Abstract
Glycoproteins are related to many biological activities and diseases and their effective capture and release from a complex mixture is of great significance in proteomics and diagnostics. However, to separate and target glycoproteins with high efficiency and selectivity is difficult, due to the interference of nanomaterials and other proteins in complicated samples. In this study, Fe3O4/carboxymethylated chitosan/poly(3-acrylaminophenylboronic acid) (Fe3O4/CMCS/PAAPBA) nanospheres with enhanced properties are prepared by a facile and economical method, and possess excellent morphology, uniform size (∼300 nm), high saturation magnetization (59 emu g-1), and high magnetic content (79%). Due to the introduction of PAAPBA, the Fe3O4/CMCS/PAAPBA nanospheres have been developed as a pH-responsive strategy to reversibly capture and release glycoproteins with high selectivity and recyclability in a pure protein, a model protein mixture and even a biological sample. Additionally, the Fe3O4/CMCS/PAAPBA nanospheres retained high separation efficiency (∼94%) in a pure protein system after being recycled five times, showing the great potential of the boronate functionalized, pH-stimuli-responsive, magnetic nanospheres in the biomedical field.
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