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- Title
Biological applications of zinc imidazole framework through protein encapsulation.
- Authors
Kumar, Pawan; Bansal, Vasudha; Paul, A.; Bharadwaj, Lalit; Deep, Akash; Kim, Ki-Hyun
- Abstract
The robustness of biomolecules is always a significant challenge in the application of biostorage in biotechnology or pharmaceutical research. To learn more about biostorage in porous materials, we investigated the feasibility of using zeolite imidazolate framework (ZIF-8) with respect to protein encapsulation. Here, bovine serum albumin (BSA) was selected as a model protein for encapsulation with the synthesis of ZIF-8 using water as a media. ZIF-8 exhibited excellent protein adsorption capacity through successive adsorption of free BSA with the formation of hollow crystals. The loading of protein in ZIF-8 crystals is affected by the molecular weight due to diffusion-limited permeation inside the crystals and also by the affinity of the protein to the pendent group on the ZIF-8 surface. The polar nature of BSA not only supported adsorption on the solid surface, but also enhanced the affinity of crystal spheres through weak coordination interactions with the ZIF-8 framework. The novel approach tested in this study was therefore successful in achieving protein encapsulation with porous, biocompatible, and decomposable microcrystalline ZIF-8. The presence of both BSA and FITC-BSA in ZIF-8 was confirmed consistently by spectroscopy as well as optical and electron microscopy.
- Subjects
BIOMOLECULES; BIOTECHNOLOGY; ZEOLITE catalysts; CHEMICAL synthesis; ENCAPSULATION (Catalysis)
- Publication
Applied Nanoscience, 2016, Vol 6, Issue 7, p951
- ISSN
2190-5509
- Publication type
Article
- DOI
10.1007/s13204-015-0511-x