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A nuclear magnetic resonance study of water in aggrecan solutions

Foster, Richard J.; Damion, Robin A.; Baboolal, Thomas G.; Smye, Stephen W.; Ries, Michael E.

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Authors

Richard J. Foster

Thomas G. Baboolal

Stephen W. Smye

Michael E. Ries



Abstract

Aggrecan, a highly charged macromolecule found in articular cartilage, was investigated in aqueous salt solutions with proton nuclear magnetic resonance. The longitudinal and transverse relaxation rates were determined at two different field strengths, 9.4 T and 0.5 T, for a range of temperatures and aggrecan concentrations. The diffusion coefficients of the water molecules were also measured as a function of temperature and aggrecan concentration, using a pulsed field gradient technique at 9.4 T. Assuming an Arrhenius relationship, the activation energies for the various relaxation processes and the translational motion of the water molecules were determined from temperature dependencies as a function of aggrecan concentration in the range 0–5.3% w/w. The longitudinal relaxation rate and inverse diffusion coefficient were approximately equally dependent on concentration and only increased by upto 20% from that of the salt solution. The transverse relaxation rate at high field demonstrated greatest concentration dependence, changing by an order of magnitude across the concentration range examined. We attribute this primarily to chemical exchange. Activation energies appeared to be approximately independent of aggrecan concentration, except for that of the low-field transverse relaxation rate, which decreased with concentration.

Citation

Foster, R. J., Damion, R. A., Baboolal, T. G., Smye, S. W., & Ries, M. E. (2016). A nuclear magnetic resonance study of water in aggrecan solutions. Royal Society Open Science, 3(3), https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150705

Journal Article Type Article
Acceptance Date Feb 12, 2016
Online Publication Date Mar 1, 2016
Publication Date Mar 1, 2016
Deposit Date Dec 5, 2022
Publicly Available Date Dec 5, 2022
Journal Royal Society Open Science
Electronic ISSN 2054-5703
Publisher The Royal Society
Peer Reviewed Peer Reviewed
Volume 3
Issue 3
DOI https://doi.org/10.1098/rsos.150705
Public URL https://nottingham-repository.worktribe.com/output/14321103
Publisher URL https://royalsocietypublishing.org/doi/10.1098/rsos.150705

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