Abstract
Nanoparticles could improve the bioavailability of active agents of various natures to human, animal, and plant tissues. In this work, we compared two methods on the synthesis of calcium phosphate nanoparticles (CaPs), differed by the synthesis temperature, pH, and concentration of the stabilizing agent, and explored the possibilities of incorporation of a low-molecular-weight peptide analogue enalaprilat, the enzyme superoxide dismutase 1 (SOD1), as well as DNA and dsRNA into these particles, by coprecipitation and sorption. CaPs obtained with and without cooling demonstrated the highest inclusion efficiency for enalaprilat upon coprecipitation: 250 ± 10 μg/mg of CaPs and 340 ± 30 μg/mg of CaPs, respectively. Enalaprilat sorption on the preliminarily formed CaPs was much less effective. SOD1 was only able to coprecipitate with CaPs upon cooling, with SOD1 loading 6.6 ± 2 μg/mg of CaPs. For the incorporation of DNA, the superiority of the sorption method was demonstrated, allowing loading of up to 88 μg/mg of CaPs. The ability of CaPs to incorporate dsRNa by sorption was also demonstrated by electrophoresis and atomic force microscopy. These results could have important implications for the development of the roots for incorporating substances of different natures into CaPs for agricultural and medical applications.
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