Changes in the physical structure and chain dynamics of elastin network in homocysteine-cultured arteries
✍ Scribed by Valérie Samouillan; Edouard Lamy; Jany Dandurand; Alexandrine Foucault-Bertaud; Corinne Chareyre; Colette Lacabanne; Philippe Charpiot
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons
- Year
- 2009
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 441 KB
- Volume
- 9999A
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 1549-3296
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✦ Synopsis
Abstract
The thermal and dielectric properties of the elastin network were investigated in arteries cultured with physiological and pathological concentrations of homocysteine, an aminoacid responsible of histological impairments in human arteries. The physical structure of this amorphous protein was investigated by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). To explore the molecular dynamics of the elastin network in the nanometer range, we used thermally stimulated currents (TSC), a dielectric technique running at low frequency, and measuring the dipolar reorientations in proteins subjected to a static electrical field. Combining DSC and TSC experiments reveals the molecular mobility of the proteins, both in the glassy state and in the liquid state. Significant differences are evidenced in the physical structure and relaxation behavior of elastin network in cultured arteries (physiological and pathological concentrations of homocysteine) and discussed. © 2009 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Biomed Mater Res, 2010