Structure and Dynamics of Alginate Gels Cross-Linked by Polyvalent Ions Probed via Solid State NMR Spectroscopy

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Alternative codes found

RIV/61389013:_____/17:00477371 RIV/62157124:16370/17:43875881 RIV/00027162:_____/17:N0000082

Result on the web

<a href="https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00627" target="_blank" >https://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00627</a>

DOI - Digital Object Identifier

<a href="http://dx.doi.org/10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00627" target="_blank" >10.1021/acs.biomac.7b00627</a>

Result language

angličtina

Original language name

Structure and Dynamics of Alginate Gels Cross-Linked by Polyvalent Ions Probed via Solid State NMR Spectroscopy

Original language description

Alginate gels are an outstanding biomaterial widely applicable in tissue engineering, medicine, and pharmacy agent delivery, respectively. This contribution provides new and comrehensive into the atomic-resolution structure for cell transplantation, wound healing and efficient bioactive agent delivery, respectively. This contribution provides new and comrehensive insight into the atomic-resolution structure and dynamics of polyvalent ion-cross-linked alginate gels in microbead formulations. By applying various advanced solid-state NMR (ssNMR) spectroscopy techniques, we verified the homogeneous distribution of the cross-linking ions in the alginate gels and the high degree of ion exchange. We also established that the two-component character of the alginate gels arises from the concentration fluctuations of residual water molecules that are preferentially localized along polymer chains containing abundant mannuronic acid (M) residues. These hydrated M-rich blocks tend to self-aggregate into subnanometer domains. The resulting coexistence of two types of alginate chains differing in segmental dynamics was revealed by H-1-C-13 dipolar profile analysis, which indicated that the average fluctuation angles of the stiff and mobile alginate segments were about 5-9 degrees or 30 degrees, respectively. Next, the C-13 CP/MAS NMR spectra indicated that the alginate polymer microstructure was strongly dependent on the type of cross-linking ion. The polymer chain regularity was determined to systematically decrease as the cross linking ion radius decreased. Consistent with the H-1-H-1 correlation spectra, regular structures were found for the gels cross linked by relatively large alkaline earth cations (Ba2+, Sr2+, or Ca2+), whereas the alginate chains cross-linked by bivalent transition metal ions (Zn") and trivalent metal cations (Al3+) exhibited significant irregularities. Notably, however, the observed disordering of the alginate chains was exclusively attributed to the M residues, whereas the structurally well-defined gels all contained guluronic acid (G) residues. Therefore, a key role of the units in M-rich blocks as mediators promoting the self assembly of alginate chains was experimentally confirmed. Finally, combining 2D Al-27 3Q/MAS NMR spectroscopy with density functional theory (DFT) calculations provided previously unreported insight into the structure of the Al3+ cross-linking centers. Notably, even with a low residual amount of water, these cross-linking units adopt exclusively 6-fold octahedral coordination and exhibit significant motion, which considerably reduces quadrupolar coupling constants. Thus, the experimental strategy presented in this study provides a new perspective on cross-linked alginate structure and dynamics for which high-quality diffraction data at the atomic resolution level are inherently unavailable.

Czech name

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Czech description

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Type

J_imp - Article in a specialist periodical, which is included in the Web of Science database

CEP classification

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OECD FORD branch

30104 - Pharmacology and pharmacy

Project

Result was created during the realization of more than one project. More information in the Projects tab.

Continuities

P - Projekt vyzkumu a vyvoje financovany z verejnych zdroju (s odkazem do CEP)

Publication year

2017

Confidentiality

S - Úplné a pravdivé údaje o projektu nepodléhají ochraně podle zvláštních právních předpisů

Name of the periodical

Biomacromolecules

ISSN

1525-7797

e-ISSN

1526-4602

Volume of the periodical

18

Issue of the periodical within the volume

8

Country of publishing house

US - UNITED STATES

Number of pages

11

Pages from-to

2478-2488

UT code for WoS article

000407869400026

EID of the result in the Scopus database

2-s2.0-85027376228