Affiliation:
1. School of Materials Science Japan Advanced Institute of Science and Technology 1‐1 Asahidai, Nomi 923–1292 Ishikawa Japan
Abstract
AbstractProtein storage and delivery are crucial for biomedical applications such as protein therapeutics and recombinant proteins. Lack of proper protocols results in the denaturation of proteins, rendering them inactive and manifesting undesired side effects. In this study, polyampholyte‐based (succinylated ε‐poly‐l‐lysine) hydrogels containing polyvinyl alcohol and polyethylene glycol polymer matrices to stabilize proteins are developed. These hydrogels facilitated the loading and release of therapeutic amounts of proteins and withstood thermal and freezing stress (15 freeze–thaw cycles and temperatures of −80 °C and 37 °C), without resulting in protein denaturation and aggregation. To the best of our knowledge, this strategy has not been applied to the design of hydrogels constituting polymers, (in particular, polyampholyte‐based polymers) which have inherent efficiency to stabilize proteins and protect them from denaturation. Our findings can open up new avenues in protein biopharmaceutics for the design of materials that can store therapeutic proteins long‐term under severe stress and safely deliver them.
Subject
Pharmaceutical Science,Biomedical Engineering,Biomaterials
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