The knowledge of protein-nanoparticle interplay is of crucial importance to predict the fate of nanomaterials in biological environments. Indeed, protein corona on nanomaterials is responsible for the physiological response of the organism, influencing cell processes, from transport to accumulation and toxicity. Herein, a comparison using four different proteins reveals the existence of patterned regions of carboxylic groups acting as recognition sites for naked iron oxide nanoparticles. Readily interacting proteins display a distinctive surface distribution of carboxylic groups, recalling the geometric shape of an ellipse. This is morphologically complementary to nanoparticles curvature and compatible with the topography of exposed FeIII sites laying on the nanomaterial surface. The recognition site, absent in non-interacting proteins, promotes the nanoparticle harboring and allows the formation of functional protein coronas. The present work envisages the possibility of predicting the composition and the biological properties of protein corona on metal oxide nanoparticles.

Role of carboxylic group pattern on protein surface in the recognition of iron oxide nanoparticles: A key for protein corona formation / Magro, M.; Cozza, G.; Molinari, S.; Venerando, A.; Baratella, D.; Miotto, G.; Zennaro, L.; Rossetto, M.; Frommel, J.; Kopecna, M.; Sebela, M.; Salviulo, G.; Vianello, F.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES. - ISSN 0141-8130. - 164:(2020), pp. 1715-1728. [10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.295]

Role of carboxylic group pattern on protein surface in the recognition of iron oxide nanoparticles: A key for protein corona formation

Venerando A.;
2020-01-01

Abstract

The knowledge of protein-nanoparticle interplay is of crucial importance to predict the fate of nanomaterials in biological environments. Indeed, protein corona on nanomaterials is responsible for the physiological response of the organism, influencing cell processes, from transport to accumulation and toxicity. Herein, a comparison using four different proteins reveals the existence of patterned regions of carboxylic groups acting as recognition sites for naked iron oxide nanoparticles. Readily interacting proteins display a distinctive surface distribution of carboxylic groups, recalling the geometric shape of an ellipse. This is morphologically complementary to nanoparticles curvature and compatible with the topography of exposed FeIII sites laying on the nanomaterial surface. The recognition site, absent in non-interacting proteins, promotes the nanoparticle harboring and allows the formation of functional protein coronas. The present work envisages the possibility of predicting the composition and the biological properties of protein corona on metal oxide nanoparticles.
2020
Role of carboxylic group pattern on protein surface in the recognition of iron oxide nanoparticles: A key for protein corona formation / Magro, M.; Cozza, G.; Molinari, S.; Venerando, A.; Baratella, D.; Miotto, G.; Zennaro, L.; Rossetto, M.; Frommel, J.; Kopecna, M.; Sebela, M.; Salviulo, G.; Vianello, F.. - In: INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES. - ISSN 0141-8130. - 164:(2020), pp. 1715-1728. [10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2020.07.295]
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