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- Blokhin, D.S., et al.
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Spatial structure of the decapeptide Val-Ile-Lys-Lys-Ser-Thr-Ala-Leu-Leu-Gly in water and in a complex with sodium dodecyl sulfate micelles
- 2011
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Ingår i: Applied Magnetic Resonance. - : Springer Science and Business Media LLC. - 0937-9347 .- 1613-7507. ; 41:2-4, s. 267-282
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We have studied the spatial structure of the decapeptide Val-Ile-Lys-Lys-Ser-Thr-Ala-Leu-Leu-Gly in aqueous solution and in a complex with sodium dodecyl sulfate (SDS) micelles by 1H nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR) spectroscopy and two-dimensional (2-D) NMR spectroscopy (total correlation spectroscopy and nuclear Overhauser effect spectroscopy (NOESY)). The approach used to determine the decapeptide spatial structure was based on analysis of the 1H–13C residual dipolar couplings in the molecules partially aligned in lyotropic liquid crystalline media. Analysis of the interproton distances obtained from the 2-D NOESY NMR spectrum was used to reveal the spatial structure of the decapeptide in a complex with SDS micelles. Complex formation was confirmed by analysis of 1H chemical shifts in the NMR spectrum of the decapeptide and analysis of the signs and values of NOEs in a solution with SDS micelles.
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- Chubarov, M., et al.
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Boron nitride: A new photonic material
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physica. B, Condensed matter. - : Elsevier. - 0921-4526 .- 1873-2135. ; 439, s. 29-34
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rhombohedral boron nitride (r-BN) layers were grown on sapphire substrate in a hot-wall chemical vapor deposition reactor. Characterization of these layers is reported in details. X-ray diffraction (XRD) is used as a routine characterization tool to investigate the crystalline quality of the films and the identification of the phases is revealed using detailed pole figure measurements. Transmission electron microscopy reveals stacking of more than 40 atomic layers. Results from Fourier Transform InfraRed (FTIR) spectroscopy measurements are compared with XRD data showing that FTIR is not phase sensitive when various phases of sp(2)-BN are investigated. XRD measurements show a significant improvement of the crystalline quality when adding silicon to the gas mixture during the growth; this is further confirmed by cathodoluminescence which shows a decrease of the defects related luminescence intensity.
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- Chubarov, M., et al.
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Characterization of Boron Nitride Thin Films
- 2013
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Konferensbidrag (refereegranskat)abstract
- Rhombohedral Boron Nitride layers were grown on sapphire substrate in a hot-wall CVD reactor. The characterization of those layers is reported and the results are discussed in correlation with the various growth parameters used.
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- de Wijn, Astrid S., et al.
(författare)
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Nanoscopic Friction under Electrochemical Control
- 2014
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Ingår i: Physical Review Letters. - 0031-9007 .- 1079-7114. ; 112:5, s. 055502-
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- We propose a theoretical model of friction under electrochemical conditions focusing on the interaction of a force microscope tip with adsorbed polar molecules whose orientation depends on the applied electric field. We demonstrate that the dependence of friction force on the electric field is determined by the interplay of two channels of energy dissipation: (i) the rotation of dipoles and (ii) slips of the tip over potential barriers. We suggest a promising strategy to achieve a strong dependence of nanoscopic friction on the external field based on the competition between long-range electrostatic interactions and short-range chemical interactions between tip and adsorbed polar molecules.
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- Filippov, Andrei, et al.
(författare)
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Effect of Curcumin on Lateral Diffusion of Phosphatidylcholines in Saturated and Unsaturated Bilayers
- 2014
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Ingår i: Langmuir. - : American Chemical Society (ACS). - 0743-7463 .- 1520-5827. ; 30:35, s. 10686-10690
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Curcumin, a dietary polyphenol, is a natural spice with preventive and therapeutic potential for neurodegenerative diseases such as Alzheimer's and Parkinson's diseases. Curcumin possesses a spectrum of antioxidant, anti-inflammatory, anticarcinogenic, and antimutagenic properties. Because of this broad spectrum of pharmacological activity, it has been suggested that, like cholesterol, curcumin exerts its effect on a rather basic biological level, such as on lipid bilayers of biomembranes. The effect of curcumin on translational mobility of lipids in biomembranes has not yet been studied. In this work, we used 1H NMR diffusometry to explore lateral diffusion in planar-oriented bilayers of dimyristoylphosphatidylcholine (DMPC) and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC) at curcumin concentrations of up to 40 mol % and in the temperature range of 298-333 K. The presence of curcumin at much lower concentrations (∼7 mol %) leads to a decrease in the lateral diffusion coefficient of DOPC by a factor of 1.3 at lower temperatures and by a factor of 1.14 at higher temperatures. For DMPC, the diffusion coefficient decreases by a factor of 1.5 at lower temperatures and by a factor of 1.2 at higher temperatures. Further increasing the curcumin concentration has no effect. Comparison with cholesterol showed that curcumin and cholesterol influence lateral diffusion of lipids differently. The effect of curcumin is determined by its solubility in lipid bilayers, which is as low as 10 mol % that is much less than that of cholesteroĺs 66 mol %.
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- Filippov, Andrei, et al.
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Lateral diffusion in sphingomyelin bilayers
- 2010
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Ingår i: Magnetic Resonance in Chemistry. - : Wiley. - 0749-1581 .- 1097-458X. ; 48:12, s. 945-950
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Sphingomyelin (SM) is an important lipid of eukaryotic cellular membranes and neuronal tissues. We studied lateral diffusion in macroscopically oriented bilayers of synthetic palmitoylSM (PSM) and natural sphingomyelins of egg yolk (eSM), bovine brain (bSM) and bovine milk (mSM) by NMR pulsed field gradient (NMR PFG) in the temperature range of 50-60oC. We found that the mean values of lateral diffusion coefficients (LDCs) of SMs are 1.9-fold lower in comparison with dipalmitoylphosphatidylcholine, which is similar in molecular structure. This discrepancy could be explained by the characteristics of intermolecular SM interactions. The LDCs of different SMs differ: egg SM is most similar to PSM, both of them have a 10% higher LDC value in comparison with the two other natural SMs. Besides, all natural SMs show a complicated form of the spin-echo diffusion decay, which is an indicator of a distribution of LDC values in bilayers. This peculiarity was explained by broad distributions of fatty acid lengths of the natural SMs studied here, especially mSM and bSM. We confirmed the relationship between chain length and the LDC in bilayers by computer analysis of a set of 1H NMR spectra obtained by scanning the value of the pulsed field gradient: there is a correlation between lower LDC values and SM molecules with longer acyl chains. The most probable mechanisms by which long-chain SM molecules decrease their lateral diffusion relative to the average value are protrusion into the other side of the bilayer or lateral separation into areas that diverge with their LDCs.
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- Filippov, A., et al.
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NMR self-diffusion study of a phosphonium bis(mandelato)borate ionic liquid
- 2013
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Ingår i: Physical Chemistry, Chemical Physics - PCCP. - : Royal Society of Chemistry (RSC). - 1463-9076 .- 1463-9084. ; 15:23, s. 9281-9287
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Newly synthesised halogen-free boron based ionic liquids (hf-BILs) composed of chelated orthoborate anions and phosphonium cations have hydrolytic stability, low melting point and outstanding wear and friction reducing properties. We report here the peculiarities of self-diffusion in one representative from this class, trihexyltetradecylphosphonium bis(mandelato)borate, [P6,6,6,14][BMB], in the temperature range of its practical interest, 20-100 °C. NMR techniques demonstrated complicated diffusional behaviour-the ionic liquid can exist in one or two liquid "phases". In the low-temperature range (20-50 °C), two phases coexist where the cations, [P6,6,6,14], are contained mainly in the phase with slower diffusion coefficients while the anions, [BMB], are in the phase with faster diffusion coefficients. Cations have lower diffusion coefficients with a factor of 20 as compared with the anions, an effect which is caused by aggregation of cations into domains due to so-called "hydrophobic interaction" of their hydrocarbon chains. As the temperature rises above 60 °C, the two phases merge into one where both ions have equal diffusion coefficients. This is caused by thermal motion making the cation domains smaller in size and more easily interacting with anions. As a result, anions and cations diffuse in this high-temperature range as a pair.
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- Filippov, Andrei V., et al.
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Peculiarities of lateral diffusion of lipids in three-component bilayers
- 2011
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Ingår i: Russian Journal of Physical Chemistry. - 0036-0244 .- 1531-863X. ; 85:3, s. 513-518
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- The lateral diffusion of lipid molecules in macroscopically oriented bilayers of mixed dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC), egg sphingomyeline (SM), and cholesterol (CHOL) and its dependence on cholesterol concentration and temperature was studied by NMR with pulsed field gradient. The system forms a lamellar liquid crystalline (LC) phase; in a certain range of temperatures and concentrations of cholesterol the system is separated into two subphases: a disordered LC phase (ld) enriched with DOPC, and an ordered phase (l0) enriched with SM. These are characterized by their own lateral diffusion coefficients (LDCs), which differ from one another by a factor of 1.5–5. The dependence of the LDCs in the phases on the cholesterol concentration was analyzed. There was no clear dependence for the disordered LC phase, but we found that LDCs tend to grow in the concentration range of 15–35 mol % of CHOL. This behavior could be due to the redistribution of lipid components as the concentration of CHOL increases, eventually leading to a rise in DOPC concentration in the lo phase. In the range of liquidphase domains, we observed no dependence of LDCs on the diffusion time typical of the restricted diffusion regime, due to spatial restraints in the system. This could be associated with the relatively large size of the domains, and with the domain capability of lateral diffusion in a surrounding continuous phase.
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- Meyer, Sascha W, et al.
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APP and APLP2 are essential at PNS and CNS synapses for transmission, spatial learning and LTP
- 2011
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Ingår i: European Molecular Biology Organization. - : Wiley. - 1460-2075. ; 30, s. 2266-2280
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Despite its key role in Alzheimer pathogenesis, the physiological function(s) of the amyloid precursor protein (APP) and its proteolytic fragments are still poorly understood. Previously, we generated APPsα knock‐in (KI) mice expressing solely the secreted ectodomain APPsα. Here, we generated double mutants (APPsα‐DM) by crossing APPsα‐KI mice onto an APLP2‐deficient background and show that APPsα rescues the postnatal lethality of the majority of APP/APLP2 double knockout mice. Surviving APPsα‐DM mice exhibited impaired neuromuscular transmission, with reductions in quantal content, readily releasable pool, and ability to sustain vesicle release that resulted in muscular weakness. We show that these defects may be due to loss of an APP/Mint2/Munc18 complex. Moreover, APPsα‐DM muscle showed fragmented post‐synaptic specializations, suggesting impaired postnatal synaptic maturation and/or maintenance. Despite normal CNS morphology and unaltered basal synaptic transmission, young APPsα‐DM mice already showed pronounced hippocampal dysfunction, impaired spatial learning and a deficit in LTP that could be rescued by GABAA receptor inhibition. Collectively, our data show that APLP2 and APP are synergistically required to mediate neuromuscular transmission, spatial learning and synaptic plasticity.
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- Munavirov, Bulat V., et al.
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Polyacrylic Acid Modifies Local and Lateral Mobilities in Lipid Membranes
- 2014
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Ingår i: Journal of Dispersion Science and Technology. - : Informa UK Limited. - 0193-2691 .- 1532-2351. ; 35:6, s. 848-858
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Tidskriftsartikel (refereegranskat)abstract
- Polyacrylic acid (PAA) is a promising polymer for engineering lipid-based drug-delivery vesicles. Its unique properties allow lowering drug dose and delivery the drug close to the site of its release. To design a successful delivery scheme, however, it is important to understand on the molecular scale how the polymer interacts with lipids under various conditions in the human body. Some aspects of the PAA-lipid interaction can be revealed using physical methods, such as differential scanning microscopy, nuclear magnetic resonance spectroscopy, NMR-diffusometry, and infrared spectroscopy. This work discusses the use of these techniques as well as the peculiarities of preparing vesicular and microscopically aligned PAA-lipid systems.
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