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Guo W, Lu T, Gandhi Z, Chen Z. Probing Orientations and Conformations of Peptides and Proteins at Buried Interfaces. J Phys Chem Lett 2021; 12:10144-10155. [PMID: 34637311 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.1c02956] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/13/2023]
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Molecular structures of peptides/proteins at interfaces determine their interfacial properties, which play important roles in many applications. It is difficult to probe interfacial peptide/protein structures because of the lack of appropriate tools. Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been developed into a powerful technique to elucidate molecular structures of peptides/proteins at buried solid/liquid and liquid/liquid interfaces. SFG has been successfully applied to study molecular interactions between model cell membranes and antimicrobial peptides/membrane proteins, surface-immobilized peptides/enzymes, and physically adsorbed peptides/proteins on polymers and 2D materials. A variety of other analytical techniques and computational simulations provide supporting information to SFG studies, leading to more complete understanding of structure-function relationships of interfacial peptides/proteins. With the advance of SFG techniques and data analysis methods, along with newly developed supplemental tools and simulation methodology, SFG research on interfacial peptides/proteins will further impact research in fields like chemistry, biology, biophysics, engineering, and beyond.
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- Wen Guo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Guo W, Zou X, Jiang H, Koebke KJ, Hoarau M, Crisci R, Lu T, Wei T, Marsh ENG, Chen Z. Molecular Structure of the Surface-Immobilized Super Uranyl Binding Protein. J Phys Chem B 2021; 125:7706-7716. [PMID: 34254804 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.1c03849] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Recently, a super uranyl binding protein (SUP) was developed, which exhibits excellent sensitivity/selectivity to bind uranyl ions. It can be immobilized onto a surface in sensing devices to detect uranyl ions. Here, sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy was applied to probe the interfacial structures of surface-immobilized SUP. The collected SFG spectra were compared to the calculated orientation-dependent SUP SFG spectra using a one-excitonic Hamiltonian approach based on the SUP crystal structures to deduce the most likely surface-immobilized SUP orientation(s). Furthermore, discrete molecular dynamics (DMD) simulation was applied to refine the surface-immobilized SUP conformations and orientations. The immobilized SUP structures calculated from DMD simulations confirmed the SUP orientations obtained from SFG data analyzed based on the crystal structures and were then used for a new round of SFG orientation analysis to more accurately determine the interfacial orientations and conformations of immobilized SUP before and after uranyl ion binding, providing an in-depth understanding of molecular interactions between SUP and the surface and the effect of uranyl ion binding on the SUP interfacial structures. We believe that the developed method of combining SFG measurements, DMD simulation, and Hamiltonian data analysis approach is widely applicable to study biomolecules at solid/liquid interfaces.
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- Wen Guo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Howard University, 2366 Sixth Street, NW, Washington, D.C. 20059, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Guo W, Xu S, Reichart TM, Xiao M, Lu T, Mello C, Chen Z. Probing Molecular Interactions between Surface-Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides and Lipopolysaccharides In Situ. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:12383-12393. [PMID: 33034460 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c02492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Lipopolysaccharide (LPS) is a component of the outer membrane of Gram-negative bacteria. Recently, a label-free immobilized antimicrobial peptide (AMP) surface plasmon resonance platform was developed to successfully distinguish LPS from multiple bacterial strains. Among the tested AMPs, SMAP29 exhibited excellent affinity with LPS and has two independent LPS-binding sites located at two termini of the peptide. In this study, sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy was applied to investigate molecular interactions between three LPS samples and surface-immobilized SMAP29 via the N-terminus, the C-terminus, and a middle site at the solid/liquid interface in situ in real-time, supplemented by circular dichroism spectroscopy. It was found that the conformations and orientations of surface-immobilized SMAP29 via different sites are different when interacting with the same LPS, with different interaction kinetics. The same SMAP29 sample also has different structures and interaction kinetics while interacting with different LPS samples with different charge densities and hydrophobicities. The observed results on molecular interactions between surface-immobilized peptides and LPS can well interpret the different adsorption amounts of various LPSs on different surface-immobilized peptides.
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- Wen Guo
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Office of the Chief Scientist, Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, 15 Kansas Street, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States
- Department of Chemistry, Hampden-Sydney College, Hampden-Sydney, VA 23943, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Office of the Chief Scientist, Combat Capabilities Development Command Soldier Center, 15 Kansas Street, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Lin T, Guo W, Guo R, Chen Z. Probing Biological Molecule Orientation and Polymer Surface Structure at the Polymer/Solution Interface In Situ. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:7681-7690. [PMID: 32525691 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c01319] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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Polymers are widely used for many applications ranging from biomedical materials, marine antifouling coatings, membranes for biomolecule separation, to substrates for enzyme molecules for biosensing. For such applications, it is important to understand molecular interactions between biological molecules and polymer materials in situ in real time. Such understanding provides vital knowledge to manipulate biological molecule-polymer interactions and to optimize polymer surface structures to improve polymer performance. In this research, sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy was applied to study interactions between peptides (serving as models for biological molecules) and deuterated polystyrene (d8-PS, serving as a model for polymer materials). The peptide conformations/orientations and polymer surface phenyl orientation during the peptide-d8-PS interactions were determined using SFG. It was found that the π-π interaction between the aromatic amino acids on peptides and phenyl groups on d8-PS surface does not play a significant role. Instead, the peptide-d8-PS interactions are mediated by general hydrophobic interactions between the peptides and the polymer surface.
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Pardoux É, Boturyn D, Roupioz Y. Antimicrobial Peptides as Probes in Biosensors Detecting Whole Bacteria: A Review. Molecules 2020; 25:E1998. [PMID: 32344585 PMCID: PMC7221689 DOI: 10.3390/molecules25081998] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Revised: 04/23/2020] [Accepted: 04/23/2020] [Indexed: 12/17/2022] Open
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Bacterial resistance is becoming a global issue due to its rapid growth. Potential new drugs as antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are considered for several decades as promising candidates to circumvent this threat. Nonetheless, AMPs have also been used more recently in other settings such as molecular probes grafted on biosensors able to detect whole bacteria. Rapid, reliable and cost-efficient diagnostic tools for bacterial infection could prevent the spread of the pathogen from the earliest stages. Biosensors based on AMPs would enable easy monitoring of potentially infected samples, thanks to their powerful versatility and integrability in pre-existent settings. AMPs, which show a broad spectrum of interactions with bacterial membranes, can be tailored in order to design ubiquitous biosensors easily adaptable to clinical settings. This review aims to focus on the state of the art of AMPs used as the recognition elements of whole bacteria in label-free biosensors with a particular focus on the characteristics obtained in terms of threshold, volume of sample analysable and medium, in order to assess their workability in real-world applications.
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- Éric Pardoux
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France;
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, DCM, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, CEA, IRIG, SyMMES, 38000 Grenoble, France;
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Hosseinpour S, Roeters SJ, Bonn M, Peukert W, Woutersen S, Weidner T. Structure and Dynamics of Interfacial Peptides and Proteins from Vibrational Sum-Frequency Generation Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2020; 120:3420-3465. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.9b00410] [Citation(s) in RCA: 75] [Impact Index Per Article: 18.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Saman Hosseinpour
- Institute of Particle Technology (LFG), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Molecular Spectroscopy Department, Max Planck Institute for Polymer Research, 55128 Mainz, Germany
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- Institute of Particle Technology (LFG), Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg (FAU), 91058 Erlangen, Germany
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- Van’t Hoff Institute for Molecular Sciences, University of Amsterdam, 1098 EP Amsterdam, The Netherlands
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- Department of Chemistry, Aarhus University, 8000 Aarhus C, Denmark
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Xiao M, Wei S, Chen J, Tian J, Brooks Iii CL, Marsh ENG, Chen Z. Molecular Mechanisms of Interactions between Monolayered Transition Metal Dichalcogenides and Biological Molecules. J Am Chem Soc 2019; 141:9980-9988. [PMID: 31199639 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.9b03641] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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Single layered two-dimensional (2D) materials such as transition metal dichalcogenides (TMDs) show great potential in many microelectronic or nanoelectronic applications. For example, because of extremely high sensitivity, TMD-based biosensors have become promising candidates for next-generation label-free detection. However, very few studies have been conducted on understanding the fundamental interactions between TMDs and other molecules including biological molecules, making the rational design of TMD-based sensors (including biosensors) difficult. This study focuses on the investigations of the fundamental interactions between proteins and two widely researched single-layered TMDs, MoS2, and WS2 using a combined study with linear vibrational spectroscopy attenuated total reflectance FTIR and nonlinear vibrational spectroscopy sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy, supplemented by molecular dynamics simulations. It was concluded that a large surface hydrophobic region in a relatively flat location on the protein surface is required for the protein to adsorb onto a monolayered MoS2 or WS2 surface with preferred orientation. No disulfide bond formation between cysteine groups on the protein and MoS2 or WS2 was found. The conclusions are general and can be used as guiding principles to engineer proteins to attach to TMDs. The approach adopted here is also applicable to study interactions between other 2D materials and biomolecules.
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Xiao M, Jasensky J, Gerszberg J, Chen J, Tian J, Lin T, Lu T, Lahann J, Chen Z. Chemically Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptide on Polymer and Self-Assembled Monolayer Substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:12889-12896. [PMID: 30277782 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.8b02377] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Surfaces with chemically immobilized antimicrobial peptides have been shown to have great potential in various applications such as biosensors and antimicrobial coatings. This research investigated the chemical immobilization of a cecropin-melittin hybrid antimicrobial peptide on two different surfaces, a polymer surface prepared by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) polymerization and a self-assembled monolayer surface. We probed the structure of immobilized peptides using spectroscopic methods and correlated such structural information to the measured antimicrobial activity. We found that the hybrid peptide adopts an α-helical structure after immobilization onto both surfaces. As we have shown previously for another α-helical peptide, MSI-78, immobilized on a SAM, we found that the α-helical hybrid peptide lies down when it contacts bacteria. This study shows that the antimicrobial activity of the surface-immobilized peptides on the two substrates can be well explained by the spectroscopically measured peptide structural data. In addition, it was found that the polymer-based antimicrobial peptide coating is more stable. This is likely due to the fact that the SAM prepared using silane may be degraded after several days whereas the polymer prepared by CVD polymerization is more stable than the SAM, leading to a more stable antimicrobial coating.
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The principles, strengths and limitations of several nonlinear optical (NLO) methods for characterizing biological systems are reviewed. NLO methods encompass a wide range of approaches that can be used for real-time, in-situ characterization of biological systems, typically in a label-free mode. Multiphoton excitation fluorescence (MPEF) is widely used for high-quality imaging based on electronic transitions, but lacks interface specificity. Second harmonic generation (SHG) is a parametric process that has all the virtues of the two-photon version of MPEF, yielding a signal at twice the frequency of the excitation light, which provides interface specificity. Both SHG and MPEF can provide images with high structural contrast, but they typically lack molecular or chemical specificity. Other NLO methods such as coherent anti-Stokes Raman scattering (CARS) and stimulated Raman scattering (SRS) can provide high-sensitivity imaging with chemical information since Raman active vibrations are probed. However, CARS and SRS lack interface and surface specificity. A NLO method that provides both interface/surface specificity as well as molecular specificity is vibrational sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy. Vibration modes that are both Raman and IR active are probed in the SFG process, providing the molecular specificity. SFG, like SHG, is a parametric process, which provides the interface and surface specificity. SFG is typically done in the reflection mode from planar samples. This has yielded rich and detailed information about the molecular structure of biomaterial interfaces and biomolecules interacting with their surfaces. However, 2-D systems have limitations for understanding the interactions of biomolecules and interfaces in the 3-D biological environment. The recent advances made in instrumentation and analysis methods for sum frequency scattering (SFS) now present the opportunity for SFS to be used to directly study biological solutions. By detecting the scattering at angles away from the phase-matched direction even centrosymmetric structures that are isotropic (e.g., spherical nanoparticles functionalized with self-assembled monolayers or biomolecules) can be probed. Often a combination of multiple NLO methods or a combination of a NLO method with other spectroscopic methods is required to obtain a full understanding of the molecular structure and surface chemistry of biomaterials and the biomolecules that interact with them. Using the right combination methods provides a powerful approach for characterizing biological materials.
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Han X, Zheng J, Lin F, Kuroda K, Chen Z. Interactions between Surface-Immobilized Antimicrobial Peptides and Model Bacterial Cell Membranes. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2018; 34:512-520. [PMID: 29232144 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.7b03411] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/07/2023]
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Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy was used to study surface immobilization effects on the interactions between antimicrobial peptide cecropin P1 (CP1) and model cell membranes. While free CP1 in solution interacted with a model cell membrane composed of a phosphatidylglycerol (PG) bilayer, electrostatic interaction led to the attachment of CP1 molecules onto the PG surface and the hydrophobic domain in the lipid bilayer enabled the peptides to insert into the bilayer and form α-helices from random coil structures. While CP1 molecules immobilized on a self-assembled monolayer interacted with PG lipid vesicles, the intensity of the SFG peak for the peptide α-helix decreased as the PG vesicle concentration increased. It was believed that when surface-immobilized CP1 molecules interacted with lipid vesicles, they lay down on the surface or became random coils. When the immobilized CP1 interacted with a PG lipid monolayer on water, the strong interaction led to the lying-down orientation of all of the surface-immobilized peptides as well. Differently, no significant interactions between surface-immobilized CP1 with the mammalian cell membrane model 1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine bilayer were observed. Our results suggest that, instead of membrane insertion, the electrostatic interactions between the surface cationic charges of CP1 and anionic bacterial membranes may play an important role in the antimicrobial activity of the surface-immobilized CP1 peptide.
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- Xiaofeng Han
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University , Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University , Nanjing 210096, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, National Demonstration Center for Experimental Biomedical Engineering Education, Southeast University , Nanjing 210096, China
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Wu X, Wei PH, Zhu X, Wirth MJ, Bhunia A, Narsimhan G. Effect of immobilization on the antimicrobial activity of a cysteine-terminated antimicrobial Peptide Cecropin P1 tethered to silica nanoparticle against E. coli O157:H7 EDL933. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2017; 156:305-312. [PMID: 28544962 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2017.05.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2017] [Revised: 05/15/2017] [Accepted: 05/16/2017] [Indexed: 01/08/2023]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have the ability to penetrate the cell membrane, form pores which eventually lead to cell death. Immobilization of AMP on nanoparticles can play a major role in antimicrobial materials, biosensors for pathogen detection and in food safety. The minimum inhibitory concentration (MIC) of free Cecropin P1 (CP1, sequence SWLSTAKKLENSAKKRLSEGIAIAIQGGPR) and adsorbed on silica nanoparticle against E. coli O157:H7 EDL933 were 0.78μg/ml. This was found to be consistent with preservation of α-helical secondary structure of CP1 upon adsorption as indicated by circular dichroism (CD). Cysteine-terminus modified Cecropin P1 (CP1C, sequence SWLSTAKKLENSAKKRLSEGIAIAIQGGPRC) was chemically immobilized onto silica nanoparticles with maleimide-PEG-NHS ester cross-linkers of different PEG chain lengths. The antimicrobial activity of CP1C in solution and adsorbed on silica nanoparticles against E. coli O157:H7 EDL933 were found to be the same as those for CP1. However, tethered CP1C exhibited much higher MIC of 24.38, 37.55 and 109.82μg/ml for (PEG)20, (PEG)6 and (PEG)2 linkers respectively. The antimicrobial activity of CP1C tethered to silica nanoparticles with (PEG)20 linker was found to be lower for lower surface coverage with MIC values being 86.06, 36.89, 24.38 and 17.84μg/ml for surface coverage of 12.3%, 24.4%, 52.8% and 83.8% respectively. All atom MD simulation of 1:3 DOPG/DOPC mixed membrane interacting with free and PEGlyated CP1C indicated that presence of PEG linker prevented CP1C from interacting with the bilayer which may explain the loss of antimicrobial activity of tethered CP1C.
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- Xi Wu
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Department of Research Computing, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Department of Food Science, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States
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- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN 47907, United States.
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Lozeau LD, Grosha J, Kole D, Prifti F, Dominko T, Camesano TA, Rolle MW. Collagen tethering of synthetic human antimicrobial peptides cathelicidin LL37 and its effects on antimicrobial activity and cytotoxicity. Acta Biomater 2017; 52:9-20. [PMID: 28017866 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2016.12.047] [Citation(s) in RCA: 29] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2016] [Revised: 12/05/2016] [Accepted: 12/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Wound infections, particularly of chronic wounds, pose a substantial challenge for designing antimicrobial dressings that are both effective against pathogens, and do not interfere with wound healing. Due to their broad-spectrum antimicrobial and immunomodulatory activities, naturally-occurring antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) are promising alternative treatments. However, their cytotoxicity at high concentrations and poor stability hinders their clinical use. To mitigate these undesirable properties, we investigated the effects of tethering human AMP cathelicidin LL37 to collagen, one of the main extracellular matrix proteins in wound sites, secreted by fibroblasts, and in commercially-available wound dressings. The active domain of human AMP cathelicidin, LL37, and two chimeric peptides containing LL37 fused to collagen binding domains (derived from collagenase - cCBD-LL37 or fibronectin - fCBD-LL37) were synthesized and adsorbed to PURACOL® type I collagen scaffolds. After 14days, 73%, 81% and 99% of LL37, cCBD-LL37 and fCBD-LL37, respectively, was retained on the scaffolds and demonstrated undiminished antimicrobial activity when challenged with both Gram-positive and Gram-negative bacterial strains. Loaded scaffolds were not cytotoxic to fibroblasts despite retaining peptides at concentrations 24 times higher than the reported cytotoxic concentrations in solution. These findings indicate that biopolymer-tethered AMPs may represent a viable alternative for preventing and treating wound infection while also supporting tissue repair. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE Over 6.5million people annually in the United States suffer chronic wounds; many will become infected with antibiotic-resistant bacteria. Treatments used to prevent and fight infection are toxic and may hinder wound healing. AMPs are broad-spectrum antimicrobials that also promote healing; however, their instability and toxicity are major challenges. To overcome treatment gaps, we functionalized collagen scaffolds with chimeric antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) with collagen binding domains to create antimicrobial and non-cytotoxic scaffolds that may promote healing. This is the first report of CBD-mediated delivery of AMPs onto collagen scaffolds that demonstrates no cytotoxicity toward fibroblasts. This study also suggests that retention of antimicrobial activity is CBD-dependent, which provides foundations for fundamental studies of CBD-AMP mechanisms and clinical explorations.
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- Lindsay D Lozeau
- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Politecnico di Milano, Piazza Leonardo da Vinci, 32, 20133 Milan, Italy; Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States; Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States; Dept. of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States
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- Dept. of Biology and Biotechnology, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States; Center for Biomedical Sciences and Engineering, University of Nova Gorica, Vipavska cesta, 5000 Nova Gorica, Slovenia
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- Dept. of Chemical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States
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- Dept. of Biomedical Engineering, Worcester Polytechnic Institute, 100 Institute Road, Worcester, MA 01609, United States.
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Ding B, Jasensky J, Li Y, Chen Z. Engineering and Characterization of Peptides and Proteins at Surfaces and Interfaces: A Case Study in Surface-Sensitive Vibrational Spectroscopy. Acc Chem Res 2016; 49:1149-57. [PMID: 27188920 DOI: 10.1021/acs.accounts.6b00091] [Citation(s) in RCA: 83] [Impact Index Per Article: 10.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Understanding molecular structures of interfacial peptides and proteins impacts many research fields by guiding the advancement of biocompatible materials, new and improved marine antifouling coatings, ultrasensitive and highly specific biosensors and biochips, therapies for diseases related to protein amyloid formation, and knowledge on mechanisms for various membrane proteins and their interactions with ligands. Developing methods for measuring such unique systems, as well as elucidating the structure and function relationship of such biomolecules, has been the goal of our lab at the University of Michigan. We have made substantial progress to develop sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy into a powerful technique to study interfacial peptides and proteins, which lays a foundation to obtain unique and valuable insights when using SFG to probe various biologically relevant systems at the solid/liquid interface in situ in real time. One highlighting feature of this Account is the demonstration of the power of combining SFG with other techniques and methods such as ATR-FTIR, surface engineering, MD simulation, liquid crystal sensing, and isotope labeling in order to study peptides and proteins at interfaces. It is necessary to emphasize that SFG plays a major role in these studies, while other techniques and methods are supplemental. The central role of SFG is to provide critical information on interfacial peptide and protein structure (e.g., conformation and orientation) in order to elucidate how surface engineering (e.g., to vary the structure) can ultimately affect surface function (e.g., to optimize the activity). This Account focuses on the most significant recent progress in research on interfacial peptides and proteins carried out by our group including (1) the development of SFG analysis methods to determine orientations of regular as well as disrupted secondary structures, and the successful demonstration and application of an isotope labeling method with SFG to probe the detailed local structure and microenvironment of peptides at buried interfaces, (2) systematic research on cell membrane associated peptides and proteins including antimicrobial peptides, cell penetrating peptides, G proteins, and other membrane proteins, discussing the factors that influence interfacial peptide and protein structures such as lipid charge, membrane fluidity, and biomolecule solution concentration, and (3) in-depth discussion on solid surface immobilized antimicrobial peptides and enzymes. The effects of immobilization method, substrate surface, immobilization site on the peptide or protein, and surrounding environment are presented. Several examples leading to high impact new research are also briefly introduced: The orientation change of alamethicin detected while varying the model cell membrane potential demonstrates the feasibility to apply SFG to study ion channel protein gating mechanisms. The elucidation of peptide secondary structures at liquid crystal interfaces shows promising results that liquid crystal can detect and recognize different peptides and proteins. The method of retaining the native structure of surface immobilized peptides or proteins in air demonstrates the feasibility to protect and preserve such structures via the use of hydromimetic functionalities when there is no bulk water. We hope that readers in many different disciplines will benefit from the research progress reported in this Account on SFG studies of interfacial structure-function relationships of peptides and proteins and apply this powerful technique to study interfacial biomolecules in the future.
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- Bei Ding
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Girrbach M, Rink I, Ladnorg T, Azucena C, Heißler S, Haraszti T, Schepers U, Schmitz K. Leukocyte responses to immobilized patterns of CXCL8. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2016; 142:385-391. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2016.03.004] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/12/2015] [Revised: 02/02/2016] [Accepted: 03/01/2016] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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Dugger JW, Webb LJ. Preparation and Characterization of Biofunctionalized Inorganic Substrates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:10331-40. [PMID: 26135514 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b01876] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Integrating the function of biological molecules into traditional inorganic materials and substrates couples biologically relevant function to synthetic devices and generates new materials and capabilities by combining biological and inorganic functions. At this so-called "bio/abio interface," basic biological functions such as ligand binding and catalysis can be co-opted to detect analytes with exceptional sensitivity or to generate useful molecules with chiral specificity under entirely benign reaction conditions. Proteins function in dynamic, complex, and crowded environments (the living cell) and are therefore appropriate for integrating into multistep, multiscale, multimaterial devices such as integrated circuits and heterogeneous catalysts. However, the goal of reproducing the highly specific activities of biomolecules in the perturbed chemical and electrostatic environment at an inorganic interface while maintaining their native conformations is challenging to achieve. Moreover, characterizing protein structure and function at a surface is often difficult, particularly if one wishes to compare the activity of the protein to that of the dilute, aqueous solution phase. Our laboratory has developed a general strategy to address this challenge by taking advantage of the structural and chemical properties of alkanethiol self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) on gold surfaces that are functionalized with covalently tethered peptides. These surface-bound peptides then act as the chemical recognition element for a target protein, generating a biomimetic surface in which protein orientation, structure, density, and function are controlled and variable. Herein we discuss current research and future directions related to generating a chemically tunable biofunctionalization strategy that has potential to successfully incorporate the highly specialized functions of proteins onto inorganic substrates.
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- Jason W Dugger
- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street, STOP A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Center for Nano- and Molecular Science and Technology, and Institute for Cell and Molecular Biology, The University of Texas at Austin , 105 E. 24th Street, STOP A5300, Austin, Texas 78712-1224, United States
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Shakiba A, Jamison AC, Lee TR. Poly(L-lysine) Interfaces via Dual Click Reactions on Surface-Bound Custom-Designed Dithiol Adsorbates. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2015; 31:6154-63. [PMID: 25961498 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b00877] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
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Surfaces modified with poly(L-lysine) can be used to immobilize selected biomolecules electrostatically. This report describes the preparation of a set of self-assembled monolayers (SAMs) from three different azide-terminated adsorbates as platforms for performing controlled surface attachments and as a means of determining the parameters that afford stable poly(L-lysine)-modified SAM surfaces having controlled packing densities. A maleimide-terminated alkyne linker was "clicked" to the azide-terminated surfaces via a copper-catalyzed cycloaddition reaction to produce the attachment sites for the polypeptides. A thiol-Michael addition was then used to immobilize cysteine-terminated poly(L-lysine) moieties on the gold surface, avoiding adsorbate self-reactions with this two-step procedure. Each step in this process was analyzed by ellipsometry, X-ray photoelectron spectroscopy, polarization modulation infrared reflection-absorption spectroscopy, and contact angle goniometry to determine which adsorbate structure most effectively produced the targeted polypeptide interface. Additionally, a series of mixed SAMs using an azidoalkanethiol in combination with a normal alkanethiol having an equivalent alkyl chain were prepared to provide data to determine how dilution of the azide reactive site on the SAM surface influences the initial click reaction. Overall, the collected data demonstrate the advantages of an appropriately designed bidentate absorbate and its potential to form effective platforms for biomolecule surface attachment via click reactions.
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- Amin Shakiba
- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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- Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering and the Texas Center for Superconductivity, University of Houston, Houston, Texas 77204-5003, United States
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Soares JW, Kirby R, Doherty LA, Meehan A, Arcidiacono S. Immobilization and orientation-dependent activity of a naturally occurring antimicrobial peptide. J Pept Sci 2015; 21:669-79. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2787] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/31/2014] [Revised: 03/10/2015] [Accepted: 04/27/2015] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Jason W. Soares
- U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center; Natick MA 01760 USA
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- U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center; Natick MA 01760 USA
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- U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center; Natick MA 01760 USA
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- U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center; Natick MA 01760 USA
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- U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development and Engineering Center; Natick MA 01760 USA
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Wei S, Brooks CL. Stability and orientation of cecropin P1 on maleimide self-assembled monolayer (SAM) surfaces and suggested functional mutations. CHINESE CHEM LETT 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cclet.2015.03.020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/27/2022]
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Yu L, Zhang L, Sun Y. Protein behavior at surfaces: Orientation, conformational transitions and transport. J Chromatogr A 2015; 1382:118-34. [DOI: 10.1016/j.chroma.2014.12.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 76] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/22/2014] [Revised: 12/26/2014] [Accepted: 12/31/2014] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Li Y, Zhang X, Myers J, Abbott NL, Chen Z. Room temperature freezing and orientational control of surface-immobilized peptides in air. Chem Commun (Camb) 2015; 51:11015-8. [DOI: 10.1039/c5cc03274a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The “native” structure and orientation of a surface immobilized peptide was successfully controlled in air with a sugar layer. The robust peptide structure could also be retained at high temperatures.
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- Yaoxin Li
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering
- University of Wisconsin-Madison
- Madison
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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Determination of conformation and orientation of immobilized peptides and proteins at buried interfaces. Chem Phys Lett 2015. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2014.10.035] [Citation(s) in RCA: 26] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Zhang X, Li Y, Hankett JM, Chen Z. The molecular interfacial structure and plasticizer migration behavior of “green” plasticized poly(vinyl chloride). Phys Chem Chem Phys 2015; 17:4472-82. [DOI: 10.1039/c4cp05287k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 25] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/18/2023]
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Both oxygen and argon plasma treatment made TBAC–PVC surfaces hydrophilic, but that of argon enhanced the migration of TBAC to water.
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- Xiaoxian Zhang
- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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- Department of Chemistry
- University of Michigan
- Ann Arbor
- USA
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Advanced experimental methods toward understanding biophysicochemical interactions of interfacial biomolecules by using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. Sci China Chem 2014. [DOI: 10.1007/s11426-014-5233-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/12/2023]
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Wang Z, Han X, He N, Chen Z, Brooks CL. Environmental Effect on Surface Immobilized Biological Molecules. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:12176-85. [DOI: 10.1021/jp508550d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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- Zunliang Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and
Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou 2, Nanjing 210096, China
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and
Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou 2, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and
Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou 2, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Wang Z, Han X, He N, Chen Z, Brooks CL. Molecular Structures of C- and N-Terminus Cysteine Modified Cecropin P1 Chemically Immobilized onto Maleimide-Terminated Self-Assembled Monolayers Investigated by Molecular Dynamics Simulation. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:5670-80. [DOI: 10.1021/jp5023482] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/15/2022]
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- Zunliang Wang
- State
Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and
Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou 2, Nanjing 210096, China
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and
Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou 2, Nanjing 210096, China
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- State
Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and
Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Si Pai Lou 2, Nanjing 210096, China
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Volpati D, Aoki PHB, Alessio P, Pavinatto FJ, Miranda PB, Constantino CJL, Oliveira ON. Vibrational spectroscopy for probing molecular-level interactions in organic films mimicking biointerfaces. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 207:199-215. [PMID: 24530000 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2014.01.014] [Citation(s) in RCA: 30] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/13/2013] [Revised: 11/28/2013] [Accepted: 01/13/2014] [Indexed: 01/26/2023]
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Investigation into nanostructured organic films has served many purposes, including the design of functionalized surfaces that may be applied in biomedical devices and tissue engineering and for studying physiological processes depending on the interaction with cell membranes. Of particular relevance are Langmuir monolayers, Langmuir-Blodgett (LB) and layer-by-layer (LbL) films used to simulate biological interfaces. In this review, we shall focus on the use of vibrational spectroscopy methods to probe molecular-level interactions at biomimetic interfaces, with special emphasis on three surface-specific techniques, namely sum frequency generation (SFG), polarization-modulated infrared reflection absorption spectroscopy (PM-IRRAS) and surface-enhanced Raman scattering (SERS). The two types of systems selected for exemplifying the potential of the methods are the cell membrane models and the functionalized surfaces with biomolecules. Examples will be given on how SFG and PM-IRRAS can be combined to determine the effects from biomolecules on cell membrane models, which include determination of the orientation and preservation of secondary structure. Crucial information for the action of biomolecules on model membranes has also been obtained with PM-IRRAS, as is the case of chitosan removing proteins from the membrane. SERS will be shown as promising for enabling detection limits down to the single-molecule level. The strengths and limitations of these methods will also be discussed, in addition to the prospects for the near future.
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- Diogo Volpati
- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 369, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, UNESP, Presidente Prudente, CEP 19060-900 SP,Brazil
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- Faculty of Science and Technology, UNESP, Presidente Prudente, CEP 19060-900 SP,Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 369, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 369, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil
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- São Carlos Institute of Physics, University of São Paulo, CP 369, São Carlos, SP 13560-970, Brazil.
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Han X, Liu Y, Wu FG, Jansensky J, Kim T, Wang Z, Brooks CL, Wu J, Xi C, Mello CM, Chen Z. Different Interfacial Behaviors of Peptides Chemically Immobilized on Surfaces with Different Linker Lengths and via Different Termini. J Phys Chem B 2014; 118:2904-12. [DOI: 10.1021/jp4122003] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/10/2023]
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- Bioscience and Technology Team, U.S. Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, & Engineering Center, 15 Kansas Street, Natick, Massachusetts 01760, United States
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Roy S, Covert PA, FitzGerald WR, Hore DK. Biomolecular Structure at Solid–Liquid Interfaces As Revealed by Nonlinear Optical Spectroscopy. Chem Rev 2014; 114:8388-415. [DOI: 10.1021/cr400418b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 93] [Impact Index Per Article: 9.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/02/2023]
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- Sandra Roy
- Department
of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6 Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6 Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6 Canada
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- Department
of Chemistry, University of Victoria, Victoria, British Columbia, V8W 3V6 Canada
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Ding B, Laaser JE, Liu Y, Wang P, Zanni MT, Chen Z. Site-specific orientation of an α-helical peptide ovispirin-1 from isotope-labeled SFG spectroscopy. J Phys Chem B 2013; 117:14625-34. [PMID: 24228619 DOI: 10.1021/jp408064b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 28] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023]
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Sum-frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy is often used to probe the backbone structures and orientations of polypeptides at surfaces. Using the ovispirin-1 polypeptide at the solid/liquid interface of polystyrene, we demonstrate for the first time that SFG can probe the polarization response of a single-isotope-labeled residue. To interpret the spectral intensities, we simulated the spectra using an excitonic Hamiltonian approach. We show that the polarization dependence of either the label or the unlabeled amide I band alone does not provide sufficient structural constraints to obtain both the tilt and the twist of the ovispirin helix at a solid/liquid interface, but that both can be determined from the polarization dependence of the complete spectrum. For ovispirin, the detailed analysis of the polarized SFG experimental data shows that the helix axis is tilted at roughly 138° from the surface normal, and the transition dipole of the isotope-labeled C═O group is tilted at 23° from the surface normal, with the hydrophobic region facing the polystyrene surface. We further demonstrate that the Hamiltonian approach is able to address the coupling effect and the structural disorder. For comparison, we also collected the FTIR spectrum of ovispirin under similar conditions, which reveals the enhanced sensitivity of SFG for structural studies of single monolayer peptide surfaces. Our study provides insight into how structural and environmental effects appear in SFG spectra of the amide I band and establishes that SFG of isotope-labeled peptides will be a powerful technique for elucidating secondary structures with residue-by-residue resolution.
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- Bei Ding
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Lin CK, Yang L, Hayashi M, Zhu CY, Fujimura Y, Shen YR, Lin SH. Theory and Applications of Sum-Frequency Generations. J CHIN CHEM SOC-TAIP 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/jccs.201300416] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/07/2022]
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Han X, Uzarski JR, Mello CM, Chen Z. Different interfacial behaviors of N- and C-terminus cysteine-modified cecropin P1 chemically immobilized onto polymer surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2013; 29:11705-11712. [PMID: 23919837 DOI: 10.1021/la401818k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/02/2023]
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Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy and attenuated total reflectance-Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR) were used to investigate the orientation of N-terminus cysteine-modified cecropin P1 (cCP1) at the polystyrene maleimide (PS-MA)/peptide phosphate buffer solution interface. The cCP1 cysteine group reacts with the maleimide group on the PS-MA surface to chemically immobilize cCP1. Previously, we found that the C-terminus cysteine-modified cecropin P1 (CP1c) molecules exhibit a multiple-orientation distribution at the PS-MA/peptide phosphate buffer solution interface, due to simultaneous physical adsorption and chemical immobilization of CP1c on the PS-MA surface. Differently, in this research, it was found that the interfacial orientation of cCP1 molecules varied from a horizontal orientation to the "tilting" orientation to the "standing up" orientation and then to the "multiple-orientation" distribution as the peptide concentration increased from 0.19 to 3.74 μM. This research shows the different interaction mechanisms between CP1c and PS-MA and between cCP1 and PS-MA.
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- Xiaofeng Han
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan , Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Wu X, Chang H, Mello C, Nagarajan R, Narsimhan G. Effect of interaction with coesite silica on the conformation of Cecropin P1 using explicit solvent molecular dynamics simulation. J Chem Phys 2013; 138:045103. [PMID: 23387625 DOI: 10.1063/1.4788662] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
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Explicit solvent molecular dynamics (MD) simulation was carried out for the antimicrobial peptides (i) Cecropin P1 and C-terminus cysteine modified Cecropin P1 (Cecropin P1 C) in solution, (ii) Cecropin P1 and Cecropin P1 C adsorbed onto coesite -Si - O - and Si - O - H surfaces, and (iii) Cecropin P1 C tethered to coesite -Si - O - surface with either (PEO)(3) or (PEO)(6) linker. Low energy structures for Cecropin P1 and Cecropin P1 C in solution consists of two regions of high α helix probability with a sharp bend, consistent with the available structures of other antimicrobial peptides. The structure of Cecropin P1 C at low ionic strength of 0.02 M exhibits two regions of high α helix probability (residues AKKLEN and EGI) whereas at higher ionic strength of 0.12 M, the molecule was more compact and had three regions of higher α helix probability (residues TAKKLENSA, ISE, and AIQG) with an increase in α helical content from 15.6% to 18.7% as a result of shielding of electrostatic interactions. In the presence of Cecropin P1 C in the vicinity of -Si - O - surface, there is a shift in the location of two peaks in H - O - H density profile to larger distances (2.95 Å and 7.38 Å compared to 2.82 Å and 4.88 Å in the absence of peptide) with attenuated peak intensity. This attenuation is found to be more pronounced for the first peak. H-bond density profile in the vicinity of -Si - O - surface exhibited a single peak in the presence of Cecropin P1 C (at 2.9 Å) which was only slightly different from the profile in the absence of polypeptide (2.82 Å) thus indicating that Cecropin P1 C is not able to break the H-bond formed by the silica surface. The α helix probability for different residues of adsorbed Cecropin P1 C on -Si - O - surface is not significantly different from that of Cecropin P1 C in solution at low ionic strength of 0.02 M whereas there is a decrease in the probability in the second (residues ISE) and third (residues AIQG) α helical regions at higher ionic strength of 0.12 M. Though the total α helical content of adsorbed and tethered Cecropin P1 C was lower for hydrophilic Si - O - H surface compared to hydrophobic -Si - O -, hydrophobicity of the surface did not significantly affect the α helix probability of different residues. The conformation of Cecropin P1 C in solution is closer to that of tethered to -Si - O - with (PEO)(6) than that tethered with (PEO)(3) as a result of less surface interaction of tethered polypeptide with a longer linker. At low ionic strength of 0.02 M, tethered Cecropin P1 C to -Si - O - is found to exhibit lower α helix (13.0%) compared to adsorbed (15.6%) for (PEO)(3) linker with this difference being insignificant for larger (PEO)(6) linker molecule. Experimental values of % α helix inferred from circular dichroism spectra of Cecropin P1 in solution as well as in adsorbed state on silica surface compared well with the corresponding values obtained from MD simulation thereby validating the simulation procedure.
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- Xiaoyu Wu
- Department of Agricultural and Biological Engineering, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana 47907, USA
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Wei L, Cao L, Xi Z. Highly Potent and Stable Capped siRNAs with Picomolar Activity for RNA Interference. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013; 52:6501-3. [DOI: 10.1002/anie.201301122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/07/2013] [Indexed: 01/07/2023]
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Wei L, Cao L, Xi Z. Highly Potent and Stable Capped siRNAs with Picomolar Activity for RNA Interference. Angew Chem Int Ed Engl 2013. [DOI: 10.1002/ange.201301122] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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Yang P, Boughton A, Homan KT, Tesmer JJG, Chen Z. Membrane orientation of Gα(i)β(1)γ(2) and Gβ(1)γ(2) determined via combined vibrational spectroscopic studies. J Am Chem Soc 2013; 135:5044-51. [PMID: 23461393 DOI: 10.1021/ja3116026] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/18/2022]
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The manner in which the heterotrimeric G protein complexes Gβ1γ2 and Gαiβ1γ2 interact with membranes is likely related to their biological function. We combined complementary measurements from sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational and attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy to determine the possible membrane orientations of Gβ1γ2 and the Gαiβ1γ2 heterotrimer more precisely than could be achieved using SFG alone. The most likely orientations of Gβ1γ2 and the Gαiβ1γ2 heterotrimer were both determined to fall within a similar narrow range of twist and tilt angles, suggesting that Gβ1γ2 may bind to Gαi without a significant change in orientation. This "basal" orientation seems to depend primarily on the geranylgeranylated C-terminus of Gγ2 along with basic residues at the N-terminus of Gαi, and suggests that activated G protein-coupled receptors (GPCRs) must reorient G protein heterotrimers at lipid bilayers to catalyze nucleotide exchange. The innovative methodologies developed in this paper can be widely applied to study the membrane orientation of other proteins in situ.
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- Pei Yang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michiga n, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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Prudovsky I, Kumar TKS, Sterling S, Neivandt D. Protein-phospholipid interactions in nonclassical protein secretion: problem and methods of study. Int J Mol Sci 2013; 14:3734-72. [PMID: 23396106 PMCID: PMC3588068 DOI: 10.3390/ijms14023734] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/30/2012] [Revised: 01/24/2013] [Accepted: 01/25/2013] [Indexed: 12/30/2022] Open
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Extracellular proteins devoid of signal peptides use nonclassical secretion mechanisms for their export. These mechanisms are independent of the endoplasmic reticulum and Golgi. Some nonclassically released proteins, particularly fibroblast growth factors (FGF) 1 and 2, are exported as a result of their direct translocation through the cell membrane. This process requires specific interactions of released proteins with membrane phospholipids. In this review written by a cell biologist, a structural biologist and two membrane engineers, we discuss the following subjects: (i) Phenomenon of nonclassical protein release and its biological significance; (ii) Composition of the FGF1 multiprotein release complex (MRC); (iii) The relationship between FGF1 export and acidic phospholipid externalization; (iv) Interactions of FGF1 MRC components with acidic phospholipids; (v) Methods to study the transmembrane translocation of proteins; (vi) Membrane models to study nonclassical protein release.
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- Igor Prudovsky
- Maine Medical Center Research Institute, 81 Research Drive, Scarborough, ME 04074, USA
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA; E-Mails: (S.S.); (D.N.)
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Maine, Orono, ME 04469, USA; E-Mails: (S.S.); (D.N.)
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Ye S, Wei F, Li H, Tian K, Luo Y. Structure and Orientation of Interfacial Proteins Determined by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. ADVANCES IN PROTEIN CHEMISTRY AND STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY 2013; 93:213-55. [DOI: 10.1016/b978-0-12-416596-0.00007-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/20/2022]
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Zhang C, Myers J, Chen Z. Elucidation of molecular structures at buried polymer interfaces and biological interfaces using sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. SOFT MATTER 2013; 9:4738-4761. [PMID: 23710244 PMCID: PMC3661304 DOI: 10.1039/c3sm27710k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 57] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/21/2023]
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Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been developed into an important technique to study surfaces and interfaces. It can probe buried interfaces in situ and provide molecular level structural information such as the presence of various chemical moieties, quantitative molecular functional group orientation, and time dependent kinetics or dynamics at such interfaces. This paper focuses on these three most important advantages of SFG and reviews some of the recent progress in SFG studies on interfaces related to polymer materials and biomolecules. The results discussed here demonstrate that SFG can provide important molecular structural information of buried interfaces in situ and in real time, which is difficult to obtain by other surface sensitive analytical techniques.
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- Chi Zhang
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, Michigan 48109, United States
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North SH, Wojciechowski J, Chu V, Taitt CR. Surface immobilization chemistry influences peptide-based detection of lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid. J Pept Sci 2012; 18:366-72. [PMID: 22565661 DOI: 10.1002/psc.2399] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/02/2011] [Revised: 11/27/2011] [Accepted: 01/04/2012] [Indexed: 01/21/2023]
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Antimicrobial peptides (AMPs) have recently gained attention as potentially valuable diagnostic and therapeutic agents. The utilization of these peptides for diagnostic purposes relies on the ability to immobilize them on the surface of a detection platform in a predictable and reliable manner that facilitates target binding. The method for attachment of peptides to a solid support is guided by peptide length, amino acid composition, secondary structure, and the nature of the underlying substrate. While immobilization methods that target amine groups of amino acid sequences are widely used, they can result in heterogeneous conjugation at multiple sites on a peptide and have direct implications for peptide presentation and function. Using two types of commercial amine-reactive microtiter plates, we described the effects of analogous immobilization chemistries on the surface attachment of AMPs and their differential binding interaction with Gram-specific bacterial biomarkers, lipopolysaccharide and lipoteichoic acid. As might be expected, differences in overall binding affinities were noted when comparing AMPs immobilized on the two types of plates. However, the two-amine-targeted linking chemistries also affected the specificity of the attached peptides; lipopolysaccharide generally demonstrated a preference for peptides immobilized on one type of plate, while (when observed at all) lipoteichoic acid bound preferentially to AMPs immobilized on the other type of plate. These results demonstrate the potential for tuning not only the binding affinities but also the specificities of immobilized AMPs by simple alterations in linking strategy.
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- Stella H North
- Center for Bio/Molecular Science & Engineering, Naval Research Laboratory, 4555 Overlook Avenue SW, Washington, DC 20375, USA
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Liu Y, Jasensky J, Chen Z. Molecular interactions of proteins and peptides at interfaces studied by sum frequency generation vibrational spectroscopy. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2012; 28:2113-21. [PMID: 22171656 PMCID: PMC3269552 DOI: 10.1021/la203823t] [Citation(s) in RCA: 55] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Interfacial peptides and proteins are critical in many biological processes and thus are of interest to various research fields. To study these processes, surface sensitive techniques are required to completely describe different interfacial interactions intrinsic to many complicated processes. Sum frequency generation (SFG) spectroscopy has been developed into a powerful tool to investigate these interactions and mechanisms of a variety of interfacial peptides and proteins. It has been shown that SFG has intrinsic surface sensitivity and the ability to acquire conformation, orientation, and ordering information about these systems. This paper reviews recent studies on peptide/protein-substrate interactions, peptide/protein-membrane interactions, and protein complexes at interfaces and demonstrates the ability of SFG on unveiling the molecular pictures of complicated interfacial biological processes.
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- Yuwei Liu
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
- Department of Biophysics, University of Michigan, 930 North University Avenue, Ann Arbor, MI 48109 USA
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- Francisco Zaera
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Riverside, California 92521, United States
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Shriver-Lake LC, North SH, Dean SN, Taitt CR. Antimicrobial Peptides for Detection and Diagnostic Assays. SPRINGER SERIES ON CHEMICAL SENSORS AND BIOSENSORS 2012. [DOI: 10.1007/5346_2012_19] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
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Zhang Y, Wu H, Huang X, Zhang J, Guo S. Effect of substrate (ZnO) morphology on enzyme immobilization and its catalytic activity. NANOSCALE RESEARCH LETTERS 2011; 6:450. [PMID: 21752255 PMCID: PMC3211870 DOI: 10.1186/1556-276x-6-450] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2011] [Accepted: 07/13/2011] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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In this study, zinc oxide (ZnO) nanocrystals with different morphologies were synthesized and used as substrates for enzyme immobilization. The effects of morphology of ZnO nanocrystals on enzyme immobilization and their catalytic activities were investigated. The ZnO nanocrystals were prepared through a hydrothermal procedure using tetramethylammonium hydroxide as a mineralizing agent. The control on the morphology of ZnO nanocrystals was achieved by varying the ratio of CH3OH to H2O, which were used as solvents in the hydrothermal reaction system. The surface of as-prepared ZnO nanoparticles was functionalized with amino groups using 3-aminopropyltriethoxysilane and tetraethyl orthosilicate, and the amino groups on the surface were identified and calculated by FT-IR and the Kaiser assay. Horseradish peroxidase was immobilized on as-modified ZnO nanostructures with glutaraldehyde as a crosslinker. The results showed that three-dimensional nanomultipod is more appropriate for the immobilization of enzyme used further in catalytic reaction.
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- Yan Zhang
- National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, PR China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioreactor Engineering, School of Pharmacy, East China University of Science and Technology, Shanghai, 200237, PR China
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- National Key Laboratory of Micro/Nano Fabrication Technology, Key Laboratory for Thin Film and Microfabrication of the Ministry of Education, Research Institute of Micro/Nano Science and Technology, Shanghai Jiao Tong University, Shanghai 200240, PR China
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Han X, Soblosky L, Slutsky M, Mello CM, Chen Z. Solvent effect and time-dependent behavior of C-terminus-cysteine-modified cecropin P1 chemically immobilized on a polymer surface. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2011; 27:7042-51. [PMID: 21553837 PMCID: PMC3105169 DOI: 10.1021/la200388y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
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Sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy has been applied to the investigation of peptide immobilization on a polymer surface as a function of time and peptide conformation. Surface immobilization of biological molecules is important in many applications such as biosensors, antimicrobial materials, biobased fuel cells, nanofabrication, and multifunctional materials. Using C-terminus-cysteine-modified cecropin P1 (CP1c) as a model, we investigated the time-dependent immobilization behavior in situ in real time. In addition, potassium phosphate buffer (PB) and mixtures of PB and trifluoroethanol were utilized to examine the effect of peptide secondary structure on CP1c immobilization to polystyrene maleimide (PS-MA). The orientation of immobilized CP1c on PS-MA was determined using polarized SFG spectra. It was found that the peptide solution concentration, solvent composition, and assembly state (monomer vs dimer) prior to immobilization all influence the orientation of CP1c on a PS-MA surface. The detailed relationship between the interfacial peptide orientation and these immobilization conditions is discussed.
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- Xiaofeng Han
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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- Bioscience and Technology Team, US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, & Engineering Center (NSRDEC), Natick, MA 01760-5020
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- Bioscience and Technology Team, US Army Natick Soldier Research, Development, & Engineering Center (NSRDEC), Natick, MA 01760-5020
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109
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Wang T, Li D, Lu X, Khmaladze A, Han X, Ye S, Yang P, Xue G, He N, Chen Z. Single Lipid Bilayers Constructed on Polymer Cushion Studied by Sum Frequency Generation Vibrational Spectroscopy. THE JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY. C, NANOMATERIALS AND INTERFACES 2011; 115:7613-7620. [PMID: 21712964 PMCID: PMC3122884 DOI: 10.1021/jp200546h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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Planar solid supported single lipid bilayers on mica, glass, or other inorganic surfaces have been widely used as models for cell membranes. To more closely mimic the cell membrane environment, soft hydrophilic polymer cushions were introduced between the hard inorganic substrate and the lipid bilayer to completely avoid the possible substrate-lipid interactions. In this article, sum frequency generation (SFG) vibrational spectroscopy was used to examine and compare single lipid bilayers assembled on the CaF(2) prism surface and on poly (L-lactic acid) (PLLA) cushion. By using asymmetric lipid bilayers composed of a hydrogenated 1,2-dipalmitoyl-sn-glycerol-3-phosphoglycerol (DPPG) leaflet and a deuterated 1,2-dipalmitoyl-(d62)-sn-glycerol-3-phosphoglycerol (d-DPPG) leaflet, it was shown that the DPPG lipid bilayers deposited on the CaF(2) and PLLA surfaces have similar structures. SFG has also been applied to investigate molecular interactions between an antimicrobial peptide Cecropin P(1) (CP1) and the lipid bilayers on the above two different surfaces. Similar results were again obtained. This research demonstrated that the hydrophilic PLLA cushion can serve as an excellent substrate to support single lipid bilayers. We believe that it can be an important cell membrane model for future studies on transmembrane proteins, for which the possible inorganic substrate-bilayer interactions may affect the protein structure or function.
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- Ting Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructure, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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- State Key Laboratory of Coordination Chemistry, Nanjing National Laboratory of Microstructure, Department of Polymer Science and Engineering, School of Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Nanjing University, Nanjing, 210093, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Bioelectronics, School of Biological Science and Medical Engineering, Southeast University, Nanjing, 210096, China
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI 48109, USA
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Holinga GJ, York RL, Onorato RM, Thompson CM, Webb NE, Yoon AP, Somorjai GA. An SFG Study of Interfacial Amino Acids at the Hydrophilic SiO2 and Hydrophobic Deuterated Polystyrene Surfaces. J Am Chem Soc 2011; 133:6243-53. [DOI: 10.1021/ja1101954] [Citation(s) in RCA: 43] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
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- George J. Holinga
- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, University of California, Berkeley, Berkeley, California 94720, United States, and Materials Science Division, Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratories, Berkeley, California 94720, United States
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Onaizi SA, Leong SS. Tethering antimicrobial peptides: Current status and potential challenges. Biotechnol Adv 2011; 29:67-74. [DOI: 10.1016/j.biotechadv.2010.08.012] [Citation(s) in RCA: 226] [Impact Index Per Article: 17.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/14/2010] [Revised: 08/12/2010] [Accepted: 08/22/2010] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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