writer：Naipu He*，Zhenwu Lu，Weigang Zhao
keywords：pH-responsive polymer，Double hydrophilic block copolymer，Protein-polymer hybrids，Self-assembly
source：期刊
specific source：Colloid Polym Sci (2015) 293:3517–3526
Issue time：2015年
Double hydrophilic protein-polymer hybrids were
successfully prepared by Bgrafting-to^ method. Sodium polyacrylate (PANa) with an activated end group was prepared using acrylic acid as initial monomer by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) in the water/DMF mixture at pH 7.8. Then, the activated end group of PANa directly covalently binds to the primary amino groups of the lysine of bovine serum albumin (BSA) in phosphate buffer solution (PBS) at pH 7.4. BSA-PANa hybrids were characterized by sodium dodecyl sulfate polyacrylamide gel electrophoresis (SDS-PAGE) and matrix-associated laser desorption/ionization time-of-flight mass spectra (MALDI-ToF MS). UV-vis spectrometer, transmission electron microscopy (TEM), and dynamic light scatter (DLS) were used to study their self-assembly in PBS at different pH. The resulting BSAPANa hybrids were pH-responsive. They were found to form spherical structures with narrow distribution in PBS at pH 7.4. In PBS at pH 2.5, fewer spherical particles with broad distribution were visible. Meanwhile, spherical particles had a very thin wall with thickness of 10 nm.