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Aggregation Kinetics of Hematite Particles in the Presence of Outer Membrane Cytochrome OmcA of Shewanella oneidenesis MR-1 Anxu Sheng, Feng Liu, Liang Shi, and JUAN LIU Environ. Sci. Technol., Just Accepted Manuscript • Publication Date (Web): 20 Sep 2016 Downloaded from http://pubs.acs.org on September 20, 2016
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Aggregation Kinetics of Hematite Particles in the Presence of Outer
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Membrane Cytochrome OmcA of Shewanella oneidenesis MR-1
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Anxu Shenga,†, Feng Liua,†, Liang Shib, c, Juan Liua,*
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College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China Department of Biological Sciences and Technology, School of Environmental Studies, China
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University of Geoscience in Wuhan, Hubei, 430074, China
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Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, Richland, WA 99352, USA
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* Corresponding author.
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Address: College of Environmental Sciences and Engineering, Peking University, Beijing 100871, China
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Abstract
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The aggregation behavior of 9, 36, and 112 nm hematite particles were studied, respectively, in the
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presence of OmcA, a bacterial extracellular protein, in aqueous dispersions at pH 5.7 through
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time-resolved dynamic light scattering, electrophoretic mobility, and circular dichroism spectra. At low salt
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concentration, the attachment efficiencies of hematite particles in all sizes first increased, then decreased,
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and finally remained stable with the increase of OmcA concentration, indicating the dominant interparticle
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interaction changed along with the increase in the protein-to-particle ratio. Nevertheless, at high salt
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concentration, the attachment efficiencies of all hematite samples gradually decreased with increasing
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OmcA concentration, which can be attributed to the increasing steric force. Additionally, the aggregation
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behavior of OmcA-hematite conjugates was more correlated to total particle-surface area than primary
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particle size. It was further established that OmcA could stabilize hematite nanoparticles more efficiently
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than bovine serum albumin (BSA), a model plasma protein, due to the higher affinity of OmcA to hematite
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surface. This study highlighted the effects of particle properties, solution conditions, and protein properties
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on the complicated aggregation behavior of protein-nanoparticle conjugates in aqueous environments.
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INTRODUCTION
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Nanoparticles (NPs) are ubiquitous in aqueous environments due to the widespread applications of
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emerging nanotechnologies or a variety of human activities and natural processes.1 The stability or
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aggregation state of NPs is a key factor that influences their mobility, fate, reactivity, nanotoxicity, and
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bioavailability in aquatic systems.2-4 As one of the major components of dissolved organic matter (DOM) in
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surface waters and the major biomacromolecules in extracellular polymeric substances (EPS),5 proteins
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have a high binding affinity to inorganic NPs and tend to immediately adsorb onto the surface of NPs,6
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which potentially leads to obvious changes in the interfacial behavior and aggregation state of NPs.7, 8
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Particularly, the proteins that are irreversibly bound to NPs comprise the “hard corona”, which is likely to
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have a lasting effect on the stability of NPs owing to its long lifetime.9 Therefore, a better understanding of
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the aggregation behavior of NP-protein conjugates may improve our ability to predict the environmental
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reactivity and fate of NPs in natural waters, and also is indispensable for holistic evaluations of the role of
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proteins in bio-nano interactions.
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Many efforts have been devoted to elucidating the influence of proteins on NP aggregation, but still no
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conclusive generalization has been drawn, primarily because of the complexity of interactions involved.10, 11
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In addition to the van der Waals attraction and the electrostatic repulsion, non-DLVO
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(Derjaguin-Landau-Verwey-Overbeek) interactions, such as depletion attraction, steric repulsion, bridging
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flocculation, patch-charge attraction, etc., can also influence interfacial forces between protein-NP
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conjugates.12 The ability of proteins to stabilize or destabilize NPs suspensions has been shown to strongly
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depend on the concentration and physicochemical properties of proteins, the inherent properties of NPs,
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including size, shape, surface charge, and composition, etc., as well as solution conditions, such as pH, ionic
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strength, etc.8, 13 Due to the complexity of this topic, huge datasets including many different combinations of
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proteins, NPs, and solution conditions are required to gain sufficiently broad knowledge.14
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most previous studies were done with model plasma proteins, such as bovine serum albumin (BSA),
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immunoglobulin, fibrinogen, transferrin, and so on. Very few studies have addressed the impact of the
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proteins secreted from environmental bacteria on NP aggregation in aquatic environments. Moreau et al.7
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reported that extracellular proteins derived from sulfate-reducing bacteria induced the aggregation of
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biogenic ZnS NPs in the biofilms collected from lead–zinc mine waters. It implies that extracellular proteins
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may have a great impact on the stability and mobility of NPs in aqueous environments. More studies are
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needed on a larger scale to understand how extracellular proteins affect the aggregation state of NPs under
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environmentally relevant conditions.
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In this study, the outer membrane (OM) c-type cytochrome of Shewanella oneidenesis MR-1(MR-1),
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OmcA, was selected as a typical protein derived from environmental bacteria for several reasons. MR-1, as
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a model dissimilatory metal-reducing bacterium (DMRB), has attracted extensive interest, owning to its
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diverse metabolic capabilities and considerable potential for the bioremediation of radionuclide and metal
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contaminants.16-19 OmcA locates both on the OM and in the EPS of MR-1,20 serving as a terminal
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reductase of iron oxide minerals.21-23 The aggregation state of iron oxide particles conjugated to OmcA is
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key to diverse microbe-mineral interactions, such as extracellular electron transfer and particle mobility
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inside biofilms. In addition, OmcA can preferentially bind to hematite surface via a binding motif
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(Ser/Thr-Pro-Ser/Thr),24-26 so it has the potential to significantly influence the interfacial forces between
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hematite particles.
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The aggregation behavior of colloids has been extensively predicted by the classical DLVO theory, but
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it may not be applicable when the particle size is small enough.2 Electronic structure, surface charge behavior,
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and surface reactivity of NPs are likely to change with the decrease of particle size.27, 28 Correspondingly, the
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interparticle forces between NPs can be altered as a function of particle size and change the aggregation
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behavior.29 Besides, the adsorption behavior of proteins on NPs and the conformation of proteins adsorbed
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on NPs can also be affected by particle size.8 Therefore, the effect of primary particle size on aggregation
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state is probably even more prominent when proteins are present. To the best of our knowledge, this is the
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first study to systematically investigate particle size effect on the aggregation of NPs conjugated to proteins
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of environmental bacteria in aqueous dispersions.
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Our previous study presented the aggregation kinetics of 9 nm hematite NPs in the presence of the
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model globular proteins, Cytochrome c from bovine heart (Cyt) or BSA, over a range of salt
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concentrations at pH 5.7 and 9, respectively.30 Based on the previous study, we further investigated the
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aggregation behavior of hematite particles in three different sizes conjugated with the proteins from a
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model environmental microbe. The object of this study is to quantify and compare the aggregation kinetics
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and colloidal stability of 9, 36, and 112 nm hematite particles as a function of ionic strength,
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protein-to-particle ratio, as well as protein concentration and binding affinity to hematite. Time-resolved
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dynamic light scattering (TR-DLS) was used to monitor aggregation behavior of hematite particles under
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different conditions. The obtained aggregation kinetics results, along with surface potentials measured by
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electrophoretic mobility, adsorption isotherms of proteins on particles, and the conformation of proteins
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adsorbed on particles obtained by the circular dichroism (CD) spectra, were used to elucidate the
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aggregation mechanisms of protein-hematite conjugates. The effects of particle properties (primary particle
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size and surface area), solution conditions (ionic strength), and protein properties (concentration and
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affinity to particles) on the complicated aggregation behavior of protein-hematite conjugates were
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highlighted in this study.
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MATERIALS AND METHODS
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Synthesis and Characterization of Hematite Particles. Hematite particles with three different sizes
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were synthesized by forced hydrolysis of Fe(III) salt solution according to the methods reported by
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Schwertmann and Cornell.31 More details on the synthesis procedures are described in the Supporting
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Information (section S1).
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The particle concentration of hematite suspensions was determined by acid digestion. After 10 minute
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sonication, 0.1 mL of particle suspension was added to 9.9 mL of 5 M HCl. The mixture was shaken
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overnight. Then, 0.02 mL digested solution was diluted by 2% HNO3 for the determination of total Fe
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concentration by inductively coupled plasma optical emission spectrometry (ICP-OES, Teledyne Leeman
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Labs, Hudson, NH, USA). The mass concentration of hematite (Fe2O3) particles in suspensions was
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converted from the measured Fe concentration in the digested solution.32 The mean particle concentration
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in each sample was determined from triplicate experiments. The shape and primary particle diameter of
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synthetic hematite particles were examined with a field-emission transmission electron microscope (TEM,
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JEOL JEM-2100F) operated at 200kV. TEM samples were prepared by depositing one drop of diluted
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hematite suspension onto an ultrathin carbon coated copper grid (400 mesh) and then drying it in air. ImageJ
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software (US National Institutes of Health) was used to determine the distribution of particle sizes by
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measuring more than 100 particles that were randomly selected in TEM images.33 The crystalline phase of
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synthetic particles was characterized by powder X-ray diffraction (XRD) using a Rigaku D/MAX-2000
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diffractometer with monochromatic CuKα radiation (λ= 0.15406 nm) at a scan rate of 0.02 2θ·s-1. For XRD
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measurements, concentrated suspensions were dried in air at ~ 40ºC and then loaded onto glass slides.
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Protein Solutions. OmcA was expressed and purified from MR-1 strain LS331 with pLS147 as
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described previously.23 The purity of isolated OmcA in the stock solution was confirmed by sodium
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dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and UV-Visible absorption spectroscopy
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(UV-1800, Shimadzu, Japan). The aggregation behavior of OmcA was compared to that of BSA under the
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same conditions. BSA lyophilized powder (≥ 96%) was purchased from Sigma-Aldrich and used as
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received. The BSA stock solution was prepared by dissolving a certain amount of BSA lyophilized powder
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in Milli-Q water and stored in 4ºC. The concentration of proteins in the stock solutions was determined by
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UV–Vis spectroscopy, according to the absorbance at λ = 410nm (extinction coefficient EOmcA= 934 mM-1
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cm-1) for OmcA and at λ = 280 nm (EBSA = 43.8 mM-1 cm-1) for BSA , respectively.34
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Aggregation Kinetics. The aggregation kinetics of hematite particles with/without proteins was
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quantified by using time-resolved dynamic light scattering (TR-DLS). The change of hydrodynamic
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diameter (Dh) as a function of time was tracked on Zetasizer (Nano ZS90, Malvern, UK) operating with a
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He−Ne laser at a wavelength of 633 nm and a scattering angle of 90º. Before each measurement, the
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hematite suspension was sonicated in a bath sonicator for 5 minutes. Then, a certain volume of the
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suspension was immediately added to the predetermined solution with desired concentrations of electrolyte
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and protein. The final concentration of hematite particles was fixed at 16 mg/L that was the optimum
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concentration for DLS measurements. The mixture was shaken shortly with a vortex mixer and then
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immediately transferred into a polystyrene cuvette (10 mm path length, Sarstedt, Germany) for
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measurement. Dh was monitored at 5s intervals over a time period of 20-30 minutes. The initial
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aggregation rate constant (k) of hematite particles was determined from a linear least squares regression
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analysis of the increase in Dh with time (t):35 ݇∝
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where N0 is the initial particle concentration. The details of the k determination have been described in our
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previous study.30 No measurable protein aggregates were observed by DLS in NaCl solution at pH 5.7.
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In this study, the attachment efficiency (α), known as the inverse stability ratio, was used to
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quantitatively describe the aggregation behavior of hematite particles. It was calculated by normalizing the
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measured k by the diffusion-limited aggregation rate constant (kfast) according to eq 2. The attachment
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efficiency ranges from 0 to 1, representing the probability of an irreversible attachment resulting from the
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collision of two particles.36
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To calculate α in the presence of proteins, kfast was obtained from the diffusion-limited aggregation rate
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constant determined under favorable aggregation conditions in the absence of proteins.37, 38
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Zeta Potential Measurements. The zeta potentials ζ of bare hematite particles or protein-NP
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conjugates in solutions with varying NaCl concentrations or protein concentrations at 25ºC were obtained
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from the electrophoretic mobility µe using the generalized Smoluchowski equation. The electrophoresis
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mobility of samples was measured on Nanosizer (Nano ZS90, Malvern, UK) with a laser Doppler
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velocimetry setup. In all measurements, the particle concentration of hematite suspensions was fixed at 16
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mg/L. To study the effect of protein concentration on the zeta potential, µe of protein-particle conjugates in
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10mM NaCl at pH 5.7 was measured as a function of protein concentration (0-6.5 mg/L). For each sample,
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at least 3 independent measurements were conducted, and no less than 15 cycles were collected for each run.
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Protein Adsorption on Hematite Particles. To compare the affinity of OmcA and BSA to hematite
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surface, adsorption isotherms of proteins on the smallest hematite NPs (HM1) were determined in 60mM
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NaCl solution at pH 5.7. After 10 minute sonication of the HM1 suspension, 35 µL of the suspension was
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added to the solution with varying protein concentrations. The samples were incubated in a shaker
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operating at 150 rpm for 1 h, and then centrifuged at 4000 × g for 10 minutes. The supernatants were
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transferred into new centrifuge tubes and centrifuged again at 4000 × g for 10 minutes to remove residual
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hematite NPs.39 The concentration of OmcA in the final supernatants was measured by UV–Vis
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spectroscopy as described above. BSA concentration was determined using Bradford protein assay kit.30
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The control experiment without hematite NPs indicated that no measurable proteins were settled or
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adsorbed on bottles during the absorption experiments or centrifugation. To obtain detectable amount of
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proteins adsorbed by hematite particles, the particle concentration in the adsorption experiments was
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increased to 200 mg/L. The equivalent adsorption amount for 16 mg/L HM1 NPs was presented.
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Circular dichroism spectroscopy. The circular dichroism (CD) spectra were performed on the
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suspensions of protein-particle conjugates in order to assess whether the secondary structure of proteins
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changed upon adsorption onto hematite NPs or with the increase of NaCl concentration. After 15-minute
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incubation of proteins conjugated with hematite NPs in the solution with varying NaCl or protein
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concentrations at pH 5.7, CD spectra were recorded with a JASCO J-1500-150 spectropolarimeter (Japan)
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under a constant stream of nitrogen gas. In order to reduce the interference of high salt concentration on
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measurements, in the experiments with 100mM NaCl solution, the protein-NPs conjugates were filtered by
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30 kDa Amicon Ultra centrifugal filter Devices (Millipore) and then resuspended in Milli-Q water.40 This
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washing procedure was repeated for three times in order to remove most NaCl in suspensions just before
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CD measurements. The secondary structures of original proteins were determined by the CD spectra of
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proteins diluted in Milli-Q water.
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RESULTS AND DISCUSSION
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images showed that the primary particle sizes of the three synthetic particles were 9 ± 2 nm (HM1), 36 ± 6
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nm (HM2) and 112 ± 12nm (HM3), respectively (Figure S1). All synthetic particles exhibited a nearly
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isotropic shape. The geometric specific surface area (SSA) and zeta potential of the samples were listed in
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the Table S1. The SSA ratio of HM1: HM2: HM3 was 12: 3: 1. At pH 5.7, all particles were positively
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charged, which is consistent with the point of zero charge (7.2 – 9.5) reported in previous studies.28 The
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power X-ray diffraction (XRD) patterns revealed that only hematite phase exhibited in the three synthetic
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particles (Figure S2). The decreasing full-width at half-maximum (FWHM) from HM1 to HM3 was
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consistent with the increasing primary particle size observed in TEM images (Figure S1).
Characteristics of Synthetic Hematite Particles. The particle-size distributions measured from TEM
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Size-dependent Aggregation of Bare Hematite Particles. Attachment efficiencies of bare hematite
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particles in three different sizes as a function of NaCl concentration at pH 5.7 are compared in Figure 1a.
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The corresponding aggregation profiles are presented in SI Figure S3a. In the absence of proteins, all
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hematite particles clearly exhibited DLVO type of aggregation profiles. The attachment efficiency
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increased with the increase of salt concentration, until the NaCl concentration reached the critical
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coagulation concentration (CCC). At the high ionic strength conditions ([NaCl] > CCC), the repulsive
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energy barrier was completely screened, resulting in the diffusion-limited aggregation (DLA). It was
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confirmed by the lower zeta potentials of hematite particles at elevated NaCl concentrations (Figure 1b). In
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this scenario, a maximum aggregation rate was reached, and the further increase in electrolyte
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concentration had no effect on the attachment efficiency. According to the DLVO theory, the CCC value
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represents the minimum concentration of electrolyte that is needed to completely destabilize the colloidal
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suspension, so it has been widely used to assess the colloidal stability of NPs under different experimental
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conditions.28 When the same particle concentration was used, the CCC values of NaCl for HM1, HM2 and
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HM3 were 55mM, 45mM and 14mM, respectively. The observed higher CCC for the smaller particles was
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consistent with the computational results of the particle-size effect on CCC.41 A potential explanation is
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that the smaller NPs have the larger Debye length and accordingly the higher electrolyte concentration was
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needed for the complete compression of electrical double layer.41 Although He et al.28 reported a
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decreasing trend in CCC values with the increase of hematite particle size, different particle concentrations
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were used for 12, 32, and 65 nm hematite NPs in that study. Thus, the reported difference in CCC values
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for hematite NPs in different sizes could reflect a combined effect of particle concentration and primary
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particle size. The effect of initial particle concentration on the aggregation kinetics and CCC values will be
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discussed further below. In addition, it is worthy to mention that the zeta potential of HM3 in 5 mM NaCl
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at pH 5.7 was obviously higher than the values of HM1 and HM2 (Fig 1b). This is consistent with the
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results reported by He et al.28 At relatively low background salt concentrations, the smaller particles can be
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less charged than the larger particles, as a result of the changes in the surface concentration of counterions,
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electronic structure, surface reactivity, etc., with decrease in particle size.2
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Effect of OmcA on the Stability of Hematite Particles. The effect of OmcA on the aggregation
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kinetics of hematite particles was studied at low salt concentration ([NaCl] = 10 mM < CCC for all
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particles) and high salt concentration ([NaCl] = 60mM > CCC for all particles), respectively. In 10mM
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NaCl solution without OmcA at pH 5.7, all hematite particles in different sizes were positively charged
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(Figure 1b) and relatively stable owing to the electrostatic repulsion. The changing trend of attachment
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efficiencies with increasing OmcA concentration ([OmcA]) for all particles in different sizes showed a
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similar pattern (Figure 2a). The corresponding aggregation profiles are presented in SI Figure S3b.
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According to the variation tendency, the aggregation behavior can be divided into three regimes (Figure
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3a): (1) in Regime I, attachment efficiencies of hematite particles increased continuously with increasing
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[OmcA] until the maximum value (α = 1) was reached at [OmcA] = 1.1 mg/L (Figure 2a). Correspondingly,
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the zeta potential of OmcA-hematite conjugates decreased from 21.6 to 3 mV, as [OmcA] increased from 0
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to 1.1 mg/L (Figure 4). At the point B in Figure 3a ([OmcA] = 1.1 mg/L), the α value reached the
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maximum, and accordingly the zeta potential decreased to a value very close to zero. It implies that the
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observed destabilization in this regime can be mainly attributed to the adsorption of negatively charged
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OmcA (Figure S4) on the positive charged hematite surface (Figure 1b), resulting in surface charge
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neutralization and decreasing electrostatic repulsion between OmcA-hematite conjugates. In Regime I, the
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effect of ionic strength on α was studied at a randomly selected point A ([OmcA] = 0.5 mg/L, Figure 3a).
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The attachment efficiency and the zeta potential at point A in 10 mM NaCl were 0.77 and 10 mV,
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respectively. When [NaCl] was greater than 50mM, the α value increased to ~ 0.9 and inappreciably
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fluctuated around this value (Figure 3b). It indicated that the screening effect of the increasing salt
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concentration led to even faster aggregation. The value of α at the high ionic strength was a little less than
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1, which might imply the minor contribution from steric repulsion.
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(2) In Regime II, the increasing [OmcA] resulted in the decreasing α values of OmcA-hematite
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conjugates. In addition, it was found that α values at the randomly selected point C ([OmcA] = 2.7 mg/L,
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Figure 3a) in Regime II decreased with the increasing [NaCl] (Figure 3b). On the other hand, zeta potential
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decreased as [NaCl] increased under this condition (Figure S5), indicating the weakening of electrostatic
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repulsion. That means the higher ionic strength facilitated the stabilization of OmcA-hematite conjugates
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in this case, so electrostatic repulsive force could not dominate the interparticle interaction in this regime.
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The similar stabilization of protein-NP conjugates induced by increasing ionic strength has been reported
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in our previous study,30 which can be related to the patch-charge attraction. This attraction was originated
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from the electrostatic interaction between the negatively charged patches of OmcA adsorbed on the surface
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of hematite particle clusters (the hydrodynamic diameter > 100 nm, Figure S3) and the exposed hematite
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surfaces with the positive surface charge. The patch-charge attraction is substantial only when the
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protein-rich domain and the protein-poor domain/particle surface possess opposite charges and at low salt
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concentration. At high salt concentration, the patch-charge attractive force was screened, and the steric
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repulsive force between OmcA adsorbed on NPs stabilized the OmcA-hematite conjugates. As the [OmcA]
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increased in Regime II, the re-stabilization of hematite particles could be attributed to the increasing steric
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repulsive forces. The adsorption isotherms of OmcA on HM1 NPs (Figure 5) showed that the amount of
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OmcA adsorbed on hematite surface increased as more OmcA was added under the conditions of the
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present study. The decreasing zeta potential of protein-NP conjugates with the increase of [OmcA] (Figure
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4) also suggested the increasing adsorption of OmcA on hematite. The stronger steric repulsive force
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provided by the more and more OmcA absorbed on hematite surface led to the decease of α values.
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(3) In Regime III, the attachment efficiencies were around zero and independent of [OmcA] (Figure
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3a). The zeta potentials of OmcA-hematite conjugates gradually decreased with the increase of [OmcA] in
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Regime I and II (0 < [OmcA] < ~ 4.4 mg/L), but kept constant around -17 mV in regime III ([OmcA] > 4.4
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mg/L) (Figure 4). At the point D ([OmcA] = 4.4 mg/L) in Regime III, the attachment efficiency remained
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around zero and was not influenced by ionic strength (Figure 3b). Adsorption isotherm of OmcA on HM1
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NPs indicated that the concentration of adsorbed OmcA was 3.25 mg/L, when 4.4 mg/L OmcA was added
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to the suspension with 16 mg/L hematite particles (Figure S6). Based on the geometric specific surface
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area of 9 nm spherical hematite NPs (127 m2/g), the amount of adsorbed OmcA normalized by the NP
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surface area was 160.6 ng/cm2 that is close to the reported amount of absorbed OmcA for forming a
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monolayer on hematite surface (164 ng/cm2).42 Therefore, in Regime III, hematite particles were coated by
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OmcA and completely stabilized by the repulsive steric force between adsorbed OmcA that is independent
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of ionic strength. The patch-charge attraction due to the surface heterogeneity in this case became
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inapplicable, because no discernible bare surface was exposed. Considering the irrelevance of α values and
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ionic strength, the contribution of electrostatic repulsive force to the observed stabilization of particles was
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negligible in this regime.
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At high salt concentration ([NaCl] = 60mM), the effect of [OmcA] on the stability of hematite
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particles was different from that at low salt concentration. Figure 2b shows that, for all particles of different
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sizes, the α values decreased with the increasing [OmcA] until α reached a plateau. The corresponding
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aggregation profiles are presented in SI Figure S3c. The high salt concentration resulted in the screening of
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electrostatic interactions, so patching-charge attraction and electrostatic repulsion that greatly impacted the
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stability of hematite particles at low salt concentration were no longer applicable in this case. As [OmcA]
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increased, the steric repulsive force gradually increased and overweighed the van der Walls attractive force,
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resulting in the complete stabilization of hematite particles. Therefore, at high salt concentration, the
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interparticle interaction between OmcA-hematite conjugates was dominated by the steric repulsive force
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originated from OmcA adsorbed on hematite surface.
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Effect of Primary Particle Size on the Aggregation of OmcA-hematite Conjugates. In addition to
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the concentrations of OmcA and NaCl, the primary particle size of hematite also influenced the
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aggregation state of OmcA-hematite conjugates. Although the attachment efficiencies of all particles in
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different sizes presented the similar variation tendency with the increase of [OmcA], the extent to which
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the same [OmcA] affected the aggregation state was different for the three samples and in the order HM3 >
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HM2 > HM1 (Figure 2a). In this study, a fixed mass concentration of particles (16 mg/L) was used for the
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three samples, so the total surface area of hematite particles was in the order HM1 > HM2 > HM3. As
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discussed above, at low salt concentration, the concentration of OmcA at point B (the critical point
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between Regime I and II) was close to the value for surface charge compensation, i.e. zero zeta potential.
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The smaller particles had the larger surface area and correspondingly needed more sorbed OmcA for
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surface charge compensation. It was confirmed by the zeta potential results (Figure 4) that 1.18, 0.48, and
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0.08 mg/L OmcA, respectively, were needed to obtain the zero zeta potential for HM1, HM2, and HM3.
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The ratio of [OmcA] needed for the surface charge neutralization was 14: 6: 1 for HM1: HM2: HM3. It is
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reported in other studies, the same mass/molar concentration of hematite particles was used. When the
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OmcA, increasing surface area of HM3 resulted in the increase of CCC from 14 mM to 30 mM that was
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still smaller than the CCC of HM1 (Figure 6a). Thus, for the bare hematite particles, the trend that the
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smaller particles have the larger CCC value was same no matter the same particle concentration or the
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HM3 from an abrupt change to the one that was quite similar to the pattern of 16 mg/L HM1 (Figure 6b). It
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primary particle size. The extent to which the particle surface was changed by adsorbed proteins
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10 mM and 100 mM NaCl, respectively, at pH 5.7 (Figure S7). At the low salt concentration, the CD
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spectra of native OmcA and the OmcA conjugated to the three kinds of hematite particles were very similar
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particles in different sizes were observed through the CD measurements. At the high salt concentration,
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compared to the native OmcA, the β-sheets content of the adsorbed OmcA increased slightly (Figure S7b),
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OmcA right after exposed to NPs and after 20-minute incubation were compared (data not shown). No
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the effect of binding affinity of proteins on the stability of NPs, the attachment efficiencies of 16 mg/L HM1
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NPs in the presence of OmcA and BSA were compared in 60mM NaCl (> CCC) at pH 5.7 (Figure 5a). Both
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BSA and OmcA were negatively charged in NaCl solution at pH 5.7, so the increasing concentration of the
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proteins could gradually decrease the measured zeta potential down to a negative plateau value (Figure 4).30
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BSA has the molecular weight of 66 kDa with the size of 5.5 × 5.5 × 9 nm3 that is similar to the size of
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OmcA (85 kDa, 5 × 6 × 9.5 nm3).42, 44, 45 No apparent conformation changes were observed by CD
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measurements in BSA or OmcA after the adsorption on hematite particles (Figure S7). Despite of the
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similarity between these two kinds of proteins, Figure 5 showed that only 2.7 mg/L OmcA was sufficient to
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completely stabilize 16 mg/L HM1 NPs in 60mM NaCl, but 9 mg/L BSA was needed under the same
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conditions. As described above, at high ionic strength, hematite NPs were stabilized by the steric repulsive
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force originated from the proteins adsorbed on surface. The results indicated that, before the complete
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The different abilities of BSA and OmcA to stabilize hematite NPs could be attributed, at least partly, to
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their different affinity to hematite surface. The adsorption isotherms of OmcA and BSA on HM1 NPs in 60
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mM NaCl at pH 5.7 and room temperature (Figure 5b) showed that a larger percentage of OmcA was
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adsorbed on hematite than BSA, when the same concentration of proteins was added. It implies that OmcA
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has the higher affinity to hematite NPs than BSA. Lower et al. reported that the hematite-binding motif
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(Ser/Thr-Pro-Ser/Thr) near the terminal heme-binding domain (heme 9 & 10) of OmcA was expected to
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facilitate the OmcA adsorption onto hydroxylated hematite surface via the hydrogen bonding.25, 44 At high
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salt concentration, the aggregation kinetics of HM1 NPs was mainly related to the van der Waals attraction
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and the steric repulsion originated from proteins that rapidly adsorbed onto NPs, because the patch-charge
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attraction and the electrostatic interaction were screened. The adsorption of proteins onto hematite NPs
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needs to be quick enough to form a steric stabilizing layer against aggregation by particle contact. Protein
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concentration and protein adsorption kinetics are the key parameters to determine the formation of the steric
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stabilizing layer.9 In addition to increase the protein concentration, the higher protein affinity to particle
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surface can also facilitate the fast protein adsorption onto NPs. Therefore, OmcA can strongly and rapidly
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The study presented here showed that both positive and negative influences of proteins on NP
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stability in aqueous dispersions can be realized, which depends on the inherent properties of NPs and
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proteins, the protein-to-NP ratios, as well as solution conditions. Most previous studies about aggregation
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behavior and interfacial interaction of protein-NP complex focus on the blood proteins from the
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perspectives of nanomedicine and nanotoxicity. In this study, the outer membrane cytochrome, OmcA, of a
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model iron microbe from aqueous environment, Shewanella oneidenesis MR-1, was investigated and
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compared to BSA, a widely studied serum albumin protein. Their different abilities to stabilize hematite
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NPs imply that the findings reported in the previous studies of blood proteins are not necessarily applicable
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to extracellular proteins by environmental bacteria. More studies need to be conducted in order to gain
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sufficiently broad knowledge of how extracellular proteins modulate the aggregation state of NPs in
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natural waters, which is indispensable to thoroughly understand a wide variety of biogeochemical
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processes involving NPs, such as extracellular respiration, cell uptake, biomineralization, etc.
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On the other hand, the relationship between the inherent properties of NPs and proteins, protein
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adsorption onto NP surfaces, and the structure of protein corona remains unclear. Typically, a rapid
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adsorption of protein on NP surface can alter the interfacial properties and aggregation state of NPs, and
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also give them new biological identity that can be distinct from the original properties of NPs. Different
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from bare NPs, the stability of NPs in the presence of proteins is not only related to salt concentration, but
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also to many other factors, such as protein concentration, NP surface area, the affinity of proteins to NP
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surfaces, etc. The results in this study showed that the aggregation state was more correlated to the ratio of
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protein concentration to NP surface area than the primary particle size. Therefore, the complex aggregation
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behavior of NPs in the presence of biomacromolecules needs to be systematically studied and carefully
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considered in the size-dependent studies of NPs in biotic reactions.
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Supporting Information. Additional figures and details for Materials and Methods and Results and
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Discussion are presented. This material is available free of charge via the Internet at http://pubs.acs.org.
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
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This work was financially supported by National Natural Science Foundation of China (41472306) and
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National Basic Research Program of China (973 Program, 2014CB846001). We also thank Xinxin Wang for
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Figure 1. (a) attachment efficiencies and (b) zeta potentials of 9 nm (HM1), 36 nm (HM2), and 112nm
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(HM3) bare hematite particles as a function of NaCl concentrations at pH 5.7.
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Figure 2. The effect of OmcA concentrations on attachment efficiencies of hematite particles in different
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Figure 3. (a) Attachment efficiencies of 16 mg/L HM1 NPs in 10mM NaCl as a function of OmcA
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concentration. According to the changing trend of attachment efficiencies, the effect of OmcA
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concentration was divided into three regimes. (b) Comparison of attachment efficiencies of HM1 NPs at
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the A-D points in the three regimes as a function of NaCl concentrations. The different trends at the points
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indicate that different interparticle forces dominated the interactions between the OmcA-hematite
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conjugates in the three regimes.
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Figure 4. Zeta potential of OmcA-hematite conjugates as a function of OmcA concentration in 10mM
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Figure 5. (a) The change of attachment efficiencies of 16 mg/L HM1 NPs in the presence of OmcA or
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BSA in 60 mM NaCl as a function of protein concentration. (b) Adsorption isotherms of OmcA and BSA,
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respectively, on 16 mg/L HM1 NPs plotted as a function of protein concentration added in 60 mM NaCl
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solution at pH 5.7. The solid dots represent the concentration of proteins adsorbed on HM1 NPs, and the
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Figure 6. (a) Comparison of attachment efficiencies of bare HM1 and HM3 as a function of NaCl
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concentration, when HM3 had the same mass concentration or total surface area as HM1.(b) Comparison
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