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ArticleActa crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology2018

Density and electron density of aqueous cryoprotectant solutions at cryogenic temperatures for optimized cryoprotection and diffraction contrast.

Timothy J Tyree, Ritwik Dan, Robert E Thorne

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Article in Acta crystallographica. Section D, Structural biology, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 13 papers.

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3 authors.

Timothy J TyreeCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Ritwik DanCornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.
Robert E ThornePhysics Department, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY 14853, USA.

Funding

Technology Development for High-Throughput Biomolecular CryoSAXSR01GM127528 · NIGMS · CORNELL UNIVERSITY · PI THORNE, ROBERT E. · 2018 to 2021
$1.5M
National Science Foundation, Division of Biological Infrastructure DBI-1152348National Science Foundation, Division of Molecular and Cellular Biosciences MCB-1330685NIGMS NIH HHS R01 GM127528
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

The glass-phase densities at T = 77 K of aqueous solutions of the common cryoprotective agents (CPAs) methanol, ethanol, 2-propanol, glycerol, 2-methyl-2,4-pentanediol (MPD), ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol 200 and polypropylene glycol 425 were measured as a function of CPA concentration. Individual drops with volumes as small as ∼65 pl were rapidly cooled to achieve the glass phase, and their densities at T = 77 K were determined by cryoflotation. These densities were used to determine the glass-phase electron density of each solution and its volume thermal contraction between room temperature and 77 K. When combined with data for the critical cooling rates required to achieve the glass phase versus CPA concentration, these yield alternative measures of cryoprotectant effectiveness. These reference data will aid in minimizing sample stresses and mechanical damage in cryocrystallography, in cryogenic temperature X-ray imaging and in vitrification-based cryopreservation protocols, and in maximizing electron-density contrast between cryoprotectant solutions and biomolecules in cryogenic temperature small-angle X-ray scattering experiments and cryo-electron microscopy.

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Cold TemperatureVitrificationCryoelectron MicroscopyCryoprotective AgentsScattering, Small AngleSolutionsX-Ray DiffractionCryoprotective AgentsSolutionsaqueous glasscryocrystallographycryo-electron microscopycryogenic X-ray imagingcryopreservationcryoprotectantselectron-density contrastelectron microscopysmall-angle X-ray scatteringthermal contractionvitrificationX-ray imaging

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PMID29717718
PMCPMC5930352

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