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Zou S, Yao X, Shao H, Reis RL, Kundu SC, Zhang Y. Nonmulberry silk fibroin-based biomaterials: Impact on cell behavior regulation and tissue regeneration. Acta Biomater 2022; 153:68-84. [PMID: 36113722 DOI: 10.1016/j.actbio.2022.09.021] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2022] [Revised: 08/28/2022] [Accepted: 09/08/2022] [Indexed: 11/01/2022]
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Silk fibroin (SF) is a promising biomaterial due to its good biocompatibility, easy availability, and high mechanical properties. Compared with mulberry silk fibroin (MSF), nonmulberry silk fibroin (NSF) isolated from typical nonmulberry silkworm silk exhibits unique arginine-glycine-aspartic acid (RGD) sequences with favorable cell adhesion enhancing effect. This inherent property probably makes the NSF more suitable for cell culture and tissue regeneration-related applications. Accordingly, various types of NSF-based biomaterials, such as particles, films, fiber mats, and 3D scaffolds, are constructed and their application potential in different biomedical fields is extensively investigated. Based on these promising NSF biomaterials, this review firstly makes a systematical comparison between the molecular structure and properties of MSF and typical NSF and highlights the unique properties of NSF. In addition, we summarize the effective fabrication strategies from degummed nonmulberry silk fibers to regenerated NSF-based biomaterials with controllable formats and their recent application progresses in cell behavior regulation and tissue regeneration. Finally, current challenges and future perspectives for the fabrication and application of NSF-based biomaterials are discussed. Related research and perspectives may provide valuable references for designing and modifying effective NSF-based and other natural biomaterials. STATEMENT OF SIGNIFICANCE: There exist many reviews about mulberry silk fibroin (MSF) biomaterials and their biomedical applications, while that about nonmulberry silk fibroin (NSF) biomaterials is scarce. Compared with MSF, NSF exhibits unique arginine-glycine-aspartic acid sequences with promising cell adhesion enhancing effect, which makes NSF more suitable for cell culture and tissue regeneration related applications. Focusing on these advanced NSF biomaterials, this review has systematically compared the structure and properties of MSF and NSF, and emphasized the unique properties of NSF. Following that, the effective construction strategies for NSF-based biomaterials are summarized, and their recent applications in cell behavior regulations and tissue regenerations are highlighted. Furthermore, current challenges and future perspectives for the fabrication and application of NSF-based biomaterials were discussed.
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- Shengzhi Zou
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China
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- I3Bs-Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, Barco, Guimarães 4805-017, Portugal
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- I3Bs-Research Institute on Biomaterials, Biodegradables and Biomimetics, Headquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine, University of Minho, Barco, Guimarães 4805-017, Portugal
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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Wang BX, Li J, Cheng DH, Lu YH, Liu L. Fabrication of Antheraea pernyi Silk Fibroin-Based Thermoresponsive Hydrogel Nanofibers for Colon Cancer Cell Culture. Polymers (Basel) 2021; 14:108. [PMID: 35012130 PMCID: PMC8747543 DOI: 10.3390/polym14010108] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 12/05/2021] [Revised: 12/23/2021] [Accepted: 12/25/2021] [Indexed: 11/17/2022] Open
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Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin (ASF)-based nanofibers have wide potential for biomaterial applications due to superior biocompatibility. It is not clear whether the ASF-based nanofibers scaffold can be used as an in vitro cancer cell culture platform. In the current study, we fabricated novel ASF-based thermoresponsive hydrogel nanofibers by aqueous electrospinning for colon cancer (LoVo) cells culture. ASF was reacted with allyl glycidyl ether (AGE) for the preparation of allyl silk fibroin (ASF-AGE), which provided the possibility of copolymerization with allyl monomer. The investigation of ASF-AGE structure by 1H NMR revealed that reactive allyl groups were successfully linked with ASF. ASF-based thermoresponsive hydrogel nanofibers (p (ASF-AGE-NIPAAm)) were successfully manufactured by aqueous electrospinning with the polymerization of ASF and N-isopropylacrylamide (NIPAAm). The p (ASF-AGE-NIPAAm) spinning solution showed good spinnability with the increase of polymerization time, and uniform nanofibers were formed at the polymerization time of 360 min. The obtained hydrogel nanofibers exhibited good thermoresponsive that the LCST was similar with PNIPAAm at about 32 °C, and good degradability in protease XIV PBS solution. In addition, the cytocompatibility of colon cancer (LoVo) cells cultured in hydrogel nanofibers was assessed. It was demonstrated that LoVo cells grown on hydrogel nanofibers showed improved cell adhesion, proliferation, and viability than those on hydrogel. The results suggest that the p (ASF-AGE-NIPAAm) hydrogel nanofibers have potential application in LoVo cells culture in vitro. This study demonstrates the feasibility of fabricating ASF-based nanofibers to culture LoVo cancer cells that can potentially be used as an in vitro cancer cell culture platform.
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- Bo-Xiang Wang
- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Materials, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China; (J.L.); (D.-H.C.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Materials, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China; (J.L.); (D.-H.C.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Materials, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China; (J.L.); (D.-H.C.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China
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- Liaoning Provincial Key Laboratory of Functional Textile Materials, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China; (J.L.); (D.-H.C.)
- School of Chemical Engineering, Eastern Liaoning University, Dandong 118003, China
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- School of Materials Science and Engineering, Shanghai University, Shanghai 200444, China;
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Zou S, Wang X, Fan S, Yao X, Zhang Y, Shao H. Electrospun regenerated Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin scaffolds with improved pore size, mechanical properties and cytocompatibility using mesh collectors. J Mater Chem B 2021; 9:5514-5527. [PMID: 34152355 DOI: 10.1039/d1tb00944c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 7.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/14/2022]
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Generally, electrospun silk fibroin scaffolds collected by traditional plates present limited pore size and mechanical properties, which may restrict their biomedical applications. Herein, regenerated Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin (RASF) with excellent inherent cell adhesion property was chosen as a raw material and the conductive metal meshes were used as collectors to prepare modified RASF scaffolds by electrospinning from its aqueous solution. A traditional intact plate was used as a control. The morphology and mechanical properties of the obtained scaffolds were investigated. Schwann cells were further used to assess the cytocompatibility and cell migration ability of the typical scaffolds. Interestingly, compared with the traditional intact plate, the mesh collector with an appropriate gap size (circa 7 mm) could significantly improve the pore size, porosity and mechanical properties of the RASF scaffolds simultaneously. In addition, the scaffold collected under this condition (RASF-7mmG) showed higher cell viability, deeper cell permeation and faster cell migration of Schwann cells. Combined with the excellent inherent properties of ASF and the obviously enhanced scaffold cytocompatibility and mechanical properties, the RASF-7mmG scaffold is expected to be a candidate with great potential for biomedical applications.
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- Shengzhi Zou
- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China. and Jiangsu Provincial Engineering Research Center for Biomedical Materials and Advanced Medical Devices, Faculty of Mechanical & Materials Engineering, Huaiyin Institute of Technology, Huai'an, 223003, People's Republic of China
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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- State Key Laboratory for Modification of Chemical Fibers and Polymer Materials, Shanghai Engineering Research Center of Nano-Biomaterials and Regenerative Medicine, College of Materials Science and Engineering, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, People's Republic of China.
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Yıldız A, Kara AA, Acartürk F. Peptide-protein based nanofibers in pharmaceutical and biomedical applications. Int J Biol Macromol 2020; 148:1084-1097. [PMID: 31917213 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijbiomac.2019.12.275] [Citation(s) in RCA: 33] [Impact Index Per Article: 8.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/07/2019] [Revised: 12/30/2019] [Accepted: 12/31/2019] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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In recent years, electrospun fibers have found wide use, especially in pharmaceutical area and biomedical applications, related to the various advantages such as high surface-volume ratio, high solubility and having wide usage areas they have provided. Biocompatible and biodegradable fibers can be obtained by using peptide-protein structures of plant and animal derived along with synthetic polymers. Plant-derived proteins used in nanofiber production can be listed as, zein, soy protein, and gluten and animal derived proteins can be listed as casein, silk fibroin, hemoglobine, bovine serum albumin, elastin, collagen, gelatin, and keratin. Plant and animal proteins and synthetic peptides used in electrospun fiber production were reviewed in detail. In addition, the important physical properties of these materials for the electrospinning process and their use in pharmaceutical and biomedical areas were discussed.
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- Ayşegül Yıldız
- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey
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- Department of Pharmaceutical Technology, Faculty of Pharmacy, Gazi University, Ankara, Turkey.
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Silk: A Promising Biomaterial Opening New Vistas Towards Affordable Healthcare Solutions. J Indian Inst Sci 2019. [DOI: 10.1007/s41745-019-00114-y] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 2.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/07/2023]
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Silva SS, Kundu B, Lu S, Reis RL, Kundu SC. Chinese Oak Tasar SilkwormAntheraea pernyiSilk Proteins: Current Strategies and Future Perspectives for Biomedical Applications. Macromol Biosci 2018; 19:e1800252. [DOI: 10.1002/mabi.201800252] [Citation(s) in RCA: 22] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 07/04/2018] [Revised: 08/22/2018] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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- Simone S. Silva
- 3B's Research GroupI3Bs—Research Institute on BiomaterialsBiodegradables and BiomimeticsUniversity of MinhoHeadquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra 4805‐017 Barco Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's—PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga/Guimarães Portugal
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- 3B's Research GroupI3Bs—Research Institute on BiomaterialsBiodegradables and BiomimeticsUniversity of MinhoHeadquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra 4805‐017 Barco Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's—PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga/Guimarães Portugal
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- National Engineering Laboratory for Modern SilkCollege of Textile and Clothing EngineeringSoochow University Suzhou 215123 China
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- 3B's Research GroupI3Bs—Research Institute on BiomaterialsBiodegradables and BiomimeticsUniversity of MinhoHeadquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra 4805‐017 Barco Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's—PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga/Guimarães Portugal
- The Discoveries Centre for Regenerative and Precision MedicineHeadquarters at University of Minho Avepark, 4805‐017 Barco Guimarães Portugal
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- 3B's Research GroupI3Bs—Research Institute on BiomaterialsBiodegradables and BiomimeticsUniversity of MinhoHeadquarters of the European Institute of Excellence on Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine AvePark, Parque de Ciência e Tecnologia, Zona Industrial da Gandra 4805‐017 Barco Guimarães Portugal
- ICVS/3B's—PT Government Associate Laboratory Braga/Guimarães Portugal
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Humenik M, Lang G, Scheibel T. Silk nanofibril self-assembly versus electrospinning. WILEY INTERDISCIPLINARY REVIEWS-NANOMEDICINE AND NANOBIOTECHNOLOGY 2018; 10:e1509. [PMID: 29393590 DOI: 10.1002/wnan.1509] [Citation(s) in RCA: 21] [Impact Index Per Article: 3.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/02/2017] [Revised: 10/18/2017] [Accepted: 12/19/2017] [Indexed: 01/16/2023]
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Natural silk fibers represent one of the most advanced blueprints for (bio)polymer scientists, displaying highly optimized mechanical properties due to their hierarchical structures. Biotechnological production of silk proteins and implementation of advanced processing methods enabled harnessing the potential of these biopolymer not just based on the mechanical properties. In addition to fibers, diverse morphologies can be produced, such as nonwoven meshes, films, hydrogels, foams, capsules and particles. Among them, nanoscale fibrils and fibers are particularly interesting concerning medical and technical applications due to their biocompatibility, environmental and mechanical robustness as well as high surface-to-volume ratio. Therefore, we introduce here self-assembly of silk proteins into hierarchically organized structures such as supramolecular nanofibrils and fabricated materials based thereon. As an alternative to self-assembly, we also present electrospinning a technique to produce nanofibers and nanofibrous mats. Accordingly, we introduce a broad range of silk-based dopes, used in self-assembly and electrospinning: natural silk proteins originating from natural spinning glands, natural silk protein solutions reconstituted from fibers, engineered recombinant silk proteins designed from natural blueprints, genetic fusions of recombinant silk proteins with other structural or functional peptides and moieties, as well as hybrids of recombinant silk proteins chemically conjugated with nonproteinaceous biotic or abiotic molecules. We highlight the advantages but also point out drawbacks of each particular production route. The scope includes studies of the natural self-assembly mechanism during natural silk spinning, production of silk fibrils as new nanostructured non-native scaffolds allowing dynamic morphological switches, as well as studying potential applications. This article is categorized under: Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Peptide-Based Structures Nanotechnology Approaches to Biology > Nanoscale Systems in Biology Biology-Inspired Nanomaterials > Protein and Virus-Based Structures.
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- Martin Humenik
- Biomaterials, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Biomaterials, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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- Biomaterials, Faculty of Engineering Science, University of Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany.,Bayreuth Center for Colloids and Interfaces (BZKG), Research Center Bio-Macromolecules (BIOmac), Bayreuth Center for Molecular Biosciences (BZMB), Bayreuth Center for Material Science (BayMAT), Bavarian Polymer Institute (BPI), Universität Bayreuth, Bayreuth, Germany
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Babitha S, Rachita L, Karthikeyan K, Shoba E, Janani I, Poornima B, Purna Sai K. Electrospun protein nanofibers in healthcare: A review. Int J Pharm 2017; 523:52-90. [PMID: 28286080 DOI: 10.1016/j.ijpharm.2017.03.013] [Citation(s) in RCA: 79] [Impact Index Per Article: 11.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/17/2016] [Revised: 03/06/2017] [Accepted: 03/07/2017] [Indexed: 12/11/2022]
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Electrospun nanofibers are being utilized for a wide range of healthcare applications. A plethora of natural and synthetic polymers are exploited for their ability to be electrospun and replace the complex habitat provided by the extracellular matrix for the cells. The fabrication of nanofibers can be tuned to act as a multicarrier system to deliver drugs, growth factors and health supplements etc. in a sustained manner. Owing to its pliability, nanofibers reached its heights in tissue engineering and drug delivery applications. This review mainly focuses on various standardized parameters and optimized blending ratios for animal and plant proteins to yield fine, continuous nanofibers for effective utilization in various healthcare applications.
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- S Babitha
- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India
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- Biological Materials Laboratory, CSIR-Central Leather Research Institute, Adyar, Chennai, 600020, India.
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Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin has favorable biocompatibility, good bioactivity and controllable biodegradability, meeting the basic requirements of controlled drug release carriers. Enhancing the negative charge of silk fibroin could further increase the encapsulation and loading efficiency of positively charged drugs. In this study, Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin was chemically modified by methylglyoxal in aqueous solution. The electric charge properties of Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin were examined to characterize the modification, the results indicated that the isoelectric point of Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin decreased from 4.5 to 3.9, and the zeta potential reduced from-11.7 mV to-12.8 mV. Amino acid analysis and 1H-NMR spectra showed that arginine residue of Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin side chain was modified by methylglyoxal for enhancing negative charge of silk fibroin. These results suggested that methylglyoxal-modified Antheraea pernyi silk fibroin could be considered as a potential starting material in loading positively charged drugs.
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