In situ characterization of advanced glycation end products (AGEs) in collagen and model extracellular matrix by solid state NMR.

Non-enzymatic glycation of extracellular matrix with (U-13C5)-d-ribose-5-phosphate (R5P), enables in situ 2D ssNMR identification of many deleterious protein modifications and crosslinks, including previously unreported oxalamido and hemiaminal (CH3-CH(OH)NHR) substructures. Changes in charged residue proportions and distribution may be as important as crosslinking in provoking and understanding harmful tissue changes.

Correlating sideband patterns with powder patterns for accurate determination of chemical shift parameters in solid-state NMR.

Powder patterns and sideband patterns have different strengths when it comes to using them to determine chemical shift parameters. Here, we show that chemical shift parameters can be determined with high accuracy by analysing the correlation pattern from a 2D experiment which correlates a powder pattern in the indirect dimension with a sideband pattern in the direct dimension. The chemical shift parameters so determined have greater accuracy than those obtained by analysing a sideband or powder pattern alone, for the same signal-to-noise ratio. This method can be applied for both resolved correlation patterns and to cases where two components share similar isotropic chemical shifts. The methodology is demonstrated in this paper, both theoretically and experimentally, on the (31)P signals of the bis-phosphonate drug, pamidronate.

Phospholipid headgroup dynamics in DOPG-d5-cytochrome c complexes as revealed by 2H and 31P NMR: the effects of a peripheral protein on collective lipid fluctuations.

The dynamics of the glycerol headgroup of dioleoylphosphatidylglycerol (DOPG) in hydrated bilayers were studied by 2H and 31P NMR spectroscopy, and the effects of binding a peripheral protein, cytochrome c, were evaluated. The fast headgroup segmental motions (tau c, 10(-10)-(-13) s) of DOPG in fully hydrated bilayers were not affected upon binding of cytochrome c, as evaluated by the spin-lattice (T1) relaxation of deuterons in the DOPG glycerol headgroup. In contrast, the spin-spin (T2e) relaxation is strongly affected, indicating that slow cooperative bilayer motions (tau c, 10(-3)-10(-6) s) are enhanced upon the interaction with cytochrome c, 2H and 31P NMR spectral lineshape analysis reveal details of the nature of these motions. The importance of these effects are discussed in terms of a possible mechanism for modulating membrane-associated processes.

Time-domain calculation of chemical exchange effects in the NMR spectra of rotating solids.

A simple method is described for the calculation of magic-angle-spinning (MAS) spectra of solids in the presence of chemical exchange. The method converges quickly, allowing rapid calculation of the spectra. Calculated spectra are given for molecular motion involving 2 and 6 sites.

Solid state multinuclear NMR study of sigma-acetylide complexes of platinum, trans-[ClPt(PnBu3)2-C=C-p-C6H4-C=C-Pt(PnBu3)2Cl] and trans-[-Pt(PnBu3)2-C=C-p-C6H4-C=C-]n.

Solid state 13C, 31P and 195Pt NMR has been employed to study the electronic and geometric structure of the dimeric and polymeric sigma-acetylide complexes of platinum, trans-[ClPt(PnBu3)2-C identical to C-p-C6H4-C identical to C-Pt(PnBu3)2Cl] and trans-[-Pt(PnBu3)2-C identical to C-p-C6H4-C identical to C-]n. The 195Pt shielding tensor has been measured and analysed to reveal details about the electronic properties of the Pt-ligand bonds.