Ultra-stable zeolites - a tool for in-cell chemistry

• Ultrastable zeolite particles were used as vehicles to carry low molecular bio-active substances and macromolecules as proteins into viable cells. Zeolite particles that can be used for internalisation by phagocytosis were obtained from the non-sedimenting fraction of a commercially available zeolite preparation after 1 × g sedimentation. Protein adsorbed on the zeolite surface was shown to enter the endosomal pathway after phagocytosis and could be cleaved by the endosomal proteases. As a model of a low molecular weight bio-active molecule, the inhibitor of the cellular synthesis of nitrogen oxide, N-nitro-l-arginine methyl ester (L-NAME), was used. A partial inhibition of the cellular NO production was shown after utilizing zeolites as vehicles to introduce the inhibitor into the cells. A targeting of the intra-cellular enzymes that was at least 10 times more efficient was obtained by the use of zeolites as a carrier of the inhibitor, as opposed to addition of the inhibitor to the culture medium.

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TEKNIK OCH TEKNOLOGIER  -- Kemiteknik (hsv//swe)

ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY  -- Chemical Engineering (hsv//eng)

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