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lifeskim:mentions
pubmed:issue
7
pubmed:dateCreated
2006-7-10
pubmed:abstractText
We studied the structure and dynamics of porcine laryngeal aggrecan in solution using a range of noninvasive techniques: dynamic light scattering (DLS), small-angle neutron scattering (SANS), video particle tracking (VPT) microrheology, and diffusing wave spectroscopy (DWS). The data are analyzed within the framework of a combined static and dynamic scaling model, and evidence is found for reptation of the comb backbones with unentangled side-chain dynamics. Small-angle neutron scattering indicated standard polyelectrolyte scaling of the mesh size (xi) with concentration (c) in semidilute solutions for the whole aggrecan aggregate, xi = Ac(-0.47+/-0.04), with the prefactor (A) implying there is on average 60 nm between the aggrecan subunits along the backbone. VPT demonstrated large exponents for the power law dependence of the intrinsic viscosity (eta) on the polymer concentration in the semidilute concentration regime, eta approximately c(alpha); with alpha equal to 2.04 +/- 0.06 and 1.95 +/- 0.08 for the assembled and disassembled aggrecan aggregates, respectively. DWS at high frequencies (10(4)-10(5) Hz) gave evidence for internal Rouse modes of the aggrecan monomers, independent of the degree of self-assembly of the molecules.
pubmed:language
eng
pubmed:journal
pubmed:citationSubset
IM
pubmed:chemical
pubmed:status
MEDLINE
pubmed:month
Jul
pubmed:issn
1525-7797
pubmed:author
pubmed:issnType
Print
pubmed:volume
7
pubmed:owner
NLM
pubmed:authorsComplete
Y
pubmed:pagination
2162-72
pubmed:dateRevised
2010-11-18
pubmed:meshHeading
pubmed:year
2006
pubmed:articleTitle
Solution structure and dynamics of cartilage aggrecan.
pubmed:affiliation
Biological Physics, Department of Physics and Astronomy, University of Manchester, PO Box 88, Manchester, M60 1QD United Kingdom.
pubmed:publicationType
Journal Article, Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't