Journal
LANGMUIR
Volume 25, Issue 24, Pages 13726-13729Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/la901194k
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- National Natural Science Foundation of China [20674084]
- National Fund for Distinguished Young Scholars [50425309]
- Ministry of Science and Technology of China [2009CB930102]
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An oxygen carrier was prepared by encapsulating carbonylated hemoglobin (CO-Hb) molecules into polypeptide vesicles made from poly(L-lysine)-block-poly(L-phenylalanine) (PLL-b-PPA) diblock copolymers in aqueous medium at pH 5.8. The encapsulation was confirmed by confocal laser scanning microscopy (CLSM). The morphology and size of the Vesicles were studied by field-emission scanning electron microscopy (ESEM). They had a spherical shape with it mean diameter of about 4 to 5 mu m. The encapsulation efficiency of hemoglobin was 40 wt %, and the hemoglobin content in the vesicles was 32 wt %. The CO-Hb encapsulated in the PLL-b-PPA vesicles was more stable than free CO-Hb under ambient conditions, In the presence of a O-2 atmosphere, the CO-Hb in the vesicle could be converted into oxygen-binding hemoglobin (O-2-Hb) under irradiation of visible light for 2 h. Therefore, the CO-Hb/PLL-b-PPA vesicles are expected to be used its red blood cell substitutes.
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