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Kastantin M, Langdon BB, Schwartz DK. A bottom-up approach to understanding protein layer formation at solid-liquid interfaces. Adv Colloid Interface Sci 2014; 207:240-52. [PMID: 24484895 PMCID: PMC4028386 DOI: 10.1016/j.cis.2013.12.006] [Citation(s) in RCA: 49] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/27/2013] [Revised: 12/05/2013] [Accepted: 12/17/2013] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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A common goal across different fields (e.g. separations, biosensors, biomaterials, pharmaceuticals) is to understand how protein behavior at solid-liquid interfaces is affected by environmental conditions. Temperature, pH, ionic strength, and the chemical and physical properties of the solid surface, among many factors, can control microscopic protein dynamics (e.g. adsorption, desorption, diffusion, aggregation) that contribute to macroscopic properties like time-dependent total protein surface coverage and protein structure. These relationships are typically studied through a top-down approach in which macroscopic observations are explained using analytical models that are based upon reasonable, but not universally true, simplifying assumptions about microscopic protein dynamics. Conclusions connecting microscopic dynamics to environmental factors can be heavily biased by potentially incorrect assumptions. In contrast, more complicated models avoid several of the common assumptions but require many parameters that have overlapping effects on predictions of macroscopic, average protein properties. Consequently, these models are poorly suited for the top-down approach. Because the sophistication incorporated into these models may ultimately prove essential to understanding interfacial protein behavior, this article proposes a bottom-up approach in which direct observations of microscopic protein dynamics specify parameters in complicated models, which then generate macroscopic predictions to compare with experiment. In this framework, single-molecule tracking has proven capable of making direct measurements of microscopic protein dynamics, but must be complemented by modeling to combine and extrapolate many independent microscopic observations to the macro-scale. The bottom-up approach is expected to better connect environmental factors to macroscopic protein behavior, thereby guiding rational choices that promote desirable protein behaviors.
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- Mark Kastantin
- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States
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- Department of Chemical and Biological Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, CO 80309, United States.
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Protein adsorption and desorption on lipid bilayers. Biophys Chem 2009; 146:60-4. [PMID: 19903579 DOI: 10.1016/j.bpc.2009.10.005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/20/2009] [Revised: 10/18/2009] [Accepted: 10/20/2009] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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The protein surface usually exhibits one or a few charged spots. If a lipid bilayer contains a significant amount of lipids with oppositely charged head groups, protein adsorption on a bilayer may be energetically favourable due to the protein-lipid electrostatic interaction. The specifics of this case are that the lipids are highly mobile and the protein adsorption is accompanied by the redistribution of lipids between the areas covered and not covered by protein. We present a kinetic model illustrating that this effect is especially interesting if the fraction of the surface covered by charged lipids is relatively low. In this situation, with increasing protein coverage, the protein desorption rate constant rapidly increases while the adsorption rate constant drops, so that there is critical fraction of the area covered by protein. Adsorption above this fraction is hindered both kinetically and thermodynamically.
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Skepö M, Lindh L, Arnebrant T. Adsorption of the Flexible Salivary Proteins Statherin and PRP-1 to Negatively Charged Surfaces – A Monte Carlo Simulation and Ellipsometric Study. ACTA ACUST UNITED AC 2009. [DOI: 10.1524/zpch.2007.221.1.21] [Citation(s) in RCA: 5] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/24/2022]
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The structural properties of the salivary proteins, acidic proline rich PRP-1 and statherin, adsorbed onto negatively charged surfaces have been studied by Monte Carlo simulations and ellipsometry. It is shown that both proteins adsorb to negatively charged surfaces, although their net charges are negative. Experimentally, an initial fast mass-controlled film build-up was detected for both proteins, and plateaus were reached within 10 min. The isotherm shape and the adsorbed amounts were similar for PRP-1 to hydrophilic and hydrophobic surfaces, while statherin adsorbs to a greater extent to the hydrophobic surface. These results could be explained from the simulation results by considering the proteins as diblock polyampholytes. It has also been shown that the adsorption of PRP-1 to a negatively charged surface may be purely electrostatically driven, while pure electrostatic interaction is not sufficient to drive adsorption of statherin,i.e., an extra short-ranged attractive interaction is necessary to account for the experimental observations.
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Skepö M. Model simulations of the adsorption of statherin to solid surfaces: Effects of surface charge and hydrophobicity. J Chem Phys 2008; 129:185101. [DOI: 10.1063/1.3002317] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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Zheng Z, Stroumpoulis D, Parra A, Petzold L, Tirrell M. A Monte Carlo simulation study of lipid bilayer formation on hydrophilic substrates from vesicle solutions. J Chem Phys 2007; 124:64904. [PMID: 16483241 DOI: 10.1063/1.2166392] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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A general lattice Monte Carlo model is used for simulating the formation of supported lipid bilayers (SLBs) from vesicle solutions. The model, based on a previously published paper, consists of adsorption, decomposition, and lateral diffusion steps, and is derived from fundamental physical interactions and mass transport principles. The Monte Carlo simulation results are fit to experimental data at different vesicle bulk concentrations. A sensitivity analysis reveals that the process strongly depends on the bulk concentration C(0), adsorption rate constant K, and all vesicle radii parameters. A measure of "quality of coverage" is proposed. By this measure, the quality of the formed bilayers is found to increase with vesicle bulk concentration.
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- Zheming Zheng
- Department of Mechanical and Environmental Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, 93106, USA
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Carlsson F, Hyltner E, Arnebrant T, Malmsten M, Linse P. Lysozyme Adsorption to Charged Surfaces. A Monte Carlo Study. J Phys Chem B 2004. [DOI: 10.1021/jp0495186] [Citation(s) in RCA: 61] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Fredrik Carlsson
- Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden, School of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden, Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden, School of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden, Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden, School of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden, Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden, School of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden, Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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- Institute for Surface Chemistry, Box 5607, SE-114 86 Stockholm, Sweden, School of Health and Society, Malmö University, SE-205 06 Malmö, Sweden, Department of Pharmacy, Uppsala University, P.O. Box 580, SE-751 23 Uppsala, Sweden, and Physical Chemistry 1, Center for Chemistry and Chemical Engineering, Lund University, Box 124, SE-221 00 Lund, Sweden
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Szabelski P, Liu X, Guiochon G. Pressure-induced effects in the heterogeneous adsorption of insulin on chromatographic surfaces. J Chromatogr A 2003; 1015:43-52. [PMID: 14570318 DOI: 10.1016/s0021-9673(03)01286-x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/27/2022]
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The effect of increasing the average column pressure (ACP) on the heterogeneous adsorption of insulin variants on a C18-bonded silica was studied in isocratic reversed-phase HPLC. Adsorption isotherm data of lispro and porcine insulin obtained for values of the ACP ranging from 57 to 237 bar were fitted to the Langmuir-Freundlich and the Tóth equation. The resulting isotherm parameters, including the equilibrium adsorption constant and the heterogeneity index, were next used for the calculation of distribution functions characterizing the energy of interactions between the adsorbed insulin molecules and the stationary phase. It was observed that increasing the pressure by 180 bar causes a broadening of the distribution functions and a shift of the position of their maximum toward lower interaction energies. These findings suggest that, under high pressures, the insulin molecules interact with the stationary phase in a more diversified way than under low pressures. Additionally, the most probable value of the energy of the insulin-surface interactions becomes lower when the ACP increases. The pressure-induced changes in the interaction of insulin variants with the hydrophobic surface are attributed to a possible conformational flexibility of the molecular structure of this protein.
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- Paweł Szabelski
- Department of Theoretical Chemistry, Maria Curie-Skłodowska University, pl. M.-C. Skłodowskiej 3, 20-031 Lublin, Poland
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Santos JH, Matsuda N, Qi ZM, Yoshida T, Takatsu A, Kato K. Experimental evidence of the reversibility of the first stage of protein adsorption at a hydrophobic quartz surface near the isoelectric point. SURF INTERFACE ANAL 2003. [DOI: 10.1002/sia.1551] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.1] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Mungikar AA, Forciniti D. Computer simulations and neutron reflectivity of proteins at interfaces. Chemphyschem 2002; 3:993-9. [PMID: 12516208 DOI: 10.1002/cphc.200290015] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/09/2022]
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Computer simulations in conjunction with neutron reflectivity is an excellent combination for the study of biological materials at solid-liquid interfaces: Both techniques have excellent resolution levels (Angströms) and they are mature. A stronger interaction between physicists and biologists will allow the use of these two approaches in topics of biological-biomedical interest.
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- Amol A Mungikar
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Missouri-Rolla, Rolla, MO 65409, USA
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Castells V, Yang S, Van Tassel PR. Surface-induced conformational changes in lattice model proteins by Monte Carlo simulation. PHYSICAL REVIEW. E, STATISTICAL, NONLINEAR, AND SOFT MATTER PHYSICS 2002; 65:031912. [PMID: 11909114 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.65.031912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/26/2000] [Revised: 07/30/2001] [Indexed: 05/23/2023]
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We present Monte Carlo simulations of thermal, structural, and dynamic properties of a 27-segment lattice model protein adsorbed to a solid surface. The protein consists of a sequence of A and B segments whose order and topological contact energy values are chosen so that a unique (3x3x3 cubic) folded state occurs in the absence of an adsorbing surface [E. I. Shakhnovich and M. Gutin, Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. USA 90, 7195 (1993)]. The surface consists of a plane of sites that interact either (i) equally with all contacting protein segments (an equal affinity surface) or (ii) more strongly with type A contacting segments (an A affinity surface). For both surfaces, we find the conformational change of an initially folded protein to begin with a continuous transition to a structure where all segments contact the surface. This is followed by a partial refolding to a low energy state; this step is continuous and results in full surface contact for the equal affinity surface and is activated and results in significant loss of surface contact for the A affinity surface. We also observe a lesser (greater) degree of average surface contact in the equal (A) affinity surface with an increase in temperature.
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- Victoria Castells
- Department of Chemical Engineering and Materials Science, Wayne State University, 5050 Anthony Wayne Drive, Detroit, Michigan 48202, USA
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Song D, Forciniti D. Monte Carlo simulations of peptide adsorption on solid surfaces (Monte Carlo simulations of peptide adsorption). J Chem Phys 2001. [DOI: 10.1063/1.1409403] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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We propose a coarse-grained lattice model for Monte Carlo simulations of folding of proteins consisting of several alpha-helices. A chain representing a protein is considered to contain A and B monomers forming relatively stiff A subchains, mimicking helices, and flexible B links between these subchains, respectively. Using this model, we simulate (1) folding of four-helix proteins in solution; (2) folding of membrane proteins containing one, two, or four helices; and (3) refolding of four-helix proteins adsorbed at the liquid-solid interface. For these cases, we show typical scenarios of protein folding and refolding and study the dependence of the folding time on the chain length. Combining the latter results with those already available in the literature, we discuss the relative rates of folding of proteins belonging to different classes.
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- V P Zhdanov
- Department of Applied Physics, Chalmers University of Technology, Göteborg, Sweden.
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Zhdanov VP, Keller CA, Glasmästar K, Kasemo B. Simulation of adsorption kinetics of lipid vesicles. J Chem Phys 2000. [DOI: 10.1063/1.480617] [Citation(s) in RCA: 97] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/14/2022] Open
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