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Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability
Responsive (smart, intelligent, adaptive) polymers have been widely explored for a variety of advanced applications in recent years. The thermoresponsive poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEAAm), which has a better biocompatibility than the widely investigated poly(N,N-isopropylacrylamide), has gained i...
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Acceso en línea: | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004754/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33806995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13060987 |
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author | Kasza, György Stumphauser, Tímea Bisztrán, Márk Szarka, Györgyi Hegedüs, Imre Nagy, Endre Iván, Béla |
author_facet | Kasza, György Stumphauser, Tímea Bisztrán, Márk Szarka, Györgyi Hegedüs, Imre Nagy, Endre Iván, Béla |
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description | Responsive (smart, intelligent, adaptive) polymers have been widely explored for a variety of advanced applications in recent years. The thermoresponsive poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEAAm), which has a better biocompatibility than the widely investigated poly(N,N-isopropylacrylamide), has gained increased interest in recent years. In this paper, the successful synthesis, characterization, and bioconjugation of a novel thermoresponsive copolymer, poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) (P(DEAAm-co-GMA)), obtained by free radical copolymerization with various comonomer contents and monomer/initiator ratios are reported. It was found that all the investigated copolymers possess LCST-type thermoresponsive behavior with small extent of hysteresis, and the critical solution temperatures (CST), i.e., the cloud and clearing points, decrease linearly with increasing GMA content of these copolymers. The P(DEAAm-co-GMA) copolymer with pendant epoxy groups was found to conjugate efficiently with α-chymotrypsin in a direct, one-step reaction, leading to enzyme–polymer nanoparticle (EPNP) with average size of 56.9 nm. This EPNP also shows reversible thermoresponsive behavior with somewhat higher critical solution temperature than that of the unreacted P(DEAAm-co-GMA). Although the catalytic activity of the enzyme–polymer nanoconjugate is lower than that of the native enzyme, the results of the enzyme activity investigations prove that the pH and thermal stability of the enzyme is significantly enhanced by conjugation the with P(DEAAm-co-GMA) copolymer. |
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spelling | pubmed-80047542021-03-29 Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability Kasza, György Stumphauser, Tímea Bisztrán, Márk Szarka, Györgyi Hegedüs, Imre Nagy, Endre Iván, Béla Polymers (Basel) Article Responsive (smart, intelligent, adaptive) polymers have been widely explored for a variety of advanced applications in recent years. The thermoresponsive poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide) (PDEAAm), which has a better biocompatibility than the widely investigated poly(N,N-isopropylacrylamide), has gained increased interest in recent years. In this paper, the successful synthesis, characterization, and bioconjugation of a novel thermoresponsive copolymer, poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) (P(DEAAm-co-GMA)), obtained by free radical copolymerization with various comonomer contents and monomer/initiator ratios are reported. It was found that all the investigated copolymers possess LCST-type thermoresponsive behavior with small extent of hysteresis, and the critical solution temperatures (CST), i.e., the cloud and clearing points, decrease linearly with increasing GMA content of these copolymers. The P(DEAAm-co-GMA) copolymer with pendant epoxy groups was found to conjugate efficiently with α-chymotrypsin in a direct, one-step reaction, leading to enzyme–polymer nanoparticle (EPNP) with average size of 56.9 nm. This EPNP also shows reversible thermoresponsive behavior with somewhat higher critical solution temperature than that of the unreacted P(DEAAm-co-GMA). Although the catalytic activity of the enzyme–polymer nanoconjugate is lower than that of the native enzyme, the results of the enzyme activity investigations prove that the pH and thermal stability of the enzyme is significantly enhanced by conjugation the with P(DEAAm-co-GMA) copolymer. MDPI 2021-03-23 /pmc/articles/PMC8004754/ /pubmed/33806995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13060987 Text en © 2021 by the authors. Licensee MDPI, Basel, Switzerland. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution (CC BY) license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/). |
spellingShingle | Article Kasza, György Stumphauser, Tímea Bisztrán, Márk Szarka, Györgyi Hegedüs, Imre Nagy, Endre Iván, Béla Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability |
title | Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability |
title_full | Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability |
title_fullStr | Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability |
title_full_unstemmed | Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability |
title_short | Thermoresponsive Poly(N,N-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) Copolymers and Its Catalytically Active α-Chymotrypsin Bioconjugate with Enhanced Enzyme Stability |
title_sort | thermoresponsive poly(n,n-diethylacrylamide-co-glycidyl methacrylate) copolymers and its catalytically active α-chymotrypsin bioconjugate with enhanced enzyme stability |
topic | Article |
url | https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8004754/ https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/33806995 http://dx.doi.org/10.3390/polym13060987 |
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