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Fibrinogen stability under surfactant interaction.

Natalia Hassan¹, Leandro R S Barbosa, Rosangela Itri

¹Soft Matter and Molecular Biophysics Group, Department of Applied Physics, University of Santiago de Compostela, Campus Vida s/n, 15782 Santiago de Compostela, Spain.

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Bovine fibrinogen

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Area of Science:

Biochemistry
Protein Chemistry
Physical Chemistry

Background:

Fibrinogen is a key protein in blood coagulation.
Surfactant interactions with proteins can alter their structure and function.
Understanding these interactions is crucial for various biological and industrial applications.

Purpose of the Study:

To investigate the physicochemical interactions between bovine fibrinogen and three different surfactants: sodium perfluorooctanoate, sodium octanoate, and sodium dodecanoate.
To elucidate how surfactant properties, such as hydrophobicity and tail length, influence fibrinogen stability and structure.
To provide a comprehensive description of fibrinogen-surfactant complexation.

Main Methods:

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for thermal stability.
Circular dichroism (CD) and UV-vis spectroscopy for structural changes.
Raman spectroscopy for molecular vibrations.
Small-angle X-ray scattering (SAXS) for solution structure.

Main Results:

Sodium octanoate and dodecanoate destabilize fibrinogen.
Sodium perfluorooctanoate stabilizes fibrinogen at low concentrations but destabilizes it at high concentrations.
All surfactants altered fibrinogen's secondary structure, decreasing alpha-helix and increasing beta-sheet content.
Fibrinogen's paired-dimer structure remained intact with sodium octanoate and perfluorooctanoate but was altered by sodium dodecanoate.

Conclusions:

Surfactant hydrophobicity and tail length are critical factors modulating fibrinogen stability.
The study reveals complex-dependent structural changes in fibrinogen upon interaction with different surfactants.
Intermediate states were observed during fibrinogen's thermal unfolding, influenced by surfactant presence.