Synthesis of double-clickable functionalised graphene oxide for biological applications

Chem Commun (Camb). 2015 Oct 18;51(81):14981-4. doi: 10.1039/c5cc05412e.

Abstract

Azide- and alkyne-double functionalised graphene oxide (Click(2) GO) was synthesised and characterised with attenuated total reflectance Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy (ATR-FTIR), thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) and Raman spectroscopy. Fourteen-percentage increase in azide content was found, after pre-treatment of GO with meta-chloroperoxybenzoic acid (mCPBA), determined with elemental analysis. No effect on A549 cell viability was found, up to 100 μg mL(-1) and 72 h of incubation, determined with the modified lactate dehydrogenase (mLDH) assay. Two sequential copper(i) catalysed azide-alkyne cycloaddition (CuAAC) reactions were performed to conjugate the propargyl-modified blood-brain barrier targeting peptide Angiopep-2, and a bis-azide polyethylene glycol (MW = 3500), to the Click(2) GO. The final conjugate was characterised with ATR-FTIR and TGA.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Alkynes / chemical synthesis
  • Alkynes / chemistry
  • Alkynes / pharmacology
  • Azides / chemical synthesis
  • Azides / chemistry
  • Azides / pharmacology
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / chemistry
  • Blood-Brain Barrier / drug effects
  • Cell Line, Tumor
  • Cell Survival / drug effects
  • Click Chemistry*
  • Graphite / chemical synthesis
  • Graphite / chemistry*
  • Graphite / pharmacology*
  • Humans
  • Oxides / chemical synthesis
  • Oxides / chemistry*
  • Oxides / pharmacology*
  • Peptides / metabolism
  • Spectroscopy, Fourier Transform Infrared
  • Spectrum Analysis, Raman
  • Thermogravimetry

Substances

  • Alkynes
  • Angiopep-2
  • Azides
  • Oxides
  • Peptides
  • Graphite