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JOURNAL OF PHYSICAL CHEMISTRY C
卷 116, 期 15, 页码 8834-8843出版社
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/jp300585d
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- WLU, Waterloo
- UGC, New Delhi [34-323/2008]
- Research and Development Council (RDC) of Newfoundland and Labrador
- NSERC
- Office of Applied Research at CNA
Bovine serum albumin (BSA) conjugated gold (Au) nanoparticles (NPs) were synthesized to explore their applications as drug delivery vehicles in systemic circulation. They showed little hemolysis and cytotoxic responses essentially required for such applications. This study shows some of the important physiochemical aspects needed for an appropriate synthesis of BSA-conjugated NPs where unfolded BSA is an essential reaction component; Unfolding of BSA was carried out under. different experimental,conditions in the presence of different ionic/zwitterionic surfactants and monitored simultaneously by UV-visible studies ationic surfactants induced. unfolding at relatively lower temperatures than anionic and zwitterionic surfactants due to stronger electrostatic interactions with BSA. TEM analysis revealed the presence of NPs with almost similar shapes and sizes for different samples, and all NPs were stabilized by a coating of unfolded BSA. Isoelectric point of unfolded BSA coating on NP surface Was close to 4.7 in all cases, which was similar to that of unconjugated BSA. BSA free and cationic surfactant coated Au NPs were used as controls. They showed high hemolytic activity and very low cell viability under identical conditions. Thus, BSA coated NPs were considered to be the best vehicles for drug release and other possible biomedical applications.
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