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“Tuning aggregative versus non-aggregative lectin binding with glycosylated nanoparticles by the nature of the polymer ligand”

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Georgiou, Panagiotis G., Baker, Alexander, Richards, Sarah-Jane, Laezza, Antonio, Walker, Marc and Gibson, Matthew I. (2020) “Tuning aggregative versus non-aggregative lectin binding with glycosylated nanoparticles by the nature of the polymer ligand”. Journal of Materials Chemistry B, 8 (1). pp. 136-145. doi:10.1039/C9TB02004G

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Abstract

Glycan–lectin interactions drive a diverse range of biological signaling and recognition processes. The display of glycans in multivalent format enables their intrinsically weak binding affinity to lectins to be overcome by the cluster glycoside effect, which results in a non-linear increase in binding affinity. As many lectins have multiple binding sites, upon interaction with glycosylated nanomaterials either aggregation or surface binding without aggregation can occur. Depending on the application area, either one of these responses are desirable (or undesirable) but methods to tune the aggregation state, independently from the overall extent/affinity of binding are currently missing. Herein, we use gold nanoparticles decorated with galactose-terminated polymer ligands, obtained by photo-initiated RAFT polymerization to ensure high end-group fidelity, to show the dramatic impact on agglutination behaviour due to the chemistry of the polymer linker. Poly(N-hydroxyethyl acrylamide) (PHEA)-coated gold nanoparticles, a polymer widely used as a non-ionic stabilizer, showed preference for aggregation with lectins compared to poly(N-(2-hydroxypropyl)methacrylamide) (PHPMA)-coated nanoparticles which retained colloidal stability, across a wide range of polymer lengths and particle core sizes. Using biolayer interferometry, it was observed that both coatings gave rise to similar binding affinity and hence provided conclusive evidence that aggregation rate alone cannot be used to measure affinity between nanoparticle systems with different stabilizing linkers. This is significant, as turbidimetry is widely used to demonstrate glycomaterial activity, although this work shows the most aggregating may not be the most avid, when comparing different polymer backbones/coating. Overall, our findings underline the potential of PHPMA as the coating of choice for applications where aggregation upon lectin binding would be problematic, such as in vivo imaging or drug delivery.

Item Type: Journal Article
Subjects: Q Science > QP Physiology
R Medicine > RS Pharmacy and materia medica
Divisions: Faculty of Science > Chemistry
Faculty of Science > Physics
Faculty of Medicine > Warwick Medical School
Library of Congress Subject Headings (LCSH): Lectins , Nanoparticles , Ligand binding (Biochemistry) , Ligands (Biochemistry)
Journal or Publication Title: Journal of Materials Chemistry B
Publisher: R S C Publications
ISSN: 2050-750X
Official Date: 7 January 2020
Dates:
DateEvent
7 January 2020Published
28 November 2019Available
1 November 2019Accepted
Volume: 8
Number: 1
Page Range: pp. 136-145
DOI: 10.1039/C9TB02004G
Status: Peer Reviewed
Publication Status: Published
Access rights to Published version: Open Access
RIOXX Funder/Project Grant:
Project/Grant IDRIOXX Funder NameFunder ID
814236[ERC] Horizon 2020 Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661
CRYOMAT 638661[ERC] Horizon 2020 Framework Programmehttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/100010661
UNSPECIFIED[RS] Royal Societyhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000288
BB/M02878X/1[BBSRC] Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000268
BB/M02878X/1Innovate UKhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100006041
BB/M01116X[BBSRC] Biotechnology and Biological Sciences Research Councilhttp://dx.doi.org/10.13039/501100000268
UNSPECIFIEDIceni Diagnostics Ltd. (Firm)http://www.icenidiagnostics.com/

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