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SELF-ASSEMBLED PROTEIN-POLYMER CONJUGATES: SYNTHESIS AND APPLICATIONS
Xinyu Liu1
1Peking University, Beijing, China

PAPER: 299/Polymers/Regular (Oral) OS
SCHEDULED: 17:05/Tue. 18 Nov. 2025/Sampaguita

ABSTRACT:

Inspired by nature's sophisticated protein machinery—where self-assembly creates highly ordered nanostructures—researchers design artificial protein-based nanomaterials. Among these, protein-polymer conjugates integrate native protein activity with synthetic polymer versatility. We combined site-specific protein modification with advanced ATRP chemistry to develop an innovative self-assembly approach: site-specific in situ polymerization-induced self-assembly (SI-PISA). This method enables diverse protein self-assembly systems that preserve biological activity while significantly enhancing pharmaceutical properties, including pharmacokinetics, tumor targeting, and antitumor efficacy. In addition, we further developed a novel and efficient universal strategy leveraging a thermosresponsive deoxygenation agent, GOX-PDEGMA, for the synthesis and purification of protein–polymer conjugates under open-air conditions, and this strategy demonstrated excellent scalability, accommodating reaction volumes from 10 μL to 100 mL, and compatibility with monoclonal antibodies and cytokines, highlighting its potential for developing long-acting protein therapeutics, antibody-based drugs, novel vaccines, and in vitro diagnostic reagents. Building on these advances, we expanded its applications. This talk will also briefly introduce our recent works about using protein self-assemblies as remineralization template for enamel repair and multi-specific antibody platform for cancer therapy. 

REFERENCES:
[1] Liu, X.; Gao, W.* ACS Appl. Mater. Interfaces 2017, 9, 2023-2028.
[2] Liu, X.; Sun, M.; Sun, J.; Hu, J.; Wang, Z.; Guo, J.; Gao, W.* J. Am. Chem. Soc. 2018, 140, 10435-10438.
[3] Liu, X.; Sun, J.; Gao, W.* Biomaterials 2018, 178, 413-434.
[4] Liu, X.; Gao, W.* Angew. Chem. Int. Ed. 2021, 60, 11024-11035.
[5] Jiao, F.; Su, Q.; Liu, X.* Polym. Chem. 2024, 15, 1942-1946.
[6] Chen, Y.; Liang, S.; Chen, B.; Jiao, F.; Deng, X.*; Liu, X.* Pharmaceutics 2025, 17, 316.
[7] Chen, B.; Jiao, F.; Gao, Y.; Sang, X.; Chen, Y.;Gong, Z.; Deng, X.; Liu, X.* JACS Au 2025, DOI: 10.1021/jacsau.5c00569.