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LoRicco JG, Hoffmann I, Caliò A, Peters J. The membrane regulator squalane increases membrane rigidity under high hydrostatic pressure in archaeal membrane mimics. SOFT MATTER 2023; 19:6280-6286. [PMID: 37553974 DOI: 10.1039/d3sm00352c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/10/2023]
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Apolar lipids within the membranes of archaea are thought to play a role in membrane regulation. In this work we explore the effect of the apolar lipid squalane on the dynamics of a model archaeal-like membrane, under pressure, using neutron spin echo spectroscopy. To the best of our knowledge, this is the first report on membrane dynamics at high pressure using NSE spectroscopy. Increasing pressure leads to an increase in membrane rigidity, in agreement with other techniques. The presence of squalane in the membrane results in a stiffer membrane supporting its role as a membrane regulator.
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- Université de Lyon, INSA Lyon, CNRS, MAP UMR 5240, Villeurbanne, France
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, Grenoble, France.
- Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy, Grenoble, France
- Institut Universitaire de France, 75231 Paris, France
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Wang W, Yang P, Rao L, Zhao L, Wu X, Wang Y, Liao X. Effect of high hydrostatic pressure processing on the structure, functionality, and nutritional properties of food proteins: A review. Compr Rev Food Sci Food Saf 2022; 21:4640-4682. [PMID: 36124402 DOI: 10.1111/1541-4337.13033] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/15/2022] [Revised: 07/19/2022] [Accepted: 08/05/2022] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
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Proteins are important food ingredients that possess both functional and nutritional properties. High hydrostatic pressure (HHP) is an emerging nonthermal food processing technology that has been subject to great advancements in the last two decades. It is well established that pressure can induce changes in protein folding and oligomerization, and consequently, HHP has the potential to modify the desired protein properties. In this review article, the research progress over the last 15 years regarding the effect of HHP on protein structures, as well as the applications of HHP in modifying protein functionalities (i.e., solubility, water/oil holding capacity, emulsification, foaming and gelation) and nutritional properties (i.e., digestibility and bioactivity) are systematically discussed. Protein unfolding generally occurs during HHP treatment, which can result in increased conformational flexibility and the exposure of interior residues. Through the optimization of HHP and environmental conditions, a balance in protein hydrophobicity and hydrophilicity may be obtained, and therefore, the desired protein functionality can be improved. Moreover, after HHP treatment, there might be greater accessibility of the interior residues to digestive enzymes or the altered conformation of specific active sites, which may lead to modified nutritional properties. However, the practical applications of HHP in developing functional protein ingredients are underutilized and require more research concerning the impact of other food components or additives during HHP treatment. Furthermore, possible negative impacts on nutritional properties of proteins and other compounds must be also considered.
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- Wenxin Wang
- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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- College of Food Science and Nutritional Engineering, China Agricultural University, Beijing, China.,Beijing Key laboratory for Food Non-Thermal Processing, Beijing, China.,National Engineering Research Center for Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Beijing, China.,Key Laboratory of Fruit & Vegetable Processing, Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Beijing, China
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Tariq N, Kume T, Feroze UN, Macgregor RB. The Pressure Dependence of the Stability of the G-quadruplex Formed by d(TGGGGT). Life (Basel) 2022; 12:life12050765. [PMID: 35629431 PMCID: PMC9144232 DOI: 10.3390/life12050765] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/01/2022] [Revised: 05/17/2022] [Accepted: 05/18/2022] [Indexed: 11/27/2022] Open
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The G-quadruplex (GQ), a tetrahelix formed by guanine-rich nucleic acid sequences, is a potential drug target for several diseases. Monomolecular GQs are stabilized by guanine tetrads and non-guanine regions that form loops. Hydrostatic pressure destabilizes the folded, monomolecular GQ structures. In this communication, we present data on the effect of pressure on the conformational stability of the tetramolecular GQ, d[5′-TGGGGT-3′]4. This molecule does not have loops linking the tetrads; thus, its physical properties presumably reflect those of the tetrads alone. Understanding the properties of the tetrads will aid in understanding the contribution of the other structural components to the stability of GQ DNA. By measuring UV light absorption, we have studied the effect of hydrostatic pressure on the thermal stability of the tetramolecular d[5′-TGGGGT-3′]4 in the presence of sodium ions. Our data show that, unlike monomolecular GQ, the temperature at which d[5′-TGGGGT-3′]4 dissociates to form the constituent monomers is nearly independent of pressure up to 200 MPa. This implies that there is no net molar volume difference (∆V) between the GQ and the unfolded random-coil states. This finding further suggests that the large negative ∆V values for the unfolding of monomolecular GQ are due to the presence of the loop regions in those structures.
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Somkuti J, Molnár OR, Grád A, Smeller L. Pressure Perturbation Studies of Noncanonical Viral Nucleic Acid Structures. BIOLOGY 2021; 10:1173. [PMID: 34827166 PMCID: PMC8615049 DOI: 10.3390/biology10111173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/29/2021] [Revised: 11/08/2021] [Accepted: 11/08/2021] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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G-quadruplexes are noncanonical structures formed by guanine-rich sequences of the genome. They are found in crucial loci of the human genome, they take part in the regulation of important processes like cell proliferation and cell death. Much less is known about the subjects of this work, the viral G-quadruplexes. We have chosen three potentially G-quadruplex-forming sequences of hepatitis B. We measured the stability and the thermodynamic parameters of these quadruplexes. We also investigated the potential stabilization of these G-quadruplexes by binding a special ligand that was originally developed for cancer therapy. Fluorescence and infrared spectroscopic measurements were performed over wide temperature and pressure ranges. Our experiments indicate the small unfolding volume change of all three oligos. We found a difference between the unfolding of the 2-quartet and the 3-quartet G-quadruplexes. All three G-quadruplexes were stabilized by TMPyP4, which is a cationic porphyrin developed for stabilizing the human telomere.
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, 1094 Budapest, Hungary; (J.S.); (O.R.M.); (A.G.)
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Heidelman M, Dhakal B, Gikunda M, Silva KPT, Risal L, Rodriguez AI, Abe F, Urayama P. Cellular NADH and NADPH Conformation as a Real-Time Fluorescence-Based Metabolic Indicator under Pressurized Conditions. Molecules 2021; 26:5020. [PMID: 34443607 PMCID: PMC8402201 DOI: 10.3390/molecules26165020] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/30/2021] [Revised: 08/15/2021] [Accepted: 08/16/2021] [Indexed: 11/25/2022] Open
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Cellular conformation of reduced pyridine nucleotides NADH and NADPH sensed using autofluorescence spectroscopy is presented as a real-time metabolic indicator under pressurized conditions. The approach provides information on the role of pressure in energy metabolism and antioxidant defense with applications in agriculture and food technologies. Here, we use spectral phasor analysis on UV-excited autofluorescence from Saccharomyces cerevisiae (baker's yeast) to assess the involvement of one or multiple NADH- or NADPH-linked pathways based on the presence of two-component spectral behavior during a metabolic response. To demonstrate metabolic monitoring under pressure, we first present the autofluorescence response to cyanide (a respiratory inhibitor) at 32 MPa. Although ambient and high-pressure responses remain similar, pressure itself also induces a response that is consistent with a change in cellular redox state and ROS production. Next, as an example of an autofluorescence response altered by pressurization, we investigate the response to ethanol at ambient, 12 MPa, and 30 MPa pressure. Ethanol (another respiratory inhibitor) and cyanide induce similar responses at ambient pressure. The onset of non-two-component spectral behavior upon pressurization suggests a change in the mechanism of ethanol action. Overall, results point to new avenues of investigation in piezophysiology by providing a way of visualizing metabolism and mitochondrial function under pressurized conditions.
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- Martin Heidelman
- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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- Department of Chemistry and Biological Science, College of Science and Engineering, Aoyama Gakuin University, Sagamihara 252-5258, Japan;
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- Department of Physics, Miami University, Oxford, OH 45056, USA; (M.H.); (B.D.); (M.G.); (K.P.T.S.); (L.R.); (A.I.R.)
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Molnár OR, Somkuti J, Smeller L. Negative volume changes of human G-quadruplexes at unfolding. Heliyon 2020; 6:e05702. [PMID: 33354631 PMCID: PMC7744710 DOI: 10.1016/j.heliyon.2020.e05702] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/21/2020] [Revised: 09/22/2020] [Accepted: 12/08/2020] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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G-quadruplexes are tetrahelical structures. They are important targets for anti-cancer drugs, since they are situated at crucial positions within the genome. We studied the volumetric properties of the unfolding of three G-quadruplexes in the presence of potassium ion. The unfolding volume changes were determined using high-pressure fluorescence spectroscopy. The c-MYC, KIT, and VEGF sequences unfold with the transition volume of -17, -6 and -18 cm3/mol, respectively. The small magnitude of the unfolding volume of KIT could be explained by its unique structure and the lower amount of void volume. Since the cell interior is highly crowded, the available volume is restricted. Therefore the volumetric changes during the conformational transformations gain biological importance.
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- Orsolya Réka Molnár
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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Katrusiak A. Lab in a DAC - high-pressure crystal chemistry in a diamond-anvil cell. ACTA CRYSTALLOGRAPHICA SECTION B, STRUCTURAL SCIENCE, CRYSTAL ENGINEERING AND MATERIALS 2019; 75:918-926. [PMID: 32830671 DOI: 10.1107/s2052520619013246] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/09/2019] [Accepted: 09/26/2019] [Indexed: 06/11/2023]
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The diamond-anvil cell (DAC) was invented 60 years ago, ushering in a new era for material sciences, extending research into the dimension of pressure. Most structural determinations and chemical research have been conducted at ambient pressure, i.e. the atmospheric pressure on Earth. However, modern experimental techniques are capable of generating pressure and temperature higher than those at the centre of Earth. Such extreme conditions can be used for obtaining unprecedented chemical compounds, but, most importantly, all fundamental phenomena can be viewed and understood from a broader perspective. This knowledge, in turn, is necessary for designing new generations of materials and applications, for example in the pharmaceutical industry or for obtaining super-hard materials. The high-pressure chambers in the DAC are already used for a considerable variety of experiments, such as chemical reactions, crystallizations, measurements of electric, dielectric and magnetic properties, transformations of biological materials as well as experiments on living tissue. Undoubtedly, more applications involving elevated pressure will follow. High-pressure methods become increasingly attractive, because they can reduce the sample volume and compress the intermolecular contacts to values unattainable by other methods, many times stronger than at low temperature. The compressed materials reveal new information about intermolecular interactions and new phases of single- and multi-component compounds can be obtained. At the same time, high-pressure techniques, and particularly those of X-ray diffraction using the DAC, have been considerably improved and many innovative developments implemented. Increasingly more equipment of in-house laboratories, as well as the instrumentation of beamlines at synchrotrons and thermal neutron sources are dedicated to high-pressure research.
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- Andrzej Katrusiak
- Faculty of Chemistry, Adam Mickiewicz University, ul. Uniwersytetu Poznańskiego 8, Poznań, 61-614, Poland
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Kumar N, Marx D. How do ribozymes accommodate additional water molecules upon hydrostatic compression deep into the kilobar pressure regime? Biophys Chem 2019; 252:106192. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2019.106192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/16/2019] [Revised: 05/23/2019] [Accepted: 05/23/2019] [Indexed: 12/19/2022]
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Somkuti J, Adányi M, Smeller L. Self-crowding influences the temperature - pressure stability of the human telomere G-quadruplex. Biophys Chem 2019; 254:106248. [PMID: 31470349 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2019.106248] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/28/2019] [Revised: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 08/09/2019] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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We measured the effect of crowded environment on G-quadruplex structures, formed by guanine rich DNA sequences. Fluorescence and infrared spectroscopy were used to determine the temperature stability of G-quadruplex structure formed by the human telomere sequence. We determined the T-p phase diagram of Htel aptamer up to 1 GPa at different self-crowding conditions. The unfolding volume change was determined from the pressure induced shift of the unfolding temperature of the quadruplex form. The unfolding volume change decreased in magnitude, and even its sign changed from negative (-19 ml/mol) to positive (7 ml/mol) under self-crowded conditions. The possible explanations are the appearance of the parallel GQ structure at high concentration or the fact that the volume decrease caused by the released central K+ ion during the unfolding is less significant in crowded environment.
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- J Somkuti
- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary
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- Department of Biophysics and Radiation Biology, Semmelweis University, Budapest, Hungary.
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Foglia F, Hazael R, Meersman F, Wilding MC, Sakai VG, Rogers S, Bove LE, Koza MM, Moulin M, Haertlein M, Forsyth VT, McMillan PF. In Vivo Water Dynamics in Shewanella oneidensis Bacteria at High Pressure. Sci Rep 2019; 9:8716. [PMID: 31213614 PMCID: PMC6581952 DOI: 10.1038/s41598-019-44704-3] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/18/2019] [Accepted: 05/15/2019] [Indexed: 11/10/2022] Open
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Following observations of survival of microbes and other life forms in deep subsurface environments it is necessary to understand their biological functioning under high pressure conditions. Key aspects of biochemical reactions and transport processes within cells are determined by the intracellular water dynamics. We studied water diffusion and rotational relaxation in live Shewanella oneidensis bacteria at pressures up to 500 MPa using quasi-elastic neutron scattering (QENS). The intracellular diffusion exhibits a significantly greater slowdown (by −10–30%) and an increase in rotational relaxation times (+10–40%) compared with water dynamics in the aqueous solutions used to resuspend the bacterial samples. Those results indicate both a pressure-induced viscosity increase and slowdown in ionic/macromolecular transport properties within the cells affecting the rates of metabolic and other biological processes. Our new data support emerging models for intracellular organisation with nanoscale water channels threading between macromolecular regions within a dynamically organized structure rather than a homogenous gel-like cytoplasm.
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- Fabrizia Foglia
- Chemistry Department, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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- Survivability and Advanced Materials group, Centre for Defence Engineering, Cranfield University at the Defence Academy of the UK, Shrivenham, SN6 8LA, UK
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- Chemistry Department, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.,Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp, Groenenborgerlaan 171, B-2020, Antwerp, Belgium
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- Materials Engineering, Sheffield Hallam University, Howard Street, Sheffield, S1 1WB, UK
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- ISIS Neutron and Muon Source, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, Chilton, OX11 0QX, UK
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- Dipartimento di Fisica, Università di Roma "La Sapienza", 00185, Roma, Italy.,Institut de Minéralogie, de Physique des Matériaux et de Cosmochimie, CNRS UMR 7590, Université Pierre et Marie Curie, F-75252, Paris, France
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- Institut Laue Langevin, 6 Rue Jules Horowitz, BP 156, 38042, Grenoble, Cedex, France
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- Life Sciences Group, Carl-Ivar Brändén Building, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, cedex 9, France
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- Life Sciences Group, Carl-Ivar Brändén Building, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, cedex 9, France
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- Life Sciences Group, Carl-Ivar Brändén Building, Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38042, Grenoble, cedex 9, France.,Faculty of Natural Sciences/ISTM, Keele University, Staffordshire, ST5 5BG, UK
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- Chemistry Department, Christopher Ingold Laboratories, University College London, 20 Gordon Street, London, WC1H 0AJ, UK.
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Lehofer B, Golub M, Kornmueller K, Kriechbaum M, Martinez N, Nagy G, Kohlbrecher J, Amenitsch H, Peters J, Prassl R. High Hydrostatic Pressure Induces a Lipid Phase Transition and Molecular Rearrangements in Low-Density Lipoprotein Nanoparticles. PARTICLE & PARTICLE SYSTEMS CHARACTERIZATION : MEASUREMENT AND DESCRIPTION OF PARTICLE PROPERTIES AND BEHAVIOR IN POWDERS AND OTHER DISPERSE SYSTEMS 2018; 35:1800149. [PMID: 30283212 PMCID: PMC6166783 DOI: 10.1002/ppsc.201800149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 04/10/2018] [Indexed: 06/08/2023]
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Low-density lipoproteins (LDL) are natural lipid transporter in human plasma whose chemically modified forms contribute to the progression of atherosclerosis and cardiovascular diseases accounting for a vast majority of deaths in westernized civilizations. For the development of new treatment strategies, it is important to have a detailed picture of LDL nanoparticles on a molecular basis. Through the combination of X-ray and neutron small-angle scattering (SAS) techniques with high hydrostatic pressure (HHP) this study describes structural features of normolipidemic, triglyceride-rich and oxidized forms of LDL. Due to the different scattering contrasts for X-rays and neutrons, information on the effects of HHP on the internal structure determined by lipid rearrangements and changes in particle shape becomes accessible. Independent pressure and temperature variations provoke a phase transition in the lipid core domain. With increasing pressure an inter-related anisotropic deformation and flattening of the particle are induced. All LDL nanoparticles maintain their structural integrity even at 3000 bar and show a reversible response toward pressure variations. The present work depicts the complementarity of pressure and temperature as independent thermodynamic parameters and introduces HHP as a tool to study molecular assembling and interaction processes in distinct lipoprotein particles in a nondestructive manner.
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- Bernhard Lehofer
- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS + CEA, IBS, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS + CEA, IBS, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen, Switzerland; Wigner Research Centre for Physics, 1121 Budapest, Hungary; European Spallation Source ERIC, 22363 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute of Inorganic Chemistry, Graz University of Technology, Stremayrgasse 9, 8010 Graz, Austria
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- Institut Laue-Langevin, 71 avenue des Martyrs, 38044 Grenoble, France; Univ. Grenoble Alpes, CNRS, LiPhy, 38000 Grenoble, France
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- Gottfried Schatz Research Center for Cell Signaling, Metabolism and Aging Biophysics, Medical University of Graz, Neue Stiftingtalstraße 6/IV, 8010 Graz, Austria
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Teixeira S, Leāo J, Gagnon C, McHugh M. High pressure cell for Bio-SANS studies under sub-zero temperatures or heat denaturing conditions. JOURNAL OF NEUTRON RESEARCH 2018. [DOI: 10.3233/jnr-180057] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/31/2023]
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- S.C.M. Teixeira
- Dep. of Chemical and Biomolecular Engineering, University of Delaware, 150 Academy Street, Newark, DE 19716, USA
- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
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- NIST Center for Neutron Research, National Institute of Standards and Technology, 100 Bureau Drive, Gaithersburg, MD 20899, USA
- Dep. of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20742, USA
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- Dep. of Chemical and Life Science Engineering, Virginia Commonwealth University, 601 West Main Street, Richmond, VA 23284, USA
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Pressure effects on collective density fluctuations in water and protein solutions. Proc Natl Acad Sci U S A 2017; 114:11410-11415. [PMID: 29073065 DOI: 10.1073/pnas.1705279114] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/04/2023] Open
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Neutron Brillouin scattering and molecular dynamics simulations have been used to investigate protein hydration water density fluctuations as a function of pressure. Our results show significant differences between the pressure and density dependence of collective dynamics in bulk water and in concentrated protein solutions. Pressure-induced changes in the tetrahedral order of the water HB network have direct consequences for the high-frequency sound velocity and damping coefficients, which we find to be a sensitive probe for changes in the HB network structure as well as the wetting of biomolecular surfaces.
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Low crowding agent concentration destabilizes against pressure unfolding. Biophys Chem 2017; 231:125-134. [PMID: 28502485 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2017.04.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 01/17/2017] [Revised: 04/28/2017] [Accepted: 04/29/2017] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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The concentration of macromolecules inside a cell is very high, which can affect the behavior of the enzymes, and consequently influence vital biological processes. This is called macromolecular crowding. Since the most important effect of macromolecular crowding is the excluded volume, we performed pressure experiments, where the volume (as conjugate parameter to the pressure) is the crucial factor. We measured the temperature and pressure stability of bovine serum albumin and lysozyme with various concentrations of crowding agents, dextran, Ficoll™ and lysozyme itself. Our most interesting finding is that low concentration of all the studied crowding agents decreases the pressure stability of the proteins. We explain this by the reduced hydration volume change in the crowded environment. Furthermore, we discuss the volumetric parameters and emphasize the difference between the partial volume of the protein and the volume it influences, and their relation to the excluded volume which is responsible for the macromolecular crowding.
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Knaapila M, Guha S. Blue emitting organic semiconductors under high pressure: status and outlook. REPORTS ON PROGRESS IN PHYSICS. PHYSICAL SOCIETY (GREAT BRITAIN) 2016; 79:066601. [PMID: 27116082 DOI: 10.1088/0034-4885/79/6/066601] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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This review describes essential optical and emerging structural experiments that use high GPa range hydrostatic pressure to probe physical phenomena in blue-emitting organic semiconductors including π-conjugated polyfluorene and related compounds. The work emphasizes molecular structure and intermolecular self-organization that typically determine transport and optical emission in π-conjugated oligomers and polymers. In this context, hydrostatic pressure through diamond anvil cells has proven to be an elegant tool to control structure and interactions without chemical intervention. This has been highlighted by high pressure optical spectroscopy whilst analogous x-ray diffraction experiments remain less frequent. By focusing on a class of blue-emitting π-conjugated polymers, polyfluorenes, this article reviews optical spectroscopic studies under hydrostatic pressure, addressing the impact of molecular and intermolecular interactions on optical excitations, electron-phonon interaction, and changes in backbone conformations. This picture is connected to the optical high pressure studies of other π-conjugated systems and emerging x-ray scattering experiments from polyfluorenes which provides a structure-property map of pressure-driven intra- and interchain interactions. Key obstacles to obtain further advances are identified and experimental methods to resolve them are suggested.
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- Matti Knaapila
- Department of Physics, Technical University of Denmark, 2800 Kgs. Lyngby, Denmark
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Marietou A, Nguyen ATT, Allen EE, Bartlett DH. Adaptive laboratory evolution of Escherichia coli K-12 MG1655 for growth at high hydrostatic pressure. Front Microbiol 2015; 5:749. [PMID: 25610434 PMCID: PMC4285802 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/11/2014] [Accepted: 12/10/2014] [Indexed: 12/03/2022] Open
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Much of microbial life on Earth grows and reproduces under the elevated hydrostatic pressure conditions that exist in deep-ocean and deep-subsurface environments. In this study adaptive laboratory evolution (ALE) experiments were conducted to investigate the possible modification of the piezosensitive Escherichia coli for improved growth at high pressure. After approximately 500 generations of selection, a strain was isolated that acquired the ability to grow at pressure non-permissive for the parental strain. Remarkably, this strain displayed growth properties and changes in the proportion and regulation of unsaturated fatty acids that indicated the acquisition of multiple piezotolerant properties. These changes developed concomitantly with a change in the gene encoding the acyl carrier protein, which is required for fatty acid synthesis.
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- Angeliki Marietou
- Marine Biology Research Division, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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- Marine Biology Research Division, Center for Marine Biotechnology and Biomedicine, Scripps Institution of Oceanography, University of California San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA
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Quesada-Cabrera R, Filinchuk Y, McMillan PF, Nies E, Dmitriev V, Meersman F. Exploring the pressure–temperature behaviour of crystalline and plastic crystalline phases of N-isopropylpropionamide. CrystEngComm 2015. [DOI: 10.1039/c5ce00032g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The phase behaviour of crystalline and plastic crystalline phases of N-(isopropyl)propionamide (NiPPA) has been investigated by X-ray diffraction and a tentative P,T diagram has been constructed.
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- R. Quesada-Cabrera
- Christopher-Ingold Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
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- Institute of Condensed Matter and Nanosciences (IMCN)
- Université Catholique de Louvain
- B-1348 Louvain-la-Neuve, Belgium
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- Christopher-Ingold Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
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- Division of Molecular and Nanomaterials
- Department of Chemistry
- Katholieke Universiteit Leuven
- Leuven, Belgium
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- Swiss-Norwegian Beam Lines
- European Synchrotron Radiation Facilities
- F-38043 Grenoble Cedex, France
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- Christopher-Ingold Laboratories
- Department of Chemistry
- University College London
- London, UK
- Biomolecular & Analytical Mass Spectrometry group
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Hazael R, Foglia F, Kardzhaliyska L, Daniel I, Meersman F, McMillan P. Laboratory investigation of high pressure survival in Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 into the gigapascal pressure range. Front Microbiol 2014; 5:612. [PMID: 25452750 PMCID: PMC4233909 DOI: 10.3389/fmicb.2014.00612] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/23/2014] [Accepted: 10/28/2014] [Indexed: 11/13/2022] Open
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The survival of Shewanella oneidensis MR-1 at up to 1500 MPa was investigated by laboratory studies involving exposure to high pressure followed by evaluation of survivors as the number (N) of colony forming units (CFU) that could be cultured following recovery to ambient conditions. Exposing the wild type (WT) bacteria to 250 MPa resulted in only a minor (0.7 log N units) drop in survival compared with the initial concentration of 108 cells/ml. Raising the pressure to above 500 MPa caused a large reduction in the number of viable cells observed following recovery to ambient pressure. Additional pressure increase caused a further decrease in survivability, with approximately 102 CFU/ml recorded following exposure to 1000 MPa (1 GPa) and 1.5 GPa. Pressurizing samples from colonies resuscitated from survivors that had been previously exposed to high pressure resulted in substantially greater survivor counts. Experiments were carried out to examine potential interactions between pressure and temperature variables in determining bacterial survival. One generation of survivors previously exposed to 1 GPa was compared with WT samples to investigate survival between 37 and 8°C. The results did not reveal any coupling between acquired high pressure resistance and temperature effects on growth.
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- Rachael Hazael
- Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London London, UK
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- Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London London, UK
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- Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London London, UK
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- Laboratoire de Géologie de Lyon, UMR 5276 CNRS, ENS de Lyon and Université Claude Bernard Lyon 1 - Université de Lyon Lyon, France
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- Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London London, UK ; Biomolecular and Analytical Mass Spectrometry group, Department of Chemistry, University of Antwerp Antwerpen, Belgium
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- Christopher Ingold Laboratories, Department of Chemistry, University College London London, UK
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Brooks NJ. Pressure effects on lipids and bio-membrane assemblies. IUCRJ 2014; 1:470-7. [PMID: 25485127 PMCID: PMC4224465 DOI: 10.1107/s2052252514019551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/18/2014] [Accepted: 08/28/2014] [Indexed: 05/06/2023]
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Membranes are amongst the most important biological structures; they maintain the fundamental integrity of cells, compartmentalize regions within them and play an active role in a wide range of cellular processes. Pressure can play a key role in probing the structure and dynamics of membrane assemblies, and is also critical to the biology and adaptation of deep-sea organisms. This article presents an overview of the effect of pressure on the mesostructure of lipid membranes, bilayer organization and lipid-protein assemblies. It also summarizes recent developments in high-pressure structural instrumentation suitable for experiments on membranes.
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- Nicholas J. Brooks
- Department of Chemistry, Imperial College London, South Kensington Campus, London SW7 2AZ, England
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