Two types of zwitterionic polymer-modified magnetic nanoparticles (NPs) are fabricated by conjugating pSBMA onto PEI-precoated NPs via either a one-step method (1S NPs) or two-step method (2S NPs). For both methods, divinyl sulfone is used as the linker molecule. Although 1S NPs were capable of resisting both IgG and BSA, 2S NPs exhibited specificity toward IgG adsorption in complex biological fluids, e.g., in a mixture of serums and IgG. The moderate interactions (Kd ≈ 1.2 μM) between IgG and 2S NPs are 3 orders of magnitude lower than IgG binding with protein A (Kd 10 nM). Through complementary characterizations and analyses, we rationalize that the surface developed herein with IgG specificity contains two key components: polyzwitterions with a short chain length and sulfone groups with a high density.
Dan-Dan Zhang,Zhi-Yong Guo,Peng-Fei Guo,Xue Hu,Xu-Wei Chen,Jian-Hua Wang
Polyoxometalate [{a-PW11O39Zr(μ-OH)(H2O)}2]8– (POM1) is first prepared by sandwiching ZrIV among 2 mono-lacunary α-Keggin polyoxometalates, and then novel magnetic nanoparticles (NPs), Fe3O4@polyethyleneimine (PEI)@POM1, are fabricated by coating POM1 onto the surface of magnetic Fe3O4@PEI NPs under electrostatic interaction. The obtained Fe3O4@PEI@POM1 NPs are characterized by Fourier transform infrared, zeta potential, vibrating sample magnetometer, transmission electron microscopy, energy-dispersive X-ray spectroscopy, and X-ray diffraction. Ascribed to the hydrogen-bonding and electrostatic interactions, the NPs exhibit high adsorption selectivity toward IgG, and the adsorption capacity is high up to 304 mg g–1 under optimal adsorption conditions. By using 0.01% cetyl trimethylammonium bromide to strip the adsorbed protein species, an elution efficiency of 95% is achieved. The feasibility of Fe3O4@PEI@POM1 NPs in real-world sample assay has been demonstrated by the selective isolation of IgG heavy chain and light chain from human serum, as confirmed by the sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis assay.