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Self-association of metal-free human insulin in aqueous solution at pH 9.4 has been studied using pulsed-field gradient (PFG) NMR spectroscopy. The diffusion coefficients were measured for two different insulin concentrations, 0.72 mM in which the dimer is the predominant species and 3 mM which is a mixture of dimer and tetramer. In the more concentrated solution, exchange between the two aggregates is slow on the NMR chemical shift time scale. As a result, the dimer and tetramer give rise to separated resonances in the aromatic region of the 1H NMR spectrum. The diffusion coefficient determined for the tetramer by PFG NMR is 1.07 x 10(-6) cm2 s-1 at 298 K, while that for the dimer is 1.38 x 10(-6) cm2 s-1. The hydrodynamic diameters calculated for the tetramer and dimer are 46 and 36 A, respectively, which are in good agreement with those measured by dynamic light scattering. The advantage of PFG NMR for the measurement of insulin aggregation in these solutions results from the chemical shift selectivity which allows diffusion coefficients to be directly calculated for the different aggregates. The T1 and T2 relaxation times of the dimer and tetramer aromatic protons were also measured in order to optimize the parameters of the PFG NMR experiment and correctly interpret the results of the measured spectra.
Phospholipid-covered solid supports have been used successfully as model membranes in studies on blood coagulation and other research fields. In order to produce such membranes, simple exposure of the support to suspensions of phospholipid vesicles was recently introduced, but questions have remained about the process of vesicle adherence to the surface and the physico-chemical properties of the resulting membranes. Using a new technique, mixing of phospholipids in such membranes was demonstrated. A rotating, hydrophilic, silicon disc was exposed in a two-step procedure to vesicles prepared from mixtures of dioleoylphosphatidylserine (DOPS) and dioleoylphosphatidylcholine (DOPC). Factor Xa, factor Va and prothrombin were added and the transport-limited production rate of thrombin was measured. For low surface coverage with 40% DOPS/60% DOPC, a much higher conversion rate was found if, prior to addition of coagulation factors, excess DOPC vesicles were added to fill up vacant surface area. It is concluded that DOPS is spread over the entire surface and that confluent bilayers are formed. The presented technique may also be used to measure lateral diffusion constants.