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Greenberg MW, Lin CH, Chodankar S, Ghose SK. In situ synchrotron X-ray total scattering measurements and analysis of colloidal CsPbX 3 nanocrystals during flow synthesis. J Synchrotron Radiat 2023; 30:1092-1099. [PMID: 37738031 PMCID: PMC10624037 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577523007300] [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: 03/28/2023] [Accepted: 08/20/2023] [Indexed: 09/23/2023]
Abstract
In situ X-ray scattering measurements of CsPbX3 (X = Cl, Br, I) nanocrystal formation and halide exchange at NSLS-II beamlines were performed in an automated flow reactor. Total scattering measurements were performed at the 28-ID-2 (XPD) beamline and small-angle X-ray scattering at the 16-ID (LiX) beamline. Nanocrystal structural parameters of interest, including size, size distribution and atomic structure, were extracted from modeling the total scattering data. The results highlight the potential of these beamlines and the measurement protocols described in this study for studying dynamic processes of colloidal nanocrystal synthesis in solution with timescales on the order of seconds.
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- Matthew W. Greenberg
- Department of Chemistry and Biochemistry, Bard College, 30 Campus Road, Annandale-on-Hudson, NY 12504, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Byrnes J, Chopra K, Rolband LA, Danai L, Chodankar S, Yang L, Afonin KA. Structural Characterization of Nucleic Acid Nanoparticles Using SAXS and SAXS-Driven MD. Methods Mol Biol 2023; 2709:65-94. [PMID: 37572273 PMCID: PMC10484297 DOI: 10.1007/978-1-0716-3417-2_4] [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] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 08/14/2023]
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Structural characterization of nucleic acid nanoparticles (NANPs) in solution is critical for validation of correct assembly and for quantifying the size, shape, and flexibility of the construct. Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is a well-established method to obtain structural information of particles in solution. Here, we present a procedure for the preparation of NANPs for SAXS. This procedure outlines the steps for a successful SAXS experiment and the use of SAXS-driven molecular dynamics to generate an ensemble of structures that best explain the data observed in solution. We use an RNA NANP as an example, so the reader can prepare the sample for data collection, analyze the results, and perform SAXS-driven MD on similar NANPs.
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- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY, USA
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- University of North Carolina at Charlotte, Charlotte, NC, USA
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Yang L, Liu J, Chodankar S, Antonelli S, DiFabio J. Scanning structural mapping at the Life Science X-ray Scattering Beamline. J Synchrotron Radiat 2022; 29:540-548. [PMID: 35254319 PMCID: PMC8900859 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577521013266] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/28/2021] [Accepted: 12/14/2021] [Indexed: 06/14/2023]
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This work describes the instrumentation and software for microbeam scattering and structural mapping at the Life Science X-ray Scattering (LiX) beamline at NSLS-II. Using a two-stage focusing scheme, an adjustable beam size between a few micrometres and a fraction of a millimetre is produced at the sample position. Scattering data at small and wide angles are collected simultaneously on multiple Pilatus detectors. A recent addition of an in-vacuum Pilatus 900k detector, with the detector modules arranged in a C-shaped configuration, has improved the azimuthal angle coverage in the wide-angle data. As an option, fluorescence data can be collected simultaneously. Fly scans have been implemented to minimize the time interval between scattering patterns and to avoid unnecessary radiation damage to the sample. For weakly scattering samples, an in-vacuum sample environment has been developed here to minimize background scattering. Data processing for these measurements is highly sample-specific. To establish a generalized data process workflow, first the data are reduced to reciprocal coordinates at the time of data collection. The users can then quantify features of their choosing from these intermediate data and construct structural maps. As examples, results from in-vacuum mapping of onion epidermal cell walls and 2D tomographic sectioning of an intact poplar stem are presented.
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- Lin Yang
- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Bwayi MN, Garcia-Maldonado E, Chai SC, Xie B, Chodankar S, Huber AD, Wu J, Annu K, Wright WC, Lee HM, Seetharaman J, Wang J, Buchman CD, Peng J, Chen T. Molecular basis of crosstalk in nuclear receptors: heterodimerization between PXR and CAR and the implication in gene regulation. Nucleic Acids Res 2022; 50:3254-3275. [PMID: 35212371 PMCID: PMC8989523 DOI: 10.1093/nar/gkac133] [Citation(s) in RCA: 13] [Impact Index Per Article: 6.5] [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] [Received: 08/23/2021] [Revised: 01/20/2022] [Accepted: 02/11/2022] [Indexed: 02/06/2023] Open
Abstract
The 48 human nuclear receptors (NRs) form a superfamily of transcription factors that regulate major physiological and pathological processes. Emerging evidence suggests that NR crosstalk can fundamentally change our understanding of NR biology, but detailed molecular mechanisms of crosstalk are lacking. Here, we report the molecular basis of crosstalk between the pregnane X receptor (PXR) and constitutive androstane receptor (CAR), where they form a novel heterodimer, resulting in their mutual inhibition. PXR and CAR regulate drug metabolism and energy metabolism. Although they have been broadly perceived as functionally redundant, a growing number of reports suggests a mutual inhibitory relation, but their precise mode of coordinated action remains unknown. Using methods including RNA sequencing, small-angle X-ray scattering and crosslinking mass spectrometry we demonstrate that the mutual inhibition altered gene expression globally and is attributed to the novel PXR–CAR heterodimerization via the same interface used by each receptor to heterodimerize with its functional partner, retinoid X receptor (RXR). These findings establish an unexpected functional relation between PXR, CAR and RXR, change the perceived functional relation between PXR and CAR, open new perspectives on elucidating their role and designing approaches to regulate them, and highlight the importance to comprehensively investigate nuclear receptor crosstalk.
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- Monicah N Bwayi
- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Center for Proteomics and Metabolomics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.,Department of Structural Biology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA.,Department of Developmental Neurobiology, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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- Department of Chemical Biology and Therapeutics, St. Jude Children's Research Hospital, Memphis, TN 38105-3678, USA
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Rosén T, Wang R, He H, Zhan C, Chodankar S, Hsiao BS. Understanding ion-induced assembly of cellulose nanofibrillar gels through shear-free mixing and in situ scanning-SAXS. Nanoscale Adv 2021; 3:4940-4951. [PMID: 34485817 PMCID: PMC8386416 DOI: 10.1039/d1na00236h] [Citation(s) in RCA: 2] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2021] [Accepted: 07/16/2021] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
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During the past decade, cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) have shown tremendous potential as a building block to fabricate new advanced materials that are both biocompatible and biodegradable. The excellent mechanical properties of the individual CNF can be transferred to macroscale fibers through careful control in hydrodynamic alignment and assembly processes. The optimization of such processes relies on the understanding of nanofibril dynamics during the process, which in turn requires in situ characterization. Here, we use a shear-free mixing experiment combined with scanning small-angle X-ray scattering (scanning-SAXS) to provide time-resolved nanoscale kinetics during the in situ assembly of dispersed cellulose nanofibrils (CNFs) upon mixing with a sodium chloride solution. The addition of monovalent ions led to the transition to a volume-spanning arrested (gel) state. The transition of CNFs is associated with segmental aggregation of the particles, leading to a connected network and reduced Brownian motion, whereby an aligned structure can be preserved. Furthermore, we find that the extensional flow seems to enhance the formation of these segmental aggregates, which in turn provides a comprehensible explanation for the superior material properties obtained in shear-free processes used for spinning filaments from CNFs. This observation clearly highlights the need for different assembly strategies depending on morphology and interactions of the dispersed nanoparticles, where this work can be used as a guide for improved nanomaterial processes.
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- Tomas Rosén
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York 11794-3400 USA
- Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of Technology SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, KTH Royal Institute of Technology SE-100 44 Stockholm Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York 11794-3400 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York 11794-3400 USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York 11794-3400 USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Lab Upton NY USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University Stony Brook New York 11794-3400 USA
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Yang L, Liu J, Chodankar S, Antonelli S. Scanning mapping of biological tissues using scattering contrast. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2021. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767321097932] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Yang L, Lazo E, Byrnes J, Chodankar S, Antonelli S, Rakitin M. Tools for supporting solution scattering during the COVID-19 pandemic. J Synchrotron Radiat 2021; 28:1237-1244. [PMID: 34212889 PMCID: PMC8284406 DOI: 10.1107/s160057752100521x] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.7] [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: 03/11/2021] [Accepted: 05/15/2021] [Indexed: 05/11/2023]
Abstract
During the COVID-19 pandemic, synchrotron beamlines were forced to limit user access. Performing routine measurements became a challenge. At the Life Science X-ray Scattering (LiX) beamline, new instrumentation and mail-in protocols have been developed to remove the access barrier to solution scattering measurements. Our efforts took advantage of existing instrumentation and coincided with the larger effort at NSLS-II to support remote measurements. Given the limited staff-user interaction for mail-in measurements, additional software tools have been developed to ensure data quality, to automate the adjustments in data processing, as users would otherwise rely on the experience of the beamline staff, and produce a summary of the initial assessments of the data. This report describes the details of these developments.
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- Lin Yang
- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- Brookhaven National Laboratory, 745 Brookhaven Avenue, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Byrnes J, Chodankar S, Lazo E, Qian K, Antonelli S, Yang L. X‐ray Solution Scattering Studies at the Life Sciences X‐ray Scattering (LiX) Beamline. FASEB J 2021. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2021.35.s1.05492] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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- Brookhaven National LaboratoryUptonNY
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- Brookhaven National LaboratoryUptonNY
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Rosén T, Wang R, He H, Zhan C, Chodankar S, Hsiao BS. Shear-free mixing to achieve accurate temporospatial nanoscale kinetics through scanning-SAXS: ion-induced phase transition of dispersed cellulose nanocrystals. Lab Chip 2021; 21:1084-1095. [PMID: 33514993 PMCID: PMC8323814 DOI: 10.1039/d0lc01048k] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/19/2020] [Accepted: 01/25/2021] [Indexed: 05/25/2023]
Abstract
Time-resolved in situ characterization of well-defined mixing processes using small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) is usually challenging, especially if the process involves changes of material viscoelasticity. In specific, it can be difficult to create a continuous mixing experiment without shearing the material of interest; a desirable situation since shear flow both affects nanoscale structures and flow stability as well as resulting in unreliable time-resolved data. Here, we demonstrate a flow-focusing mixing device for in situ nanostructural characterization using scanning-SAXS. Given the interfacial tension and viscosity ratio between core and sheath fluids, the core material confined by sheath flows is completely detached from the walls and forms a zero-shear plug flow at the channel center, allowing for a trivial conversion of spatial coordinates to mixing times. With this technique, the time-resolved gel formation of dispersed cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) was studied by mixing with a sodium chloride solution. It is observed how locally ordered regions, so called tactoids, are disrupted when the added monovalent ions affect the electrostatic interactions, which in turn leads to a loss of CNC alignment through enhanced rotary diffusion. The demonstrated flow-focusing scanning-SAXS technique can be used to unveil important kinetics during structural formation of nanocellulosic materials. However, the same technique is also applicable in many soft matter systems to provide new insights into the nanoscale dynamics during mixing.
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- Tomas Rosén
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookNew York 11794-3400USA
- Department of Fiber and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySE-100 44 StockholmSweden
- Wallenberg Wood Science Center, KTH Royal Institute of TechnologySE-100 44 StockholmSweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookNew York 11794-3400USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookNew York 11794-3400USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookNew York 11794-3400USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National LabUptonNYUSA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook UniversityStony BrookNew York 11794-3400USA
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Rosén T, He H, Wang R, Zhan C, Chodankar S, Fall A, Aulin C, Larsson PT, Lindström T, Hsiao BS. Cross-Sections of Nanocellulose from Wood Analyzed by Quantized Polydispersity of Elementary Microfibrils. ACS Nano 2020; 14:16743-16754. [PMID: 33253525 PMCID: PMC8926302 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c04570] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [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] [Indexed: 05/07/2023]
Abstract
Bio-based nanocellulose has been shown to possess impressive mechanical properties and simplicity for chemical modifications. The chemical properties are largely influenced by the surface area and functionality of the nanoscale materials. However, finding the typical cross-sections of nanocellulose, such as cellulose nanofibers (CNFs), has been a long-standing puzzle, where subtle changes in extraction methods seem to yield different shapes and dimensions. Here, we extracted CNFs from wood with two different oxidation methods and variations in degree of oxidation and high-pressure homogenization. The cross-sections of CNFs were characterized by small-angle X-ray scattering and wide-angle X-ray diffraction in dispersed and freeze-dried states, respectively, where the results were analyzed by assuming that the cross-sectional distribution was quantized with an 18-chain elementary microfibril, the building block of the cell wall. We find that the results agree well with a pseudosquare unit having a size of about 2.4 nm regardless of sample, while the aggregate level strongly depends on the extraction conditions. Furthermore, we find that aggregates have a preferred cohesion of phase boundaries parallel to the (110)-plane of the cellulose fibril, leading to a ribbon shape on average.
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- Tomas Rosén
- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
- Department
of Fiber and Polymer Technology, KTH Royal
Institute of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- Wallenberg
Wood Science Center, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- National
Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven
National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11793, United States
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- Wallenberg
Wood Science Center, KTH Royal Institute
of Technology, SE-100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
- RISE, Box
5604, 114 86 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department
of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Yang L, Chodankar S, Byrnes J. Mail-in and remote access for solution scattering at the LiX beamline. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2020. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767320098372] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Yang L, Antonelli S, Chodankar S, Byrnes J, Lazo E, Qian K. Solution scattering at the Life Science X-ray Scattering (LiX) beamline. J Synchrotron Radiat 2020; 27:804-812. [PMID: 32381785 PMCID: PMC7206542 DOI: 10.1107/s1600577520002362] [Citation(s) in RCA: 31] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.8] [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: 11/05/2019] [Accepted: 02/19/2020] [Indexed: 05/03/2023]
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This work reports the instrumentation and software implementation at the Life Science X-ray Scattering (LiX) beamline at NSLS-II in support of biomolecular solution scattering. For automated static measurements, samples are stored in PCR tubes and grouped in 18-position sample holders. Unattended operations are enabled using a six-axis robot that exchanges sample holders between a storage box and a sample handler, transporting samples from the PCR tubes to the X-ray beam for scattering measurements. The storage box has a capacity of 20 sample holders. At full capacity, the measurements on all samples last for ∼9 h. For in-line size-exclusion chromatography, the beamline-control software coordinates with a commercial high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) system to measure multiple samples in batch mode. The beamline can switch between static and HPLC measurements instantaneously. In all measurements, the scattering data span a wide q-range of typically 0.006-3.2 Å-1. Functionalities in the Python package py4xs have been developed to support automated data processing, including azimuthal averaging, merging data from multiple detectors, buffer scattering subtraction, data storage in HDF5 format and exporting the final data in a three-column text format that is acceptable by most data analysis tools. These functionalities have been integrated into graphical user interfaces that run in Jupyter notebooks, with hooks for external data analysis software.
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- Lin Yang
- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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- NSLS-II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, NY 11973, USA
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Byrnes J, Chodankar S, Lazo E, Qian K, Shea-McCarthy G, Antonelli S, Yang L. A Realistic View of Proteins : Solution Scattering at the Life Sciences X‐ray Scattering Beamline (LIX). FASEB J 2020. [DOI: 10.1096/fasebj.2020.34.s1.00684] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Rosén T, Wang R, Zhan C, He H, Chodankar S, Hsiao BS. Cellulose nanofibrils and nanocrystals in confined flow: Single-particle dynamics to collective alignment revealed through scanning small-angle x-ray scattering and numerical simulations. Phys Rev E 2020; 101:032610. [PMID: 32289908 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.101.032610] [Citation(s) in RCA: 20] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/07/2019] [Accepted: 03/09/2020] [Indexed: 01/04/2023]
Abstract
Nanostructured materials made through flow-assisted assembly of proteinaceous or polymeric nanosized fibrillar building blocks are promising contenders for a family of high-performance biocompatible materials in a wide variety of applications. Optimization of these processes relies on improving our knowledge of the physical mechanisms from nano- to macroscale and especially understanding the alignment of elongated nanoparticles in flows. Here, we study the full projected orientation distributions of cellulose nanocrystals (CNCs) and nanofibrils (CNFs) in confined flow using scanning microbeam SAXS. For CNCs, we further compare with a simulated system of dilute Brownian ellipsoids, which agrees well at dilute concentrations. However, increasing CNC concentration to a semidilute regime results in locally arranged domains called tactoids, which aid in aligning the CNC at low shear rates, but limit alignment at higher rates. Similarly, shear alignment of CNF at semidilute conditions is also limited owing to probable bundle or flock formation of the highly entangled nanofibrils. This work provides a quantitative comparison of full projected orientation distributions of elongated nanoparticles in confined flow and provides an important stepping stone towards predicting and controlling processes to create nanostructured materials on an industrial scale.
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- Tomas Rosén
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA.,Treesearch, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 10044 Stockholm, Sweden
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973, USA
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, USA
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Wang R, Rosen T, Zhan C, Chodankar S, Chen J, Sharma PR, Sharma SK, Liu T, Hsiao BS. Morphology and Flow Behavior of Cellulose Nanofibers Dispersed in Glycols. Macromolecules 2019. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.macromol.9b01036] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Ruifu Wang
- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- National Synchrotron Light Source II, Brookhaven National Laboratory, Upton, New York 11973-5000, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3101, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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- Department of Polymer Science, The University of Akron, Akron, Ohio 44325-3101, United States
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- Department of Chemistry, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, New York 11794-3400, United States
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Sweet RM, Andi B, Berman LE, Bernstein H, Bhogadi DK, Chodankar S, Fuchs MR, Gao Y, Graziano V, Guichard N, Jakoncic J, Lazo E, McSweeney S, Miller L, Myers S, Soares A, Schneider DK, Martins BS, Shi W, Skinner J, Stojanoff V, Tappero R, Yamada Y, Yang L. Synchrotron biosciences at National Synchrotron Light Source II: a biomedical technology research resource. Acta Crystallogr A Found Adv 2017. [DOI: 10.1107/s0108767317097537] [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: 11/10/2022] Open
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Goto M, Wilk A, Kataoka K, Chodankar S, Tamai N, Fukui M, Kohlbrecher J, Ito HO, Matsuki H. Study on the subgel-phase formation using an asymmetric phospholipid bilayer membrane by high-pressure fluorometry. Langmuir 2012; 28:12191-12198. [PMID: 22823885 DOI: 10.1021/la3020173] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/01/2023]
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The myristoylpalmitoylphosphatidylcholine (MPPC) bilayer membrane shows a complicated temperature-pressure phase diagram. The large portion of the lamellar gel (L(β)'), ripple gel (P(β)'), and pressure-induced gel (L(β)I) phases exist as metastable phases due to the extremely stable subgel (L(c)) phase. The stable L(c) phase enables us to examine the properties of the L(c) phase. The phases of the MPPC bilayers under atmospheric and high pressures were studied by small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and fluorescence spectroscopy using a polarity-sensitive fluorescent probe Prodan. The SANS measurements clearly demonstrated the existence of the metastable L(β)I phase with the smallest lamellar repeat distance. From a second-derivative analysis of the fluorescence data, the line shape for the L(c) phase under high pressure was characterized by a broad peak with a minimum of ca. 460 nm. The line shapes and the minimum intensity wavelength (λ″(min)) values changed with pressure, indicating that the L(c) phase has highly pressure-sensible structure. The λ″(min) values of the L(c) phase spectra were split into ca. 430 and 500 nm in the L(β)I phase region, which corresponds to the formation of a interdigitated subgel L(c) (L(c)I) phase. Moreover, the phase transitions related to the L(c) phase were reversible transitions under high pressure. Taking into account the fluorescence behavior of Prodan for the L(c) phase, we concluded that the structure of the L(c) phase is highly probably a staggered structure, which can transform into the L(c)I phase easily.
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- Masaki Goto
- Department of Life System, Institute of Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Nygård K, Kjellander R, Sarman S, Chodankar S, Perret E, Buitenhuis J, van der Veen JF. Anisotropic pair correlations and structure factors of confined hard-sphere fluids: an experimental and theoretical study. Phys Rev Lett 2012; 108:037802. [PMID: 22400786 DOI: 10.1103/physrevlett.108.037802] [Citation(s) in RCA: 38] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/06/2011] [Indexed: 05/31/2023]
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We address the fundamental question: how are pair correlations and structure factors of hard-sphere fluids affected by confinement between hard planar walls at close distance? For this purpose, we combine x-ray scattering from colloid-filled nanofluidic channel arrays and first-principles inhomogeneous liquid-state theory within the anisotropic Percus-Yevick approximation. The experimental and theoretical data are in remarkable agreement at the pair-correlation level, providing the first quantitative experimental verification of the theoretically predicted confinement-induced anisotropy of the pair-correlation functions for the fluid. The description of confined fluids at this level provides, in the general case, important insights into the mechanisms of particle-particle interactions in dense fluids under confinement.
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- K Nygård
- Research Department of Synchrotron Radiation and Nanotechnology, Paul Scherrer Institut, 5232 Villigen PSI, Switzerland.
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Goto M, Wilk A, Kazama A, Chodankar S, Kohlbrecher J, Matsuki H. Chain elongation of diacylphosphatidylcholine induces fully bilayer interdigitation under atmospheric pressure. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2010; 84:44-8. [PMID: 21216568 DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2010.12.010] [Citation(s) in RCA: 7] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/08/2010] [Revised: 12/05/2010] [Accepted: 12/05/2010] [Indexed: 10/18/2022]
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The phase transitions of dibehenoylphosphatidylcholine (C22PC) bilayer membrane were observed by differential scanning calorimetry under atmospheric pressure and light-transmittance measurements under high pressure. The constructed temperature-pressure phase diagram suggests that the gel phase at low temperatures is the interdigitated gel phase. To confirm the phase state, we performed small-angle neutron scattering and fluorescence measurements using a polarity-sensitive probe Prodan for the C22PC bilayer membrane under atmospheric pressure. The peaks obtained in both measurements clearly showed the characteristic patterns of the fully interdigitated gel phase. Taking into account of previous studies on the gel phase for long-chain PC bilayers under atmospheric pressure and our studies on the pressure-induced bilayer interdigitaion of diacyl-PCs, it turned out that the interdigitation of diacyl-PC bilayer membranes occurs when the carbon number of acyl chain reaches at least 22. The present study revealed that the interdigitation of PC bilayer membranes occurs not only by weakening the attractive force of polar head groups but also by strengthening the cohesive force of acyl chains. When dominating the force of acyl chains, the interdigitation can be induced even in a diacyl-PC bilayer membrane by only hydration under atmospheric pressure.
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- Masaki Goto
- Department of Life System, Institute of Technology and Science, The University of Tokushima, Tokushima, Japan
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Chodankar S, Aswal VK, Hassan PA, Wagh AG. Effect of pH and Protein Concentration on Rheological and Structural Behavior of Temperature-induced Bovine Serum Albumin Gels. J MACROMOL SCI B 2010. [DOI: 10.1080/00222341003591500] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/19/2022]
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- S. Chodankar
- a Solid State Physics Division , Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Mumbai, India
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- a Solid State Physics Division , Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Mumbai, India
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- b Chemistry Division , Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Mumbai, India
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- a Solid State Physics Division , Bhabha Atomic Research Centre , Mumbai, India
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Aswal VK, Chodankar S, Kohlbrecher J, Vavrin R, Wagh AG. Small-angle neutron scattering study of protein unfolding and refolding. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2009; 80:011924. [PMID: 19658746 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.80.011924] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 02/19/2009] [Revised: 04/02/2009] [Indexed: 05/28/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering has been used to study protein unfolding and refolding in protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) due to perturbation in its native structure as induced by three different protein denaturating agents: urea, surfactant, and pressure. The BSA protein unfolds for urea concentrations greater than 4 M and is observed to be independent of the protein concentration. The addition of surfactant unfolds the protein by the formation of micellelike aggregates of surfactants along the unfolded polypeptide chains of the protein and depends on the ratio of surfactant to protein concentration. We make use of the dilution method to show the refolding of unfolded proteins in the presence of urea and surfactant. BSA does not show any protein unfolding up to the pressure of 450 MPa. The presence of urea and surfactant (for concentrations prior to inducing their own unfolding) has been used to examine pressure-induced unfolding of the protein at lower pressures. The protein unfolds at 200 MPa pressure in the presence of urea; however, no unfolding is observed with surfactant. The protein unfolding is shown to be reversible in all the above denaturating methods.
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- V K Aswal
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai 400 085, India
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Gull N, Chodankar S, Aswal V, Sen P, Khan RH, Kabir-ud-Din. Spectroscopic studies on the interaction of cationic surfactants with bovine serum albumin. Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces 2009; 69:122-8. [DOI: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.11.009] [Citation(s) in RCA: 60] [Impact Index Per Article: 4.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/05/2008] [Revised: 11/16/2008] [Accepted: 11/18/2008] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Chodankar S, Aswal VK, Kohlbrecher J, Vavrin R, Wagh AG. Small-angle neutron scattering study of structure and kinetics of temperature-induced protein gelation. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2009; 79:021912. [PMID: 19391783 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.79.021912] [Citation(s) in RCA: 12] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/11/2008] [Indexed: 05/27/2023]
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The phase diagram, structural evolution, and kinetics of temperature-induced protein gelation of protein Bovine Serum Albumin (BSA) have been studied as a function of solution pH and protein concentration. The protein gelation temperature represents the onset of turbidity in the protein solution, which increases significantly with increasing pH beyond the isoelectric pH of the protein molecule. On the other hand, the gelation temperature decreases with an increase in protein concentration only in the low-protein-concentration regime and shows a small increasing trend at higher protein concentrations. The structural evolution and kinetics of protein gelation have been studied using small-angle neutron scattering. The structure of the protein molecule remains stable up to temperatures very close to the gelation temperature. On increasing the temperature above the gelation temperature, the protein solution exhibits a fractal structure, an indication of gel formation due to aggregation. The fractal dimension of the gel increases with increasing temperature, suggesting an increase in branching between the aggregates, which leads to stronger gels. The increase in both solution pH and protein concentration is found to delay the growth in the fractal structure and its saturation. The kinetics of gelation has been studied using the temperature-jump process of heating. It is found that the structure of the protein gels remains invariant after the heating time ( approximately 1 min), indicating a rapid formation of gel structure within this time. The protein gels prepared through gradual and temperature-jump heating routes do not always show the same structure. In particular, at higher temperatures (e.g., 85 degrees C ), while gradual heating shows a fractal structure, there is collapse of such fractal structure during temperature-jump heating.
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- S Chodankar
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, India
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Chodankar S, Aswal VK, Kohlbrecher J, Vavrin R, Wagh AG. Structural study of coacervation in protein-polyelectrolyte complexes. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2008; 78:031913. [PMID: 18851071 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.78.031913] [Citation(s) in RCA: 27] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/03/2008] [Revised: 07/07/2008] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Coacervation is a dense liquid-liquid phase separation and herein we report coacervation of protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) in the presence of polyelectrolyte sodium polystyrene sulfonate (NaPSS) under varying solution conditions. Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements have been performed on above protein-polyelectrolyte complexes to study the structural evolution of the process that leads to coacervation and the phase separated coacervate as a function of solution pH , protein-polyelectrolyte ratio and ionic strength. SANS study prior to phase separation on the BSA-NaPSS complex shows a fractal structure representing a necklace model of protein macromolecules randomly distributed along the polystyrene sulfonate chain. The fractal dimension of the complex decreases as pH is shifted away from the isoelectric point ( approximately 4.7) of BSA protein, which indicates the decrease in the compactness of the complex structure due to increase in the charge repulsion between the protein macromolecules bound to the polyelectrolyte. Concentration-dependence studies of the polyelectrolyte in the complex suggest coexistence of two populations of polyelectrolytes, first one fully saturated with proteins and another one free from proteins. Coacervation phase has been obtained through the turbidity measurement by varying pH of the aqueous solution containing protein and polyelectrolyte from neutral to acidic regime to get them to where the two components are oppositely charged. The spontaneous formation of coacervates is observed for pH values less than 4. SANS study on coacervates shows two length scales related to complex aggregations (mesh size and overall extent of the complex) hierarchically branched to form a larger network. The mesh size represents the distance between cross-linked points in the primary complex, which decreases with increase in ionic strength and remains the same on varying the protein-polyelectrolyte ratio. On the other hand, the overall extent of the complex shows a similar structure irrespective of varying ionic strength and protein-polyelectrolyte ratio. A large fraction ( approximately 50%) of protein-polyelectrolyte complexes is also found to be free in the supernatant after the coacervation.
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- S Chodankar
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, India
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Chodankar S, Aswal VK, Kohlbrecher J, Vavrin R, Wagh AG. Structural evolution during protein denaturation as induced by different methods. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2008; 77:031901. [PMID: 18517416 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.77.031901] [Citation(s) in RCA: 24] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/22/2007] [Revised: 11/19/2007] [Indexed: 05/26/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) and dynamic light scattering (DLS) have been used to study conformational changes in protein bovine serum albumin (BSA) due to perturbation in its native structure as induced by varying temperature and pressure, and in presence of protein denaturating agents urea and surfactant. BSA has prolate ellipsoidal shape at ambient temperature and we observe no effect of temperature on its structure up to a temperature of about 60 degrees C . At temperatures beyond 60 degrees C , protein denaturation leads to aggregation. The protein solution exhibits a fractal structure at temperatures above 64 degrees C , and its fractal dimension increases with temperature. This is an indication of aggregation followed by gelation that evolves with increasing temperature. It is known for some of the proteins (e.g., Staphylococcal Nuclease) that pressure of 200 MPa can unfold the protein, whereas BSA does not show any protein unfolding even up to the pressure of 450 MPa . In presence of urea, the BSA protein unfolds for urea concentrations greater than 4M and acquires a random coil configuration. We make use of the dilution method to show the reversibility of protein unfolding with urea. The addition of surfactant denaturates the protein by the formation of micellelike aggregates of surfactants along the unfolded polypeptide chains of the protein. We show such structure of the protein-surfactant complex can be stabilized at higher temperatures, which is not the case for pure protein.
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- S Chodankar
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, India
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Chodankar S, Aswal VK. Structure and interaction in protein solutions as studied by small-angle neutron scattering. Phys Rev E Stat Nonlin Soft Matter Phys 2005; 72:041931. [PMID: 16383444 DOI: 10.1103/physreve.72.041931] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [What about the content of this article? (0)] [Affiliation(s)] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/30/2005] [Indexed: 05/05/2023]
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Small-angle neutron scattering (SANS) measurements have been performed to compare the effect of the salts KF, KCl, and KBr on crystallization in aqueous solution of lysozyme protein. It is found that the propensity of the salt to crystallize protein follows the Hoffmeister series (KF<KCl<KBr) with marked differences in the effect of these salts. In pure protein solution, lysozyme macromolecules are prolate ellipsoidal with semimajor and semiminor axes as 22 and 13.5 A, respectively. SANS also gives that the effective (structural+counterion) charge(Z) on the protein as obtained by taking into account screened Coulomb interaction between the protein macromolecules is found to be much smaller than the structural charge. There is decrease in Z suggesting the higher counterion condensation on protein with the increase in the concentration. The counterion condensation seems to be responsible for the differences in the effect of different salts. It is also found that with the addition of salts, lysozyme macromolecules convert to dimers, and for the same salt concentration the comparative effect of different salts follows the Hoffmeister series. Time evolved measurements prior to and after the crystallization show that the protein solution mostly consists of monomers and dimers. Interestingly, higher-mers are not observed in these measurements as perhaps they are formed in very small numbers towards the process that leads to the crystallization. The time dependent data have been used to obtain the fraction of crystallization as a function of time.
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- S Chodankar
- Solid State Physics Division, Bhabha Atomic Research Centre, Mumbai-400 085, India
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