PMID- 25818122 OWN - NLM STAT- MEDLINE DCOM- 20151104 LR - 20181113 IS - 1559-4106 (Electronic) IS - 1934-8630 (Print) IS - 1559-4106 (Linking) VI - 10 IP - 2 DP - 2015 Jun 27 TI - Parameterization of an interfacial force field for accurate representation of peptide adsorption free energy on high-density polyethylene. PG - 021002 LID - 10.1116/1.4916361 [doi] LID - 021002 AB - Interfacial force field (IFF) parameters for use with the CHARMM force field have been developed for interactions between peptides and high-density polyethylene (HDPE). Parameterization of the IFF was performed to achieve agreement between experimental and calculated adsorption free energies of small TGTG-X-GTGT host-guest peptides (T = threonine, G = glycine, and X = variable amino-acid residue) on HDPE, with +/-0.5 kcal/mol agreement. This IFF parameter set consists of tuned nonbonded parameters (i.e., partial charges and Lennard-Jones parameters) for use with an in-house-modified CHARMM molecular dynamic program that enables the use of an independent set of force field parameters to control molecular behavior at a solid-liquid interface. The R correlation coefficient between the simulated and experimental peptide adsorption free energies increased from 0.00 for the standard CHARMM force field parameters to 0.88 for the tuned IFF parameters. Subsequent studies are planned to apply the tuned IFF parameter set for the simulation of protein adsorption behavior on an HDPE surface for comparison with experimental values of adsorbed protein orientation and conformation. FAU - Abramyan, Tigran M AU - Abramyan TM AD - Department of Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. FAU - Snyder, James A AU - Snyder JA AD - Department of Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. FAU - Yancey, Jeremy A AU - Yancey JA AD - Department of Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. FAU - Thyparambil, Aby A AU - Thyparambil AA AD - Department of Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. FAU - Wei, Yang AU - Wei Y AD - Department of Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. FAU - Stuart, Steven J AU - Stuart SJ AD - Department of Chemistry, 369 Hunter Laboratories, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. FAU - Latour, Robert A AU - Latour RA AD - Department of Bioengineering, 501 Rhodes Engineering Research Center, Clemson University, Clemson, South Carolina 29634. LA - eng GR - P20 GM103444/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States GR - 5P20RR021949/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - P20 RR021949/RR/NCRR NIH HHS/United States GR - EB002027/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - P41 EB002027/EB/NIBIB NIH HHS/United States GR - 8P20GM103444/GM/NIGMS NIH HHS/United States PT - Journal Article PT - Research Support, N.I.H., Extramural PT - Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't DEP - 20150627 PL - United States TA - Biointerphases JT - Biointerphases JID - 101275679 RN - 0 (Peptides) RN - 9002-88-4 (Polyethylene) SB - IM MH - *Adsorption MH - Molecular Dynamics Simulation MH - Peptides/*chemistry MH - Polyethylene/*chemistry MH - Protein Binding MH - *Surface Tension PMC - PMC4376758 EDAT- 2015/03/31 06:00 MHDA- 2015/11/05 06:00 PMCR- 2016/03/27 CRDT- 2015/03/31 06:00 PHST- 2015/03/31 06:00 [entrez] PHST- 2015/03/31 06:00 [pubmed] PHST- 2015/11/05 06:00 [medline] PHST- 2016/03/27 00:00 [pmc-release] AID - 1.4916361 [pii] AID - 311502BIP [pii] AID - 10.1116/1.4916361 [doi] PST - epublish SO - Biointerphases. 2015 Jun 27;10(2):021002. doi: 10.1116/1.4916361.