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Imaging macromolecular interactions at an interface.
MedLine Citation:
PMID:  20085337     Owner:  NLM     Status:  MEDLINE    
Abstract/OtherAbstract:
Important physiological, pathological, and technological processes occur at continuous and dispersed phase interfaces. Understanding these processes is limited by inability to quantitate molecular events occurring at the interface. To provide a model-independent measurement of protein concentration and mobility at the interface, we employed confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). Fluorescently labeled albumin and fibrinogen were studied singly, pairwise, and with a surfactant, Pluronic F-127, in aqueous droplets. CLSM enables measurement of molecular behaviors manifest as surface inhomogeneity and of biophysical quantities including partitioning between the bulk and the gas-liquid (GL) interface. We conclude that albumin and fibrinogen behave substantially differently at the GL interface, adsorption from multispecies solutions is fundamentally different than adsorption from solutions of single species, and surfactants can inhibit proteins from occupying the interface.
Authors:
Joshua W Lampe; Zhengzheng Liao; Ivan J Dmochowski; Portonovo S Ayyaswamy; David M Eckmann
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Publication Detail:
Type:  Journal Article; Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural; Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't; Research Support, U.S. Gov't, Non-P.H.S.    
Journal Detail:
Title:  Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids     Volume:  26     ISSN:  1520-5827     ISO Abbreviation:  Langmuir     Publication Date:  2010 Feb 
Date Detail:
Created Date:  2010-02-09     Completed Date:  2010-04-26     Revised Date:  2011-09-26    
Medline Journal Info:
Nlm Unique ID:  9882736     Medline TA:  Langmuir     Country:  United States    
Other Details:
Languages:  eng     Pagination:  2452-9     Citation Subset:  IM    
Affiliation:
Center for Resuscitation Science, Department of Emergency Medicine, Hospital of the University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania 19104, USA.
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MeSH Terms
Descriptor/Qualifier:
Albumins / chemistry*
Fibrinogen / chemistry*
Macromolecular Substances / chemistry*
Microscopy, Confocal
Particle Size
Poloxamer / chemistry
Solutions
Surface Properties
Grant Support
ID/Acronym/Agency:
1S10RR021113/RR/NCRR NIH HHS; R01 GM083030/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS; R01 HL060230-10/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL067986-05A2/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL60230/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS; R01 HL67986/HL/NHLBI NIH HHS
Chemical
Reg. No./Substance:
0/Albumins; 0/Macromolecular Substances; 0/Solutions; 106392-12-5/Poloxamer; 9001-32-5/Fibrinogen
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