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Wang X, Yang J, Li Q, Zhang X, Zhang L. Globular Antifreeze Protein-Inspired Nanoparticle-Based Large-Scale T-Cell Cryoprotection System for Lymphoma Immunotherapy. ACS NANO 2024; 18:27372-27382. [PMID: 39327157 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.4c06610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 09/28/2024]
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Large-scale biosafe T-cell cryopreservation is required to bring T-cell therapies to the market, but it remains challenging due to the cytotoxicity of common cryoprotectants [e.g., dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)] and unavoidable ice injuries to cells. Herein, inspired by natural globular antifreeze proteins, we establish a biocompatible zwitterionic magnetic nanoparticle (ZMNP)-based cryoprotection system, achieving large-scale cryopreservation of T cells for lymphoma immunotherapy. ZMNPs could form a globular hydration shell to inhibit water molecule aggregation as well as ice growth, and the surficial hydration strength-antifreeze performance relationship of ZMNPs was investigated. During the thawing process, ZMNPs possessed a magnetic field-mediated nanowarming property that enabled rapid heating and also facilitated easy magnetic separation for cell recovery. These combined effects resulted in a high post-thaw viability (>80%) of large-scale T-cell cryopreservation (20 mL). Notably, post-thaw T cells exhibited similar transcript profiles to fresh cells, while up- or downregulation of 1050 genes was found in the DMSO group. In a mouse E.G7-OVA lymphoma model, ZMNP-system-cryopreserved T cells achieved a tumor suppression rate of 77.5%, twice as high as the DMSO group. This work holds great promise for the application of advanced cryopreservation techniques in the development of therapeutic cellular products.
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- Xiaodong Wang
- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- Department of Biochemical Engineering, School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Frontier Science Center for Synthetic Biology and Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (MOE), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
- Haihe Laboratory of Sustainable Chemical Transformations, Tianjin 300192, China
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Guo S, Yang L, Hou C, Jiang S, Ma X, Shi L, Zheng B, Ye L, He X. The low-entropy hydration shell mediated ice-binding mechanism of antifreeze proteins. Int J Biol Macromol 2024; 277:134562. [PMID: 39116982 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2024.134562] [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] [Received: 04/08/2024] [Revised: 07/09/2024] [Accepted: 08/05/2024] [Indexed: 08/10/2024]
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Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) can inhibit ice crystal growth. The ice-binding mechanism of AFPs remains unclear, yet the hydration shells of AFPs are thought to play an important role in modulating the binding of AFPs and ice. Here, we performed all-atom molecular dynamics simulations of an AFP from Choristoneura fumiferana (CfAFP) at four different temperatures, with a focus on analysis at 240 and 300 K, to investigate the dynamic and thermodynamic characteristics of hydration shells around ice-binding surfaces (IBS) and non-ice-binding surfaces (NIBS). Our results revealed that the dynamics of CfAFP hydration shells were highly heterogeneous, with its IBS favoring a less dense and more tetrahedral solvation shell, and NIBS hydration shells having opposite features to those of the IBS. The IBS of nine typical hyperactive AFPs were found to be in pure low-entropy hydration shell region, indicating that low-entropy hydration shell region of IBS and the tetrahedral arrangements of water molecules around them mediate the ice-binding mechanism of AFPs. It is because the entropy increase of the low-entropy hydration shell around IBS, while the higher entropy water molecules at NIBS most likely prevent ice crystal growth. These findings provide new mechanistic insights into the ice-binding of AFPs.
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- Shuai Guo
- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China; School of Aerospace, Mechanical and Mechatronic Engineering, The University of Sydney, NSW 2006, Australia.
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- School of Electronics and Information Engineering, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China
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- Key Laboratory of Functional Inorganic Material Chemistry (Ministry of Education) and School of Chemistry and Materials Science, Heilongjiang University, Harbin 150001, China
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- School of System Design and Intelligent Manufacturing, Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen 518055, China
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- National Key Laboratory of Science and Technology on Advanced Composites in Special Environments, Center for Composite Materials and Structures, Harbin Institute of Technology, Harbin 150080, China; Shenzhen STRONG Advanced Materials Research Institute Co. Ltd., Shenzhen 518035, China.
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Jiang Y, van de Ven TGM. Cations and Anions Affect the Speed of Sound in Water Oppositely. J Phys Chem Lett 2024; 15:4125-4129. [PMID: 38593181 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpclett.4c00318] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 04/11/2024]
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Identifying the composition of a solution using acoustics remains a challenge. It is known that for low salt concentrations the speed of sound in water increases linearly with the concentration of the electrolyte, but the contribution of individual cations and anions is unknown. We introduce the concept of intrinsic sound speed Ai to quantify the contribution of ions to the speed of sound. We found that cations increase the speed of sound in water whereas anions decrease the speed of sound. Hydration layers around the ions play a major role. Because cations have a hydration layer thicker than that of anions, their contribution to the speed of sound is larger than that of anions. Experimental data on salts not used to determine the contribution of individual ions are in quantitative agreement with the predicted values. Our method can be applied to various systems containing small quantities of ions, molecules, or particles. With the knowledge that cations increase the speed of sound, we were able to explain previously unexplained data in the literature.
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- Yiwei Jiang
- Pulp & Paper Research Centre and Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials (QCAM) Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 3420 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
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- Pulp & Paper Research Centre and Quebec Centre for Advanced Materials (QCAM) Department of Chemistry, McGill University, 3420 University Street, Montreal, QC H3A 2A7, Canada
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Zielkiewicz J. Mechanism of antifreeze protein functioning and the "anchored clathrate water" concept. J Chem Phys 2023; 159:085101. [PMID: 37622597 DOI: 10.1063/5.0158590] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/17/2023] [Accepted: 08/04/2023] [Indexed: 08/26/2023] Open
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In liquid water, there is a natural tendency to form aggregates that consist of water molecules linked by hydrogen bonds. Such spontaneously formed aggregates are surrounded by a "sea" of disordered water molecules, with both forms remaining in equilibrium. The process of creating water aggregates also takes place in the solvation water of proteins, but in this case, the interactions of water molecules with the protein surface shift the equilibrium of the process. In this paper, we analyze the structural properties of the solvation water in antifreeze proteins (AFPs). The results of molecular dynamics analysis with the use of various parameters related to the structure of solvation water on the protein surface are presented. We found that in the vicinity of the active region responsible for the binding of AFPs to ice, the equilibrium is clearly shifted toward the formation of "ice-like aggregates," and the solvation water has a more ordered ice-like structure. We have demonstrated that a reduction in the tendency to create "ice-like aggregates" results in a significant reduction in the antifreeze activity of the protein. We conclude that shifting the equilibrium in favor of the formation of "ice-like aggregates" in the solvation water in the active region is a prerequisite for the biological functionality of AFPs, at least for AFPs having a well-defined ice binding area. In addition, our results fully confirm the validity of the "anchored clathrate water" concept, formulated by Garnham et al. [Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U. S. A. 108, 7363 (2011)].
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- Jan Zielkiewicz
- Faculty of Chemistry, Department of Physical Chemistry, Gdańsk University of Technology, Narutowicza 11/12, 80-233 Gdańsk, Poland
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Pal P, Aich R, Chakraborty S, Jana B. Molecular Factors of Ice Growth Inhibition for Hyperactive and Globular Antifreeze Proteins: Insights from Molecular Dynamics Simulation. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2022; 38:15132-15144. [PMID: 36450094 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.2c02149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/17/2023]
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The molecular mechanism behind the ice growth inhibition by antifreeze proteins (AFPs) is yet to be understood completely. Also, what physical parameters differentiate between the AFP and non-AFP are largely unknown. Thus, to get an atomistic overview of the differential antifreeze activities of different classes of AFPs, we have studied ice growth from different ice surfaces in the presence of a moderately active globular type III AFP and a hyperactive spruce budworm (sbw) AFP. Results are compared with the observations of ice growth simulations in the presence of topologically similar non-AFPs using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. Simulation data suggest that the ice surface coverage is a critical factor in ice growth inhibition. Due to the presence of an ice binding surface (IBS), AFPs form a high affinity complex with ice, accompanied by a transition of hydration water around the IBS from clathrate-like to ice-like. Several residues around the periphery of the IBS anchor the AFP to the curved ice surface mediated by multiple strong hydrogen bonds, stabilizing the complex immensely. In the high surface coverage regime, the slow unbinding kinetics dominates over the ice growth kinetics and thus facilitates the ice growth inhibition. Due to the non-availability of a proper IBS, non-AFPs form a low-affinity complex with the growing ice surface. As a result, the non-AFPs are continuously repelled by the surface. If the concentration of AFPs is low, then the effective surface coverage is reduced significantly. In this low surface coverage regime, AFPs can also behave like impurities and are engulfed by the growing ice crystal.
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- Prasun Pal
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- Center for Innovation in Molecular and Pharmaceutical Sciences (CIMPS), Dr. Reddy's Institute of Life Sciences, University of Hyderabad Campus, Gachibowli, Hyderabad 500046, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Du J, Yao N, Ma X, Wang H, Li Q, Feng Z. Infrared spectra of the SARS-CoV-2 spike receptor-binding domain: Molecular dynamics simulations. Chem Phys Lett 2022; 810:140176. [DOI: 10.1016/j.cplett.2022.140176] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/18/2022] [Revised: 10/24/2022] [Accepted: 11/01/2022] [Indexed: 11/06/2022]
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Jiang S, Diao Y, Yang H. Recent advances of bio-inspired anti-icing surfaces. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2022; 308:102756. [PMID: 36007284 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2022.102756] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/12/2022] [Revised: 07/16/2022] [Accepted: 08/11/2022] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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The need for improved anti-icing surfaces is the demand of the time and closely related to many important aspects of our lives as surface icing threatens not only industrial production but also human safety. Freezing on a cold surface is usually a heterogeneous nucleation process induced by the substrate. Creating an anti-icing surface is mainly achieved by changing surface morphology and chemistry to regulate the interaction between the surface and the water/ice to inhibit freezing on the surface. In this paper, recent research progress in the creation of biomimetic anti-icing surfaces is reviewed. Firstly, basic strategies of bionic anti-icing are introduced, and then bionic anti-icing surface strategies are reviewed according to four aspects: the process of ice formation, including condensate self-removing, inhibiting ice nucleation, reducing ice adhesion, and melting accumulated ice on the surface. The remaining challenges and the direction of future development of biomimetic anti-icing surfaces are also discussed.
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- Shanshan Jiang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, Henan, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Zhengzhou University, 450001 Zhengzhou, Henan, China.
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Capability of MXene 2D material as an amoxicillin, ampicillin, and cloxacillin adsorbent in wastewater. J Mol Liq 2022. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2022.118545] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/19/2023]
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Cui S, Zhang W, Shao X, Cai W. Do antifreeze proteins generally possess the potential to promote ice growth? Phys Chem Chem Phys 2022; 24:7901-7908. [PMID: 35311839 DOI: 10.1039/d1cp05431g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
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The binding of antifreeze proteins (AFPs) to ice needs to be mediated by interfacial water molecules. Our previous study of the effect of AFPs on the dynamics of the interfacial water of freezing at its initial stage has shown that AFPs can promote the growth of ice before binding to it. However, whether different AFPs can promote the freezing of water molecules on the basal and the prismatic surfaces of ice still needs further study. In the present contribution, five representative natural AFPs with different structures and different activities that can be adsorbed on the basal and/or prismatic surfaces of ice are investigated at the atomic level. Our results show that the phenomenon of promoting the growth of ice crystals is not universal. Only hyperactive AFPs (hypAFPs) can promote the growth of the basal plane of ice, while moderately active AFPs cannot. Moreover, this significant promotion is not observed on the prismatic plane regardless of their activity. Further analysis indicates that this promotion may result from the thicker ice/water interface of the basal plane, and the synergy of hypAFPs with ice crystals.
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- Shaoli Cui
- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China.
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China.
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Muthachikavil AV, Kontogeorgis GM, Liang X, Lei Q, Peng B. Structural characteristics of low-density environments in liquid water. Phys Rev E 2022; 105:034604. [PMID: 35428046 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.105.034604] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/08/2021] [Accepted: 02/24/2022] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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The existence of two structural forms in liquid water has been a point of discussion for a long time. A phase transition between these two forms of liquid water has been proposed based on evidence from molecular simulations, and experiments have also been very recently able to track the proposed transition of the low-density liquid form to the high-density liquid form. We propose to use the average angle an oxygen atom makes with its neighbors to describe the structural environment of a water molecule. The distribution of this order parameter is observed to have two peaks with one peak at ∼109.5^{∘}, corresponding to the internal angle of a regular tetrahedron, indicating tetrahedral arrangement. The other peak corresponds to an environment with a tighter arrangement of neighboring molecules. The distribution of O-O-O angles is decomposed into two skewed distributions to estimate the fractions of the two liquid forms in water. A good similarity is observed between the temperature and pressure trends of fractions of locally favored tetrahedral structure (LFTS) form estimated using the new order parameter and the reports in the literature, over a range of temperatures and pressures. We also compare the structural environments indicated by different order parameters and find that the order parameter proposed in this paper captures the structure of first solvation shell of the LFTS accurately.
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- Aswin V Muthachikavil
- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Department of Chemical and Biochemical Engineering, Center for Energy Resources Engineering, Technical University of Denmark, Kongens Lyngby 2800, Denmark
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- Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (RIPED), PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
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- Research Institute of Petroleum Exploration and Development (RIPED), PetroChina, Beijing 100083, China
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Gharib G, Saeidiharzand S, Sadaghiani AK, Koşar A. Antifreeze Proteins: A Tale of Evolution From Origin to Energy Applications. Front Bioeng Biotechnol 2022; 9:770588. [PMID: 35186912 PMCID: PMC8851421 DOI: 10.3389/fbioe.2021.770588] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/04/2021] [Accepted: 12/31/2021] [Indexed: 11/19/2022] Open
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Icing and formation of ice crystals is a major obstacle against applications ranging from energy systems to transportation and aviation. Icing not only introduces excess thermal resistance, but it also reduces the safety in operating systems. Many organisms living under harsh climate and subzero temperature conditions have developed extraordinary survival strategies to avoid or delay ice crystal formation. There are several types of antifreeze glycoproteins with ice-binding ability to hamper ice growth, ice nucleation, and recrystallization. Scientists adopted similar approaches to utilize a new generation of engineered antifreeze and ice-binding proteins as bio cryoprotective agents for preservation and industrial applications. There are numerous types of antifreeze proteins (AFPs) categorized according to their structures and functions. The main challenge in employing such biomolecules on industrial surfaces is the stabilization/coating with high efficiency. In this review, we discuss various classes of antifreeze proteins. Our particular focus is on the elaboration of potential industrial applications of anti-freeze polypeptides.
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- Ghazaleh Gharib
- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Sabanci University Nanotechnology and Application Center (SUNUM), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano-Diagnostics (EFSUN), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Sabanci University Nanotechnology and Application Center (SUNUM), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Sabanci University Nanotechnology and Application Center (SUNUM), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano-Diagnostics (EFSUN), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- *Correspondence: Abdolali K. Sadaghiani, ; Ali Koşar,
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- Faculty of Engineering and Natural Sciences (FENS), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Sabanci University Nanotechnology and Application Center (SUNUM), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- Center of Excellence for Functional Surfaces and Interfaces for Nano-Diagnostics (EFSUN), Sabanci University, Istanbul, Turkey
- *Correspondence: Abdolali K. Sadaghiani, ; Ali Koşar,
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Maddah M, Shahabi M, Peyvandi K. How Does DcAFP, a Plant Antifreeze Protein, Control Ice Inhibition through the Kelvin Effect? Ind Eng Chem Res 2021. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.1c02559] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/30/2022]
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- Mina Maddah
- Department of Chemistry, K.N. Toosi University of Technology, 1969764499 Tehran, Iran
- Super Computing Institute, University of Tehran, 1417935840 Tehran, Iran
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- Faculty of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Semnan University, 3513119111 Semnan, Iran
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- Faculty of Chemical, Petroleum and Gas Engineering, Semnan University, 3513119111 Semnan, Iran
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Wu X, Yao F, Zhang H, Li J. Antifreeze proteins and their biomimetics for cell cryopreservation: Mechanism, function and application-A review. Int J Biol Macromol 2021; 192:1276-1291. [PMID: 34634336 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2021.09.211] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/12/2021] [Revised: 09/30/2021] [Accepted: 09/30/2021] [Indexed: 12/26/2022]
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Cell-based therapy is a promising technology for intractable diseases and health care applications, in which cryopreservation has become an essential procedure to realize the production of therapeutic cells. Ice recrystallization is the major factor that affects the post-thaw viability of cells. As a typical series of biomacromolecules with ice recrystallization inhibition (IRI) activity, antifreeze proteins (AFPs) have been employed in cell cryopreservation. Meanwhile, synthesized materials with IRI activity have emerged in the name of biomimetics of AFPs to expand their availability and practicality. However, fabrication of AFPs mimetics is in a chaotic period. There remains little commonality among different AFPs mimetics, then it is difficult to set guidelines on their design. With no doubt, a comprehensive understanding on the antifreezing mechanism of AFPs in molecular level will enable us to rebuild the function of AFPs, and provide convenience to clarify the relationship between structure and function of these early stage biomimetics. In this review, we would discuss those previously reported biomimetics to summarize their structure characteristics concerning the IRI activity and attempt to develop a roadmap for guiding the design of novel AFPs mimetics.
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- Xiaojun Wu
- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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- School of Chemical Engineering and Technology, Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China; Frontiers Science Center for Synthetic Biology, Key Laboratory of Systems Bioengineering (Ministry of Education), Tianjin University, Tianjin 300350, China.
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Cui S, Zhang W, Shao X, Cai W. Hyperactive Antifreeze Proteins Promote Ice Growth before Binding to It. J Chem Inf Model 2021; 62:5165-5174. [PMID: 34711054 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jcim.1c00915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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The antifreeze mechanism of antifreeze proteins (AFPs) evolved by organisms has been widely studied. However, detailed knowledge of the synergy between AFPs and ice crystals still remains fragmentary. In the present contribution, the cooperative effect of the hyperactive insect antifreeze protein TmAFP and ice crystals on the interfacial water during the entire process of inhibiting ice growth is systematically investigated at the atomic level and compared with its low activity mutant and a nonantifreeze protein. The results indicate a significant synergy between TmAFP and ice crystals, which enables the TmAFP to promote the ice growth before adsorbing on the surfaces of the ice crystals, while the mutant and the nonantifreeze protein cannot promote the ice growth due to the lack of this synergy. When TmAFP approaches the ice surface, the interfacial water is induced by both the AFP and the ice crystals to form the anchored clathrate motif, which binds TmAFP to the ice surface, resulting in a local increase in the curvature of the ice surface, thereby inhibiting the growth of ice. In this study, three stages, namely, promotion, adsorption, and inhibition, are observed in the complete process of TmAFP inhibiting ice growth, and the synergistic mechanism between protein and ice crystals is revealed. The results are helpful for the design of antifreeze proteins and bioinspired antifreeze materials with superior performance.
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- Shaoli Cui
- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China
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- Research Center for Analytical Sciences, Frontiers Science Center for New Organic Matter, College of Chemistry, Nankai University, Tianjin Key Laboratory of Biosensing and Molecular Recognition, State Key Laboratory of Medicinal Chemical Biology, Tianjin 300071, China
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Parui S, Jana B. Cold denaturation induced helix-to-helix transition and its implication to activity of helical antifreeze protein. J Mol Liq 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.molliq.2021.116627] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Pal P, Chakraborty S, Jana B. Differential Hydration of Ice‐Binding Surface of Globular and Hyperactive Antifreeze Proteins. ADVANCED THEORY AND SIMULATIONS 2021. [DOI: 10.1002/adts.202100090] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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- Prasun Pal
- School of Chemical Sciences Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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- School of Chemical Sciences Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur Kolkata 700032 India
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Pal P, Chakraborty S, Jana B. Deciphering the Role of the Non-ice-binding Surface in the Antifreeze Activity of Hyperactive Antifreeze Proteins. J Phys Chem B 2020; 124:4686-4696. [PMID: 32425044 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01206] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/01/2023]
Abstract
Antifreeze proteins (AFPs) show thermal hysteresis through specific interaction with the ice crystal. Hyperactive AFPs interact with the ice surface through a threonine-rich motif present at their ice-binding surface (IBS). Ordering of water around the IBS was extensively investigated. However, the role of non-IBS in ice growth inhibition is yet to be understood completely. The present study explores the nature of hydration and its length-scale evaluation around the non-IBS for hyperactive AFPs. We observed that the hydration layer of non-IBS is liquid-like, even in highly supercooled conditions, and the nature of hydration is drastically different from the hydration pattern of non-AFP surfaces. In similar conditions, the hydration layer around the IBS is ice-like ordered. Non-IBS of the hyperactive AFP exposes toward the bulk and is able to maintain the liquid-like character of its hydration water up to 15 Å. We also find that the amino acid compositions and their spatial distribution on the non-IBS are markedly different from those of the IBS and non-AFP surfaces. These results elucidate the combined role of IBS and non-IBS in ice-growth inhibition. While IBS is required to adsorb on ice efficiently, the exposed non-IBS may prevent ice nucleation/growth on top of the bound AFPs.
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- Prasun Pal
- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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- School of Chemical Sciences, Indian Association for the Cultivation of Science, Jadavpur, Kolkata 700032, India
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Kumari S, Muthachikavil AV, Tiwari JK, Punnathanam SN. Computational Study of Differences between Antifreeze Activity of Type-III Antifreeze Protein from Ocean Pout and Its Mutant. LANGMUIR : THE ACS JOURNAL OF SURFACES AND COLLOIDS 2020; 36:2439-2448. [PMID: 32069407 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.0c00065] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/10/2023]
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The antifreeze activity of a type-III antifreeze protein (AFP) expressed in ocean pout (Zoarces americanus) is compared with that of a specific mutant (T18N) using all-atom molecular dynamics simulations. The antifreeze activity of the mutant is only 10% of the wild-type AFP. The results from this simulation study revealed the following insights into the mechanism of antifreeze action by type-III AFPs. The AFP gets adsorbed to the advancing ice front due to its hydrophobic nature. A part of the hydrophobicity is caused by the presence of clathrate structure of water molecules near the ice-binding surface (IBS). The mutation in the AFP disrupts this structure and thereby reduces the ability of the mutant to adsorb to the ice-water interface leading to the loss of antifreeze activity. The mutation, however, has no effect on the ability of the adsorbed protein to bind to the growing ice phase. Simulations also revealed that all surfaces of the protein can bind to the ice phase, although the IBS is the preferred surface.
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- Surbhi Kumari
- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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- Hindustan Unilever R&D, 64 Whitefield Main Road, Bengaluru 560066, India
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Indian Institute of Science, Bengaluru 560012, India
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Surís-Valls R, Voets IK. Peptidic Antifreeze Materials: Prospects and Challenges. Int J Mol Sci 2019; 20:E5149. [PMID: 31627404 PMCID: PMC6834126 DOI: 10.3390/ijms20205149] [Citation(s) in RCA: 16] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2019] [Revised: 10/05/2019] [Accepted: 10/10/2019] [Indexed: 12/28/2022] Open
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Necessitated by the subzero temperatures and seasonal exposure to ice, various organisms have developed a remarkably effective means to survive the harsh climate of their natural habitats. Their ice-binding (glyco)proteins keep the nucleation and growth of ice crystals in check by recognizing and binding to specific ice crystal faces, which arrests further ice growth and inhibits ice recrystallization (IRI). Inspired by the success of this adaptive strategy, various approaches have been proposed over the past decades to engineer materials that harness these cryoprotective features. In this review we discuss the prospects and challenges associated with these advances focusing in particular on peptidic antifreeze materials both identical and akin to natural ice-binding proteins (IBPs). We address the latest advances in their design, synthesis, characterization and application in preservation of biologics and foods. Particular attention is devoted to insights in structure-activity relations culminating in the synthesis of de novo peptide analogues. These are sequences that resemble but are not identical to naturally occurring IBPs. We also draw attention to impactful developments in solid-phase peptide synthesis and 'greener' synthesis routes, which may aid to overcome one of the major bottlenecks in the translation of this technology: unavailability of large quantities of low-cost antifreeze materials with excellent IRI activity at (sub)micromolar concentrations.
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- Romà Surís-Valls
- Laboratory of Self-Organizing Soft Matter, Laboratory of Macro-Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Post Office Box 513, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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- Laboratory of Self-Organizing Soft Matter, Laboratory of Macro-Organic Chemistry, Department of Chemical Engineering and Chemistry & Institute for Complex Molecular Systems, Eindhoven University of Technology, Post Office Box 513, 5600 MD Eindhoven, The Netherlands.
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