期刊
INTERNATIONAL JOURNAL OF BIOLOGICAL MACROMOLECULES
卷 216, 期 -, 页码 140-147出版社
ELSEVIER
DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2022.06.180
关键词
Collagen; Small angle X-ray scattering; Dehydration
资金
- New Zealand Synchrotron Group [M14902, M15716]
This study demonstrates that dehydration causes structural changes in type I collagen fibrils, resulting in a shortening of fibril length through an increase in the gap region and a decrease in the overlap region. Only with further dehydration does the length of collagen fibrils decrease.
Type I collagen is a ubiquitous structural protein in animal tissues. It is normally present in a hydrated form. However, collagen is very dependent on associated water for its mechanical properties. In skin, where type I collagen is dominant, there is a longstanding concern that the skin and therefore collagen may partially dry out and result in structural degradation. Here we show that dehydration of type I collagen fibrils, using 2-propanol, results in a two-stage dehydration process. Initially, the fibrils do not change length, i.e. the D-period remains constant, but shrinkage occurs within the fibrils by an increase in the gap region and a decrease in the overlap region within a D-band and a shortening of the helical turn distance and fibril diameter. Only with further dehydration does the length of the collagen fibril decrease (a decrease in D-period). This mechanism explains why collagen materials are resistant to gross structural change in the early stages of dehydration and shows why they may then suffer from sudden external shrinkage with further dehydration.
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