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Ma Y, Li X, Zhao R, Wu E, Du Q, Guo J, Wang L, Zhang F. Creating de novo peptide-based bioactivities: from assembly to origami. RSC Adv 2022; 12:25955-25961. [PMID: 36199601 PMCID: PMC9465703 DOI: 10.1039/d2ra03135c] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 05/18/2022] [Accepted: 08/24/2022] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
Abstract
DNA origami has created complex structures of various spatial dimensions. However, their versatility in terms of function is limited due to the lower number of the intrinsic building blocks, i.e. nucleotides, compared with the number of amino acids. Therefore, protein origami has been proposed and demonstrated to precisely fabricate artificial functional nanostructures. Despite their hierarchical folded structures, chain-like peptides and DNA share obvious similarities in both structures and properties, especially in terms of chain hybridization; therefore, replacing DNA with peptides to create bioactivities not only has high theoretical feasibility but also provides a new bottom-up synthetic strategy. However, designing functionalities with tens to hundreds of peptide chains using the similar principle of DNA origami has not been reported, although the origami strategy holds great potential to generate more complex bioactivities. In this perspective review, we have reviewed the recent progress in and highlighted the advantages of peptide assembly and origami on the orientation of artificially created bioactivities. With the great potential of peptide origami, we appeal to develop user-friendly softwares in combination with artificial intelligence.
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- Yuxing Ma
- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou 325001 China
- Oujiang Laboratory Wenzhou Zhejiang 325000 P. R. China
- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Tick-Borne Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Hetao College Bayannur 015000 China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou 325001 China
- Oujiang Laboratory Wenzhou Zhejiang 325000 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Optical Technology and Instrument for Medicine, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 P. R. China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou 325001 China
- Oujiang Laboratory Wenzhou Zhejiang 325000 P. R. China
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- Inner Mongolia Key Laboratory of Tick-Borne Zoonotic Infectious Disease, Department of Medicine, Hetao College Bayannur 015000 China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou 325001 China
- Oujiang Laboratory Wenzhou Zhejiang 325000 P. R. China
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- Key Laboratory of Optical Technology and Instrument for Medicine, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital, School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 511436 China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou 325001 China
- Oujiang Laboratory Wenzhou Zhejiang 325000 P. R. China
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- Wenzhou Institute, University of Chinese Academy of Sciences Wenzhou 325001 China
- Oujiang Laboratory Wenzhou Zhejiang 325000 P. R. China
- Key Laboratory of Optical Technology and Instrument for Medicine, Ministry of Education, University of Shanghai for Science and Technology Shanghai 200093 P. R. China
- State Key Laboratory of Respiratory Disease, Guangzhou Institute of Oral Disease, Stomatology Hospital, School of Biomedical Engineering, Guangzhou Medical University Guangzhou 511436 China
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Morozova AS, Ziganshina SA, Ziganshin MA, Bukharaev AA. Self-Organization of Di- and Triglycine Oligopeptides in Thin Films on the Hydrophilic and Hydrophobic Silicon Surface under Exposure to Organic Compounds Vapors. RUSS J GEN CHEM+ 2022. [DOI: 10.1134/s1070363222070155] [Citation(s) in RCA: 0] [Impact Index Per Article: 0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/22/2022]
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Antipin IS, Alfimov MV, Arslanov VV, Burilov VA, Vatsadze SZ, Voloshin YZ, Volcho KP, Gorbatchuk VV, Gorbunova YG, Gromov SP, Dudkin SV, Zaitsev SY, Zakharova LY, Ziganshin MA, Zolotukhina AV, Kalinina MA, Karakhanov EA, Kashapov RR, Koifman OI, Konovalov AI, Korenev VS, Maksimov AL, Mamardashvili NZ, Mamardashvili GM, Martynov AG, Mustafina AR, Nugmanov RI, Ovsyannikov AS, Padnya PL, Potapov AS, Selektor SL, Sokolov MN, Solovieva SE, Stoikov II, Stuzhin PA, Suslov EV, Ushakov EN, Fedin VP, Fedorenko SV, Fedorova OA, Fedorov YV, Chvalun SN, Tsivadze AY, Shtykov SN, Shurpik DN, Shcherbina MA, Yakimova LS. Functional supramolecular systems: design and applications. RUSSIAN CHEMICAL REVIEWS 2021. [DOI: 10.1070/rcr5011] [Citation(s) in RCA: 48] [Impact Index Per Article: 16.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 02/05/2023]
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Bhandaru N, Kaur G, Panjla A, Verma S. Spin coating mediated morphology modulation in self assembly of peptides. NANOSCALE 2021; 13:8884-8892. [PMID: 33949416 DOI: 10.1039/d0nr09082d] [Citation(s) in RCA: 1] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
Abstract
Controlling the morphology and nanostructure of self-assembled peptide molecules is of fundamental importance to chemistry and material science due to their bioactivity in both in vivo and in vitro settings, ability to act as templates for conjugating bio-recognition elements, hybrid supramolecular assembly, possible detection and treatment of diseases and so on. In this article, we show that spin coating, a widely utilized method for obtaining ultra-thin polymer films, has been utilised to modulate the self-assembly of peptide molecules, which has traditionally been achieved by chemical functionalisation of the molecules. With the specific example of diphenylalanine-based peptide molecules, we show that a variety of self-assembled architectures such as long fibrils, short fibrils, globules, nanodots, and so on, spanning over large areas can be obtained by simultaneously varying the spinning speed (RPM) and the solution concentration (Cp) during spin coating. We correlate the variation in morphology to a transition from spin dewetting at very low Cp (or high RPM) to the formation of continuous films at high Cp (or low RPM) during the initial stage of spin coating. We further show the generality of the approach by achieving distinct self-assembled morphologies with diphenylalanine analogues with different C-terminal and N-terminal groups by modulation of spin coating parameters, though the exact morphology obtained under identical coating conditions depends on the chemical nature of the peptide molecules. The work opens up a new possible route for creating complex peptide assemblies on demand by simultaneous control of molecular functionalisation and spin coating parameters vis - a - vis the applied centrifugal force.
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- Nandini Bhandaru
- Center for Nanosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India.
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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- Center for Nanosciences, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India. and Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur-208016, Uttar Pradesh, India
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van Teijlingen A, Tuttle T. Beyond Tripeptides Two-Step Active Machine Learning for Very Large Data sets. J Chem Theory Comput 2021; 17:3221-3232. [PMID: 33904712 PMCID: PMC8278388 DOI: 10.1021/acs.jctc.1c00159] [Citation(s) in RCA: 17] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.7] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Download PDF] [Figures] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/23/2022]
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Self-assembling peptide nanostructures have been shown to be of great importance in nature and have presented many promising applications, for example, in medicine as drug-delivery vehicles, biosensors, and antivirals. Being very promising candidates for the growing field of bottom-up manufacture of functional nanomaterials, previous work (Frederix, et al. 2011 and 2015) has screened all possible amino acid combinations for di- and tripeptides in search of such materials. However, the enormous complexity and variety of linear combinations of the 20 amino acids make exhaustive simulation of all combinations of tetrapeptides and above infeasible. Therefore, we have developed an active machine-learning method (also known as "iterative learning" and "evolutionary search method") which leverages a lower-resolution data set encompassing the whole search space and a just-in-time high-resolution data set which further analyzes those target peptides selected by the lower-resolution model. This model uses newly generated data upon each iteration to improve both lower- and higher-resolution models in the search for ideal candidates. Curation of the lower-resolution data set is explored as a method to control the selected candidates, based on criteria such as log P. A major aim of this method is to produce the best results in the least computationally demanding way. This model has been developed to be broadly applicable to other search spaces with minor changes to the algorithm, allowing its use in other areas of research.
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- Department of Chemistry, University of Strathclyde, 295 Cathedral Street, Glasgow G1 1XL, U.K
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Garcia AM, Melchionna M, Bellotto O, Kralj S, Semeraro S, Parisi E, Iglesias D, D’Andrea P, De Zorzi R, Vargiu AV, Marchesan S. Nanoscale Assembly of Functional Peptides with Divergent Programming Elements. ACS NANO 2021; 15:3015-3025. [PMID: 33576622 PMCID: PMC8023796 DOI: 10.1021/acsnano.0c09386] [Citation(s) in RCA: 40] [Impact Index Per Article: 13.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Figures] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 11/09/2020] [Accepted: 02/05/2021] [Indexed: 06/12/2023]
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Self-assembling peptides are being applied both in the biomedical area and as building blocks in nanotechnology. Their applications are closely linked to their modes of self-assembly, which determine the functional nanostructures that they form. This work brings together two structural elements that direct nanoscale self-association in divergent directions: proline as a β-breaker and the β-structure-associated diphenylalanine motif, into a single tripeptide sequence. Amino acid chirality was found to resolve the tension inherent to these conflicting self-assembly instructions. Stereoconfiguration determined the ability of each of the eight possible Pro-Phe-Phe stereoisomers to self-associate into diverse nanostructures, including nanoparticles, nanotapes, or fibrils, which yielded hydrogels with gel-to-sol transition at a physiologically relevant temperature. Three single-crystal structures and all-atom molecular dynamics simulations elucidated the ability of each peptide to establish key interactions to form long-range assemblies (i,e., stacks leading to gelling fibrils), medium-range assemblies (i.e., stacks yielding nanotapes), or short-range assemblies (i.e., dimers or trimers that further associated into nanoparticles). Importantly, diphenylalanine is known to serve as a binding site for pathological amyloids, potentially allowing these heterochiral systems to influence the fibrillization of other biologically relevant peptides. To probe this hypothesis, all eight Pro-Phe-Phe stereoisomers were tested in vitro on the Alzheimer's disease-associated Aβ(1-42) peptide. Indeed, one nonfibril-forming stereoisomer effectively inhibited Aβ fibrillization through multivalent binding between diphenylalanine motifs. This work thus defined heterochirality as a useful feature to strategically develop future therapeutics to interfere with pathological processes, with the additional value of resistance to protease-mediated degradation and biocompatibility.
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- Ana M. Garcia
- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
- INSTM, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
- Materials
Synthesis Department, Jožef Stefan
Institute, Jamova 39, 1000 Ljubljana, Slovenia
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Life
Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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- Physics
Department, University of Cagliari, S.P. 8, km. 0.700, 09042 Monserrato, Italy
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- Chemical
and Pharmaceutical Sciences Department, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
- INSTM, University of Trieste, Via Giorgieri 1, 34127 Trieste, Italy
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Wang J, Wang C, Ge Y, Sun Y, Wang D, Xu H. Self‐assembly
of hairpin peptides mediated by Cu(
II
) ion: Effect of amino acid sequence. Pept Sci (Hoboken) 2020. [DOI: 10.1002/pep2.24208] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 12/17/2022]
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- Jiqian Wang
- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao China
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- Qingdao Industrial Energy Storage Research Institute, Qingdao Institute of Bioenergy and Bioprocess Technology Chinese Academy of Sciences Qingdao China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao China
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- State Key Laboratory of Heavy Oil Processing, Centre for Bioengineering and Biotechnology China University of Petroleum (East China) Qingdao China
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Singh N, Singh R, Joshi KB, Verma S. Constitutionally Isomeric Aromatic Tripeptides: Self-Assembly and Metal-Ion-Modulated Transformations. Chempluschem 2020; 85:2001-2009. [PMID: 32876402 DOI: 10.1002/cplu.202000464] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Key Words] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 06/15/2020] [Revised: 08/10/2020] [Indexed: 12/21/2022]
Abstract
Self-assembling peptides based on aromatic amino acids can adopt diverse nanostructures which primarily depend on their molecular structures. Therefore, to understand the nature of self-assembly on the molecular level we rationally designed two constitutional isomers of short aromatic peptides. The first isomer consists of a tyrosine moiety at the N-terminus and the second isomer consists of a tyrosine moiety at the C-terminus of the FF peptide, a core recognition motif of Amyloid β peptides. Therefore, it can be considered that both the designed tripeptides are the analogues of the FFF peptide with only atomic(-H) level replacement by -OH functional group on the first and last phenyl ring, respectively. The first isomer self-assembled into 2D porous nanosheets ("Nanowebs"), however the second isomers produced toroidal shapes with central spheres ("Nano-Saturn" like assemblies). Interestingly, the presence of the transition-metal ions (copper, zinc and iron) triggered the self-assembly of both the peptides into fibrous circular discs, nanomats and nanoplates like assembly.
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- Narendra Singh
- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, MP, 470003, India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Technology, Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University, Sagar, MP, 470003, India
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- Department of Chemistry, Indian Institute of Technology-Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016, India
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Gupta S, Singh R, Kumar V, Shukla P, Joshi KB. Ornamentation of Triskelion Peptide Nanotori to Produce Gold Nanoparticle (AuNP)-Embedded Peptide Nanobangles. Chem Asian J 2018; 13:3285-3295. [DOI: 10.1002/asia.201801270] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/21/2018] [Indexed: 01/22/2023]
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- Shradhey Gupta
- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Technology; Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University; Sagar, MP 470003 India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Technology; Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University; Sagar, MP 470003 India
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- Current address: BIOPEP group; Stellenbosch University; Stellenbosch 7600 South Africa
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- Department of Physics; Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University; Sagar, MP 470003 India
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- Department of Chemistry, School of Chemical Science and Technology; Dr. Harisingh Gour Central University; Sagar, MP 470003 India
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Datta D, Tiwari O, Ganesh KN. New archetypes in self-assembled Phe-Phe motif induced nanostructures from nucleoside conjugated-diphenylalanines. NANOSCALE 2018; 10:3212-3224. [PMID: 29379926 DOI: 10.1039/c7nr08436f] [Citation(s) in RCA: 11] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.8] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/12/2023]
Abstract
During the last two decades, the molecular self-assembly of the short peptide diphenylalanine (Phe-Phe) motif has attracted increasing focus due to its unique morphological structure and utility for potential applications in biomaterial chemistry, sensors and bioelectronics. Due to the ease of their synthetic modifications and a plethora of available experimental tools, the self-assembly of free and protected diphenylalanine scaffolds (H-Phe-Phe-OH, Boc-Phe-Phe-OH and Boc-Phe-Phe-OMe) has unfurled interesting tubular, vesicular or fibrillar morphologies. Developing on this theme, here we attempt to examine the effect of structure and properties (hydrophobic and H-bonding) modifying the functional C-terminus conjugated substituents on Boc-Phe-Phe on its self-assembly process. The consequent self-sorting due to H-bonding, van der Waals force and π-π interactions, generates monodisperse nano-vesicles from these peptides characterized via their SEM, HRTEM, AFM pictures and DLS experiments. The stability of these vesicles to different external stimuli such as pH and temperature, encapsulation of fluorescent probes inside the vesicles and their release by external trigger are reported. The results point to a new direction in the study and applications of the Phe-Phe motif to rationally engineer new functional nano-architectures.
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- Dhrubajyoti Datta
- Department of Chemistry, Chemical Biology Unit, Indian Institute of Science Education and Research, Dr. Homi Bhabha Road, Pune 411008, India.
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Mishra NK, Jain A, Peter C, Verma S. Combining Experimental and Simulation Techniques to Understand Morphology Control in Pentapeptide Nanostructures. J Phys Chem B 2017; 121:8155-8161. [DOI: 10.1021/acs.jpcb.7b06005] [Citation(s) in RCA: 6] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/28/2022]
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- Narendra Kumar Mishra
- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Soft Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 (UP), India
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- Fachbereich
Chemie, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Fachbereich
Chemie, Universität Konstanz, D-78457 Konstanz, Germany
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- Department
of Chemistry, Center for Nanoscience and Soft Nanotechnology, Indian Institute of Technology Kanpur, Kanpur, 208016 (UP), India
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Conformational studies of new pseudotripeptide with pyrazine amidoxime motif and simplified analogs using IR, NMR spectroscopy, and molecular dynamic simulations. Struct Chem 2016. [DOI: 10.1007/s11224-016-0870-2] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.4] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/25/2022]
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Kumar V, Krishna KV, Khanna S, Joshi KB. Aggregation propensity of amyloidogenic and elastomeric dipeptides constituents. Tetrahedron 2016. [DOI: 10.1016/j.tet.2016.07.022] [Citation(s) in RCA: 4] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 10/21/2022]
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Sivakama Sundari C, Bikshapathy E, Nagaraj R. Self-assembly of a peptide with a tandem repeat of the Aβ16-22 sequence linked by a β turn-promoting dipeptide sequence. Biopolymers 2015; 104:790-803. [DOI: 10.1002/bip.22753] [Citation(s) in RCA: 3] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.3] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 03/24/2015] [Revised: 09/21/2015] [Accepted: 10/10/2015] [Indexed: 12/31/2022]
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Barman AK, Verma S. Solid state structures and solution phase self-assembly of clicked mannosylated diketopiperazines. RSC Adv 2013. [DOI: 10.1039/c3ra42310g] [Citation(s) in RCA: 10] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022] Open
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Bhuyan BJ, Mugesh G. Antioxidant activity of peptide-based angiotensin converting enzyme inhibitors. Org Biomol Chem 2012; 10:2237-47. [PMID: 22307539 DOI: 10.1039/c2ob06533a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 14] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.2] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/21/2022]
Abstract
Angiotensin converting enzyme (ACE) inhibitors are important for the treatment of hypertension as they can decrease the formation of vasopressor hormone angiotensin II (Ang II) and elevate the levels of vasodilating hormone bradykinin. It is observed that bradykinin contains a Ser-Pro-Phe motif near the site of hydrolysis. The selenium analogues of captopril represent a novel class of ACE inhibitors as they also exhibit significant antioxidant activity. In this study, several di- and tripeptides containing selenocysteine and cysteine residues at the N-terminal were synthesized. Hydrolysis of angiotensin I (Ang I) to Ang II by ACE was studied in the presence of these peptides. It is observed that the introduction of L-Phe to Sec-Pro and Cys-Pro peptides significantly increases the ACE inhibitory activity. On the other hand, the introduction of L-Val or L-Ala decreases the inhibitory potency of the parent compounds. The presence of an L-Pro moiety in captopril analogues appears to be important for ACE inhibition as the replacement of L-Pro by L-piperidine 2-carboxylic acid decreases the ACE inhibition. The synthetic peptides were also tested for their ability to scavenge peroxynitrite (PN) and to exhibit glutathione peroxidase (GPx)-like activity. All the selenium-containing peptides exhibited good PN-scavenging and GPx activities.
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- Bhaskar J Bhuyan
- Department of Inorganic and Physical Chemistry, Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore 560 012, India
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Pachahara SK, Chaudhary N, Subbalakshmi C, Nagaraj R. Hexafluoroisopropanol induces self-assembly of β-amyloid peptides into highly ordered nanostructures. J Pept Sci 2012; 18:233-41. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.2391] [Citation(s) in RCA: 23] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 08/09/2011] [Revised: 11/02/2011] [Accepted: 12/01/2011] [Indexed: 12/12/2022]
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- Sanjai Kumar Pachahara
- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Uppal Road; Hyderabad; 500 007; India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Uppal Road; Hyderabad; 500 007; India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Uppal Road; Hyderabad; 500 007; India
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- Council of Scientific and Industrial Research; Centre for Cellular and Molecular Biology; Uppal Road; Hyderabad; 500 007; India
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Gelain F, Silva D, Caprini A, Taraballi F, Natalello A, Villa O, Nam KT, Zuckermann RN, Doglia SM, Vescovi A. BMHP1-derived self-assembling peptides: hierarchically assembled structures with self-healing propensity and potential for tissue engineering applications. ACS NANO 2011; 5:1845-1859. [PMID: 21314189 DOI: 10.1021/nn102663a] [Citation(s) in RCA: 65] [Impact Index Per Article: 5.0] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Self-assembling peptides (SAPs) are rapidly gaining interest as bioinspired scaffolds for cell culture and regenerative medicine applications. Bone Marrow Homing Peptide 1 (BMHP1) functional motif (PFSSTKT) was previously demonstrated to stimulate neural stem cell (NSC) viability and differentiation when linked to SAPs. We here describe a novel ensemble of SAPs, developed from the BMHP1 (BMHP1-SAPs), that spontaneously assemble into tabular fibers, twisted ribbons, tubes and hierarchical self-assembled sheets: organized structures in the nano- and microscale. Thirty-two sequences were designed and evaluated, including biotinylated and unbiotinylated sequences, as well as a hybrid peptide-peptoid sequence. Via X-ray diffraction (XRD), CD, and FTIR experiments we demonstrated that all of the BMHP1-SAPs share similarly organized secondary structures, that is, β-sheets and β-turns, despite their heterogeneous nanostructure morphology, scaffold stiffness, and effect over NSC differentiation and survival. Notably, we demonstrated the self-healing propensity of most of the tested BMHP1-SAPs, enlarging the set of potential applications of these novel SAPs. In in vitro cell culture experiments, we showed that some of these 10-mer peptides foster adhesion, differentiation, and proliferation of human NSCs. RGD-functionalized and hybrid peptide-peptoid self-assembling sequences also opened the door to BMHP1-SAP functionalization with further bioactive motifs, essential to tailor new scaffolds for specific applications. In in vivo experiments we verified a negligible reaction of the host nervous tissue to the injected and assembled BMHP1-SAP. This work will pave the way to the development of novel SAP sequences that may be useful for material science and regenerative medicine applications.
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- Fabrizio Gelain
- Center for Nanomedicine and Tissue Engineering-A.O. Ospedale Niguarda Ca' Granda, Piazza dell'ospedale maggiore 3, Milan, 20162, Italy.
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Mishra A, Chauhan VS. Probing the role of aromaticity in the design of dipeptide based nanostructures. NANOSCALE 2011; 3:945-949. [PMID: 21221462 DOI: 10.1039/c0nr00691b] [Citation(s) in RCA: 19] [Impact Index Per Article: 1.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [MESH Headings] [Grants] [Track Full Text] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 05/30/2023]
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Self-assembly of peptide into nanostructures is believed to be stabilized primarily by aromatic interactions. Using a minimalistic approach, we probed the importance of aromatic interactions in the self-assembly of simple model dipeptides. Our results suggest that aromaticity may not be absolutely essential for self-assembly, even though it tends to provide directionality to the assembly. We found that peptides containing cyclic/linear side chain hydrophobic residues were also capable of forming stable self-assemblies that are stabilized by hydrophobic interactions. Our observations will find relevance in the design of small peptide based nanoparticles.
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Affiliation(s)
- Aseem Mishra
- International Centre for Genetic Engineering and Biotechnology, Aruna Asaf Ali Marg, New Delhi, 110067, India
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Gour N, Mondal S, Verma S. Synthesis and self-assembly of a neoglycopeptide: morphological studies and ultrasound-mediated DNA encapsulation. J Pept Sci 2010; 17:148-53. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.1334] [Citation(s) in RCA: 9] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.6] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 09/06/2010] [Revised: 10/23/2010] [Accepted: 10/25/2010] [Indexed: 11/08/2022]
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Farran D, Echalier D, Martinez J, Dewynter G. Regioselective and sequential reactivity of activated 2,5-diketopiperazines. J Pept Sci 2009; 15:474-8. [DOI: 10.1002/psc.1139] [Citation(s) in RCA: 8] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.5] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Indexed: 11/11/2022]
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Targeted delivery with peptidomimetic conjugated self-assembled nanoparticles. Pharm Res 2008; 26:612-30. [PMID: 19085091 DOI: 10.1007/s11095-008-9802-1] [Citation(s) in RCA: 15] [Impact Index Per Article: 0.9] [Reference Citation Analysis] [Abstract] [Track Full Text] [Journal Information] [Subscribe] [Scholar Register] [Received: 10/03/2008] [Accepted: 12/01/2008] [Indexed: 12/28/2022]
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Peptides produce specific nanostructures, making them useful for targeting in biological systems but they have low bioavailability, potential immunogenicity and poor metabolic stability. Peptidomimetic self-assembled NPs can possess biological recognition motifs as well as providing desired engineering properties. Inorganic NPs, coated with self-assembled macromers for stability and anti-fouling, and conjugated with target-specific ligands, are advancing imaging from the anatomy-based level to the molecular level. Ligand conjugated NPs are attractive for cell-selective tumor drug delivery, since this process has high transport capacity as well as ligand dependent cell specificity. Peptidomimetic NPs can provide stronger interaction with surface receptors on tumor cells, resulting in higher uptake and reduced drug resistance. Self-assembled NPs conjugated with peptidomimetic antigens are ideal for sustained presentation of vaccine antigens to dendritic cells and subsequent activation of T cell mediated adaptive immune response. Self-assembled NPs are a viable alternative to encapsulation for sustained delivery of proteins in tissue engineering. Cell penetrating peptides conjugated to NPs are used as intracellular delivery vectors for gene expression and as transfection agents for plasmid delivery. In this work, synthesis, characterization, properties, immunogenicity, and medical applications of peptidomimetic NPs in imaging, tumor delivery, vaccination, tissue engineering, and intracellular delivery are reviewed.
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