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Jahnke JP, Kim D, Wildemuth DJ, Nolla J, Berkow MW, Gwak H, Neyshtadt S, Segal-Peretz T, Frey GL, Chmelka BF. Mesostructured Materials with Controllable Long-Range Orientational Ordering and Anisotropic Properties. Adv Mater 2023; 35:e2306800. [PMID: 37849390 DOI: 10.1002/adma.202306800] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/11/2023] [Revised: 10/02/2023] [Indexed: 10/19/2023]
Abstract
Inorganic-organic mesophase materials provide a wide range of tunable properties, which are often highly dependent on their nano-, micro-, or meso-scale compositions and structures. Among these are macroscopic orientational order and corresponding anisotropic material properties, the adjustability of which are difficult to achieve. This is due to the complicated transient and coupled transport, chemical reaction, and surface processes that occur during material syntheses. By understanding such processes, general criteria are established and used to prepare diverse mesostructured materials with highly aligned channels with uniform nanometer dimensions and controllable directionalities over macroscopic dimensions and thicknesses. This is achieved by using a micropatterned semipermeable poly(dimethylsiloxane) stamp to manage the rates, directions, and surfaces at which self-assembling phases nucleate and the directions that they grow. This enables mesostructured surfactant-directed silica and titania composites, including with functional guest species, and mesoporous carbons to be prepared with high degrees of hexagonal order, as well as controllable orthogonal macroscopic orientational order. The resulting materials exhibit novel anisotropic properties, as demonstrated by the example of direction-dependent photocurrent generation, and are promising for enhancing the functionality of inorganic-organic nanocomposite materials in separations, catalysis, and energy conversion applications.
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- Justin P Jahnke
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- School of Chemical Engineering, Chonnam National University, Gwangju, 61186, Republic of Korea
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Institute for Advanced Chemistry of Catalonia, Spanish National Research Council (IQAC-CSIC), Carrer Jordi Girona 16-26, Barcelona, 08034, Spain
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Technion Institute of Technology, Haifa, 32000, Israel
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, CA, 93106, USA
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Benyamin MS, Perisin MP, Hellman CA, Schwalm ND, Jahnke JP, Sund CJ. Modeling control and transduction of electrochemical gradients in acid-stressed bacteria. iScience 2023; 26:107140. [PMID: 37404371 PMCID: PMC10316662 DOI: 10.1016/j.isci.2023.107140] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/15/2022] [Revised: 03/05/2023] [Accepted: 06/12/2023] [Indexed: 07/06/2023] Open
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Transmembrane electrochemical gradients drive solute uptake and constitute a substantial fraction of the cellular energy pool in bacteria. These gradients act not only as "homeostatic contributors," but also play a dynamic and keystone role in several bacterial functions, including sensing, stress response, and metabolism. At the system level, multiple gradients interact with ion transporters and bacterial behavior in a complex, rapid, and emergent manner; consequently, experiments alone cannot untangle their interdependencies. Electrochemical gradient modeling provides a general framework to understand these interactions and their underlying mechanisms. We quantify the generation, maintenance, and interactions of electrical, proton, and potassium potential gradients under lactic acid-stress and lactic acid fermentation. Further, we elucidate a gradient-mediated mechanism for intracellular pH sensing and stress response. We demonstrate that this gradient model can yield insights on the energetic limitations of membrane transport, and can predict bacterial behavior across changing environments.
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- Marcus S. Benyamin
- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Biological and Biotechnology Sciences Division, DEVCOM Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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Han SI, Sarkes DA, Hurley MM, Renberg R, Huang C, Li Y, Jahnke JP, Sumner JJ, Stratis-Cullum DN, Han A. Identification of Microorganisms that Bind Specifically to Target Materials of Interest Using a Magnetophoretic Microfluidic Platform. ACS Appl Mater Interfaces 2023; 15:11391-11402. [PMID: 36847552 PMCID: PMC10848205 DOI: 10.1021/acsami.2c15192] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/23/2022] [Accepted: 02/08/2023] [Indexed: 06/18/2023]
Abstract
Discovery of microorganisms and their relevant surface peptides that specifically bind to target materials of interest can be achieved through iterative biopanning-based screening of cellular libraries having high diversity. Recently, microfluidics-based biopanning methods have been developed and exploited to overcome the limitations of conventional methods where controlling the shear stress applied to remove cells that do not bind or only weakly bind to target surfaces is difficult and the overall experimental procedure is labor-intensive. Despite the advantages of such microfluidic methods and successful demonstration of their utility, these methods still require several rounds of iterative biopanning. In this work, a magnetophoretic microfluidic biopanning platform was developed to isolate microorganisms that bind to target materials of interest, which is gold in this case. To achieve this, gold-coated magnetic nanobeads, which only attached to microorganisms that exhibit high affinity to gold, were used. The platform was first utilized to screen a bacterial peptide display library, where only the cells with surface peptides that specifically bind to gold could be isolated by the high-gradient magnetic field generated within the microchannel, resulting in enrichment and isolation of many isolates with high affinity and high specificity toward gold even after only a single round of separation. The amino acid profile of the resulting isolates was analyzed to provide a better understanding of the distinctive attributes of peptides that contribute to their specific material-binding capabilities. Next, the microfluidic system was utilized to screen soil microbes, a rich source of extremely diverse microorganisms, successfully isolating many naturally occurring microorganisms that show strong and specific binding to gold. The results show that the developed microfluidic platform is a powerful screening tool for identifying microorganisms that specifically bind to a target material surface of interest, which can greatly accelerate the development of new peptide-driven biological materials and hybrid organic-inorganic materials.
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- Song-I Han
- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Biotechnology
Branch, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA
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- Biotechnology
Branch, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA
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- Biotechnology
Branch, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA
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- Biotechnology
Branch, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA
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- Biotechnology
Branch, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA
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- Biotechnology
Branch, U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM), Army Research Laboratory (ARL), Adelphi, Maryland 20783, USA
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- Department
of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Texas A&M University, College
Station, Texas 77843, USA
- Department
of Biomedical Engineering, Texas A&M
University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, Texas A&M University, College Station, Texas 77843, USA
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Terrell JL, Tschirhart T, Jahnke JP, Stephens K, Liu Y, Dong H, Hurley MM, Pozo M, McKay R, Tsao CY, Wu HC, Vora G, Payne GF, Stratis-Cullum DN, Bentley WE. Bioelectronic control of a microbial community using surface-assembled electrogenetic cells to route signals. Nat Nanotechnol 2021; 16:688-697. [PMID: 33782589 DOI: 10.1038/s41565-021-00878-4] [Citation(s) in RCA: 39] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/05/2020] [Accepted: 02/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/15/2023]
Abstract
We developed a bioelectronic communication system that is enabled by a redox signal transduction modality to exchange information between a living cell-embedded bioelectronics interface and an engineered microbial network. A naturally communicating three-member microbial network is 'plugged into' an external electronic system that interrogates and controls biological function in real time. First, electrode-generated redox molecules are programmed to activate gene expression in an engineered population of electrode-attached bacterial cells, effectively creating a living transducer electrode. These cells interpret and translate electronic signals and then transmit this information biologically by producing quorum sensing molecules that are, in turn, interpreted by a planktonic coculture. The propagated molecular communication drives expression and secretion of a therapeutic peptide from one strain and simultaneously enables direct electronic feedback from the second strain, thus enabling real-time electronic verification of biological signal propagation. Overall, we show how this multifunctional bioelectronic platform, termed a BioLAN, reliably facilitates on-demand bioelectronic communication and concurrently performs programmed tasks.
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- Jessica L Terrell
- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)-Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)-Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)-Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)-Army Research Laboratory, Aberdeen, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- Center for Biomolecular Science and Engineering, U.S. Naval Research Laboratory, Washington, DC, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA
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- U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command (DEVCOM)-Army Research Laboratory, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- Fischell Department of Bioengineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Fischell Institute for Biomedical Devices, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
- Institute for Bioscience and Biotechnology Research, University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA.
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Small MC, Sarkes DA, Dong H, Terrell JL, Jahnke JP, Zu T, Stratis-Cullum DN, Hurley MM. Designing Gold Binding Peptides: Modelling and Experiment at the Bio-Abiotic Interface. Biophys J 2021. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2020.11.1749] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
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Dong H, Terrell JL, Jahnke JP, Zu TNK, Hurley MM, Stratis-Cullum DN. Biofunctionalized Cellulose Nanofibrils Capable of Capture and Antiadhesion of Fimbriated Escherichia coli. ACS Appl Bio Mater 2019; 2:2937-2945. [DOI: 10.1021/acsabm.9b00295] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
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- Hong Dong
- Biotechnology Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- Biotechnology Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- Biotechnology Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- Biotechnology Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- Biotechnology Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- Biotechnology Branch, CCDC Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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Jahnke JP, Idso MN, Hussain S, Junk MJ, Fisher JM, Phan DD, Han S, Chmelka BF. Functionally Active Membrane Proteins Incorporated in Mesostructured Silica Films. J Am Chem Soc 2018; 140:3892-3906. [PMID: 29533066 PMCID: PMC6040920 DOI: 10.1021/jacs.7b06863] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/16/2022]
Abstract
A versatile synthetic protocol is reported that allows high concentrations of functionally active membrane proteins to be incorporated in mesostructured silica materials. Judicious selections of solvent, surfactant, silica precursor species, and synthesis conditions enable membrane proteins to be stabilized in solution and during subsequent coassembly into silica-surfactant composites with nano- and mesoscale order. This was demonstrated by using a combination of nonionic ( n-dodecyl-β-d-maltoside or Pluronic P123), lipid-like (1,2-diheptanoyl- s n-glycero-3-phosphocholine), and perfluoro-octanoate surfactants under mild acidic conditions to coassemble the light-responsive transmembrane protein proteorhodopsin at concentrations up to 15 wt % into the hydrophobic regions of worm-like mesostructured silica materials in films. Small-angle X-ray scattering, electron paramagnetic resonance spectroscopy, and transient UV-visible spectroscopy analyses established that proteorhodopsin molecules in mesostructured silica films exhibited native-like function, as well as enhanced thermal stability compared to surfactant or lipid environments. The light absorbance properties and light-activated conformational changes of proteorhodopsin guests in mesostructured silica films are consistent with those associated with the native H+-pumping mechanism of these biomolecules. The synthetic protocol is expected to be general, as demonstrated also for the incorporation of functionally active cytochrome c, a peripheral membrane protein enzyme involved in electron transport, into mesostructured silica-cationic surfactant films.
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- Justin P. Jahnke
- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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- Department of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California, 93106 U.S.A
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Sarkes DA, Jahnke JP, Stratis-Cullum DN. Semi-automated Biopanning of Bacterial Display Libraries for Peptide Affinity Reagent Discovery and Analysis of Resulting Isolates. J Vis Exp 2017. [PMID: 29286465 PMCID: PMC5755526 DOI: 10.3791/56061] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/17/2023] Open
Abstract
Biopanning bacterial display libraries is a proven technique for peptide affinity reagent discovery for recognition of both biotic and abiotic targets. Peptide affinity reagents can be used for similar applications to antibodies, including sensing and therapeutics, but are more robust and able to perform in more extreme environments. Specific enrichment of peptide capture agents to a protein target of interest is enhanced using semi-automated sorting methods which improve binding and wash steps and therefore decrease the occurrence of false positive binders. A semi-automated sorting method is described herein for use with a commercial automated magnetic-activated cell sorting device with an unconstrained bacterial display sorting library expressing random 15-mer peptides. With slight modifications, these methods are extendable to other automated devices, other sorting libraries, and other organisms. A primary goal of this work is to provide a comprehensive methodology and expound the thought process applied in analyzing and minimizing the resulting pool of candidates. These techniques include analysis of on-cell binding using fluorescence-activated cell sorting (FACS), to assess affinity and specificity during sorting and in comparing individual candidates, and the analysis of peptide sequences to identify trends and consensus sequences for understanding and potentially improving the affinity to and specificity for the target of interest.
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- Deborah A Sarkes
- Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory;
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- Sensors and Electron Devices Directorate, US Army Research Laboratory
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Benyamin MS, Jahnke JP, Mackie DM. Vapor-fed bio-hybrid fuel cell. Biotechnol Biofuels 2017; 10:68. [PMID: 28331544 PMCID: PMC5356349 DOI: 10.1186/s13068-017-0755-7] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/11/2016] [Accepted: 03/10/2017] [Indexed: 06/06/2023]
Abstract
BACKGROUND Concentration and purification of ethanol and other biofuels from fermentations are energy-intensive processes, with amplified costs at smaller scales. To circumvent the need for these processes, and to potentially reduce transportation costs as well, we have previously investigated bio-hybrid fuel cells (FCs), in which a fermentation and FC are closely coupled. However, long-term operation requires strictly preventing the fermentation and FC from harming each other. We introduce here the concept of the vapor-fed bio-hybrid FC as a means of continuously extracting power from ongoing fermentations at ambient conditions. By bubbling a carrier gas (N2) through a yeast fermentation and then through a direct ethanol FC, we protect the FC anode from the catalyst poisons in the fermentation (which are non-volatile), and also protect the yeast from harmful FC products (notably acetic acid) and from build-up of ethanol. RESULTS Since vapor-fed direct ethanol FCs at ambient conditions have never been systematically characterized (in contrast to vapor-fed direct methanol FCs), we first assess the effects on output power and conversion efficiency of ethanol concentration, vapor flow rate, and FC voltage. The results fit a continuous stirred-tank reactor model. Over a wide range of ethanol partial pressures (2-8 mmHg), power densities are comparable to those for liquid-fed direct ethanol FCs at the same temperature, with power densities >2 mW/cm2 obtained. We then demonstrate the continuous operation of a vapor-fed bio-hybrid FC with fermentation for 5 months, with no indication of performance degradation due to poisoning (of either the FC or the fermentation). It is further shown that the system is stable, recovering quickly from disturbances or from interruptions in maintenance. CONCLUSIONS The vapor-fed bio-hybrid FC enables extraction of power from dilute bio-ethanol streams without costly concentration and purification steps. The concept should be scalable to both large and small operations and should be generalizable to other biofuels and waste-to-energy systems.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740 USA
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740 USA
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Jahnke JP, Benyamin MS, Sumner JJ, Mackie DM. Using Reverse Osmosis Membranes to Couple Direct Ethanol Fuel Cells with Ongoing Fermentations. Ind Eng Chem Res 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.iecr.6b02915] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/29/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Justin P. Jahnke
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20740, United States
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20740, United States
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20740, United States
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, Maryland 20740, United States
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Donaldson SH, Jahnke JP, Messinger RJ, Östlund Å, Uhrig D, Israelachvili JN, Chmelka BF. Correlated Diffusivities, Solubilities, and Hydrophobic Interactions in Ternary Polydimethylsiloxane–Water–Tetrahydrofuran Mixtures. Macromolecules 2016. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.6b01514] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 01/28/2023]
Affiliation(s)
- Stephen H. Donaldson
- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States
- Departement
de Physique, Ecole Normale Supérieure/PSL Research University, CNRS, 24 rue Lhomond, 75005 Paris, France
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States
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- Center
for Nanophase Materials, Sciences Division, Oak Ridge National Laboratory, P.O.
Box 2008, Oak Ridge, Tennessee 37831, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, Santa Barbara, California 93106-5080, United States
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Jahnke JP, Terrell JL, Smith AM, Cheng X, Stratis-Cullum DN. Influences of Adhesion Variability on the "Living" Dynamics of Filamentous Bacteria in Microfluidic Channels. Molecules 2016; 21:molecules21080985. [PMID: 27483214 PMCID: PMC6274349 DOI: 10.3390/molecules21080985] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/20/2016] [Revised: 07/18/2016] [Accepted: 07/21/2016] [Indexed: 12/20/2022] Open
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Microfabricated devices have increasingly incorporated bacterial cells for microscale studies and exploiting cell-based functions in situ. However, the role of surface interactions in controlling the bacterial cell behavior is not well understood. In this study, microfluidic substrates of varied bacterial-binding affinity were used to probe the interaction-driven behavior of filamentous Escherichia coli. In particular, cell alignment under controlled shear flow as well as subsequent orientation and filamentation were compared between cells presenting distinct outer membrane phenotypes. We demonstrated that filaments retained position under flow, which allowed for dynamic single-cell monitoring with in situ elongation of over 100 μm for adherent cells. This maximum was not reached by planktonic cells and was, therefore, adhesion-dependent. The bound filaments initially aligned with flow under a range of flow rates and their continual elongation was traced in terms of length and growth path; analysis demonstrated that fimbriae-mediated adhesion increased growth rate, increased terminal length, as well as dramatically changed the adherent geometry, particularly buckling behavior. The effects to filament length and buckling were further exaggerated by the strongest, specificity-driven adhesion tested. Such surface-guided control of the elongation process may be valuable to yield interesting “living” filamentous structures in microdevices. In addition, this work may offer a biomedically relevant platform for further elucidation of filamentation as an immune-resistant morphology. Overall, this work should inspire broader exploration of microfabricated devices for the study and application of single bacterial cells.
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- Department of Materials Science and Engineering, Bioengineering Program, Lehigh University, Bethlehem, PA 18015, USA.
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Mackie DM, Jahnke JP, Benyamin MS, Sumner JJ. Simple, fast, and accurate methodology for quantitative analysis using Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy, with bio-hybrid fuel cell examples. MethodsX 2016; 3:128-38. [PMID: 26977411 PMCID: PMC4781924 DOI: 10.1016/j.mex.2016.02.002] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/29/2015] [Accepted: 02/12/2016] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
Abstract
The standard methodologies for quantitative analysis (QA) of mixtures using Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) instruments have evolved until they are now more complicated than necessary for many users’ purposes. We present a simpler methodology, suitable for widespread adoption of FTIR QA as a standard laboratory technique across disciplines by occasional users.Algorithm is straightforward and intuitive, yet it is also fast, accurate, and robust. Relies on component spectra, minimization of errors, and local adaptive mesh refinement. Tested successfully on real mixtures of up to nine components.
We show that our methodology is robust to challenging experimental conditions such as similar substances, component percentages differing by three orders of magnitude, and imperfect (noisy) spectra. As examples, we analyze biological, chemical, and physical aspects of bio-hybrid fuel cells.
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Affiliation(s)
- David M Mackie
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD, USA
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD, USA
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Jahnke JP, Hoyt T, LeFors HM, Sumner JJ, Mackie DM. Aspergillus oryzae-Saccharomyces cerevisiae Consortium Allows Bio-Hybrid Fuel Cell to Run on Complex Carbohydrates. Microorganisms 2016; 4:microorganisms4010010. [PMID: 27681904 PMCID: PMC5029515 DOI: 10.3390/microorganisms4010010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/01/2015] [Revised: 01/19/2016] [Accepted: 01/26/2016] [Indexed: 11/16/2022] Open
Abstract
Consortia of Aspergillus oryzae and Saccharomyces cerevisiae are examined for their abilities to turn complex carbohydrates into ethanol. To understand the interactions between microorganisms in consortia, Fourier-transform infrared spectroscopy is used to follow the concentrations of various metabolites such as sugars (e.g., glucose, maltose), longer chain carbohydrates, and ethanol to optimize consortia conditions for the production of ethanol. It is shown that with proper design A. oryzae can digest food waste simulants into soluble sugars that S. cerevisiae can ferment into ethanol. Depending on the substrate and conditions used, concentrations of 13% ethanol were achieved in 10 days. It is further shown that a direct alcohol fuel cell (FC) can be coupled with these A. oryzae-enabled S. cerevisiae fermentations using a reverse osmosis membrane. This “bio-hybrid FC” continually extracted ethanol from an ongoing consortium, enhancing ethanol production and allowing the bio-hybrid FC to run for at least one week. Obtained bio-hybrid FC currents were comparable to those from pure ethanol—water mixtures, using the same FC. The A. oryzae–S. cerevisiae consortium, coupled to a bio-hybrid FC, converted food waste simulants into electricity without any pre- or post-processing.
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- Justin P Jahnke
- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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- Army Research Laboratory, 2800 Powder Mill Road, Adelphi, MD 20740, USA.
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Jahnke JP, Bazan GC, Sumner JJ. Effect of Modified Phospholipid Bilayers on the Electrochemical Activity of a Membrane-Spanning Conjugated Oligoelectrolyte. Langmuir 2015; 31:11613-11620. [PMID: 26422050 DOI: 10.1021/acs.langmuir.5b03093] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/05/2023]
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The incorporation and electrochemical activity of a conjugated oligoelectrolyte (COE) in model phospholipid bilayers have been characterized using cyclic voltammetry and UV-vis absorption measurements. Several other modifiers were also incorporated into the phospholipid membranes to alter properties such as charge and alkyl chain disorder. Using potassium ferricyanide to measure charge transport, it was observed that bilayers that contained cholic acid, a negatively charged additive that also promotes alkyl chain disorder, had higher COE uptake and charge permeability than unmodified bilayers. In contrast, when the positively charged choline was incorporated, charge permeability decreased and COE uptake was similar to that of unmodified bilayers. The incorporation of cholesterol at low concentrations within the phospholipid membranes was shown to enhance the COE's effectiveness at increasing membrane charge permeability without increasing the COE concentration in the bilayer. Higher concentrations of cholesterol reduce membrane fluidity and membrane charge permeability. Collectively, these results demonstrate that changes in phospholipid membrane charge permeability upon COE incorporation depend not only on the concentration in the membrane but also on interactions with the phospholipid bilayer and other additives present in the membranes. This approach of manipulating the properties of phospholipid membranes to understand COE interactions is applicable to understanding the behavior of a wide range of molecules that impart useful properties to phospholipid membranes.
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Affiliation(s)
- Justin P Jahnke
- U.S. Army Research Laboratory Sensors & Electron Devices Directorate, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California , Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- U.S. Army Research Laboratory Sensors & Electron Devices Directorate, Adelphi, Maryland 20783, United States
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Graham KR, Cabanetos C, Jahnke JP, Idso MN, El Labban A, Ngongang Ndjawa GO, Heumueller T, Vandewal K, Salleo A, Chmelka BF, Amassian A, Beaujuge PM, McGehee MD. Importance of the Donor:Fullerene Intermolecular Arrangement for High-Efficiency Organic Photovoltaics. J Am Chem Soc 2014; 136:9608-18. [DOI: 10.1021/ja502985g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 286] [Impact Index Per Article: 28.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/22/2022]
Affiliation(s)
- Kenneth R. Graham
- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
- Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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- Department
of Chemical Engineering, University of California, Santa Barbara, California 93106, United States
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- Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Division of Physical Sciences & Engineering, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST), Thuwal 23955-6900, Saudi Arabia
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- Department
of Materials Science and Engineering, Stanford University, Stanford, California 94305, United States
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Hussain S, Kinnebrew M, Jahnke JP, Idso M, Schonenbach NS, Chmelka BF, Han S. Tuning Function of the Light-Driven Proteorhodopsin Proton Pump by Formation of Oligomeric and Surfactant-Based Synthetic Complexes. Biophys J 2014. [DOI: 10.1016/j.bpj.2013.11.2097] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/23/2022] Open
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Abstract
The integrity of the ligamentous network of the wrist is critical, as disruption of this network may result in carpal instability and pain. The extrinsic (radiocarpal) and intrinsic (intercarpal) ligaments that maintain carpal stability can be evaluated with magnetic resonance (MR) imaging. The major extrinsic ligaments are the radioscaphocapitate, radiolunotriquetral, short radiolunate, and dorsal radiocarpal ligaments. The scapholunate and lunotriquetral ligaments are the most important intrinsic ligaments and the primary wrist stabilizers. The most common causes of carpal instability are unstable fracture of the scaphoid, scapholunate dissociation, and lunotriquetral dissociation. Carpal instability can be diagnosed from the sagittal MR image that includes the capitate, lunate, and radius and from the sagittal MR image that includes the scaphoid and radius. Knowledge of the MR imaging appearances of the major carpal stabilizing ligaments and common patterns of carpal instability allows more precise diagnosis in cases of wrist pain.
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- M E Timins
- Department of Radiology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Doyne Clinic, Milwaukee 53226, USA
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