(203e) Recognitive Methacrylated Alginate Nanoparticles for Protein Therapeutics
AIChE Annual Meeting
2016
2016 AIChE Annual Meeting
Nanoscale Science and Engineering Forum
Bionanotechnology for Gene and Drug Delivery II
Monday, November 14, 2016 - 4:35pm to 4:55pm
The work presented herein was developed to provide insights on the protein/carrier interactions, and the importance that surface charge, chemical, and mechanical properties have on the recognition of proteins by molecularly imprinted natural polymers. Sodium alginate was functionalized with different methacrylate molecules (e.g. benzyl methacrylate, 2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate) using a carbodiimide reaction. Successful functionalization of the alginate was confirmed via Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy and NMR spectroscopy. Alginate nanoparticles were synthesized using water/oil microemulsions. Briefly, functionalized-alginate solution (up to 30% (v/v)) was emulsified in toluene with the biomolecular template, 1% (w/w) dioctyl sodium sulfosuccinate as a surfactant, and 1% (w/w) Irgacure 184 as photoinitiator. Nanoparticle solution was crosslinked for 10 min using a 140 mW/cm2 UV point-source. Resulting nanoparticles were purified and the template remains were removed by intensive washing steps. Physical characterization of the obtained particles was performed using light and electron microscopy, dynamic light scattering and zeta potential measurements confirming the morphology and charge of the functionalized alginate nanoparticles. Furthermore, the ability of these nanoformulations to recognize their template was evaluated using re-binding studies. Proteins similar to charge and size to the template used, were similarly recognized by functionalized alginate nanoparticles. However, by changing the functionalization molecule, it was shown that the physicochemical characteristics of alginate MIPs affected considerably their binding and recognition. These results exhibit the ability of molecular recognitive natural polymeric systems, such as alginate nanoparticles, to be tailored and enhance their specificity to be used as drug and protein delivery carriers.
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