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ArticleInternational journal of nanomedicine2013

Facile one-step coating approach to magnetic submicron particles with poly(ethylene glycol) coats and abundant accessible carboxyl groups.

Gaobo Long, Xiao-lan Yang, Yi Zhang, Jun Pu, Lin Liu, Hong-bo Liu, Yuan-li Li, Fei Liao

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Article in International journal of nanomedicine, 2013. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 2 papers.

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Gaobo LongUnit for Analytical Probes and Protein Biotechnology, Key Laboratory of Clinical Laboratory Diagnostics of the Education Ministry, College of Laboratory Medicine, Chongqing Medical University, Chongqing, People's Republic of China.
Xiao-lan Yang
Yi Zhang
Jun Pu
Lin Liu
Hong-bo Liu
Yuan-li Li
Fei Liao
First Affiliated Hospital of Chongqing Medical University · CN

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Abstract

purposeMagnetic submicron particles (MSPs) are pivotal biomaterials for magnetic separations in bioanalyses, but their preparation remains a technical challenge. In this report, a facile one-step coating approach to MSPs suitable for magnetic separations was investigated.

methodsPolyethylene glycol) (PEG) was derived into PEG-bis-(maleic monoester) and maleic monoester-PEG-succinic monoester as the monomers. Magnetofluids were prepared via chemical co-precipitation and dispersion with the monomers. MSPs were prepared via one-step coating of magnetofluids in a water-in-oil microemulsion system of aerosol-OT and heptane by radical co-polymerization of such monomers.

resultsThe resulting MSPs contained abundant carboxyl groups, exhibited negligible nonspecific adsorption of common substances and excellent suspension stability, appeared as irregular particles by electronic microscopy, and had submicron sizes of broad distribution by laser scattering. Saturation magnetizations and average particle sizes were affected mainly by the quantities of monomers used for coating magnetofluids, and steric hindrance around carboxyl groups was alleviated by the use of longer monomers of one polymerizable bond for coating. After optimizations, MSPs bearing saturation magnetizations over 46 emu/g, average sizes of 0.32 μm, and titrated carboxyl groups of about 0.21 mmol/g were obtained. After the activation of carboxyl groups on MSPs into N-hydroxysuccinimide ester, biotin was immobilized on MSPs and the resulting biotin-functionalized MSPs isolated the conjugate of streptavidin and alkaline phosphatase at about 2.1 mg/g MSPs; streptavidin was immobilized at about 10 mg/g MSPs and retained 81% ± 18% (n = 5) of the specific activity of the free form.

conclusionThe facile approach effectively prepares MSPs for magnetic separations.

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AdsorptionBiotinImmobilized ProteinsMagnetite NanoparticlesMaleatesMolecular ConformationParticle SizePolyethylene GlycolsPolymerizationProtein BindingStreptavidinBiotinImmobilized ProteinsMagnetite NanoparticlesMaleatesPolyethylene GlycolsStreptavidincarboxyl groupsmagnetic submicron particlesmonomerPEG-bis-(maleic monoester)radical co-polymerizationsteric hindrance

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