Polyacrylamide hydrogels with phenylboronic acid moieties for the imprinting of proteins

In this letter,N-acryloyl-3-aminophenylboronic acid（AAPBA） was synthesized and then examined as a new functional monomer for protein imprinting.It was allowed to be copolymerized with acrylamide to produce hemoglobin- or lysozyme-imprinted hydrogels.In template rebinding tests,the imprinted gels showed significant increase in the specific binding with the increase of the AAPBA amounts in the prepolymerization recipes.These results indicate that AAPBA may be a useful functional monomer for its moderate interactions with protein molecules.

A saccharides sensor developed by symmetrical optical waveguide-based surface plasmon resonance

We proposed a new saccharides sensor developed by symmetrical optical waveguide(SOW)-based surface plasmon resonance(SPR).This unique MgF_(2)/Au/MgF_(2)/Analyte film structure results in longer suface plasmon wave(SPW)propagation lengths and depths,leading to an increment of resolution.In this paper,we managed to decorate the dielectric interface(MgF_(2) layer)by depositing a thin polydopamine film as surface adherent that provides a platform for secondary reactions with the probe molecule.3-Aminophenylboronic acid(3-PBA)is chosen to be the saccharides sense probe molecule in the present work.The aqueous huumnor of Diabetes and Cataract patient whose blood glucose level is normal are analyzed and the results dermonstrated that this sensor shows great potential in monitoring the blood siugar and can be adapted in the field of biological monitoring in the future.

Facile Synthesis of Boronic Acid-Functionalized Magnetic Mesoporous Silica Nanocomposites for Highly Specific Enrichment of Glycopeptides

In the work, aminophenylboronic acid （APB）-functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica, which holds the attractive features of high magnetic responsivity and large surface area, was developed to enrich glycopeptides. At first, magnetic mesoporous silica nanocomposites were prepared. And then, the nanocomposites were functioned with glycidoxypropyltrimethoxysilane （GLYMO） for boronic acid immobilization. Due to that the boronic acid group on the surface of magnetic mesoporous silica nanocomposites can form tight yet reversible covalent bond with glycopeptides containing cis-1,2-diols groups, the magnetic mesoporous silica nanocomposites were successfully applied to selective enrichment of glycopeptides. APB functionalized magnetic mesoporous silica was also demonstrated to have high selectivity for the glycopeptides in the presence of a 10-fold excess bovine serum albumin （BSA） over horseradish peroxidase （HRP） in the tryptic digest. We also find that magnetic rnesoporous silica has better sensitivity in HRP digest compared with that of commercial aminophenylboronic acid-functionalized magnetic nanoparticles beads. The limit of detection for glycopeptides from glycoprotein HRP is about 0.01 ng/μL.

Preparation of novel bovine hemoglobin surface-imprinted polystyrene nanoparticles with magnetic susceptibility

In this research, a surface imprinting strategy has been adopted in protein imprinting. Bovine hemo-globin surface-imprinted polystyrene (PS) nanoparticles with magnetic susceptibility have been syn-thesized through multistage core-shell polymerization system using 3-aminophenylboronic acid (APBA) as functional and cross-linking monomers. Superparamagnetic molecularly imprinted polystyrene nanospheres with poly(APBA) thin films have been synthesized and used for the first time for protein molecular imprinting in an aqueous solution. The magnetic susceptibility is imparted through the successful encapsulation of Fe3O4 nanoparticles. The morphology, adsorption, and recognition prop-erties of superparamagnetic molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) have been investigated using transmission electron microscopy, X-ray diffraction, thermogravimetric analysis, and vibrating sample magnetometer. Rebinding experimental results show that poly(APBA) MIPs-coated superparamagnetic PS nanoparticles have high adsorption capacity for template protein bovine hemoglobin and compara-tively low nonspecific adsorption. The imprinted superparamagnetic nanoparticles could easily reach the adsorption equilibrium and achieve magnetic separation in an external magnetic field, thus avoid-ing some problems of the bulk polymer.

Molecularly Imprinted Polymer Thin Film Based Surface Plasmon Resonance Sensor to Detect Hemoglobin

Molecularly imprinted polymer（MIP） films for hemoglobin detection were prepared onto the Au/Cr coated surface plasmon resonance（SPR） sensor chips by the in situ electropolymerization of 3-aminophenylboronic acid（3-APBA）.The formation of the films and rebinding processes of hemoglobin were monitored by in situ electrochemical-SPR（EC-SPR） spectroscopy,with allowed real-time observation of the simultaneous changes in electrochemical and optical properties of the films.Scanning electron microscopy（SEM） and atomic force microscopy（AFM）were used to characterize the surface morphologies of the MIP films.The effects of pH,ion strength,different metal ions on rebinding Hb,the specific binding and the selective recognition were investigated.The results obtained with the molecular imprinted SPR chips indicate a good adsorption of Hb in a range of 0.0005-5 mg/mL in 0.05 mol/L sodium phosphate buffer at pH=7.0.A linear calibration curve（R2=0.94） of the SPR sensor for Hb detection was obtained in a range of 0.05-5 mg/mL.The detection limit for hemoglobin by this method was 0.000435 mg/mL（S/N=3）.Interference studies indicate that the MIP films have a good selectivity compared with the referenced proteins.The stability of the sensor was also established.Results indicate that the SPR sensor chip keeps 87.6％ of its original response after 14 d of storage under dry and ambient conditions.