Monitoring the surface tension by the pendant drop technique for detection of insulin fibrillogenesis

Anal Methods. 2021 Sep 23;13(36):4174-4178. doi: 10.1039/d1ay01126j.

Abstract

Monitoring the aggregation of amyloid-prone proteins is critical for understanding the mechanism of amyloid fibril formation. Insulin, when dissolved in low pH buffer, has a surface tension of 61-64 mN m-1, as measured by the pendant drop technique. Formation of insulin amyloid fibrils resulted in the increase of the surface tension values up to 71.2-73.5 mN m-1. The kinetics of fibril formation and fibril morphology were validated by ThT fluorescence and AFM, respectively. The results demonstrate that monitoring the surface tension by the pendant drop technique is a valuable tool for the detection of insulin amyloid aggregation.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amyloid*
  • Insulin*
  • Insulin, Regular, Human
  • Kinetics
  • Surface Tension

Substances

  • Amyloid
  • Insulin
  • Insulin, Regular, Human