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Interactions of bovine serum albumin with ethylene oxide/butylene oxide copolymers in aqueous solution

Kelarakis, A., Castelletto, V., Krysmann, M. J., Havredaki, V., Viras, K. and Hamley, I. W. ORCID: https://orcid.org/0000-0002-4549-0926 (2008) Interactions of bovine serum albumin with ethylene oxide/butylene oxide copolymers in aqueous solution. Biomacromolecules, 9 (5). pp. 1366-1371. ISSN 1525-7797

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To link to this item DOI: 10.1021/bm800046m

Abstract/Summary

The interactions of bovine serum albumin (BSA) with three ethylene oxide/butylene oxide (E/B) copolymers having different block lengths and varying molecular architectures is examined in this study in aqueous solutions. Dynamic light scattering (DLS) indicates the absence of BSA-polymer binding in micellar systems of copolymers with lengthy hydrophilic blocks. On the contrary, stable protein-polyrner aggregates were observed in the case of E18B10 block copolymer. Results from DLS and SAXS suggest the dissociation of E/B copolymer micelles in the presence of protein and the absorption of polymer chains to BSA surface. At high protein loadings, bound BSA adopts a more compact conformation in solution. The secondary structure of the protein remains essentially unaffected even at high polymer concentrations. Raman spectroscopy was used to give insight to the configurations of the bound molecules in concentrated solutions. In the vicinity of the critical gel concentration of E18B10 introduction of BSA can dramatically modify the phase diagram, inducing a gel-sol-gel transition. The overall picture of the interaction diagram of the E18B10-BSA reflects the shrinkage of the suspended particles due to destabilization of micelles induced by BSA and the gelator nature of the globular protein. SAXS and rheology were used to further characterize the structure and flow behavior of the polymer-protein hybrid gels and sols.

Item Type:Article
Refereed:Yes
Divisions:Life Sciences > School of Chemistry, Food and Pharmacy > Department of Chemistry
ID Code:11388
Uncontrolled Keywords:ANGLE NEUTRON-SCATTERING, GLYCOL) LIPID CONJUGATE, POLY(ETHYLENE, OXIDE), POLYETHYLENE-GLYCOLS, TRIBLOCK COPOLYMERS, DIBLOCK COPOLYMERS, ALPHA-CHYMOTRYPSIN, BLOCK ARCHITECTURE, LIGHT-SCATTERING, GRAFTING, DENSITY

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