Burada biyolojik şartlar altında ve sıvı ortam içinde, yeni, yüksek en-boy oranı biocomposites sentezlemek için bir protokol mevcut. biocomposites sırasıyla çapı ve uzunluğu mikrometre nanometre kadar ölçeklendirilebilir. Sistin ile birlikte bakır nanopartiküller (KNP'ler) ve bakır sülfat sentezi için önemli bileşenleridir.
Bu protokolün amacı yüksek en-boy oranı yapıları ile iki yeni biocomposites sentezini tarif etmektir. biocomposites bakır nanopartiküller (KNP'ler) ya da metalik bileşen katkı bakır sülfat ile ya, bakır ve sistin oluşmaktadır. Sentez biyolojik koşullar (37 ° C) ve 24 saat sonra kendi kendini monte kompozit malzemelerin oluşturulması altında sıvı içinde gerçekleştirilir. Oluşturulduktan sonra, bu kompozitler hem sıvı ortam içinde ve kuru halde son derece stabildir. Kompozit uzunluğu aralığı Mikro-nano ölçekleme ve birkaç mikron çapı 25 nm. Enerji dispersif X-ışını spektroskopi (EDX) ile alan emisyonu tarama elektron mikroskobu böylece nihai nanokompozitlerin kükürt kaynağı olarak sistin teyit başlangıç CNP malzemeden yokken kükürt, NP-türevi doğrusal yapılar içinde mevcut olduğunu gösterdi . Bu lineer nano ve mikro-kompozitlerin sentezi str uzunlukları ve çeşitli aralığındauctures sentez teknesine oluşturulmaktadır. Sentezden sonra, sıvı karışımın sonikasyonu sonication artan zamanla ortalama uzunluğu azaltarak yapıların ortalama boyuta kontrol edilmesine yardımcı olduğu gösterilmiştir. Oluşan yapılar yüksek toplanma olmayan, kararlı, sıvı faz içinde oluşturulmaktadır olduğu için, santrifüj, aynı zamanda konsantre edilmesi ve oluşturulan bileşikler ayrılmasında yardımcı olmak için kullanılabilir.
Copper is a highly reactive metal that in the biological world is essential in some enzyme functions 1,2, but in higher concentrations is potently toxic including in the nanoparticulate form 3,4. Concern over copper toxicity has become more relevant as CNPs and other copper-based nanomaterials are utilized, due to the increased surface area/mass for nanostructures. Thus, even a small mass of copper, in nanoparticle form, could cause local toxicity due to its ability to penetrate the cell and be broken down into reactive forms. Some biological species can complex with and chelate metal ions, and even incorporate them into biological structures as has been described in marine mussels 5. In studying the potential toxic effects of nanomaterials 4, it was discovered that over time, and under biological conditions used for typical cell culturing (37 °C and 5% CO2), stable copper biocomposites could be formed with a high-aspect ratio (linear) structure.
By a process of elimination, the initial discovery of these linear biocomposites, which occurred in complete cell culture media, was simplified to a defined protocol of essential elements needed for the biocomposites to self-assemble. Self-assembly of two types of highly linear biocomposites was discovered to be possible with two starting metal components: 1) CNPs and 2) copper sulfate, with the common biological component being cystine. Although more complex, so called “urchin” and “nanoflower” type copper-containing structures with nanoscale and microscale features have been previously reported, these were produced under non-biological conditions, such as temperatures of 100 °C or greater 6-8. To our knowledge, synthesis of individual, linear copper-containing nanostructures that are scalable in liquid phase under biological conditions has not been previously described.
One of the starting materials utilized for synthesis of nanocomposites, namely CNPs, has been reported previously to be very toxic to cells 4. It has recently been reported that after the nanocomposites are formed, these structures are less toxic on a per mass basis than the starting NPs 9. Thus, the synthesis described here may be derived from a biological and biochemical reaction that has utility in stabilizing reactive copper species, both in the sense of transforming the NP form into larger structures and in producing composites less toxic to cells.
In contrast to many other nanomaterial forms which are known to aggregate or clump upon interaction with biological liquid media 10,11, once formed, the highly linear composites described here avoid aggregation, possibly due to a redistribution of charge which has been previously reported 9. As detailed in the current work, this avoidance of aggregation is convenient for the purposes of working with the structures once formed for at least 3 reasons: 1) composite structures once formed may be concentrated using centrifugation and then easily dispersed again using vortex mixing; 2) formed structures can be decreased in average size by sonication for different periods of time; and 3) the formed linear structures may provide an additional tool for avoiding the recently described “coffee ring effect” 12 and thus provide a dopant for creating more evenly distributed coatings of materials, especially those containing spherical particulates.
KNP'lerle dahil Nanomalzemelerin potansiyel toksik etkileri değerlendirirken, uzun vadede, KNP'ler büyük, birleştirilmiş forma başlangıçta daha dağınık partikül dağılımı (Şekil 2) dönüştürülmüş olduğu gözlendi. Bazı durumlarda, biyolojik şartlar altında, hücre kültürü çanağı üretildi, bu son derece birleştirilmiş formasyonlar "kestanesi" içeren daha önce tarif edilen bakır andıran merkez agrega oldukça lineer çıkıntılar oluşturulmuştur …
The authors have nothing to disclose.
The authors would like to acknowledge the technical assistance of Alfred Gunasekaran in electron microscopy studies at the Institute of Micromanufacturing at Louisiana Tech University, and Dr. Jim McNamara for assistance with additional microscopy studies. The work described was supported in part by Louisiana board of Regents PKSFI Contract No. LEQSF (2007-12)-ENH-PKSFI-PRS-04 and the James E. Wyche III Endowed Professorship from Louisiana Tech University (to M.D.).
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CO2 Incubator Model # 2425-2 | VWR (https://us.vwr.com) | Contact vendor | Current model calalog # 98000-360 |
Eppendorf Centrifuge (Refrigerated Microcentrifuge) | Labnet (http://labnetinternational.com/) | C2500-R | Model Prism R |
Cell Culture Centrifuge Model Z323K | Labnet (http://labnetinternational.com/) | Contact vendor | Current model Z206A catalog # C0206-A |
Sonicator (Ultrasonic Cleaner) | Branson Ultrasonics Corporation (http://www.bransonic.com/) | 1510R-MTH | |
Balance | Sartorius (http://dataweigh.com) | Model CP225D similar model CPA225D | |
Olympus IX51 Inverted Light Microscope | Olympus (http://olympusamerica.com | Contact vendor | |
Olympus DP71 microscope digital camera | Olympus (http://olympusamerica.com | Contact vendor | |
external power supply unit- white light for Olympus microscope | Olympus (http://olympusamerica.com | TH4-100 | |
10x, 20, and 40x microscope objectives | Olympus (http://olympusamerica.com | Contact vendor | |
Scanning Electron Microscope | Hitachi (http://hitachi-hitec.com/global/em/sem/sem_index.html) | model S-4800 | |
Transmission Electron Microscope | Zeiss (http://zeiss.com/microscopy/en_de/products.html) | model Libra 120 | |
Table Top Work Station Unidirectional Flow Clean Bench | Envirco (http://envirco-hvac.com) | model PNG62675 | Used for sterile cell culture technique |