Kinetic study on the binding of lectin to mannose residues in a polymer brush

Colloids Surf B Biointerfaces. 2009 Apr 1;70(1):91-7. doi: 10.1016/j.colsurfb.2008.12.016. Epub 2008 Dec 24.

Abstract

A disulfide-carrying polymer with many pendent mannose residues (dithiolated poly(2-methacryloyloxyethyl D-mannopyranoside)) was obtained by atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) method using 2-(2'-bromoisobutyroyloxy)ethyl disulfide as initiator. The obtained disulfide-carrying glycopolymer (DT-PMEMan) was accumulated as a polymer brush on a colloidal gold-immobilized glass substrate, and the binding processes of a lectin, Concanavalin A (Con A), to mannose residues in the polymer brush were examined using a UV-vis spectrophotometer with the help of a localized surface plasmon resonance. Con A showed a concentration-dependent specific binding to the glycopolymer brush, and the apparent association constant of Con A with mannose residues in the brush was much larger than the association constant for small sugars due to the so-called cluster effect. Furthermore, the glycopolymer brush-coated device had a detection limit lower than 5 nM. The glycopolymer-carrying device examined here is expected to expand our knowledge of recognition phenomena at the surface of polymer brushes.

Publication types

  • Research Support, Non-U.S. Gov't

MeSH terms

  • Absorption
  • Carbohydrates / chemistry
  • Colloids / chemistry
  • Concanavalin A / chemistry
  • Disulfides / chemistry
  • Glass
  • Gold
  • Kinetics
  • Lectins / chemistry*
  • Mannose / chemistry*
  • Microscopy, Atomic Force
  • Models, Chemical
  • Polymers / chemistry*
  • Protein Binding
  • Substrate Specificity

Substances

  • Carbohydrates
  • Colloids
  • Disulfides
  • Lectins
  • Polymers
  • Concanavalin A
  • Gold
  • Mannose