Abstract:
:Aggregation of denatured or unfolded proteins establishes a large energy barrier to spontaneous recovery of protein form and function following traumatic injury, tissue cryopreservation, and biopharmaceutical storage. Some tissues utilize small heat shock proteins (sHSPs) to prevent irreversible aggregation, which allows more complex processes to refold or remove the unfolded proteins. It is postulated that large, amphiphilic, and biocompatible block copolymers can mimic sHSP function. Reduced and denatured hen egg white lysozyme (HEWL) is used as a model aggregating protein. The poloxamine T1107 prevents aggregation of HEWL at 37 °C by three complimentary measures. Structural analysis of denatured HEWL reveals a partially folded conformation with preserved or promoted beta-sheet structures only in the presence of T1107. The physical association of T1107 with denatured HEWL, and the ability to prevent aggregation, is linked to the critical micelle temperature of the polymer. The results suggest that T1107, or a similar amphiphilic block copolymer, can find use as a synthetic chaperone to augment the innate molecular repair mechanisms of natural cells.
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Macromol Bioscijournal_title
Macromolecular bioscienceauthors
Poellmann MJ,Sosnick TR,Meredith SC,Lee RCdoi
10.1002/mabi.201600217subject
Has Abstractpub_date
2017-02-01 00:00:00issue
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1616-5187issn
1616-5195journal_volume
17pub_type
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