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. Author manuscript; available in PMC: 2013 Jan 1.
Published in final edited form as: Nanomedicine. 2011 Jul 29;8(1):119–129. doi: 10.1016/j.nano.2011.05.010

Table 3. Physicochemical properties of selected nanozymes measured using DLS.

Effective diameter, nm
Sample Linker
ζ-potential, mV
Peak 1 Peak 2
SOD1 - 4.6 - -2.6
SOD1/PEI-PEG; non-cl* - 6.1 74.5 -1.5
SOD1/PEI-PEG; cl BS3 - 97.4 0.3
SOD1/PEI-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 6.2 63.6 -1.3
SOD1/pLL10-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 6.3 64.2 -2.4
SOD1/pLL10-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 5.5 72.0 1.3
SOD1/pLL50-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 5.8 81.0 2.6
catalase (cat) - 10.0 63 -5.0
cat/PEI-PEG; non-cl - 12.5 68.4 0.5
cat/PEI-PEG; cl GA 40.8 644.3 n.d.§
cat/PEI-PEG; cl BS3 10.6 59.5 -1.2
cat/PEI-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 10.6 52.7 -0.3
cat/pLL10-PEG; non-cl - 12.0 71.0 -2.4
cat/pLL10-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 12.0 28.2; 504 n.d.§
SOD1-cat/PEI-PE; cl GA - 30.0 n.d.§
SOD1-cat/PEI-PEG; cl BS3 - 91.9 -2.7
SOD1-cat/PEI-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 11.7 91.0 -2.9
SOD1-cat/pLL10-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 14.0 135.4 -1.3
All nanozymes were prepared at Z=1 (unless indicated otherwise).
*non-cross-linked, cross-linked, Z=10; §not determined
Measurement error was typically ≤ 5% of reported values.
Table 3B Diameter of filtered nanozymes measured using DLS
Sample* Linker Dz, nm PdI ζ, mV§
SOD1 - 5.2 ± 0.1 0.1± 0.03 -2.3 ± 0.5
SOD1/pLL50-PEG; non-cl# - 11.2 ± 0.5 0.2 ± 0.02 6.2 ± 0.5
SOD1/pLL50-PEG; cl** EDC/S-NHS 9.7 ± 0.1 0.1 ± 0.02 0.6 ± 0.1
catalase (cat) - 11.5 ± 0.1 0.2± 0.01 n.d††
cat/pLL50-PEG; non-cl - 16.1 ± 0.1 0.2 ± 0.01 n.d.
cat/pLL50-PEG; cl EDC/S-NHS 19.8 ± 0.3 0.2 ± 0.01 n.d.

SOD1 and catalase formulations were prepared in 10 mM HEPES and 10 mM HEPES-buffered saline (pH 7.4), respectively.

*

All complexes are stoichiometric (Z=1)

Z-average diameter (Dz)

polydispersity index (PDI) and

§

ζ-potential. Data are mean ± SD of triplicate measurements.

Theoretical hydrodynamic diameters (Malvern Zetasizer Nano software) are 5.2 nm for SOD1 and 12.5 nm for catalase.

#

non-cross-linked;

**

cross-linked

††

ζ-potential not determined because of high ionic strength.