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  • Title: Changes in the amide I FT-IR bands of poly-L-lysine on spray-drying from alpha-helix, beta-sheet or random coil conformations.
    Author: Mauerer A, Lee G.
    Journal: Eur J Pharm Biopharm; 2006 Feb; 62(2):131-42. PubMed ID: 16221545.
    Abstract:
    Poly-L-lysine (PLS) was spray-dried in a laboratory-scale, mini spray-dryer at Tin/Tout =150/90-95 degrees C from three different liquid feeds composed mainly of alpha-helix, beta-sheet or random coil conformations of the homopolypeptide. FT-IR analysis of the liquid feeds, the spray-dried solids, and the re-dissolved solids was performed by considering the deconvoluted and second-derivative amide I spectra, as well as a Gaussian curve fitting procedure. All three initial conformations were transformed by spray-drying to anti-parallel beta-sheet with bands at 1623 and 1690 cm(-1). The beta-sheet liquid feed showed a band at 1616 cm(-1) indicating a denatured, extended chain structure that was also converted to anti-parallel beta-sheet on spray-drying. The shift to beta-sheet cannot therefore be a simple result of forming the conformation with the strongest H-bonds in the dried state. We suggest that steric effects arising from the close approach of the globular polypeptide molecules during drying make the anti-parallel beta-sheet structure energetically favorable in the solid state. This suggestion is supported by the effects of trehalose on the FT-IR amide I bands of the spray-dried PLS. No stabilizing effects were observed on either the initial alpha-helix or beta-sheet (extended chain) conformations. Random coil could be partially stabilized. Again, no direct relation to H-bond strength is evident. The efficacy of the trehalose could be related to the ability of newly-formed trehalose/PLS intermolecular H-bonds to stabilize the intramolecular H-bonds of the secondary structural elements.
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