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The participation of electrolyte cations in the adsorption of bovine serum albumin (BSA) onto polymer latices was investigated. The latices used were hydrophobic polystyrene (PS), and hydrophilic copolymers, i.e., styrene (St)/2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate(HEMA) copolymer [P(St/HEMA)] and styrene/acrylamide (AAm) copolymer [P(St/AAm)]. Three kinds of electrolyte cations (Na+, Ca2+, Mg2+) were used as the chloride. The amount of BSA adsorbed in every cation medium showed a maximum near the isoelectric point (iep, pH about 5) of the protein. The amounts of BSA adsorbed onto copolymer latices (except in the acidic pH region lower than the iep) were considerably smaller than that onto PS latex because of the steric repulsion and the decrease in the hydrophobic interaction between BSA and copolymer latices. In the acidic pH region, there was little difference in the amount of BSA adsorbed in every cation medium. However, in the pH region higher than the iep, the amounts of BSA adsorbed (particularly onto PS latex) in divalent cations (Ca2+ and Mg2+) media were relatively greater compared with that in a monovalent (Na+) one. This result was interpreted on the basis of the differences in such effects of electrolyte cations as dehydration power, suppression of the electrostatic repulsion, and binding affinity to BSA molecule. Ion Chromatographic estimation of the amounts of electrolyte cations captured upon BSA adsorption (in pH > 5) revealed that divalent cations were incorporated into the contact interface between the latex and BSA molecule so as to prevent the accumulation of anion charge and facilitate the protein adsorption.
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Shirahama, H., Shikuma, T. & Suzawa, T. Participation of electrolyte cations in albumin adsorption onto negatively charged polymer latices. Colloid & Polymer Sci 267, 587–594 (1989). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF01410435
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