Functionalized periodic mesoporous organosilicas for selective adsorption of proteins

The periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMO) with an organobridged (CH2) was synthesized and functionalized with amino or carboxylic groups by post-synthesis methods. The functionalized PMO by changing the hydrophilic/hydrophobic property and the net charge could be used to selectively adsorb and purify proteins with different shapes and different isoelectric points (pI). The experimental result showed that Bovine serum albumin (BSA) was adsorbed quicker than hemoglobin (Hb) on the materials, and lysozyme (Lys) could not be adsorbed on these PMO materials at all. The adsorption capacity of amino groups modified PMO (PMO-(NH2)2) for BSA was 44.67 mg/g and 300.0 mg/gfor Hb on carboxylic groups modified PMO (PMO-(COOH)2). The adsorption behavior of proteins was affected strongly by the interaction among different constituents in the mixture of proteins. In addition, it is found that the adsorption rate of (PMO-(NH2)2 for adsorption of proteins was much slower than PMO-(COOH)2.

Graphical abstractDownload full-size imageHighlights► Amino or carboxylic group periodic mesoporous organosilicas (PMO) was synthesized. ► Modified materials showed selective adsorption of proteins with the different pI. ► The adsorption of proteins was influenced by the interaction of mixture protein.