We present the bioconjugation of avidin as a central and/or bridging building block with mono-, bi- and tetravalent biotinylated glycodendrimers to fabricate defined supramolecular nanostructures for future (bio)medical applications. For this purpose mono-, bi- and tetravalent biotinylated glycodendrimers, decorated with short alkyl-linked or long PEG-linked biotin ligands, were synthesized and characterized by NMR, IR and mass spectrometry and HABA displacement assay. Various techniques (UV/Vis, DLS, TEM, LILBID-MS and AF4) were used in order to obtain information about the structural properties of different conjugates of avidin and mono-, bi- and tetravalent biotinylated glycodendrimers. The biotin ligand’s spacer length, its chemical structure and the degree of biotin functionalization are essential parameters in the formation of nanostructures with avidin having a controlled composition and size dimension up to 100 nm. Biohybrid structures with avidin as a central unit require monovalent glycodendrimers with PEG-linked biotin, while bi- and tetravalent glycodendrimers with short alkyl-linked biotin ligands are more efficient than their counterparts with longer PEG–biotin ligands in the fabrication of defined biohybrid structures (∅ up to 100 nm) with avidin as a bridging unit. The most dominating key issue, combined with other conjugation issues, is the optimal ligand–receptor stoichiometry to fabricate biohybrid structures with diameter of <20, <30 or up to 100 nm.
Identifer | oai:union.ndltd.org:DRESDEN/oai:qucosa:de:qucosa:36421 |
Date | 06 December 2019 |
Creators | Ennen, Franka, Boye, Susanne, Lederer, Albena, Cernescu, Mihaela, Komber, Hartmut, Brutschy, Bernhard, Voit, Brigitte, Appelhans, Dietmar |
Publisher | Royal Society of Chemistry |
Source Sets | Hochschulschriftenserver (HSSS) der SLUB Dresden |
Language | English |
Detected Language | English |
Type | info:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersion, doc-type:article, info:eu-repo/semantics/article, doc-type:Text |
Rights | info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess |
Relation | 1759-9962, 10.1039/c3py01152f |
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