Adsorption of lysozyme on hyaluronic acid functionalized SBA-15 mesoporous silica: A possible bioadhesive depot system

Luca Medda, Maria F. Casula, Maura Monduzzi, Andrea Salis*

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    Abstract

    Silica-based ordered mesoporous materials are very attractive matrices to prepare smart depot systems for several kinds of therapeutic agents. This work focuses on the well-known SBA-15 mesoporous silica and lysozyme, an antimicrobial protein. In order to improve the bioadhesion properties of SBA-15 particles, the effect of hyaluronic acid (HA) functionalization on lysozyme adsorption was investigated. SBA-15 samples having high (H-SBA) and low (L-SBA) levels of functionalization were analyzed during the three steps of the preparations: (1) introduction of the NH2 groups to obtain the SBA-NH2 samples; (2) functionalization with HA to obtain the SBA-HA matrices; (3) adsorption of lysozyme. All silica matrices were characterized through N2-adsorption/desorption isotherms, small-angle X-ray scattering, transmission electron microscopy, thermogravimetric analysis, and Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy. The whole of the experimental data suggests that a high level of functionalization of the silica surface allows for a negligible lysozyme adsorption mainly due to unfavorable electrostatic interactions (H-SBA-NH2) or steric hindrance (H-SBA-HA). A low degree of functionalization of the silica surface brings about a very good performance toward lysozyme adsorption, being 71% (L-SBA-NH2) and 63% (L-SBA-HA) respectively, compared to that observed for original SBA-15. Finally, two different kinetic models - pseudo-second order and a intraparticle diffusion - were compared to fit lysozyme adsorption data, the latter being more reliable than the former.

    Original languageEnglish
    Pages (from-to)12996-13004
    Number of pages9
    JournalLangmuir
    Volume30
    Issue number43
    DOIs
    Publication statusPublished - 4 Nov 2014

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