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ArticleNanoscale2018

Binding kinetics of ultrasmall gold nanoparticles with proteins.

André L Lira, Rodrigo S Ferreira, Ricardo J S Torquato, Huaying Zhao, Maria Luiza V Oliva, Sergio A Hassan, Peter Schuck, Alioscka A Sousa

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Article in Nanoscale, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 15 papers.

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15citing papers in PubMed
2.1field-weighted citation impact, top 12% of its field
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3 · Its place in the literature

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15 citing papers in PubMed, 43 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

8 authors at 2 institutions in 2 countries.

André L LiraDepartment of Biochemistry, Federal University of São Paulo, São Paulo, SP, Brazil. alioscka.sousa@unifesp.br.
Rodrigo S Ferreira
Ricardo J S Torquato
Huaying Zhao
Maria Luiza V Oliva
Sergio A Hassan
Peter Schuck
Alioscka A Sousa
Universidade Federal de São Paulo · BRNational Institutes of Health · US

Funding

Simulating Protein Structures, Complexes, And DynamicsZIACT000265 · CIT · CENTER FOR INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY · PI STEINBACH, PETER J · 2009 to 2020
$8.2M
Biophysical Characterization Of MacromoleculesZIAEB000008 · NIBIB · NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF BIOMEDICAL IMAGING AND BIOENGINEERING · PI SCHUCK, PETER · 2009 to 2019
$1.7M
Intramural NIH HHS Z99 CT999999Intramural NIH HHS ZIA EB000008
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

Synthetic ultrasmall nanoparticles (NPs) can be designed to interact with biologically active proteins in a controlled manner. However, the rational design of NPs requires a clear understanding of their interactions with proteins and the precise molecular mechanisms that lead to association/dissociation in biological media. Although much effort has been devoted to the study of the kinetics mechanism of protein corona formation on large NPs, the nature of NP-protein interactions in the ultrasmall regime is radically different and poorly understood. Using a combination of experimental and computational approaches, we studied the interactions of a model protein, CrataBL, with ultrasmall gold NPs passivated with p-mercaptobenzoic acid (AuMBA) and glutathione (AuGSH). We have identified this system as an ideal in vitro platform to understand the dependence of binding affinity and kinetics on NP surface chemistry. We found that the structural and chemical complexity of the passivating NP layer leads to quite different association kinetics, from slow and reaction-limited (AuGSH) to fast and diffusion-limited (AuMBA). We also found that the otherwise weak and slow AuGSH-protein interactions measured in buffer solution are enhanced in macromolecular crowded solutions. These findings advance our mechanistic understanding of biomimetic NP-protein interactions in the ultrasmall regime and have implications for the design and use of NPs in the crowded conditions common to all biological media.

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GoldKineticsMetal NanoparticlesProtein BindingProtein CoronaGoldProtein Corona

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PMID29383361
PMCPMC5842697
OpenAlexW2783685861

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