Cargando…
Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens
The ocular discomfort is the leading cause of contact lens wear discontinuation. Although the tear proteins as a lubricant might improve contact lens adaptation, some in vitro studies suggested that the amount of adsorbed proteins could not simply explain the lubricating performance of adsorbed prot...
Autores principales: | , , , , |
---|---|
Formato: | Online Artículo Texto |
Lenguaje: | English |
Publicado: |
MDPI
2020
|
Materias: | |
Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7464607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32717989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12081639 |
_version_ | 1783577402498088960 |
---|---|
author | Chang, You-Cheng Su, Chen-Ying Chang, Chia-Hua Fang, Hsu-Wei Wei, Yang |
author_facet | Chang, You-Cheng Su, Chen-Ying Chang, Chia-Hua Fang, Hsu-Wei Wei, Yang |
author_sort | Chang, You-Cheng |
collection | PubMed |
description | The ocular discomfort is the leading cause of contact lens wear discontinuation. Although the tear proteins as a lubricant might improve contact lens adaptation, some in vitro studies suggested that the amount of adsorbed proteins could not simply explain the lubricating performance of adsorbed proteins. The purpose of this study was to quantify the structural changes and corresponding ocular lubricating properties of adsorbed protein on a conventional contact lens material, poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). The adsorption behaviors of lysozyme on pHEMA were determined by the combined effects of protein–surface and protein–protein interactions. Lysozyme, the most abundant protein in tear, was first adsorbed onto the pHEMA surface under widely varying protein solution concentrations to saturate the surface, with the areal density of the adsorbed protein presenting different protein–protein effects within the layer. These values were correlated with the measured secondary structures, and corresponding friction coefficient of the adsorbed and protein covered lens surface, respectively. The decreased friction coefficient value was an indicator of the lubricated surfaces with improved adaptation. Our results indicate that the protein–protein effects help stabilize the structure of adsorbed lysozyme on pHEMA with the raised friction coefficient measured critical for the innovation of contact lens material designs with improved adaptation. |
format | Online Article Text |
id | pubmed-7464607 |
institution | National Center for Biotechnology Information |
language | English |
publishDate | 2020 |
publisher | MDPI |
record_format | MEDLINE/PubMed |
spelling | pubmed-74646072020-09-04 Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens Chang, You-Cheng Su, Chen-Ying Chang, Chia-Hua Fang, Hsu-Wei Wei, Yang Polymers (Basel) Article The ocular discomfort is the leading cause of contact lens wear discontinuation. Although the tear proteins as a lubricant might improve contact lens adaptation, some in vitro studies suggested that the amount of adsorbed proteins could not simply explain the lubricating performance of adsorbed proteins. The purpose of this study was to quantify the structural changes and corresponding ocular lubricating properties of adsorbed protein on a conventional contact lens material, poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) (pHEMA). The adsorption behaviors of lysozyme on pHEMA were determined by the combined effects of protein–surface and protein–protein interactions. Lysozyme, the most abundant protein in tear, was first adsorbed onto the pHEMA surface under widely varying protein solution concentrations to saturate the surface, with the areal density of the adsorbed protein presenting different protein–protein effects within the layer. These values were correlated with the measured secondary structures, and corresponding friction coefficient of the adsorbed and protein covered lens surface, respectively. The decreased friction coefficient value was an indicator of the lubricated surfaces with improved adaptation. Our results indicate that the protein–protein effects help stabilize the structure of adsorbed lysozyme on pHEMA with the raised friction coefficient measured critical for the innovation of contact lens material designs with improved adaptation. MDPI 2020-07-23 /pmc/articles/PMC7464607/ /pubmed/32717989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12081639 Text en © 2020 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Chang, You-Cheng Su, Chen-Ying Chang, Chia-Hua Fang, Hsu-Wei Wei, Yang Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens |
title | Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens |
title_full | Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens |
title_fullStr | Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens |
title_full_unstemmed | Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens |
title_short | Correlation between Tribological Properties and the Quantified Structural Changes of Lysozyme on Poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) Contact Lens |
title_sort | correlation between tribological properties and the quantified structural changes of lysozyme on poly (2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) contact lens |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC7464607/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/32717989 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym12081639 |
work_keys_str_mv | AT changyoucheng correlationbetweentribologicalpropertiesandthequantifiedstructuralchangesoflysozymeonpoly2hydroxyethylmethacrylatecontactlens AT suchenying correlationbetweentribologicalpropertiesandthequantifiedstructuralchangesoflysozymeonpoly2hydroxyethylmethacrylatecontactlens AT changchiahua correlationbetweentribologicalpropertiesandthequantifiedstructuralchangesoflysozymeonpoly2hydroxyethylmethacrylatecontactlens AT fanghsuwei correlationbetweentribologicalpropertiesandthequantifiedstructuralchangesoflysozymeonpoly2hydroxyethylmethacrylatecontactlens AT weiyang correlationbetweentribologicalpropertiesandthequantifiedstructuralchangesoflysozymeonpoly2hydroxyethylmethacrylatecontactlens |