Hideko Kanazawa

Keio University · Fuculty of Pharmacy

Background Human umbilical cord-derived mesenchymal stem cell (hUC-MSC) sheets have recently attracted attention as an alternative approach to injected cell suspensions for stem cell therapy. However, cell engraftment and cytokine expression levels between hUC-MSC sheets and their cell suspensions in vivo have not yet been compared. This study comp...

During the last few decades, thermoresponsive materials for modulating cell adhesion have been investigated for the application of tissue engineering. In this study, we developed thermoresponsive mixed polymer brushes consisting of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) and poly(N,N-dimethylaminopropylacrylamide) (PDMAPAAm). The mixed polymer brushe...

Controlling the physical stability of noncrystalline active pharmaceutical ingredients remains a major challenge in the development of amorphous formulations such as amorphous solid-dispersion (ASD) formulations. To establish new evaluation and formulation strategies, the spatial distribution of the crystal phase in bulk amorphous nifedipine (NFD)...

The existing methods for exosome isolation, such as ultracentrifugation, size exclusion, and affinity separation, suffer from some limitations. Herein, we aimed to develop temperature-modulated exosome-capturing materials using thermoresponsive polymers and peptides with affinity for exosomes. Poly(2-hydroxyethyl methacrylate-co-propargyl acrylate)...

Adipose-derived mesenchymal stem cells (ADSCs) have beneficial effects in cell transplantation therapy; these cells are collected from adipose tissue using low-invasive methods. However, to prepare ADSCs for cell therapy, a cell separation method that neither involves modification of the cell surface nor causes loss of cell activity is needed. Here...

Up to a certain developmental stage, a fetus can completely regenerate wounds in the skin. To clarify the mechanism of fetal skin regeneration, identifying when the skin switches from fetal-type wound regeneration to adult-type wound repair is necessary. We hypothesized that this switch occurs at several time points and that complete skin regenerat...

Hepatic tissue engineering may be an effective approach for the treatment of liver disease; however, its practical application requires hepatic cell separation technologies that do not involve cell surface modification...

Therapeutic drug monitoring, which is used to determine appropriate drug doses, is critical in pharmacological therapy. In this study, we developed thermoresponsive chromatography columns with various cationic properties for effective therapeutic drug monitoring. Thermoresponsive cationic copolymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co–n-butyl methacrylate...

Recently, antibody drugs have been investigated for medical treatments of intractable diseases. An effective antibody drug separation method is in demand for production of such drugs. We developed an antibody drug separation material using a mixed polymer brush composed of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm), which is a thermoresponsive polymer,...

Wnt proteins secrete glycoproteins that are involved in various cellular processes to maintain homeostasis during development and adulthood. However, the expression and role of Wnt in wound healing have not been fully documented. Our previous studies have shown that, in an early-stage mouse fetus, no scarring occurred after cutaneous wounding, and...

In this study, mixed-mode chromatography columns have been investigated using multiple analyte interactions. A mixed-mode chromatography column was developed using poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) brush-modified silica beads and poly(3-acrylamidopropyl trimethylammonium chloride) (PAPTAC) brush-modified silica beads. PNIPAAm brush-modified s...

Therapeutic drug monitoring (TDM) is an effective pharmacological approach for controlling drug concentration in a patient’s serum. Herein, a new two-dimensional chromatography system was developed using two poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-modified bead-packed columns for effective and safe drug monitoring. PNIPAAm-modified silica beads were...

Viral vectors have attracted attention as a potential new therapeutic modality for gene therapy. In this study, we developed a temperature-modulated viral vector purification column using a mixed polymer brush composed of thermoresponsive and anionic polymers as packing material ligands. The mixed polymer brushes were modified on silica beads using...

Therapeutic drug monitoring is a key technology for effective pharmacological treatment. In the present study, a temperature-responsive chromatography column was developed for safe and simple therapeutic drug monitoring without the use of organic solvents. Poly( N -isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) hydrogel-modified silica beads were prepared via a co...

Cell therapy using mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) is used as effective regenerative treatment. Cell therapy requires effective cell separation without cell modification and cellular activity reduction. In this study, we developed a temperature-modulated mesenchymal stem cell separation column. A temperature-responsive cationic block copolymer, poly(...

A non-destructive discrimination method for crystals in solid dosage drug forms was first developed using a combination of Raman spectroscopy and X-ray micro-computed tomography (X-ray CT). Identification of the crystal form of an active pharmaceutical ingredient (API) at the appropriate pharmaceutical dosage is crucial, as the crystal form is a de...

We present a temperature-responsive spin column using an all-aqueous eluent. The method is intended as a simple sample preparation method for protein removal from serum, which is required for serum drug analysis. As packing materials for the spin column, we prepared two types of silica beads via surface-initiated radical polymerization. The large b...

Temperature-responsive chromatography using thermoresponsive polymers is innovative and can control analyte retention via column temperature. Analyte elution behavior in this type of chromatography depends on the modified thermoresponsive polymer and the structure of the base materials. In the present study, we examine the effect of the pore diamet...

Although the field of antibody drugs has grown larger, the antibody production still faces several challenges. Effective antibody purification is required, but the conventional purification method for antibodies is cost intensive and often causes aggregation problems, indicating the need for new alternative antibody purification methods. In the pre...

In recent years, drug discovery and therapeutics trends have shifted from a focus on small-molecule compounds to biopharmaceuticals, genes, cell therapy, and regenerative medicine. Therefore, new approaches and technologies must be developed to respond to these changes in medical care. To achieve this, we applied a temperature-responsive separation...

Tissue engineering and cell transplantation therapy have become promising therapies for intractable diseases. These approaches require cell separation technology without cell modification. Accordingly, in this study, we developed a novel cell separation method using a thermoresponsive block copolymer brush with an affinity peptide. A block copolyme...

Front Cover: In article number 2000308 by Kenichi Nagase and co‐workers, functional thermoresponsive‐cationic block copolymer brushes are fabricated by two steps of surface‐initiated ATRP of N,N‐dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide and N‐isopropylacrylamide. All three types of tested cells adhere to the copolymer brush at 37 °C and selective detachment o...

We designed two types of copolymers that play a role of “polymeric glue”. They introduced surface adhesive functions to cell-laden collagen gels. The present study realised surface functionalisation of naturally derived hydrogels and suggested a novel method for manipulating living cells. This method is potentially useful for in vitro reconstructio...

In recent decades, in addition to existing small-molecule drug therapies, biomedical technology has also rapidly progressed, leading to the development of various therapies based on biopharmaceuticals and therapeutic cells. However, these materials require effective separation methods for their analysis and production. A representative separation m...

Recently, cell separation methods have become important for preparing cells for transplantation therapy. In this study, a thermoresponsive cationic block copolymer brush is developed as an effective cell separation tool. This brush is prepared on glass surfaces using two steps of activator regenerated by electron transfer–atom transfer radical poly...

Antibody drugs play an important role in biopharmaceuticals, because of the specificity for target biomolecules and reduction of side effects. Thus, separation and analysis techniques for these antibody drugs have increased in importance. In the present study, we develop functional chromatography matrices for antibody drug separation and analysis....

Oligonucleotide therapeutics have contributed remarkably to healthcare, being well suited for the treatment of intractable diseases that are difficult to approach using conventional drug modalities. However, as common techniques of oligonucleotide analysis rely on reversed-phase or ion-exchange liquid chromatography and thus employ toxic organic so...

High-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) is the most common analytical method practiced in various fields and used for analysis of almost all drug compounds in the pharmaceutical industries. During drug development, an evaluation of potential drug interaction with cytochrome P450 (CYP) is essential. A “cocktail” approach is often used in drug...

Background: In most stem cell therapy strategies reported to date, stem cells are introduced to damaged tissue sites to repair and regenerate the original tissue structure and function. MSC therapeutic efficacies are inconsistent, largely attributed to transplanted MSC difficulties both in engrafting at tissue sites and in retaining their therapeu...

Stimuli‐responsive smart materials are a key to the realization of next‐generation medical technologies. Among them, the temperature‐responsive polymer poly(N‐isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) is attracting particular attention because it is easy to use in physiological conditions. PNIPAAm‐grafted surfaces can undergo temperature‐modulated cell adhesi...

We developed temperature-responsive mixed-mode columns packed with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-modified beads and poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropane sulfonic acid) (PAMPS)-modified beads in various ratios. The PNIPAAm-modified silica beads and PAMPS-modified silica beads were prepared by surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerizati...

Cell separation methods that do not require surface modification of cells are needed in tissue engineering and regenerative medicine. We developed thermoresponsive anionic polymer brushes for cell separation without modification of the cell surfaces. Copolymer brush poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N-tert-butylacrylamide-co-tert-butyl acrylate, P(NIPA...

We developed a mixed polymer brush, which consists of temperature-responsive polymer and cationic polymer modified beads as functional chromatographic matrices, for temperature-modulated multiple hydrophobic and electrostatic interactions. The mixed polymer brush was modified on silica beads through the combination of reversible addition-fragmentat...

Recently, cell transplantation therapy using cellular tissue has been used as an effective therapy for patient. In order to improve the efficacy of the cellular tissue transplantation, vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) releasing fiber mat was developed. Using the fiber mat, six layered cardiomyocyte sheets can be transplanted at once, becau...

Introduction Stem cell therapy with mesenchymal stem cells (MSCs) has been widely used in many clinical trials, and therapy with MSC sheets shows promise for patients. However, there are few reports characterizing MSC sheets. In the present study, the properties of MSC sheets derived from bone marrow, adipose tissue, and umbilical cord were evaluat...

L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) is a transporter that is more highly expressed in cancer cells compared with normal cells. In the present study, liposomes, composed of egg phosphatidylcholine (EPC) and dioleoyl phosphatidylethanolamine, were modified with LAT1-targeting thermoresponsive polymer, l-tyrosine-conjugated poly(N-isopropylacrylami...

Liposomes composed of egg phosphatidylcholine and cholesterol were modified with the temperature-responsive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N, N-dimethylacrylamide) (P(NIPAAm-co-DMAAm)), and exhibited reversible surface properties with temperature. Completely reversible liposome aggregation due to P(NIPAAm-co-DMAAm) hydration/dehydration was...

There is strong demand for cell separation methods that do not decrease cell activity or modify cell surfaces. Here, new temperature-modulated cell-separation columns not requiring cell-surface premodification are described. The columns were packed with temperature-responsive cationic polymer hydrogel-modified silica beads. Poly(N-isopropylacrylami...

The cell manipulation technique using thermoresponsive polymers is currently attracting much attention for applications in the medical field. To achieve arbitrary and accurate cells control, it is necessary to intensely research fibronectin behavior. A smart surface, which has thermoresponsive wettability and which can adsorb or desorb fibronectin...

Recently, the theory of cancer stem cell (CSC) is gaining increasing attention from researchers and has become an important focus of cancer research. Since the discovery that the marker molecule is over-expressed in a variety of solid tumors, many studies have focused on methods for targeting the hyaluronan receptor CD44. Hyaluronic acid, the prima...

Small interfering RNAs (siRNAs) have been attracting significant attention owing to their gene silencing properties, which can be utilized to treat intractable diseases. In this study, two temperature-responsive liposomal siRNA carriers were prepared by modifying liposomes with different polymers—poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylaminopropy...

Many thermoresponsive surfaces for biomedical applications have been developed using various techniques for modifying substrates with thermoresponsive polymers. In addition, surface-initiated living radical polymerization methods such as atom-transfer radical polymerization (ATRP) and reversible addition–fragmentation chain-transfer (RAFT) polymeri...

The relationships between propofol plasma concentrations and the pharmacodynamic endpoints may differ according to a type of airway device. To clarify these relationships in different airway devices would be useful to avoid the complication such as apnea and intraoperative awareness. The aim of this study was to investigate the influence of differe...

Recently, the importance of biopharmaceuticals in medical treatments has been increasing, and effective protein purification methods are strongly required for their production. In the present study, a temperature-responsive solid-phase extraction (SPE) column was developed for the purification of proteins without affecting their bioactivity. A temp...

L-type amino acid transporter 1 (LAT1) is more highly expressed in cancer cells compared with normal cells. LAT1 targeting probes would therefore be a promising tool for cancer cell imaging. In this study, LAT1-targeting thermoresponsive fluorescent polymer probes based on poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) (P(NIPAAm-co-DMAAm)) w...

We prepared thermoresponsive hydrogels by mixing poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) derivatives as the main chain components, octa-arm polyethylene glycol (PEG) as a crosslinker, and the Arg-Gly-Asp-Ser (RGDS) peptides as cell adhesion units. Human bone marrow-derived mesenchymal stem cells (hbmMSCs) were cultured on the hydrogels. The PNIPAAm g...

Protein drugs and therapeutic cells are among promising current and future therapies for patients. The importance of these proteins and cells has increased in the clinical field, and protein and cell purification methods, without losing their potency or biological activity, are urgently needed. We prepared thermoresponsive polymer brushes as a new...

Drug delivery system (DDS) is a technology that controls sustained release of medicines in the body and localized delivery to diseased tissues. Therefore, it is possible to keep the concentration of medicine at therapeutically effective concentrations for a long time and to reduce side effects. We have achieved controlled intracellular uptake, and...

Thermoresponsive surfaces, prepared by grafting of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm) or its copolymers, have been investigated for biomedical applications. Thermoresponsive cell culture dishes that show controlled cell adhesion and detachment following external temperature changes, represent a promising application of thermoresponsive surfaces....

Temperature-responsive chromatography, in which the characteristics of the stationary phase can be controlled by varying the column temperature with only an aqueous eluent, was applied to the analysis of psychoactive drugs. Temperature-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-based copolymers were synthesized with n-butyl methacrylate (BMA)...

Front Cover: A vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-releasing fiber mat was developed for the effective transplantation of multilayered cardiomyocyte sheets. The transplanted multilayered cardiomyocyte sheets with the VEGF-releasing fiber mat exhibited thick cardiomyocytes layer and incorporated larger-diameter blood vessels. This is reported...

We report a polymeric micelle drug delivery system, which enables selective intracellular uptake with external thermal stimulation, and effective release of a drug at internal acidic endosomal pH. We developed a dual temperature- and pH-responsive polymeric micelle composed of a temperature-responsive corona segment with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-...

Cell sheet transplantation is a key tissue engineering technology. A vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF)-releasing fiber mat is developed for the transplantation of multilayered cardiomyocyte sheets. Poly(vinyl alcohol) fiber mats bearing poly(lactic-co-glycolic acid) nanoparticles that incorporate VEGF are fabricated using electrospinning an...

Micro-/nanosphere-mediated femtosecond laser cell perforation is one of the high throughput technologies used for macro-molecule-delivery into multiple cells. We have demonstrated the delivery of plasmid-DNA/liposome complexes into cells using biodegradable polymer microspheres and a femtosecond laser and investigated the intracellular localization...

The novel property of reversible regulation of parallel type G-quadruplexes with moderate temperature changes was discovered in thermoresponsive hydrogels using a universal chiroptical spectrophotometer 1 (UCS-1). This study is the first to report the regulation of the ssDNA steric structure by using a poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) gel.

Short interfering RNA (siRNA) delivery systems using nanoparticle carriers have been limited by inefficient intracellular delivery. One drawback is the poor cellular uptake of siRNA/particle complexes through the plasma membrane and release of the nucleic acids into the cytosol. In this study, to develop the temperature-responsive liposome as a nov...

Liposomes are used for transdermal delivery of drugs and vaccines. Our objective was to develop temperature-responsive (TR) liposomes to achieve temperature-dependent, controlled release of an encapsulated drug, and use fractional laser irradiation to enhance transdermal permeability of these liposomes. TR-liposomes prepared using a thermosensitive...

This study reports the development of temperature-responsive polymer/silica hybrid nanoparticles and their application to temperature-dependent intracellular uptake of hydrophobic encapsulated fluorescence molecules. Amphiphilic diblock copolymer comprising a temperature-responsive segment, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-N,N-dimethylacrylamide) [P(N...

Drug delivery by nanoparticle carriers has been limited by inefficient intracellular drug delivery. Temperature-responsive poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-modified liposomes can release their content following heating. In this study, we synthesized the temperature-responsive polymer poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)-co-N,N′-dimethylaminopropylacryl...

The objective of this study was to characterize the propofol-fentanyl interaction in Beagles for four pharmacodynamic endpoints: apnea, response to mechanical ventilation, endotracheal tube, and tetanic stimulation. After anesthesia was induced with varying combinations of propofol and fentanyl, the pharmacodynamic endpoints were assessed in intuba...

Objective: Transdermal delivery of hydrophilic peptides remains a challenge due to their poor cellular uptake and transdermal penetration. We hypothesize that combination of a CO2 fractional laser to enhance percutaneous absorption and liposomes as transdermal carriers would improve skin penetration of hydrophilic drugs. Study design: NA. Metho...

We synthesized poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) gel containing cell-adhesive peptides, RGDS pendants, and crosslinked by a hydrophilic polymer. Since gelation occurs by simply mixing the polymers, cells can be simultaneously encapsulated inside the gel during gelation. This gel has roughly a 15% volume change between 25 and 37°C, and is transparent at b...

A novel pretreatment method, which was performed using a two-dimensional high-performance liquid chromatography (2D-HPLC) system, was proposed for the direct analysis of drugs in human serum. A temperature-responsive column was used as a pretreatment column. The stationary phase of the temperature-responsive column exhibits temperature-regulated hy...

Functionality Expression Institution that was newly enforced in April 2015 enabled the expression of functionality of not only the Food for Specified Health Uses, the Food with Nutrient Function Claims, but also a lot of foods including supplements. In order to obtain approval and authorization, it is necessary to release data that substantiate the...

A novel and simple method that combines an online concentration technique with an enantioseparation technique for capillary electrophoresis-namely, cation-selective exhaustive injection and sweeping cyclodextrin-modified micellar electrokinetic chromatography (CSEI-sweeping CD-modified MEKC)-realizes the effective enantioseparation of cationic anal...

An analytical method for the simultaneous detection of five types of Fusarium toxins (nivalenol (NIV), deoxynivalenol (DON), HT-2 toxin (HT-2), T-2 toxin (T-2), and zearalenone (ZEN)) in processed grains has been developed. Mycotoxins in the sample were extracted using acetonitrile-water (85:15 v/v), purified using MultiSep 226 AflaZon+ multi-funct...

Recently, the need for the analysis of psychotropic drugs has increased. With the revision of the medical treatment fees in FY2014, facilities that can be calculated in those case that could identify the drugs responsible for acute drug poisoning of a patient by instrumental analysis, including HPLC analysis, were expanded from only advanced emerge...

Temperature-responsive (thermoresponsive) protein adsorption on a block copolymer brush layer is demonstrated. Specifically, silica beads were modified with poly(3-acrylamidopropyl trimethylammonium chloride)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide)(PAPTAC-b-PIPAAm) via multi-step atom-transfer radical polymerization. The beads were characterized with X-ray p...

Brushes were prepared from a thermoresponsive strongly anionic block copolymer, namely poly(2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid) (AMPS)-b-poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PAMPS-b-PIPAAm), by multistep atom-transfer radical polymerization with pH control of the reaction solution. The prepared block copolymer brushes were characterized using CHN el...

Temperature-responsive polymers incorporating molecular-recognition sites were developed as stationary phases for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC). The grafted stationary phases consisted of functional copolymers composed of N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm) and N-acryloyl aromatic amino acid methyl esters, i.e., phenylalanine and tryptop...

We have studied possible differences of bioavailability between single-drugs and antihypertensive combination tablets of amlodipine besylate. The elution behaviors of four kinds of combination tablets were investigated using the dissolution test, and the formulation properties were studied using 3DX analysis with high-resolution X-ray and hardness...

We have developed a novel solid-phase extraction (SPE) system utilizing a temperature-responsive polymer hydrogel-modified stationary phase. Aminopropyl silica beads (average diameter, 40 - 64 μm) were coated with poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-based thermo-responsive hydrogels. Butyl methacrylate (BMA) and N,N-dimethylaminopropyl acrylamide...

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) with two chain lengths (MW: ca. 5000, and ca. 20 000 g mol-1) was synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, using 2-dodecylsulfanylthiocarbonylsulfanyl-2-methyl propionic acid as the chain transfer agent. The derivatization of terminal dodecyl groups to maleimide groups was pe...

Thermoresponsive hydrophobic copolymer, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide-co-n-butyl methacrylate) [P(IPAAm-co-BMA)], brushes were prepared on porous monolithic silica rods through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization (ATRP). The monolithic silica surface was modified with the ATRP-initiator [(chloromethyl)phenylethyl]trimethoxysilane (C...

We report the development of environmentally responsive fluorescent polymers. The reversible temperature-induced phase transition of copolymers composed of N-isopropylacrylamide and a fluorescent monomer based on the fluorescein (FL), coumarine (CO), rhodamine (RH), or dansyl skeleton (DA) were used as a molecular switch to control the fluorescence...

Diabetes is one of the most common chronic diseases, and several new oral agents have been approved for type 2 diabetes management in recent years. A combination of different classes of antidiabetic agents is often required to avoid adverse effects such as severe hypoglycemia. A potential novel combination in development involves a fixed dose singl...

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAm) is one of the most widely studied temperature-responsive polymers among those that have been applied to biomaterials science and technology. Here, we investigated the importance of interactions between PNIPAm-based copolymers and biological factors. The effects of a series of major anionic electrolytes in biolog...

Specific phenol compounds including rhododendrol (RD), a skin-brightening ingredient in cosmetics, are reported to induce leukoderma, inducing a social problem, and the elucidation of mechanism of leukoderma is strongly demanded. This study investigated the relationship among the cytotoxicities of six phenol compounds on B16F10 melanoma cells and H...

Temperature-responsive cell culture surfaces prepared by modifying tissue-culture polystyrene with nanoscale poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PIPAAm) hydrogels are widely used as intelligent surfaces for the fabrication of various cell sheets that change with temperature. In this work, the characteristics of nanoscale PIPAAm hydrogels were phenomenolog...

A pH/temperature-responsive fluorescence polymer, I42D50S8-FL, consisting of N-isopropylacrylamide, N,N-dimethylacrylamide, and sulfamethazineacrylamide was synthesized by reversible addition-fragmentation chain transfer (RAFT) polymerization, followed by activation of terminal carboxyl groups with N-hydroxysuccinimide and reaction with 5-aminofluo...

A new method was developed for the analysis of age-related steroids, such as dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA), androstenedione (ASD), and testosterone (TES), utilizing a temperature-responsive polymer of poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) as the stationary phase of LC-MS. A temperature-dependent separation of the steroids was achieved using an aque...

We investigate a technology to create a high temperature heat source on the tip surface of the glass fiber proposed for medical surgery applications. Using 4 to 6 W power level semiconductor lasers at a wavelength of 980 nm, a laser coupled fiber tip was preprocessed to contain a certain amount of titanium oxide powder with a depth of 100 μm from t...

A thermoresponsive copolymer brush possessing the sulfuric acid group, poly(N-isopropylacrylamide (IPAAm)-co-2-acrylamido-2-methylpropanesulfonic acid (AMPS)-co-tert-butylacrylamide (tBAAm)), was grafted onto the surface of silica beads through surface-initiated atom transfer radical polymerization. Prepared copolymer and copolymer brushes on silic...

Due to the aging of Japanese societies, people have become aware of the importance of self-managing of their health, and thus health food has been very popular in recent years. In 2013, the Ministry of Health, Labor and Welfare announced that the elongation of a health of life expectancy is of importance in order to suppress the increment of health...

A novel packing materials for high-performance liquid chromatography (HPLC) was developed, which is silica gel, modified with a temperature-responsive polymer (N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm) surface. The advantage of this system is that it works with an aqueous mobile phase, without using an organic solvent. Therefore the separation of biomolecul...

Poly(N-isopropylacrylamide) (PNIPAAm)-based temperature-responsive fluorescence polymer probes were developed using radical polymerization, with 3-mercaptopropionic acid as the chain-transfer agent, followed by activation of terminal carboxyl groups with N-hydroxysuccinimide and reaction with 5-aminofluorescein (FL). The lower critical solution tem...