Design of poly(ethylene glycol)/streptavidin coimmobilized upconversion nanophosphors and their application to fluorescence biolabeling.
Masao Kamimura, Daisuke Miyamoto, Yu Saito, Kohei Soga, Yukio Nagasaki
Index: Langmuir 24 , 8864-8870, (2008)
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Abstract
Infrared-to-visible upconversion phosphors (i.e., rare earth ion-doped Y2O3 nanoparticles (UNPs)) were synthesized by the homogeneous precipitation method. Because the charge on the erbium (Er) ion-doped Y2O3 (Y2O3:Er) NP (UNP1) surface is positive under neutral conditions, the UNP1 surface was electrostatically PEGylated using negatively charged poly(ethylene glycol)- b-poly(acrylic acid) (PEG- b-PAAc). The adsorption of PEG- b-PAAc was confirmed by Fourier transform infrared (FT-IR) measurements and thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA). The surface charge of the PEGylated UNP1s (PEG-UNP1s) was effectively shielded by the PEGylation. The dispersion stability of the UNP1s was also significantly improved by the PEGylation. The PEG-UNP1s were dispersed over 1 week under physiological conditions as a result of the steric repulsion between the PEG chains on the UNP1 surface. The upconversion emission spectrum of PEG-UNP1s was observed under physiological conditions and was confirmed by near-infrared excited fluorescence microscope observation. Streptavidin (SA)-installed ytterbium (Yb) and Er ion-codoped Y2O3 (Y2O3:Yb,Er) NPs (UNP2s) were prepared by the coimmobilization of PEG- b-PAAc and streptavidin. The PEG/SA coimmobilized UNP2s (PEG/SA-UNP2s) specifically recognized biotinylated antibodies and emitted strong upconversion luminescence upon near-infrared excitation. The obtained PEG/streptavidin coimmobilized UNPs are promising as high-performance near-infrared biolabeling materials.
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