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rdf:type
lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:dateCreated
2001-1-2
pubmed:abstractText
Confocal fluorescence recovery after photobleaching (confocal-FRAP) was used to examine the influence of electrolytes (NaCl, KCl, MgCl(2), MnCl(2) and CaCl(2)) on the network and hydrodynamic properties of fluoresceinamine-labelled hyaluronan (FA-HA) at concentrations up to 10 mg/ml. Self and tracer lateral diffusion coefficients showed that in Ca(2+) and Mn(2+), FA-HA (830 kDa) was more compact than in Mg(2+), Na(+) or K(+). These results were correlated with changes in the hydrodynamic radius of HA, determined by multi-angle laser-light-scattering analysis in dilute solution, which was smaller in CaCl(2) (36 nm) than in NaCl (43 nm). The permeability of more concentrated solutions of HA (<10 mg/ml) to FITC-dextran tracers (2000 kDa) was higher in CaCl(2). The properties of HA in urea (up to 6 M) were investigated to test for hydrophobic interactions and also in ethanol/water (up to 62%, v/v). In both, there was reduced hydrodynamic size and increased permeability to FITC-dextran, suggesting increased chain flexibility, but it did not show the changes predicted if chain-chain association was disrupted by urea, or enhanced by ethanol. Oligosaccharides of HA (HA(20-26)) also had no effect on the self diffusion of high-molecular-mass FA-HA (830 kDa) solutions, or on dextran tracer diffusion, showing that there were no chain-chain interactions open to competition by short-chain segments. The results suggest that the effects of electrolytes and solvent are determined primarily by their effect on HA chain flexibility, with no evidence for association between chain segments contributing significantly to the major properties.
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pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Aug
pubmed:issn
0264-6021
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:day
15
pubmed:volume
350 Pt 1
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
329-35
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-9-14
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2000
pubmed:articleTitle
The analysis of intermolecular interactions in concentrated hyaluronan solutions suggest no evidence for chain-chain association.
pubmed:affiliation
Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, School of Biological Sciences, 2.205, Stopford Building, Oxford Road, University of Manchester, Manchester M13 9PT, U.K.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't