文摘
Understanding the interrelation between surface chemistry of colloidal particles and surface adsorption of biomolecules is a crucial prerequisite for the design of materials for biotechnological and nanomedical applications. Here, we elucidate how tailoring the surface chemistry of colloidal alumina particles (d50 = 180 nm) with amino (鈭扤H2), carboxylate (鈭扖OOH), phosphate (鈭扨O3H2) or sulfonate (鈭扴O3H) groups affects adsorption and orientation of the model peptide glutathione disulfide (GSSG). GSSG adsorbed on native, 鈭扤H2-functionalized, and 鈭扴O3H-functionalized alumina but not on 鈭扖OOH- and 鈭扨O3H2-functionalized particles. When adsorption occurred, the process was rapid (鈮? min), reversible by application of salts, and followed a Langmuir adsorption isotherm dependent on the particle surface functionalization and 味 potential. The orientation of particle bound GSSG was assessed by the release of glutathione after reducing the GSSG disulfide bond and by 味 potential measurements. GSSG is likely to bind via the carboxylate groups of one of its two glutathionyl (GS) moieties onto native and 鈭扤H2-modified alumina, whereas GSSG is suggested to bind to 鈭扴O3H-modified alumina via the primary amino groups of both GS moieties. Thus, GSSG adsorption and orientation can be tailored by varying the molecular composition of the particle surface, demonstrating a step toward guiding interactions of biomolecules with colloidal particles.