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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY B
Volume 110, Issue 22, Pages 10910-10918Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp056990y
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The diffusion coefficients of nine fluorescently labeled antibodies, antibody fragments, and antibody complexes have been measured in solution very close to supported planar membranes by using total internal reflection with fluorescence correlation spectroscopy (TIR-FCS). The hydrodynamic radii (3-24 nm) of the nine antibody types were determined by comparing literature values with bulk diffusion coefficients measured by spot FCS. The diffusion coefficients very near membranes decreased significantly with molecular size, and the size dependence was greater than that predicted to occur in bulk solution. The observation that membrane surfaces slow the local diffusion coefficient of proteins in a size-dependent manner suggests that the primary effect is hydrodynamic as predicted for simple spheres diffusing close to planar walls. The TIR-FCS data are consistent with predictions derived from hydrodynamic theory. This work illustrates one factor that could contribute to previously observed nonideal ligand-receptor kinetics at model and natural cell membranes.
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