title: Binding specificity of alpha-bilirubin-imprinted poly(methacrylic acid-co-ethylene glycol dimethylacrylate) toward alpha-bilirubin.
abstract: alpha-Bilirubin is an important index to determine the liver's functions. Poly(methacrylic acid-co-ethylene glycol dimethylacrylate) (poly(MAA-co-EGDMA)) imprinted with alpha-bilirubin was proposed and shown to be able to bind alpha-bilirubin specifically. The extraction condition was also discussed. Polymers prepared by imprinting bilirubin in poly(MAA-co-EGDMA) and in poly(beta-cyclodextrin-co-EGDMA) were compared. In this work, binding specificity of molecularly imprinted polymer (MIP) toward the target template, alpha-bilirubin, is discussed. Adsorption profile of alpha-bilirubin by bilirubin-imprinted poly(MAA-co-EGDMA) was measured as a function of time, from where the equilibrium could be determined. Two hours was determined to be the proper time for adsorption. Biliverdin as a rather similar analog compound of bilirubin was chosen for comparison of binding specificity in this study. Progesterone as well as testosterone was also chosen for study because they both co-exist in serum with bilirubin and might interfere with binding capacity of imprinted poly(MAA-co-EGDMA) toward alpha-bilirubin. Specificity of this polymer for bilirubin was thus confirmed by tasks carried out in mixture solutions comprised of compounds above. It is true that biliverdin contained in the binary mixture did affect the binding capacity of bilirubin. Nevertheless, polymer's binding specificity for bilirubin was essentially sufficient for recognition of alpha-bilirubin in the presence of other compounds. How MIP identified the target template molecule, alpha-bilirubin, is also elucidated.
authors.affiliation: Department of Chemical Engineering, National Cheng Kung University, Tainan, Taiwan 70101, Taiwan. syumj@mail.ncku.edu.tw
authors.forename: Mei-Jywan
authors.initials: MJ
authors.lastname: Syu
authors.forename: Jing-Hong
authors.initials: JH
authors.lastname: Deng
authors.forename: You-Ming
authors.initials: YM
authors.lastname: Nian
authors.forename: Tsung-Chieh
authors.initials: TC
authors.lastname: Chiu
authors.forename: An-Hua
authors.initials: AH
authors.lastname: Wu
mesh_terms: D000180:Acrylic Resins / Q000378:metabolism*; D000327:Adsorption; D001663:Bilirubin / Q000378:metabolism*; D002138:Calibration; D011374:Progesterone / Q000378:metabolism; D013739:Testosterone / Q000378:metabolism
chemical_list: D000180:Acrylic Resins; C446821:Eudragit L100-55; D013739:Testosterone; D011374:Progesterone; D001663:Bilirubin