Abstract
Polycationic copolymers of vinylpyrrolidone and vinylamine (10:0.77) were prepared, and 125I-labelled with either Bolton-Hunter reagent or methyl 3,5-di-[ 125I]iodohydroxybenzimidate. The rate of pinocytic capture of the copolymer was compared with that of 125I-labelled polyvinylpyrrolidone, using rat visceral yolk sacs and rat macrophages cultured in vitro as test systems. Whereas polyvinylpyrrolidone was captured entirely by non-adsorptive pinocytosis, the cationic derivative was captured more efficiently, probably because it adsorbs to the cell surface. Copolymer of M r 120 000 was internalized by macrophages somewhat more rapidly than copolymer of M r 46 000, but was excluded from the yolk sac.
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