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BIOTECHNOLOGY LETTERS
Volume 38, Issue 2, Pages 243-249Publisher
SPRINGER
DOI: 10.1007/s10529-015-1984-0
Keywords
Immobilization; Macrophage proliferation; Recombinant hGMCSF; Silica nanoparticles; Therapeutic cytokine
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- Department of Electronics and Information Technology, Government of India [5(9)/2012-NANO (Vol. II)]
- IIT Guwahati
- Department of Biotechnology, Government of India
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Granulocyte macrophage colony stimulating factor (GMCSF), an important therapeutic cytokine, was immobilized onto silica nanoparticles. Maintenance of structural integrity and biological performance in immobilized cytokine was assessed to augment its applicability in possible biomedical implications. Following its cloning and expression in E. coli, the recombinant human GMCSF (hGMCSF) was purified as a GST-tagged protein corresponding to a 42 kDa band on SDS-PAGE. The purified cytokine was immobilized onto biocompatible silica nanoparticles (similar to 129.4 nm) by adsorption and the binding was confirmed by dynamic light scattering and infrared spectroscopy. Maximum binding of hGMCSF was at 6.4 A mu g mg(-1) silica nanoparticles. Efficient release of the cytokine from the nanoparticles with its structural integrity intact was deduced from circular dichroism spectroscopy. hGMCSF-immobilized silica nanoparticles efficiently increased the proliferation of RAW 264.7 macrophage cells with 50 % increase in proliferation at 600 ng hGMCSF A mu g(-1) silica nanoparticles. Silica nanoparticles successfully immobilized hGMCSF maintaining its structural integrity. The release of the immobilized cytokine from silica nanoparticles resulted in the increased proliferation of macrophages indicating the potential of the system in future applications.
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