Stimuli-responsive nanoparticles by thermal treatment of bovine serum albumin inside its complexes with chondroitin sulfate

We combine electrostatic polysaccharide/protein complexation with subsequent thermal denaturation of proteins to produce chondroitin sulfate/bovine serum albumin nanoparticles that do not lose their integrity at neutral and basic pH. Light scattering at a wide angular range shows that nanoparticle size (radius of gyration and hydrodynamic radius) and molar mass may be tuned by the CS/BSA mass ratio while the irreversible protein-protein contacts...