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    A simple and high -performance immobilization technique of membrane protein from crude cell lysate sample for a membrane-based immunoassay application
    (2023-01-01) Khemthongcharoen N.; Uawithya P.; Yookong N.; Chanasakulniyom M.; Jeamsaksiri W.; Sripumkhai W.; Pattamang P.; Juntasaro E.; Kamnerdsook A.; Houngkamhang N.; Promptmas C.; Mahidol University
    Membrane proteins are difficult to be extracted and to be coated on the substrate of the immunoassay reaction chamber because of their hydrophobicity. Traditional method to prepare membrane protein sample requires many steps of protein extraction and purification that may lead to protein structure deformation and protein dysfunction. This work proposes a simple technique to prepare and immobilize the membrane protein suspended in an unprocessed crude cell lysate sample. Membrane fractions in crude cell lysate were incorporated with the large unilamellar vesicle (LUV) that was mainly composed of POPC (1-palmitoyl-2-oleoyl-sn-glycero-3-phosphocholine) before coating in the polystyrene plate by passive adsorption technique. Immunofluorescence staining and the Enzyme-Linked Immunosorbent Assay (ELISA) examination of a strictly conformation-dependent integral membrane protein, Myelin Oligodendrocyte Glycoprotein (MOG), demonstrate that LUV incorporated cell lysate sample obviously promotes MOG protein immobilization in the microplate well. With LUV incorporation, the dose–response curve of the MOG transfected cell lysate coating plate can be 2–9 times differentiated from that of the untransfected cell lysate coating plate. The LUV incorporated MOG transfected cell lysate can be efficiently coated in the microplate without carbonate/bicarbonate coating buffer assistance.
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    Development of Flame Retardant Stearic Acid Doped Graphite Powder and Magnesium Hydroxide Nanoparticles, Material for Thermal Energy Storage Applications
    (2022-02-04) Han K.T.; Lhosupasirirat S.; Srikhirin P.; Houngkamhang N.; Srikhirin T.; Mahidol University
    Nano-enhanced organic phase change material (PCM) composite consists of stearic acid (SA, act as the thermal storage media), graphite powder(GP, function as thermal conductor), and magnesium hydroxide nanoparticles(nMH), micro-sized (MMH), function as the flame retarder), were formulated and investigated for their thermophysical properties and flammability. The flame-retardant properties of nano-enhanced composite PCM were evaluated by using the burning test. Phase change temperature, phase change latent heat, and thermal conductivity were obtained by the T-history method. To reduce the flammability, 5wt% of MH with 0.8µm and 200nm were added to PCMs. 1wt% of GP improved thermal conductivity of stearic acid from 0.245 to 0.4887 W/mk, and doping of flame-retardant nanoparticles to PCM showed the reduction of flammability and slightly effecting on latent heat of PCM. nMH were found to work better for stearic acid flammability than MMH, where combustion time of 0.1g pure stearic acid(SA) was decreased from 41s to 17s and 23s. For nano-sized(SA/nMH) and micron-sized(SA/MMH)composites, the latent heat of pure PCM dropped from 171.26 to 124.85KJ/kg, but micron-sized addition negatively affects latent heat values by reducing from 171.26 to 88.87 KJ/kg. The results confirmed that nMH/GP/SA composite could reduce flammability without showing a negative impact on storage capacity.