A protein containing one or more disulfide bonds, e.g., an antibody, is subjected to ultraviolet radiation to reduce one or more such bonds to reactive sulfhydryl groups; the resulting photoactivated protein is reacted with other chemical entity which is reactive with sulfhydryl, such as certain radiometals, chelating agents, drugs and toxins, so as to obtain a conjugate useful in, e.g., in vitro diagnosis, in vivo imaging, and therapy.
The present invention provides both crosslinked polymer compositions capable of forming hydrogel upon exposure to an aqueous environment and thiosulfonate hydrogel-forming components. The thiosulfonate hydrogel-forming components of the invention are preferably multi-arm thiosulfonate polymer derivatives that form a crosslinked polymer composition when exposed to a base without requiring the presence of a second cross-linking reagent, redox catalyst, or radiation. Methods for forming hydrogel compositions, as well as methods for using the hydrogel, are also provided.
The present invention relates to a method for the selected chemical activation of photo-activatable cross-linker molecules around ligand binding pockets and fluorescent groups in macromolecules, especially biological macromolecules, by using fluorescent ligands of the macromolecule and by selecting photo-activatable cross-linker molecules having specific activation energies so that a radiationless energy transfer (Forster transfer) from the fluorescent ligands to the cross-linker molecules, which become activated thereby, takes place.
The present invention provides both crosslinked polymer compositions capable of forming hydrogels upon exposure to an aqueous environment and thiosulfonate hydrogel-forming components. The thiosulfonate hydrogel-forming components of the invention are preferably multi-arm thiosulfonate polymer derivatives that form a crosslinked polymer composition when exposed to a base without requiring the presence of a second cross-linking reagent, redox catalyst, or radiation. Methods for forming hydrogel compositions, as well as methods for using the hydrogels, are also provided.
