Abstract：
:Aggregation phenomena in aqueous solutions of purified human tracheobronchial mucin have been studied by rheological methods, steady-state fluorescence, quasielastic light scattering, and spin probe techniques. At temperatures below 30 degrees C and concentrations above 15 mg/mL and in the absence of chaotropic agents, mucin solutions are viscoelastic gels. A gel-sol transition is observed at temperatures above 30 degrees C that is manifested by the diminishing storage modulus and a loss tangent above unity throughout the studied frequency range of the oscillatory shear. No decline in the mucin molecular weight is observed by size-exclusion chromatography above 30 degrees C in the absence of redox agents or proteolytic enzymes. Aggregation of hydrophobic protein segments of the mucin chains at 37 degrees C is indicated by QELS experiments. The decreasing polarity of the microenvironment of pyrene solubilized into mucin solutions at temperatures above 30 degrees C, concomitant with the gel-sol transition, shows the hydrophobicity of the formed aggregates. ESR spectra of the fatty acid spin probe, 16-doxylstearic acid indicate that the aggregate-aqueous interface becomes more developed at elevated temperatures.
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Biomacromoleculesjournal_title
Biomacromoleculesauthors
Bromberg LE,Barr DPdoi
10.1021/bm005532mkeywords:
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2000-10-01 00:00:00pages
325-34issue
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1525-7797issn
1526-4602journal_volume
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