期刊
BIOMATERIALS
卷 30, 期 14, 页码 2807-2815出版社
ELSEVIER SCI LTD
DOI: 10.1016/j.biomaterials.2009.01.024
关键词
Drug delivery; Protein-CNT interaction; Spontaneous encapsulation; Free energy; Conformational change
资金
- National Natural Science Foundation of China [60533050, 20876132]
- Zhejiang Provincial Natural Science Foundation of China [R407042]
Biomolecules-carbon nanotube (CNT) interactions are of great importance in CNT-based drug delivery systems and biomedical devices. In this study, a spontaneous encapsulation of a globular protein into the CNT was observed through molecular dynamics simulation. The free energy of the system was found to be decreased after the encapsulation, which is the most fundamental reason for this spontaneous process. The system enthalpy decrease was found to make a dominant contribution to the free-energy change, and the system entropy increase also contributes to the spontaneous process. During the insertion, the protein makes a stepwise conformational change to maximize its affinity to the CNT walls as well as the protein-CNT interactions, mainly resulting in the deformation of the P-sheets in the protein. As a whole, the CNT was considered to attract protein molecules nonspecifically although the groups with high hydrophobicity and/or aromatic rings show great affinity. (C) 2009 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved
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