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Enzymatic degradation of bovine serum albumin nanoparticles for drug delivery

Coacervation is a mild process for developing protein NPs. Bovine serum albumin (BSA) NPs formed via this technique were stabilized using poly-L-Lysine (PLL); short interfering ribonucleic acid (siRNA) was used as a model drug for encapsulation. Specific and non-specific degradation of these coated and uncoated BSA NPs were carried using matrix metalloproteinase-2 (MMP-2) and trypsin, respectively. The particles were characterized with atomic force microscopy, zeta-potential, and photon correlation spectroscopy measurements. There was a significant increase in the zeta potential of BSA NPs upon coating. Trypsin digested the uncoated and coated BSA NPs and resulted in higher BSA release from the particles. However, MMP-2 treatment did not result in higher release of BSA from coated NPs despite the cleavability of coated polymer by MMP-2. This study described a method for obtaining BSA NPs in a controllable size range. Such particles showed degradability in the presence of trypsin and could be promising for targeted drug delivery applications. / Chemical Engineering

Identiferoai:union.ndltd.org:LACETR/oai:collectionscanada.gc.ca:AEU.10048/873
Date06 1900
CreatorsSingh, Harsh
ContributorsUludag, Hasan (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering), Unsworth, Larry D. (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering), Uludag, Hasan (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering), Unsworth, Larry D. (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering), Zeng, Hongbo (Department of Chemical and Materials Engineering), Lange, Carlos F. (Department of Mechanical Engineering)
Source SetsLibrary and Archives Canada ETDs Repository / Centre d'archives des thèses électroniques de Bibliothèque et Archives Canada
LanguageEnglish
Detected LanguageEnglish
TypeThesis
Format1046977 bytes, application/pdf

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