Adsorption of BSA on carbon-coated Fe₃O₄ microspheres activated with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride

Abstract

Carbon-coated Fe₃O₄ (Fe₃O₄/C) microspheres activated with 1-ethyl-3-(3-dimethylaminopropyl)-carbodiimide hydrochloride (EDC) were prepared, characterized and applied to adsorb bovine serum albumin (BSA). The prepared magnetic microspheres had spherical core-shell structure with a uniform and continuous carbon coating coupled with activation by EDC, and possessed superparamagnetic characteristics. The experimental results showed that the adsorption amount of BSA on the EDC-activated Fe₃O₄/C (Fe₃O₄/C-EDC) microspheres was higher than that on the Fe₃O₄/C microspheres. The maximum adsorption of BSA on Fe₃O₄/C-EDC microspheres occurred at pH 4.7, which was the isoelectric point of BSA. At low concentrations (below 1.0 M), salt had no noticeable effect on BSA adsorption. The BSA adsorption of Fe₃O₄/C-EDC microspheres had a better fit to the Langmuir model than the Freundlich isotherm and Temkin isotherm model, and the kinetic data were well described by the pseudo-second-order model. The adsorption equilibrium could be reached within 20 min. High desorption efficiency (97.6%) of BSA from Fe₃O₄/C-EDC microspheres was obtained with 0.5 M Na₂HPO₄ (pH 9.4) as the desorbent.

Keywords

Fe₃O₄/C microspheres / EDC / adsorption / BSA

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