Imaging Switchable Protein Interactions with an Active Porous Polymer Support

Mechanistic details about how local physicochemistry of porous interfaces drives protein transport mechanisms are necessary to optimize biomaterial applications. Cross-linked hydrogels made of stimuli-responsive polymers have potential for active protein capture and release through tunable steric an...

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Published in:The journal of physical chemistry. B 2020-06, Vol.124 (22), p.4412-4420
Main Authors: Dutta, Chayan, Bishop, Logan D C, Zepeda O, Jorge, Chatterjee, Sudeshna, Flatebo, Charlotte, Landes, Christy F
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
Adsorption
Biocompatible Materials
Hydrogels
Polymers
Porosity
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Summary:Mechanistic details about how local physicochemistry of porous interfaces drives protein transport mechanisms are necessary to optimize biomaterial applications. Cross-linked hydrogels made of stimuli-responsive polymers have potential for active protein capture and release through tunable steric and chemical transformations. Simultaneous monitoring of dynamic changes in both protein transport and interfacial polymer structure is an experimental challenge. We use single-particle tracking (SPT) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy Super-resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging (fcsSOFI) to relate the switchable changes in size and structure of a pH-responsive hydrogel to the interfacial transport properties of a model protein, lysozyme. SPT analysis reveals the reversible switching of protein transport dynamics in and at the hydrogel polymer in response to pH changes. fcsSOFI allows us to relate tunable heterogeneity of the hydrogels and pores to reversible changes in the distribution of confined diffusion and adsorption/desorption. We find that physicochemical heterogeneity of the hydrogels dictates protein confinement and desorption dynamics, particularly at pH conditions in which the hydrogels are swollen.
ISSN:1520-6106
1520-5207
DOI:10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01807