Reversible Protein Capture and Release by Redox-Responsive Hydrogel in Microfluidics
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Abstract
Stimuli-responsive hydrogels have a wide range of potential applications in microflu-idics, which has drawn great attention. Double cross-linked hydrogels are very well suited for this application as they offer both stability and the required responsive behavior. Here, we re-port the integration of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNiPAAm) hydrogel with a permanent cross-linker (N,N ′-methylenebisacrylamide, BIS) and a redox responsive reversible cross-linker (N,N ′-bis(acryloyl)cystamine, BAC) into a microfluidic device through photopolymerization. Cleavage and re-formation of disulfide bonds introduced by BAC changed the cross-linking densities of the hydro-gel dots, making them swell or shrink. Rheological measurements allowed for selecting hydrogels that withstand long-term shear forces present in microfluidic devices under continuous flow. Once implemented, the thiol-disulfide exchange allowed the hydrogel dots to successfully capture and release the protein bovine serum albumin (BSA). BSA was labeled with rhodamine B and functionalized with 2-(2-pyridyldithio)-ethylamine (PDA) to introduce disulfide bonds. The reversible capture and release of the protein reached an efficiency of 83.6% in release rate and could be repeated over 3 cycles within the microfluidic device. These results demonstrate that our redox-responsive hydrogel dots enable the dynamic capture and release of various different functionalized (macro)molecules (e.g., proteins and drugs) and have a great potential to be integrated into a lab-on-a-chip device for detection and/or delivery.
Details
Original language | English |
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Article number | 267 |
Number of pages | 16 |
Journal | Polymer |
Volume | 14 |
Issue number | 2 |
Publication status | Published - 10 Jan 2022 |
Peer-reviewed | Yes |
External IDs
Scopus | 85122767062 |
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PubMed | 35054674 |
Mendeley | bb421c81-7e86-3844-9b09-1c24e7ecd531 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-8588-9755/work/142246702 |
ORCID | /0000-0002-4531-691X/work/148607590 |
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Keywords
- Disulfide bonds, Hydrogels, Mechanical properties, Microfluidics, Protein capture and release, Redox-responsive, Swelling behaviors