Hierarchically Imprinted Polymer for Peptide Tag Recognition Based on an Oriented Surface Epitope Approach

FLAG tag (DYKDDDDK) is a short peptide commonly used for the purification of recombinant proteins. The high price of the affinity columns and their limited reusability are a shortcoming for their widespread use in biotechnology applications. Molecularly imprinted polymers (MIPs) can circumvent some of the limitations of bioaffinity columns for such applications, including long-term stability, reusability, and cost. We report herein the synthesis of MIPs selective to the FLAG tag by hierarchical imprinting. Using the epitope imprinting approach, a 5-amino acid peptide DYKDC was selected as a template and was covalently immobilized on the surface of microporous silica beads, previously functionalized with different aminosilanes, namely, 3-(2-aminoethylamino)propyldimethoxymethylsilane, AEAPMS, and N-(2-aminoethyl)-2,2,4-trimethyl-1-aza-2-silacyclopentane, AETAZS. We investigated the effect of the type of silane on the production of homogeneous silane-grafted layers with the highest extent of silanol condensation as possible using 29Si CP/MAS NMR. We observed that the right orientation of the imprinted cavities can substantially improve analyte recoveries from the MIP. After template and silica removal, the DYKDC-MIPs were used as sorbents for solid-phase extraction (molecularly imprinted solid-phase extraction) of the FLAG peptide, showing that the polymer prepared with AETAZS-bound silica beads contained binding sites more selective to the tag (RMIP-AZA = 87.4% vs RNIP-AZA = 4.1%, n = 3, RSD ≤ 4.2%) than those prepared using AEAPMS (RMIP-DM = 73.4% vs RNIP-DM = 23.2%, n = 3, RSD ≤ 4.0%) as a functionalization agent. An extensive computational molecular modeling study was also conducted, shedding some light on the interaction mechanism between the FLAG peptide and the imprinted template in the binding cavities.

Medienart:

E-Artikel

Erscheinungsjahr:

2020

Erschienen:

2020

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Zur Gesamtaufnahme - volume:12

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ACS applied materials & interfaces - 12(2020), 43 vom: 28. Okt., Seite 49111-49121

Sprache:

Englisch

Beteiligte Personen:

Gómez-Arribas, Lidia N [VerfasserIn]
Darder, María Del Mar [VerfasserIn]
García, Nuria [VerfasserIn]
Rodriguez, Yoel [VerfasserIn]
Urraca, Javier L [VerfasserIn]
Moreno-Bondi, María C [VerfasserIn]

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Themen:

7631-86-9
Computational modeling
Epitope imprinting
Epitopes
FLAG tag
Hierarchically imprinted polymer
Journal Article
Oligopeptides
Polymers
Silane grafting
Silicon Dioxide

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Date Completed 10.03.2021

Date Revised 10.03.2021

published: Print-Electronic

Citation Status MEDLINE

doi:

10.1021/acsami.0c14846

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PPN (Katalog-ID):

NLM315610883