Enhanced Molecular Volume of Conservatively Pegylated Hb: (SP-PEG5K)6-HbA is Non-Hypertensive.

Autor: Acharya, Seetharama A., Friedman, Joel M., Manjula, Belur N., Intaglietta, Marcos, Tsai, Amy G., Winslow, Robert M., Malavalli, Ashok, Vandegriff, Kim, Smith, Paul K.
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Zdroj: Artificial Cells, Blood Substitutes & Biotechnology; Aug2005, Vol. 33 Issue 3, p239-255, 17p, 1 Chart
Abstrakt: Recent studies have suggested that the "pressor effect" of acellular Hb is a consequence of perturbation of the macro-and microcirculatory system in multiple ways, and that PEGylation is an effective approach for controlling the same. In an attempt to confirm this concept, a new and simple thiolation mediated, maleimide chemistry based conservative PEGylation protocol has been developed to conjugate multiple copies of PEG-chains to Hb. This approach combines the high reactivity of maleimides towards thiols with the propensity of iminothiolane to derivatize the ε-amino groups of proteins into reactive thiol groups, with conservation of their positive charge. One of the PEGylated products, namely (SP-PEG5K)6-HbA, that carries on an average six copies of PEG5000 chains per Hb, is non-hypertensive in hamster top load and in rat 50% exchange transfusion models. This hexa-PEGylated-Hb has (i) a hydrodynamic volume corresponding to that of an oligomerized Hb of 256 kDa, (ii) a molecular radius of ∼6.8 nm, (iii) high oxygen affinity, (iv) lowered Bohr effect, and (v) increased viscosity and colloidal osmotic pressure. These properties of (SP-PEG5K)6-HbA are consistent with the emerging new paradigms for the design of Hb based oxygen carriers and confirm the concept that the "pressor effect" of Hb is a multifactorial event. The thiolation mediated maleimide chemistry-based PEGylation protocol described here for the generation of (SP-PEG5K)6-Hb is simple, highly efficient, and is carried out under oxy conditions. The results demonstrate that a non-hypertensive PEG-Hb can be generated by conjugation of a lower number of PEG chains than previously reported. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
Databáze: Complementary Index
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