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ArticleMacromolecular rapid communications2018

Synthesis and Biological Evaluation of a Degradable Trehalose Glycopolymer Prepared by RAFT Polymerization.

Uland Y Lau, Emma M Pelegri-O'Day, Heather D Maynard

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Article in Macromolecular rapid communications, 2018. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 7 papers.

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7citing papers in PubMed
1.2field-weighted citation impact, top 24% of its field
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7 citing papers in PubMed, 25 citations in OpenAlex.

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5 · Who and what money

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3 authors at 1 institution in 1 country.

Uland Y LauDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Emma M Pelegri-O'DayDepartment of Chemistry and Biochemistry, University of California, Los Angeles, 607 Charles E. Young Drive East, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.
Heather D MaynardDepartment of Bioengineering, University of California, Los Angeles, 410 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, USA.ORCID http://orcid.org/0000-0003-3692-6289
University of California, Los Angeles · US

Funding

CHEMISTRY BIOLOGY INTERFACE TRAINING PROGRAMT32GM008496 · NIGMS · UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA LOS ANGELES · PI MAYNARD, HEATHER D · 1993 to 2019
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NIGMS NIH HHS T32 GM008496
6 · The paper itself

Abstract

There is a significant need for new biodegradable protein stabilizing polymers. Herein, the synthesis of a polymer with trehalose side chains and hydrolytically degradable backbone esters and its evaluation for protein stabilization and cytotoxicity are described. Specifically, an alkene-containing parent polymer is synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer polymerization, and thiolated trehalose is installed using a radical-initiated thiol-ene reaction. The stabilizing properties of the polymer are investigated by thermally stressing granulocyte colony-stimulating factor (G-CSF), which is expressed and purified using a custom-designed G-CSF fusion protein with a polyhistidine-tagged maltose binding protein. The degradable polymer is shown to stabilize G-CSF to 66% after heating at 40 °C. Poly(5,6-benzo-2-methylene-1,3-dioxepane (BMDO)-co-butyl methacrylate-trehalose) is degraded and its cellular compatibility is investigated. While the polymer is noncytotoxic, cytotoxic effects are observed from the degraded products in fibroblasts and murine myeloblasts. These data provide important information for future use of BMDO-containing trehalose glycopolymers for biomedical applications.

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PolymerizationAlkenesAnimalsBiocompatible MaterialsCell Line, TumorCells, CulturedCell SurvivalFibroblastsHumansLeukemia, MyeloidMicePolymersSulfhydryl CompoundsTrehaloseAlkenesBiocompatible MaterialsPolymersSulfhydryl CompoundsTrehalosebiomimeticdegradationproteinsradical polymerizationsynthesis

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PMID29251372
PMCPMC5986558
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