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JOURNAL OF MATERIALS CHEMISTRY
Volume 19, Issue 47, Pages 8944-8949Publisher
ROYAL SOC CHEMISTRY
DOI: 10.1039/b917900c
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- the National Institutes of General Medical Science (NIGMS) under NIH [1R01GM080295, 2R15GM066279]
- European Commission [MRTN-CT-19561]
- NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF GENERAL MEDICAL SCIENCES [R15GM066279, R01GM080295] Funding Source: NIH RePORTER
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The sensitive optoelectronic properties of metal nanoparticles make nanoparticle-based materials a powerful tool to study fundamental biorecognition processes. Here we present a new and versatile method for coupling underivatized carbohydrates to gold nanoparticles (Au NPs) via the photochemically induced reaction of perfluorophenylazide (PFPA). A one-pot procedure was developed where Au NPs were synthesized and functionalized with PFPA by a ligand-exchange reaction. Carbohydrates were subsequently immobilized on the NPs by a fast light activation. The coupling reaction was efficient, resulting in high coupling yield as well as high ligand surface coverage. A colorimetric system based on the carbohydrate-modified Au NPs was used for the sensitive detection of carbohydrate-protein interactions. Binding and cross-reactivity studies were carried out between carbohydrate-functionalized Au NPs and lectins. Results showed that the surface-bound carbohydrates not only retained their binding affinities towards the corresponding lectin, but also exhibited affinity ranking consistent with that of the free ligands in solution.
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