica xerogel compared to mica were larger and less numerous. Overall, our results suggest the presence of a relatively defect-free continuous two-phase lipid bilayer that penetrates approximately midway into the first layer of approximately 50 nm silica xerogel beads.
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- Emel I Goksu
- Department of Chemical Engineering & Materials Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Teixeira SCM, Ankner J, Bellissent-Funel MC, Bewley R, Blakeley MP, Coates L, Dahint R, Dalgliesh R, Dencher N, Dhont J, Fischer P, Forsyth VT, Fragneto G, Frick B, Geue T, Gilles R, Gutberlet T, Haertlein M, Hauß T, Häußler W, Heller WT, Herwig K, Holderer O, Juranyi F, Kampmann R, Knott R, Kohlbrecher J, Kreuger S, Langan P, Lechner R, Lynn G, Majkrzak C, May R, Meilleur F, Mo Y, Mortensen K, Myles DAA, Natali F, Neylon C, Niimura N, Ollivier J, Ostermann A, Peters J, Pieper J, Rühm A, Schwahn D, Shibata K, Soper AK, Straessle T, Suzuki UI, Tanaka I, Tehei M, Timmins P, Torikai N, Unruh T, Urban V, Vavrin R, Weiss K, Zaccai G. New sources and instrumentation for neutrons in biology. Chem Phys 2009; 345:133-151. [PMID: 19132140 PMCID: PMC2614686 DOI: 10.1016/j.chemphys.2008.02.030] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/27/2022]
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Neutron radiation offers significant advantages for the study of biological molecular structure and dynamics. A broad and significant effort towards instrumental and methodological development to facilitate biology experiments at neutron sources worldwide is reviewed.
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- S C M Teixeira
- Institut Laue Langevin, 6 rue Jules Horowitz, 38042 Grenoble cedex 9, France
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Roark M, Feller SE. Structure and dynamics of a fluid phase bilayer on a solid support as observed by a molecular dynamics computer simulation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2008; 24:12469-12473. [PMID: 18850686 PMCID: PMC2632950 DOI: 10.1021/la802079h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Simulations of a 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl- sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine lipid bilayer interacting with a solid surface of hydroxylated nanoporous amorphous silica have been carried out over a range of lipid-solid substrate distances. The porous solid surface allowed the water layer to dynamically adjust its thickness, maintaining equal pressures above and below the membrane bilayer. Qualitative estimates of the force between the surfaces leads to an estimated lipid-silicon distance in very good agreement with the results of neutron scattering experiments. Detailed analysis of the simulation at the separation suggested by experiment shows that for this type of solid support the water layer between surfaces is very narrow, consisting only of bound waters hydrating the lipid head groups and hydrophilic silica surface. The reduced hydration, however, has only minor effects on the head group hydration, the orientation of water molecules at the interface, and the membrane dipole potential. Whereas these structural properties were not sensitive to the presence of the solid substrate, the calculated diffusion coefficient for translation of the lipid molecules was altered significantly by the silica surface.
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- Matthew Roark
- Department of Chemistry, Wabash College, Crawfordsville, IN 47933, USA
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Reimhult E, Kumar K. Membrane biosensor platforms using nano- and microporous supports. Trends Biotechnol 2008; 26:82-9. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tibtech.2007.11.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 154] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2007] [Revised: 11/08/2007] [Accepted: 11/08/2007] [Indexed: 10/22/2022]
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Yang THC, Yee CK, Amweg ML, Singh S, Kendall EL, Dattelbaum AM, Shreve AP, Brinker CJ, Parikh AN. Optical detection of ion-channel-induced proton transport in supported phospholipid bilayers. NANO LETTERS 2007; 7:2446-51. [PMID: 17629349 DOI: 10.1021/nl071184j] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/16/2023]
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The integration of ion-channel transport functions with responses derived from nanostructured and nanoporous silica mesophase materials is demonstrated. Patterned thin-film mesophases consisting of alternating hydrophilic nanoporous regions and hydrophobic nanostructured regions allow for spatially localized proton transport via selective dimerization of gramicidin in lipid bilayers formed on the hydrophilic regions. The adjoining hydrophobic mesostructure doped with a pH sensitive dye reports the transport. The ease of integrating functional membranes and reporters through the use of patterned mesophases should enable high throughput studies of membrane transport.
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- Tsung-Han Calvin Yang
- Department of Applied Science, Biomedical Engineering, and Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, University of California, Davis, California 95616, USA
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Kilian KA, Böcking T, Gaus K, King-Lacroix J, Gal M, Gooding JJ. Hybrid lipid bilayers in nanostructured silicon: a biomimetic mesoporous scaffold for optical detection of cholera toxin. Chem Commun (Camb) 2007:1936-8. [PMID: 17695235 DOI: 10.1039/b702762a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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Cholera toxin levels are optically detected by affinity capture within hybrid lipid bilayer membranes formed in the nanostructures of porous silicon photonic crystals.
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Worsfold O, Voelcker NH, Nishiya T. Biosensing using lipid bilayers suspended on porous silicon. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2006; 22:7078-83. [PMID: 16863263 DOI: 10.1021/la060121y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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We demonstrate for the first time the formation of a fluid lipid bilayer membrane on mesoporous silicon substrates for bioapplications. Using fluorescence recovery after photobleaching, the diffusion coefficients for the bilayers supported on oxidized, amino-, and biotin-functionalized mesoporous silicon were determined. The biodetection of a single human umbilical vein endothelial cell was accomplished using confocal microscopy and exploiting Foerster resonance energy transfer effects after the incorporation of RGD covalently linked lipid soluble dyes, with fluorescence donor and acceptor components, within the fluid membrane. A signal response of greater than 100% was achieved via the clustering of RGD peptides binding with areas of high integrin density on the surface of a single cell. These results are a testament to the usefulness of such functional molecular assemblies, based on mobile receptors, mimicking the cell membrane in the development of a new generation of biosensors.
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- Oliver Worsfold
- Frontier Research Division, Fujirebio Inc., 51 Komiya-cho, Hachioji-shi, Tokyo 192-0031, Japan.
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