Engineering of new crosslinked functional PEG micrometer-sized particles of narrow size distribution for enzyme immobilization
作者:Natali Askinadze、Eran Gluz、Ofra Ziv、Dana M. Mizrahi、Shlomo Margel
DOI:10.1016/j.polymer.2013.04.030
日期:2013.5
New functional crosslinked poly(ethylene glycol) (PEG) micrometer-sized particles of narrow size distribution were prepared by dispersion co-polymerization in an aqueous continuous phase of the monomers methacrylate polyethylene glycol carboxylic acid (MA-PEG-COOH) or methacrylate polyethylene glycol amine (MA-PEG-NH2) with polyethylene glycol methacrylate ether (MA-PEG-OCH3) and the crosslinker monomer polyethylene glycol dimethacrylate (PEDMA). The effect of various polymerization parameters, e.g., total monomer concentration, crosslinker monomer concentration, initiator concentration and stabilizer concentration and M-w on the size, size distribution and polymerization yield of the produced particles has been studied. As a model for enzyme immobilization, trypsin was covalently bound to the functional PEG particles. A substantial loss in the activity and an increase in the stability of the conjugated enzyme, as compared to the free one, were demonstrated. (c) 2013 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.