Abarca-Cabrera Lucía, Milinovic Olga, Heitler Viktoria, Rühmann Broder, Kudermann Jürgen, Kube Massimo, Dietz Hendrik, Sieber Volker, Berensmeier Sonja, Fraga-García Paula
School of Engineering and Design Department of Energy and Process Engineering Chair of Bioseparation Engineering Technical University of Munich (TUM) Boltzmannstraße 15 85748 Garching Germany.
Chemistry of Biogenic Resources Technical University of Munich (TUM) Campus Straubing Schulgasse 16 94315 Straubing Germany.
Small Sci. 2023 Jul 9;3(9):2300064. doi: 10.1002/smsc.202300064. eCollection 2023 Sep.
Upon their introduction into a biological environment, nanoparticles are spontaneously covered by a variety of biomolecules, forming a (multi)layer called the "biocorona". However, the interaction of small and large molecules with nanosized materials is not fully understood and in complex aqueous systems, even less, limiting their exploitation. The objective is to gain insights into the mass partitioning between the solid and the liquid phases for the most abundant groups of biological molecules in a biotechnological milieu. Herein, the biocorona composition is analyzed after the exposure of bare iron oxide nanoparticles to lysates to evaluate the influence of the environment's pH, temperature, and ionic strength on the adsorption of proteins, lipids, and carbohydrates. Maximum adsorption capacities reach at pH 4.0 and yield 0.47, 0.08, and 0.11 g g for proteins, fatty acids, and carbohydrates, respectively. The increase in ionic strength and temperature of the environment promotes protein adsorption, the decrease in temperature raises fatty acid adsorption, and acidic pHs foster the adsorption of the three types of biomolecules. Abundance of the biomolecules plays a key role in the biocorona content. This approach should lead to further studies on complex systems to modulate the adsorption at the bio-nano interface.
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