Responsive behavior of tumor-marker-imprinted hydrogels using macromolecular cross-linkers |
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Authors: | Miyata Takashi Hayashi Takeshi Kuriu Yoshiaki Uragami Tadashi |
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Institution: | Department of Chemistry and Materials Engineering, Kansai University, Suita, Osaka, 564-8680, Japan. tmiyata@kansai-u.ac.jp |
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Abstract: | Tumor-marker-imprinted hydrogels having lectin and antibody molecules as ligands for a tumor-specific marker glycoprotein were strategically prepared by biomolecular imprinting using minute amounts of low-molecular-weight or high-molecular-weight cross-linkers. The tumor-marker-imprinted hydrogels shrank gradually in response to a target glycoprotein, because their apparent cross-linking density increased owing to simultaneous complex formation of lectin and antibody ligands with a target glycoprotein after their ligands dynamically recognized the glycoprotein. The swelling ratio of the tumor-marker-imprinted hydrogel using high-molecular-weight cross-linker with an optimal chain length decreased more drastically than that using a low-molecular-weight cross-linker, but the hydrogel using the cross-linker with a chain that was too long did not exhibit tumor-marker responsive behavior. This paper focuses on the effect of the molecular weight of cross-linkers on the responsive behavior of tumor-marker-imprinted hydrogels having lectin and antibody molecules as ligands. The cross-linker chain length was an important factor in determining the dynamic glycoprotein recognition and responsive behavior of the biomolecule-imprinted hydrogels. |
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