A noninvasive method for measuring the oxygen binding-releasing capacity of hemoglobin-loaded polymeric nanoparticles as oxygen carrier

作者:Zhang, Xiaolan*; Liu, Changsheng; Yuan, Yuan; Shan, Xiaoqian; Sheng, Yan; Xu, Feng
来源:Journal of Materials Science: Materials in Medicine , 2009, 20(5): 1025-1030.
DOI:10.1007/s10856-008-3676-y

摘要

Based on the strong penetration capacity of near infrared lights (NIRs) and different absorption of oxyhemoglobin and deoxyhemoglobin in NIRs region, a novel noninvasive method, with the aid of an airproof-equilibrium apparatus, was developed to determine the oxygen binding-releasing capacity, including oxygen dissociation curve (ODC) and P-50, of the hemoglobin-loaded polymeric nanoparticles (HbP) in this study. The measured ODC of the PLA-PEG HbP was very close to that of the native hemoglobin, and the corresponding P-50 (26.1 mmHg) was also near to the native precursor protein (27.3 mmHg), indicative of the validity of the method proposed. To further verify the method proposed, the oxygen binding-releasing capacity of the HbPs prepared by PCL, PCL-PEG, PLA were also investigated with human blood as control. These results indicated that the method developed here enabled accurate and noninvasive determination of the oxygen binding-releasing capacity of the biodegradable polymeric oxygen carriers.