Robust polydiacetylene-based colorimetric sensing material developed with amyloid fibrils of α-synuclein

Langmuir. 2015 Feb 10;31(5):1802-10. doi: 10.1021/la504645m. Epub 2015 Jan 30.

Abstract

Robust polydiacetylene-based colorimetric sensing material has been developed with amyloid fibrils of α-synuclein in the presence of 10,12-pentacosadiynoic acid (PCDA) by taking advantage of the specific fatty acid interaction of α-synuclein and structural regularity of the self-assembled product of amyloid fibrils. PCDA facilitated not only self-oligomerization of α-synuclein but also its fibrillation into the fibrils with increased thickness. Upon UV irradiation, the PCDA-containing amyloid fibrils (AF-PCDAs) turned blue, which then became red following heat treatment. The blue-to-red color transition was also observed with other stimuli of pH and ethanol. AF-PCDAs were demonstrated to be mechanically stable since not only the individual colors of blue and red but also their colorimetric transition were not affected by a number of sonications which readily disrupted the polydiaceylene (PDA) vesicles with the instant loss of color. Therefore, AF-PCDA can be considered to be a novel PDA-based colorimetric sensing material with high mechanical strength, which has the potential to be employed in various areas involving advanced sensing technologies.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Amyloid / chemistry*
  • Color
  • Colorimetry / methods*
  • Ethanol / chemistry
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated / chemistry
  • Hot Temperature
  • Humans
  • Hydrogen-Ion Concentration
  • Models, Molecular
  • Polyacetylene Polymer
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Polyynes / chemistry*
  • Protein Multimerization
  • Protein Structure, Secondary
  • Stress, Mechanical
  • Ultraviolet Rays
  • alpha-Synuclein / chemistry*

Substances

  • 10, 12-pentacosadiynoic acid
  • Amyloid
  • Fatty Acids, Unsaturated
  • Polyacetylene Polymer
  • Polymers
  • alpha-Synuclein
  • Polyynes
  • polydiacetylene
  • Ethanol