@article{f0726a699da3419185c62a376549f745,
title = "Imaging Switchable Protein Interactions with an Active Porous Polymer Support",
abstract = "Mechanistic details about how local physicochemistry of porous interfaces drives protein transport mechanisms are necessary to optimize biomaterial applications. Cross-linked hydrogels made of stimuli-responsive polymers have potential for active protein capture and release through tunable steric and chemical transformations. Simultaneous monitoring of dynamic changes in both protein transport and interfacial polymer structure is an experimental challenge. We use single-particle tracking (SPT) and fluorescence correlation spectroscopy Super-resolution Optical Fluctuation Imaging (fcsSOFI) to relate the switchable changes in size and structure of a pH-responsive hydrogel to the interfacial transport properties of a model protein, lysozyme. SPT analysis reveals the reversible switching of protein transport dynamics in and at the hydrogel polymer in response to pH changes. fcsSOFI allows us to relate tunable heterogeneity of the hydrogels and pores to reversible changes in the distribution of confined diffusion and adsorption/desorption. We find that physicochemical heterogeneity of the hydrogels dictates protein confinement and desorption dynamics, particularly at pH conditions in which the hydrogels are swollen.",
author = "Chayan Dutta and Bishop, {Logan D.C.} and {Zepeda O}, Jorge and Sudeshna Chatterjee and Charlotte Flatebo and Charlotte Flatebo and Landes, {Christy F.}",
note = "Funding Information: C.D. J.Z.O, S.C., and C.F.L. thank the National Science Foundation (grant no. CHE-1808382) and the Welch Foundation (grant no. C-1787) L.D.C.B. acknowledge that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Grant 1842494), C.F. acknowledges support from the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. This work was concluded in part using resources of the Shared Equipment Authority (SEA) at Rice University. The authors thank all the members of the Landes research group, Prof. Stephan Link, and his research group for helpful discussions. Funding Information: C.D., J.Z.O, S.C., and C.F.L. thank the National Science Foundation (grant no. CHE-1808382) and the Welch Foundation (grant no. C-1787), L.D.C.B. acknowledge that this material is based upon work supported by the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship Program (Grant 1842494), C.F. acknowledges support from the National Defense Science and Engineering Graduate Fellowship. This work was concluded in part using resources of the Shared Equipment Authority (SEA) at Rice University. The authors thank all the members of the Landes research group, Prof. Stephan Link, and his research group for helpful discussions. Publisher Copyright: {\textcopyright} 2020 American Chemical Society.",
year = "2020",
month = jun,
day = "4",
doi = "10.1021/acs.jpcb.0c01807",
language = "English (US)",
volume = "124",
pages = "4412--4420",
journal = "Journal of Physical Chemistry B",
issn = "1520-6106",
publisher = "American Chemical Society",
number = "22",
}