Functionalization of multi-walled carbon nanotubes and their application for selective isolation of acidic proteins

Macromol Biosci. 2009 Jan 9;9(1):55-62. doi: 10.1002/mabi.200800200.

Abstract

A micro-column packed with PDDA-wrapped MWNTs in sequential injection system facilitates selective sorption of acidic protein species. Proteins adsorbed onto the PDDA-MWNT composites are afterwards collected by elution with a citrate buffer as stripping reagent. With a sample loading volume of 2.0 mL and an eluent volume of 200 microL, a retention efficiency of 100% and a recovery of 90% are achieved for BSA in the range 6-120 microg, resulting in an enrichment factor of 14. A sampling frequency of 15 h(-1) is achieved, along with a precision of 4.5% at 25 microg x mL(-1) BSA. The practical applicability of this system is demonstrated by processing human whole blood for successive isolation of acidic proteins.

Publication types

  • Evaluation Study
  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Acids / chemistry
  • Adsorption
  • Animals
  • Blood Proteins / chemistry
  • Blood Proteins / isolation & purification
  • Cattle
  • Chromatography* / instrumentation
  • Chromatography* / methods
  • Circular Dichroism
  • Hemoglobins* / chemistry
  • Hemoglobins* / isolation & purification
  • Humans
  • Nanotubes, Carbon / chemistry*
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine* / chemistry
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine* / isolation & purification

Substances

  • Acids
  • Blood Proteins
  • Hemoglobins
  • Nanotubes, Carbon
  • Serum Albumin, Bovine