蛋白质微球的热传感尖端活动通过动氨酸丝交联
Panagiotis Mougkogiannis1, Andrew Adamatzky1
1Unconventional Computing Laboratory, UWE Bristol, Bristol BS16 1QY, U.K.
Langmuir : the ACS journal of surfaces and colloids
|June 5, 2024
概括
蛋白质和活性丝形成混合网络,模仿大脑信号传递. 这些生物材料表现出可控制的电活动,这表明合成原细胞大脑的潜力.
科学领域:
- 生物物理学的生物物理.
- 合成生物学 合成生物学
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
背景情况:
- 动氨酸聚合物是真核细胞的基础,存在于球状 (G-actin) 或丝状 (F-actin) 形式.
- 通过加热氨基酸而形成的蛋白质,产生聚合物链,可以形成表现出电活动的空洞微球.
- 现有的研究探讨了单个蛋白质和活性纤维的信号特性.
研究的目的:
- 为了研究蛋白质,活性丝和混合网络的信号特性.
- 探索这些材料在创造合成原细胞大脑中的潜力.
- 了解温度如何影响这些网络的电特性.
主要方法:
- 通过将氨基酸加热到160-200°C来合成蛋白质.
- 通过将蛋白质与活性纤维结合起来,创建混合网络.
- 分析不同温度 (20-80°C) 下的电信号传输,导电性和峰值时间变化.
主要成果:
- 蛋白质可复制大脑激发动态,而无需膜或离子通道.
- 与单个组件相比,actin和proteinoids的混合网络显示了增强的导电性和协调的尖端.
- 温度变化调节导电状态,表明对新兴兴奋性的外部控制.
- 将actin添加到蛋白质中减少了尖峰时间的变化,从而导致更均的特征分布.
结论:
- 类似生命的信号编码可以自发地从生物聚合物支架和非生物化学中出现.
- 细胞骨矩阵可能在合成原细胞大脑中的功能规范中发挥作用.
- 这些发现支持使用仿生材料开发功能性原脑系统.
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