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Bharmoria P, Tietze AA, Mondal D, Kang TS, Kumar A, Freire MG. Do Ionic Liquids Exhibit the Required Characteristics to Dissolve, Extract, Stabilize, and Purify Proteins? Past-Present-Future Assessment. Chem Rev 2024; 124:3037-3084. [PMID: 38437627 PMCID: PMC10979405 DOI: 10.1021/acs.chemrev.3c00551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/31/2023] [Revised: 02/08/2024] [Accepted: 02/19/2024] [Indexed: 03/06/2024]
Abstract
Proteins are highly labile molecules, thus requiring the presence of appropriate solvents and excipients in their liquid milieu to keep their stability and biological activity. In this field, ionic liquids (ILs) have gained momentum in the past years, with a relevant number of works reporting their successful use to dissolve, stabilize, extract, and purify proteins. Different approaches in protein-IL systems have been reported, namely, proteins dissolved in (i) neat ILs, (ii) ILs as co-solvents, (iii) ILs as adjuvants, (iv) ILs as surfactants, (v) ILs as phase-forming components of aqueous biphasic systems, and (vi) IL-polymer-protein/peptide conjugates. Herein, we critically analyze the works published to date and provide a comprehensive understanding of the IL-protein interactions affecting the stability, conformational alteration, unfolding, misfolding, and refolding of proteins while providing directions for future studies in view of imminent applications. Overall, it has been found that the stability or purification of proteins by ILs is bispecific and depends on the structure of both the IL and the protein. The most promising IL-protein systems are identified, which is valuable when foreseeing market applications of ILs, e.g., in "protein packaging" and "detergent applications". Future directions and other possibilities of IL-protein systems in light-harvesting and biotechnology/biomedical applications are discussed.
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- Pankaj Bharmoria
- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Department
of Smart Molecular, Inorganic and Hybrid Materials, Institute of Materials Science of Barcelona (ICMAB-CSIC), 08193 Bellaterra, Barcelona, Spain
- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular
and Translational Medicine, University of
Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular
and Translational Medicine, University of
Gothenburg, SE-412 96 Göteborg, Sweden
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
- Institute
of Plant Genetics (IPG), Polish Academy of Sciences, Strzeszyńska 34, 60-479 Poznań, Poland
- Centre
for Nano and Material Sciences, JAIN (Deemed-to-be
University), Jain Global
Campus, Bangalore 562112, India
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- Department
of Chemistry, UGC Center for Advance Studies-II,
Guru Nanak Dev University (GNDU), Amritsar 143005, Punjab, India
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- Salt
and Marine Chemicals Division, CSIR-Central
Salt and Marine Chemicals Research Institute, G. B. Marg, Bhavnagar 364002, Gujarat, India
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- CICECO
- Aveiro Institute of Materials, Chemistry Department, University of Aveiro, 3810-193 Aveiro, Portugal
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Fujita K, Ohno H. Hydrated Ionic Liquids: Perspective for Bioscience. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200282. [PMID: 36744600 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200282] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2022] [Revised: 01/20/2023] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
Abstract
Hydrated ionic liquid (IL) is a simple mixture of IL and water. Unique aqueous electrolyte solution can be designed by mixing IL with limited amount of water. In most hydrated ILs, there are no free water and all are strongly interacted with ions. The properties of hydrated ILs, such as polarity, viscosity, ion mobility, and hydrogen bonding ability, can therefore be controlled simply by water content. This mixture is expected to provide similar environment to that of living cell, and is desired to be effective solvents for biomolecules. In this account, we would like to survey the basic properties, recent results, and future aspects of the hydrated ILs.
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- Kyoko Fujita
- Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo, 192-0392, Japan
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- Department of Biotechnology and Life Science, Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, 2-24-16 Nakacho, Koganei, Tokyo, 184-8588, Japan
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Itoh T. Enzymatic Reactions using Ionic Liquids for Green Sustainable Chemical Process; Stabilization and Activation of Lipases. CHEM REC 2023; 23:e202200275. [PMID: 36631274 DOI: 10.1002/tcr.202200275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/01/2022] [Revised: 12/20/2022] [Indexed: 01/13/2023]
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The enzymatic reaction is highly respected from an environmentally-friendly point-of-view. Optimization of the reaction media and supporting materials of enzymes must be investigated in parallel with the effort to develop new enzymes. Lipases are frequently used for organic syntheses as synthetic tools even industry because of their acceptance of having a broad range of substrates, stability, and availability. We have investigated the possibility of ILs as both a solvent and activating or stabilization agent of enzymes, in particular, lipase as a model enzyme. ILs allowed recyclable use of a lipase and significant acceleration of transesterification, and also enhanced the stability and reaction activity of a lipase by immobilization through a lyophilization process. We discuss how we enhanced the enzyme capability using the IL engineering focusing on lipase-catalyzed reactions, i. e., realization of the recyclable use of an enzyme, how ILs mediated the enhanced reaction rate, and improved the stability of the enzyme.
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- Toshiyuki Itoh
- Toyota Physical and Chemical Research Institute, 41-1 Yokomichi, Nagakute city, Aichi 480-1192, Japan
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Rajapriya Inbaraj N, Song S, Chang R, Fujita K, Hayashi T. Investigation of Hydration States of Ionic Liquids by Fourier Transform Infrared Absorption Spectroscopy: Relevance to Stabilization of Protein Molecules. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2023; 39:2558-2568. [PMID: 36753569 PMCID: PMC9948542 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02851] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/18/2022] [Revised: 12/22/2022] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Among many kinds of ionic liquids, some hydrated ionic liquids (Hy ILs) have shown an exceptional capability to stabilize protein molecules and maintain their structure and functions over a long period. However, the complex IL-water interaction among these protein-stabilizing Hy ILs has yet to be elucidated clearly. In this work, we investigate the origin of the compatibility of ionic liquid with proteins from the viewpoint of hydration structure. We systematically analyzed the hydrogen-bonding state of water molecules around ionic liquid using Fourier transform infrared absorption (FT-IR) spectroscopy. We found that the native hydrogen-bonding network of water remained relatively unperturbed in the protein-stabilizing ILs. We also observed that the protein-stabilizing ILs have a strong electric field interaction with the surrounding water molecules and this water-IL interaction did not disrupt the water-water hydrogen-bonding interaction. On the other hand, protein-denaturing ILs perturb the hydrogen-bonding network of the water molecules to a greater extent. Furthermore, the protein-denaturing ILs were found to have a weak electric field effect on the water molecules. We speculate that the direct hydrogen bonding of the ILs with water molecules and the strong electric field of the ions lasting several hydration shells while maintaining the relatively unperturbed hydrogen-bonding network of the water molecules play an essential role in protein stabilization.
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- Navin Rajapriya Inbaraj
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science
and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute
of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 226-8502, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science
and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute
of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 226-8502, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science
and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute
of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 226-8502, Japan
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- Department
of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of
Pharmacy and Life Sciences, 1432-1 Horinouchi, Hachioji, Tokyo 192-0392, Japan
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, School of Materials Science
and Chemical Technology, Tokyo Institute
of Technology, 4259 Nagatsuta-cho, Midori-ku, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken 226-8502, Japan
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Fujita K, Kobayashi K, Ito A, Yanagisawa S, Ichida K, Takeda K, Nakamura N, Ohno H. Improved renaturation process of aggregated recombinant proteins through the design of hydrated ionic liquids. J Mol Liq 2023. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2023.121440] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/19/2023]
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Guncheva M. Role of ionic liquids on stabilization of therapeutic proteins and model proteins. Protein J 2022; 41:369-380. [PMID: 35661292 DOI: 10.1007/s10930-022-10058-5] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Accepted: 05/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/26/2022]
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) exhibit potential as excipients to stabilize proteins in solutions. This mini-review is not a detailed reference book on ILs, rather a brief overview of the main achievements published in the literature on their effect on protein aggregation, unfolding, structural and thermal stability, and activity. The main focus of the manuscript is three widely studied groups of ionic liquids: imidazolium-, cholinium- and alkylammonium-based and their effect on the model and therapeutic proteins.
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- Maya Guncheva
- Institute of Organic Chemistry with Centre of Phytochemistry, Bulgarian Academy of Sciences, Acad. G. Bonchev Str. 9, 1113, Sofia, Bulgaria.
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Han Q, Brown SJ, Drummond CJ, Greaves TL. Protein aggregation and crystallization with ionic liquids: Insights into the influence of solvent properties. J Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 608:1173-1190. [PMID: 34735853 DOI: 10.1016/j.jcis.2021.10.087] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/12/2021] [Revised: 10/13/2021] [Accepted: 10/15/2021] [Indexed: 12/13/2022]
Abstract
Ionic liquids (ILs) have been used in solvents for proteins in many applications, including biotechnology, pharmaceutics, and medicine due to their tunable physicochemical and biological properties. Protein aggregation is often undesirable, and predominantly occurs during bioprocesses, while the aggregation process can be reversible or irreversible and the aggregates formed can be native/non-native and soluble/insoluble. Recent studies have clearly identified key properties of ILs and IL-water mixtures related to protein performance, suggesting the use of the tailorable properties of ILs to inhibit protein aggregation, to promote protein crystallization, and to control protein aggregation pathways. This review discusses the critical properties of IL and IL-water mixtures and presents the latest understanding of the protein aggregation pathways and the development of IL systems that affect or control the protein aggregation process. Through this feature article, we hope to inspire further advances in understanding and new approaches to controlling protein behavior to optimize bioprocesses.
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- Qi Han
- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
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- School of Science, STEM College, RMIT University, 124 La Trobe Street, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia.
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Liu K, Pan M, Hong L, Xie X, Yang J, Wang S, Wang Z, Wang S. Electrochemical sensing platform for the detection of methyl parathion applying highly biocompatible non-covalent functionalized phosphonium-based ionic liquid@MWCNTs hybrid to immobilize hemoglobin. Biosens Bioelectron 2022; 197:113755. [PMID: 34740119 DOI: 10.1016/j.bios.2021.113755] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/29/2021] [Revised: 10/15/2021] [Accepted: 10/29/2021] [Indexed: 11/02/2022]
Abstract
A hydrophobic carboxyl functionalized phosphonium-based ionic liquid (IL) ((5-carboxypentyl) triphenylphosphonium bis (trifluoromethyl)sulfonyl) amide, TPP-HA[TFSI]) was synthesized through a simple hydrothermal approach. Based on the π-π and cation-π interactions with multi-wall carbon nanotubes (MWCNTs), a TPP-HA[TFSI]@MWCNTs hybrid was prepared to immobilize hemoglobin (Hb) to fabricate a simple and effective electrochemical sensing platform for the detection of methyl parathion (MP) in vegetables. Spectroscopic and electrochemical results show that TPP-HA[TFSI]@MWCNTs substrate synergistically provided a good biocompatible microenvironment for Hb, and the hydrophobicity of TPP-HA[TFSI] and the π-π interaction and hydrogen bonding between TPP-HA[TFSI]@MWCNTs, Hb and nafion (NF) were conducive to maintain the stability and integrity of the modified electrode interface. The TPP-HA[TFSI]@MWCNTs with large surface area and high conductivity promoted the exposure of the electroactive center of Hb and the direct electron transfer between Hb and the electrode, which effectively amplified the electrochemical signal and improved the sensitivity of MP detection. The constructed electrochemical sensing platform had a wider linear range (2-14 ng mL-1) and a lower detection limit (0.62 ng mL-1) for MP, and had acceptable repeatability, reproducibility, stability and anti-interference ability. This results indicated that the phosphonium-based ILs functionalized MWCNTs was an effective substrate for the immobilization of biological components, which have broad prospect in the construction of electrochemical sensing interfaces.
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- Kaixin Liu
- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China
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- State Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China; Key Laboratory of Food Nutrition and Safety, Ministry of Education of China, Tianjin University of Science and Technology, Tianjin, 300457, China.
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FUJITA K, SEKIDO M, KANNO K, HATAE K, ICHIDA K. Development of a Molecular Recognition Electrode and Investigation of a Biomolecular Application in Non-Aqueous Media —Electrochemical Detection of Uremia-Related Substances Excreted via ATP-Binding Cassette Transporter G2—. ELECTROCHEMISTRY 2021. [DOI: 10.5796/electrochemistry.21-00072] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/20/2022] Open
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- Kyoko FUJITA
- Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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- Department of Pathophysiology, Tokyo University of Pharmacy and Life Sciences
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Baumruck AC, Yang J, Thomas GF, Beyer LI, Tietze D, Tietze AA. Native Chemical Ligation of Highly Hydrophobic Peptides in Ionic Liquid-Containing Media. J Org Chem 2021; 86:1659-1666. [PMID: 33400874 PMCID: PMC7886022 DOI: 10.1021/acs.joc.0c02498] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/25/2022]
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The chemical synthesis of a highly hydrophobic membrane-associated peptide by native
chemical ligation (NCL) in an ionic liquid (IL) [C2mim][OAc]/buffer mixture
was achieved by employing peptide concentrations up to 11 mM. NCL was studied at
different pH and water content and compared to several “gold-standard”
ligation protocols. The optimized reaction protocol for the NCL in IL required the
addition of 40% water and pH adjustment to 7.0–7.5, resulting in ligation yields
of up to 80–95% within 1 to 4 h. This new ligation protocol is generally
applicable and outperforms current “gold-standard” NCL methods.
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- Andreas C Baumruck
- Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Alarich-Weiss Straße 4, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, Göteborg 412 96, Sweden
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- Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Alarich-Weiss Straße 4, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, Göteborg 412 96, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, Göteborg 412 96, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry and Molecular Biology, Wallenberg Centre for Molecular and Translational Medicine, University of Gothenburg, Kemigården 4, Göteborg 412 96, Sweden.,Clemens-Schöpf Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, Darmstadt University of Technology, Alarich-Weiss Straße 4, Darmstadt 64287, Germany
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Chu YH, Hwang CC, Chen CY, Tseng MJ. Combinatorial discovery of thermoresponsive cycloammonium ionic liquids. Chem Commun (Camb) 2020; 56:11855-11858. [PMID: 33021252 DOI: 10.1039/d0cc04417b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
This work demonstrated, for the first time, the combinatorial discovery and rational identification of small-molecule cycloammonium-based thermoresponsive ionic liquids that exhibit LCST phase transition and carry attractive Tc values in water.
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- Yen-Ho Chu
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, National Chung Cheng University, Chiayi 62102, Taiwan, Republic of China.
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Kabir A, Ahmed M. Elucidating the Role of Thermal Flexibility of Hydrogels in Protein Refolding. ACS APPLIED BIO MATERIALS 2020; 3:4253-4262. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.0c00324] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Fazeli B, Akbari V, Barkhordari A, Mir Mohammad Sadeghi H. Improvement of Soluble Production of Reteplase in Escherichia coli by Optimization of Chemical Chaperones in Lysis Buffer. Adv Biomed Res 2019; 8:65. [PMID: 31737582 PMCID: PMC6839271 DOI: 10.4103/abr.abr_212_18] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/14/2018] [Revised: 06/27/2019] [Accepted: 07/09/2019] [Indexed: 11/04/2022] Open
Abstract
Background Reteplase is a nonglycosylated derivative of recombinant tissue plasminogen activator, a thrombolytic agent, which can be easily expressed in Escherichia coli. However, overexpression of reteplase in E. coli usually leads to accumulation of insoluble and inactive aggregates and inclusion bodies. In the present study, we aimed to optimize chemical additives of lysis buffer to avoid the initial aggregation and formation of inclusion bodies of reteplase at cell disruption step. Materials and Methods After protein expression in E. coli BL21 (DE3), the bacterial cells were disrupted in different lysis buffers using microsmashing. Eleven chemical additives at two concentration levels were combined based on a Plackett-Burman design to prepare 12 different lysis buffers used at cell disruption stage. Then, three additives with the most positive effect on improvement of solubility of reteplase were chosen and used for the second screening based on Box-Behnken model. Results The primary screening results showed that among 11 additives, arginine, K2PO4, and cetyltrimethylammonium bromide (CTAB) had the most positive effect on solubility of reteplase. Our final results based on 14 runs of Box-Behnken design showed that the optimum buffer additive condition is 0.005 mg/ml CTAB, 0.065 mg/ml arginine, and 0.026 mg/ml K2PO4. Sodium dodecyl sulfate-polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis analysis and Western blotting of soluble and total fraction of samples confirmed that these additives significantly improved soluble production of reteplase compared with control. Conclusion Our study indicates that the application of chemical additives in cell lysis can improve the solubility of reteplase. Further studies are still required to understand the exact mechanism of chemical additives as a chemical chaperone during cell lysis.
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- Behnaz Fazeli
- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Biotechnology, Isfahan Pharmaceutical Research Center, Faculty of Pharmacy, Isfahan University of Medical Sciences, Isfahan, Iran
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Kumar A, Bhakuni K, Venkatesu P. Strategic planning of proteins in ionic liquids: future solvents for the enhanced stability of proteins against multiple stresses. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:23269-23282. [PMID: 31621726 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp04772g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 18] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) present a vast number of solvents capable of replacing toxic organic solvents in chemical, biotechnology and biomedical applications. ILs are inexpensive and environmentally friendly as the materials can be recycled conveniently. Chemists use a variety of cation and anion combinations to produce an IL that fits the requirements of the sustainable future through the pursuit of greener chemical processes. As such, the development of various types of ILs has been recognized as the emergence of environmentally friendly solvents to attain enhanced protein stability in vitro. The literature survey reveals that there exist a large number of scholarly articles as well as elegant reviews on protein stability in ILs. Biomolecules have adapted to antagonistic environmental stresses that normally denature proteins, and the mechanism of adaptation that protects the cellular components against denaturation involves the intracellular concentration of co-solvents. In this regard, recent experimental results distinctly demonstrated that ILs are stabilizing proteins against denaturing stresses, and their presence in the cells does not alter protein functional activities. However, a review focusing particularly on the refolding and counteracting effects of the ILs against denatured proteins by multiple stresses is still missing. This perspective unveils the studies that have been conducted to improve protein stabilities with ILs as well as the refolding and counteracting abilities of these ILs against the denatured proteins under the influence of multiple stresses. We believe that ILs can provide significant environmental and economic advantages for biochemical processes in the near future. Essentially, numerous investigations are required to allow us to further explore the stabilizing properties of ILs over proteins.
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- Awanish Kumar
- Department of Chemistry, University of Delhi, Delhi-110 007, India.
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Osaka N, Okauchi K, Eki Y, Noda Y. Unexpected cosolvency of water on poly(propylene glycol) in hydrophobic ionic liquid. Colloid Polym Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s00396-019-04551-0] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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Kundu K, Chandra GK, Umapathy S, Kiefer J. Spectroscopic and computational insights into the ion-solvent interactions in hydrated aprotic and protic ionic liquids. Phys Chem Chem Phys 2019; 21:20791-20804. [PMID: 31513201 DOI: 10.1039/c9cp03670a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
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Ionic liquids (ILs) and their aqueous solutions are emerging media for solving and manipulating biochemical molecules such as proteins. Unleashing the full potential however requires a detailed mechanistic understanding of how suitable protic and aprotic ILs behave in the presence of water in the first place. The present work aims at making an important step by performing a combined experimental and computational study of two selected ILs and their mixtures with water: the aprotic cholinium propionate ([Chl][Pro]) and the protic N-methyl-2-pyrrolidonium propionate ([NMP][Pro]). IR and Raman spectroscopy reveal stronger ion-solvent interactions in [Chl][Pro]-H2O systems compared to [NMP][Pro]-H2O mixtures. This can be explained by the tightly packed ion-pair associations in [NMP][Pro] comprising the protic -N+-H counterpart, which allows the establishment of highly directional and strong interionic hydrogen bonds. The spectral decomposition of the O-D stretching band into three sub-peaks showed that the protic [NMP][Pro] favors the self-association of water molecules. On the other hand, the predominant fraction of water-anion/cation aggregates exists in aprotic [Chl][Pro]. These hydrated systems can be envisaged using quantum-chemical calculations in the following way: H2O[Chl]+H2O[Pro]-H2O and H2O[NMP]+[Pro]-H2O, which implied preferable solvent-shared ion-pair (SIP) configurations for [Chl][Pro]-H2O systems, whereas the contact ion-pair (CIP) state prevails for the [NMP][Pro]-H2O systems. The latter holds even in the water-rich regime. In future work, these findings will be the basis for an understanding of the underlying principles that govern the interactions of ions with bio-molecules in aqueous solutions.
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- Kaushik Kundu
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India and Department of Physics, National Institute of Technology Calicut, Kozhikode 673601, Kerala, India
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- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science (IISc), Bangalore 560 012, Karnataka, India and Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Bhopal Bhopal Bypass Road, Bhauri, Bhopal 462 066, Madhya Pradesh, India.
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- Technische Thermodynamik and MAPEX Center for Materials and Processes, University of Bremen, 28359 Bremen, Germany.
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Reizabal A, Correia DM, Costa CM, Perez-Alvarez L, Vilas-Vilela JL, Lanceros-Méndez S. Silk Fibroin Bending Actuators as an Approach Toward Natural Polymer Based Active Materials. ACS APPLIED MATERIALS & INTERFACES 2019; 11:30197-30206. [PMID: 31330104 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.9b07533] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
Abstract
This work reports on the development of ionic liquid (IL)/silk fibroin (SF) composite films as electroactive polymers actuators. Different contents (20, 40, and 60% wt) of 1-butyl-3-methylimidazolium tricyanomethanide ([Bmim][C(CN3)]) and choline dihydrogen phosphate ([Ch][DHP]) ILs were incorporated into the SF polymer matrix. Due to IL-SF interactions, morphological changes such as globule-like nanostructures are induced in the samples. High concentrations of IL promote SF β-sheet formation above 65%. Further, an increase in the thermal stability of the SF was observed through the incorporation of [Bmim][C(CN3)]. IL type and content allow tuning of the electrical response as well as achieving bending actuation. [Bmim][C(CN3)]/SF samples allow bending responses up to 0.5 at an applied voltage of 3 V. In conclusion, this work demonstrates the ability of IL/SF composites to act as electroactive polymer actuators and opens new perspectives in the application of natural resources for smart materials.
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- Ander Reizabal
- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures , UPV/EHU Science Park , 48940 Leioa , Spain
- Macromolecular Chemistry Research Group (LABQUIMAC), Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology , University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) , 48940 Leioa , Spain
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- Department of Chemistry and CQ-VR , Universidade de Trás-os-Montes e Alto Douro , 5000-801 Vila Real , Portugal
- Center of Physics , University of Minho , 4710-058 Braga , Portugal
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- Center of Physics , University of Minho , 4710-058 Braga , Portugal
- Center of Chemist , University of Minho , 4710-058 Braga , Portugal
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures , UPV/EHU Science Park , 48940 Leioa , Spain
- Macromolecular Chemistry Research Group (LABQUIMAC), Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology , University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) , 48940 Leioa , Spain
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures , UPV/EHU Science Park , 48940 Leioa , Spain
- Macromolecular Chemistry Research Group (LABQUIMAC), Department of Physical Chemistry, Faculty of Science and Technology , University of the Basque Country (UPV/EHU) , 48940 Leioa , Spain
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- BCMaterials, Basque Center for Materials, Applications and Nanostructures , UPV/EHU Science Park , 48940 Leioa , Spain
- Ikerbasque , Basque Foundation for Science , 48013 Bilbao , Spain
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