Study membrane interactions of V4 by Dual polarization interferometry (DPI) (CAT#: STEM-MB-0405-WXH)

Introduction

Antimicrobial peptides constitute an important part of the innate immune defense and are promising new candidates for antibiotics. Naturally occurring antimicrobial peptides often possess hemolytic activity and are not suitable as drugs. Therefore, a range of new synthetic antimicrobial peptides have been developed in recent years with promising properties. But their mechanism of action is in most cases not fully understood. One of these peptides, called V4, is a cyclized 19 amino acid peptide whose amino acid sequence has been modeled upon the hydrophobic/cationic binding pattern found in Factor C of the horseshoe crab (Carcinoscorpius rotundicauda).

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Principle

Dual polarization interferometry (DPI) is an analytical technique that allows the simultaneous determination of thickness, density, and mass of a biological layer on a sensing waveguide surface in real time. DPI focuses laser light into two waveguides. One of these functions as the "sensing" waveguide having an exposed surface while the second one functions to maintain a reference beam. A two-dimensional interference pattern is formed in the far field by combining the light passing through the two waveguides. The DPI technique rotates the polarization of the laser, to alternately excite two polarization modes of the waveguides. Measurement of the interferogram for both polarizations allows both the refractive index and the thickness of the adsorbed layer to be calculated. These measurements can be used to infer conformational information about the molecular interactions taking place, as the molecule size (from the layer thickness) and the fold density (from the RI) change.

Applications

Study membrane interactions of V4 by DPI.
Study of antibacterial action and mechanism.
Drug Discovery.

Procedure

1. Setting of dual polarization interferometry
2. Preparing the DPI sensor chip
3. Immobilization of target on DPI biosensor
4. Reagent was injected to react
5. Quantitative analysis

Materials

• DPI biosensor
• DPI sensor chip

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