Abstract
PEGylation of intramolecularly crosslinked Hb has been studied here to overcome the limitation of dissociation of Hb tetramers. New hexa and deca PEGylated low oxygen affi nity PEG-a a Hbs have been generated. Influences of PEG conjugation chemistry and the PEG shell structure on the functional properties as well as PEGylation induced plasma expander like properties of the protein has been delineated. The results have established that in the design of PEG-Hbs as oxygen therapeutics, the Influences of conjugation chemistry and the PEG shell structure on the oxygen affi nity of Hb needs to be optimized independently besides optimizing the PEG shell structure for inducing resuscitation fl uid like properties.
Original language | English (US) |
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Pages (from-to) | 270-281 |
Number of pages | 12 |
Journal | Artificial Cells, Nanomedicine and Biotechnology |
Volume | 43 |
Issue number | 4 |
DOIs | |
State | Published - 2015 |
Keywords
- Blood substitute
- PEG shell
- PEGylated hemoglobin
- PEGylation
- oxygen affi nity
- plasma expander
ASJC Scopus subject areas
- Biotechnology
- Medicine (miscellaneous)
- Biomedical Engineering
- Pharmaceutical Science