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Polymer particles and latices thereof for the immobilization of biologically active substances
Assignee: Roehm GmbH Darmstadt
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Filing: 1987-07-20
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Granted: 1989-05-09
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Expires: 2007-07-20
Abstract
Abstract Polymer particles dispersible to form a latex and latices of such polymer particles, said particles being adaptable to the fixing or bonding thereto of a biologically active substance and having a core-shell construction wherein the polymer material of the core determines the stability of the form of the latex particles and their redispersibility, and the material of the shell (1) is so hydrophilic that it would be completely or largely water soluble if it were not anchored to the core material and/or crosslinked, (2) contains functional groups which are suitable for the covalent fixation or bonding of biological active substances, and (3) in an anhydrous condition has a T.sub.λmax from 20°-250° C., depending on its composition, and methods for bonding a biologically active substance to such particles, for example to prepare a diagnostic reagent.
Inventors
- 👤 Dieter Kraemer
- 👤 Werner Siol
- 👤 Gerhard Markert
- 👤 Norbert Suetterlin
- 👤 Cornelia Feil
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-23 16:50
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01N; G01N33/00; G01N33/48; G01N33/50; G01N33/53; G01N33/543; G01N33/54313; C; C08; C08F; C08F291/00; C12; C12N; C12N11/00; C12N11/02; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S525/00; Y10S525/902
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
228 words
A polymer particle, redispersible in a liquid to form a dispersion and having a protein, virus, or microorganism covalently bound thereto, said particle having an average particle diameter between about 0.05 micron and about 5 microns and having an inner core of a polymer imparting dispersibility and stability of form to said particle and an outer shell of a different polymer over said core, the ratio by weight of the polymer of the core to the weight of the polymer of the shell being between 1:3 and 10:1, the polymer of said core being an intrinsically hard polymer having a Tλ max of at least 0° C. or being an intrinsically soft polymer having a Tλ max less than 0° C. which is internally crosslinked, the different polymer of said shell being hydophilic and being internally crosslinked, crosslinked or grafted to said core, or both internally crosslinked and crosslinked or grafted to said core, and having a Tλ max of 20° C.-250° C. in an anhydrous condition, said shell polymer, prior to bonding with said protein, virus, or microorganism having functional groups reactive with nucleophilic groups of said protein, virus, or microorganism to bond said protein, virus, or microorganism covalently to said particle, and being bonded to said protein, virus, or microorganism by the reaction of said functional groups with nucleophilic groups of said protein, virus, or microorganism.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
228 words
A polymer particle, redispersible in a liquid to form a dispersion and having a protein, virus, or microorganism covalently bound thereto, said particle having an average particle diameter between about 0.05 micron and about 5 microns and having an inner core of a polymer imparting dispersibility and stability of form to said particle and an outer shell of a different polymer over said core, the ratio by weight of the polymer of the core to the weight of the polymer of the shell being between 1:3 and 10:1, the polymer of said core being an intrinsically hard polymer having a Tλ max of at least 0° C. or being an intrinsically soft polymer having a Tλ max less than 0° C. which is internally crosslinked, the different polymer of said shell being hydophilic and being internally crosslinked, crosslinked or grafted to said core, or both internally crosslinked and crosslinked or grafted to said core, and having a Tλ max of 20° C.-250° C. in an anhydrous condition, said shell polymer, prior to bonding with said protein, virus, or microorganism having functional groups reactive with nucleophilic groups of said protein, virus, or microorganism to bond said protein, virus, or microorganism covalently to said particle, and being bonded to said protein, virus, or microorganism by the reaction of said functional groups with nucleophilic groups of said protein, virus, or microorganism.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
23 words
A redispersible polymer particle as in claim 1 wherein the polymer of said shell is free of monomers having an aromatic group therein.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
17 words
A redispersible polymer particle as in claim 1 wherein the polymer of said shell is electrically neutral.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
20 words
A redispersible polymer particle as in claim 1 wherein the polymer of said core is intrinsically soft, but is crosslinked.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A redispersible polymer particle as in claim 1 wherein the polymer of said core is intrinsically hard.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
163 words
A redispersible polymer particle as in claim 1 wherein the polymer of said shell comprises (a) from 4.9 to 99.9 percent, by total weight of the polymer material of said shell, of a combination of (1) at least one vinyl monomer which prior to bonding has a functional group reactive with nucleophilic groups of said protein, virus, or microorganism to bond said protein, virus, or microorganism to said particle, and (2) at least one vinyl monomer containing a hydrophilic group, the content of said monomer having a functional group being at least 0.1 percent; (b) from 0 to 95 percent by weight of at least one vinyl monomer free of hydrophilic groups; and (c) from 0.1 to 20 percent by weight of at least one crosslinking monomer which is an ester of a polyalcohol and at least one member selected from the group consisting of acrylic acid and methacrylic acid, said ester having a plurality of acrylate, methacrylate, or acrylate and methacrylate groups.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
88 words
A redispersible polymer particle as in claim 6 wherein said monomer having a functional group reactive with nucleophilic groups of a protein, virus, or microorganism to bond the protein, virus, or microorganism to the particle is of the formula Z'--(R).sub.n --X wherein Z' is a group including a polymerizable vinylic unsaturation, R is a spacing unit, n is 0 or 1, and X is a functional group reactive with nucleophilic groups of a protein, virus, or microorganism in aqueous solution in the pH region from 6.0 to 9.0.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
20 words
A polymer particle as in claim 1 having a protein bound thereto, which protein is an antigen or an antibody.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
12 words
A polymer particle as in claim 8 having an antibody bound thereto.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
12 words
A polymer particle as in claim 1 having a microorganism bound thereto.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
12 words
A polymer particle as in claim 1 having a virus bound thereto.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
17 words
A polymer particle as in claim 1 having a protein bound thereto, which protein is an enzyme.
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